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1. Civil rights era · 1945–1975

2. 1965
   Construction or physical change · Carmichael Auditorium, UNC, Chapel Hill Don Stewart's Carmichael Auditorium is completed as the state's largest single-span building

   Stewart designed Carmichael Auditorium, finished in 1965, with a roof carried on steel beams held by steel tie rods anchored in the ground. The book says it was the largest single-span building in North Carolina when it was built.

3. 1965
   Naming or commemoration · Chapel Hill UNC names its Chapel Hill gymnasium for William D. Carmichael Jr.

   Four years after his death the university named the gymnasium at Chapel Hill for Carmichael. NCpedia lists buildings named for him on three campuses, the television building at Greensboro, the gymnasium at Raleigh and the auditorium at Chapel Hill.

4. Recent decades · 1976–2026

5. 1981–82 through 1983–84
   Life event · Chapel Hill Michael Jordan plays his Carolina career in Carmichael Auditorium

   Jordan played all three of his Carolina seasons in Carmichael Auditorium in Chapel Hill and scored in double figures in 90 of his 101 games for UNC. He was Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year and National Player of the Year in 1984.

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