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William Donald Carmichael

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By William Donald Carmichael

Veterans : a report to the governor and to the trustees of the University of North Carolina

Carmichael, William Donald, Jr., 1900-1961; University of North Carolina (1793-1962); University of North Carolina (System). Board of Trustees · 1946 · University of North Carolina

William Donald Carmichael, Jr. reported to the governor and to the trustees of the University of North Carolina in May 1946 on the veterans then arriving at Chapel Hill under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, the law known as the G.I. Bill. Printed at Chapel Hill by the university.

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Tennis group (Charlie Justice), circa early 1950s

Morton, Hugh M. · 1950

Group on a tennis court, probably in Chapel Hill, in the early 1950s. From left: Charlie 'Choo Choo' Justice, the UNC football star, with Orville Campbell, Bob Cox and William D. Carmichael Jr. Hugh Morton photograph on black-and-white sheet film.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Carmichael, William Donald, 1900-1961.

Billy Carmichael

Morton, Hugh M. · 1940

Hugh Morton's photograph of William D. 'Billy' Carmichael, the University of North Carolina's comptroller, at a banquet tied to UNC-Chapel Hill. Taken in the 1940s or early 1950s on 4 x 5 inch sheet film.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Carmichael, William Donald, 1900-1961.

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  1. Jim Tatum is named an All-Southern tackle at UNC Tatum enrolled at UNC with the persuasion and financial aid of his uncle William Donald Carmichael Jr. He played tackle under Chuck Collins and Carl Snavely, was named All-Southern in 1934, also caught for the baseball team, and graduated in 1935. People: Carl Snavely, William Donald CarmichaelSearch the index · NCpedia: Tatum, James Moore (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography)
  2. William D. Carmichael Jr. returns to Chapel Hill as the university's finance officer Carmichael left a New York Stock Exchange partnership and came back in 1940 to serve the consolidated University of North Carolina as finance officer. As finance officer, comptroller and then vice-president he raised money from the legislature, foundations, corporations and individuals. People: William Donald CarmichaelSearch the index · NCpedia: Carmichael, William Donald, Jr.
  3. Carmichael serves as acting president of the consolidated university Carmichael was acting president in 1949 and 1950, after Frank Porter Graham resigned to take a seat in the United States Senate. People: Frank Porter Graham, William Donald CarmichaelSearch the index · NCpedia: Carmichael, William Donald, Jr.
  4. 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. People: William Donald CarmichaelSearch the index · Carolina Story: William D. Carmichael, Jr., (1900-1961) and Carmichael Auditorium

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