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1. Recent decades · 1976–2026

2. 1994
   Chapel Hill Douglass Hunt receives a C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Award

   The university gave Hunt its Massey Award for service, citing him as a lawyer, historian and civil servant. He had worked with C. Knox Massey for several years to set up the Massey Awards and the Carolina Seminars program.

3. 1995–1998
   Appointment, election or service · Chapel Hill Elson Floyd serves as UNC's first executive vice chancellor

   Chancellor Michael Hooker hired Floyd in 1995 for the newly created post of executive vice chancellor, overseeing auxiliary services, facilities, business and finance, human resources, information technology, student affairs and university advancement. He left in 1998 to become president of Western Michigan University.

4. May 1998
   Award or honor · Chapel Hill Elson Floyd receives a C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Award

   Floyd, then executive vice chancellor, received UNC's Massey Award for service to the University, weeks before leaving for the presidency of Western Michigan University.

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