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Elson S. Floyd

Elson S. Floyd (1956–2015) spent about fourteen years at UNC-Chapel Hill and the UNC system, from General College adviser to the University's first executive vice chancellor, hired by Chancellor Michael Hooker in 1995. He received a Massey Award in 1998 and left that year to lead Western Michigan University.

Source: UNC C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Awards: Elson Sylvester Floyd

1956–2015 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Elson S. Floyd, 2011
Elson S. Floyd, 2011

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Records of the Executive Vice Chancellor, 1994-1998.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Executive Vice Chancellor · 1994

Office files of the Executive Vice Chancellor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 13,200 items in 16.5 linear feet covering 1994 to 1998, in the University Archives at UNC, 40027. Elson S. Floyd and Michael Hooker are represented in material concerning university finance and advancement, student affairs, information technology, campus planning and university employees.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Floyd, Elson S., 1956-2015.

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  1. 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. People: Michael HookerSearch the index · UNC C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Awards: Elson Sylvester Floyd
  2. A 70-foot oak weakened by Hurricane Fran falls on Venable Hall A 70-foot white oak fell against Venable Hall at about 2:10 p.m., damaging handrails on the building's steps; no one was hurt. University forester Kirk Pelland said Fran's winds and Wednesday's heavy rain had left many old campus trees at risk, and Executive Vice Chancellor Elson Floyd asked people to report damaged trees to the Grounds Division. People: Elson S. FloydDaily Tar Heel (DigitalNC): front page, September 13, 1996
  3. 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.Search the index · UNC C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Awards: Elson Sylvester Floyd

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  • Venable Hall University buildings and grounds · Chapel Hill · 1 event here

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Picture: Elson S. Floyd, 2011. Public domain. Photograph by Cherie Cullen; www.defense.gov; via Wikimedia Commons

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