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Molly Corbett Broad

Molly Corbett Broad was president of the University of North Carolina System from 1997 to 2005, the first woman in the job, and afterward taught as a professor at UNC-Chapel Hill. She oversaw the $3.1 billion higher education bond that voters approved in 2000.

Source: WUNC: Molly Broad, UNC's first female system president, dies at 81

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Molly Corbett Broad, photograph, 2010
Molly Corbett Broad, photograph, 2010

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"Three University Presidents"

Morton, Hugh M. · 1997

Three presidents of the University of North Carolina system, Clemmie Dixon Spangler, Molly Broad and William Friday, together at UNC-Chapel Hill's University Award ceremonies in 1997. Photographed by Hugh Morton.

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The inauguration of Molly Corbett Broad.

University of North Carolina (System) · 1998

Program for the inauguration of Molly Corbett Broad as president of the University of North Carolina system, held on April 29, 1998 and printed at Chapel Hill. Topics include college presidents and their inaugurations along with the system and its presidents.

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Office of President of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (System) records, 1968-2015

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (System). President · 1968

Records from the office of the president of the University of North Carolina system, 1968 to 2015, roughly 98,400 items across 123 linear feet, University Archives at UNC, collection 40009. Subjects include the presidents William Friday, C. D. Spangler, Molly Corbett Broad, Erskine Bowles and Thomas Ross, and reach every constituent campus, from East Carolina and North Carolina Central to Winston-Salem State.

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Broad, Molly: photographs (Chapel Hill Historical Society)

Two items on Molly Broad, a portrait and a set of 37 slides, undated. They belong to the UNC Faculty and Administration binder of the Chapel Hill Historical Society's Prints and Photographs Collection.

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Life and Orange County connections

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  1. State and university leaders welcome UNC President Molly Broad at a dinner in Chapel Hill On the eve of her inauguration as the 15th president of the UNC system, hundreds of state and university leaders, including Gov. Jim Hunt and former presidents Bill Friday and C. D. Spangler, gathered at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center to welcome Molly Corbett Broad. People: William C. Friday, C. D. Spangler Jr.Search the index · The Daily Tar Heel: Hundreds officially greet Broad (April 29, 1998)
  2. UNC President Molly Broad names William McCoy to lead Chapel Hill after Chancellor Hooker's death After Chancellor Michael Hooker died of cancer in June 1999, UNC system president Molly Broad appointed William O. McCoy, who had served as acting chancellor during Hooker's medical leave, to lead UNC-Chapel Hill until a permanent chancellor was chosen. People: Michael HookerSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel: McCoy Called 'Natural' Choice (July 15, 1999)
  3. The Board of Governors elects James Moeser chancellor at the Carolina Inn At a Board of Governors meeting in the Carolina Inn ballroom, UNC system president Molly Broad introduced University of Nebraska-Lincoln chancellor James Moeser, and the board unanimously elected him the ninth chancellor at Chapel Hill, ending an eight-month search. People: James MoeserSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel: BOG Names Moeser as 9th Chancellor of University (April 17, 2000)

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  • The Carolina Inn University buildings and grounds · Chapel Hill · 1 event here

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Picture: Molly Corbett Broad, photograph, 2010. Public domain. U.S. Department of the Treasury photograph; via Wikimedia Commons

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