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Christopher C. Fordham III

Christopher C. Fordham III earned a certificate in medicine at UNC in 1949, was dean of its School of Medicine from 1971 to 1979 and chancellor at Chapel Hill from 1980 to 1988, when faculty research funding grew from 56 to 105 million dollars. The biotechnology building was named Fordham Hall in 1988.

Source: UNC News Archives: Christopher Fordham, UNC's sixth chancellor, dead at 81

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1926–2008 · Dates from the Library of Congress · On the Friends’ Local Authors roster → · Library of Congress authority record ↗

13 works about Christopher C. Fordham III are indexed here.

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  1. Christopher Fordham serves as dean of the UNC School of Medicine Fordham, who had earned a certificate in medicine at UNC in 1949, was dean of the School of Medicine from 1971 to 1979 and for part of that time also vice chancellor for health affairs. The Area Health Education Centers program began under him.Search the index · UNC News Archives: Christopher Fordham, UNC's sixth chancellor, dead at 81
  2. Christopher Fordham serves as chancellor at Chapel Hill As chancellor Fordham oversaw a major revision of the undergraduate curriculum, while faculty research funding grew from 56 to 105 million dollars and the endowment from 30 to 130 million.Search the index · UNC News Archives: Christopher Fordham, UNC's sixth chancellor, dead at 81
  3. Harold Wallace is reported chosen as UNC's first vice chancellor for university affairs A Faculty Council committee on minority affairs had asked for a new vice chancellor for university affairs to look after Black and minority students and faculty. In November Chancellor Christopher Fordham's choice was reported to be Harold Wallace, pending Board of Governors approval. The BSM had endorsed Dean Hayden Renwick, who said there should have been an office of minority affairs instead. People: Christopher C. Fordham IIIBlack Ink (Black Student Movement, UNC), November 11, 1980, p. 1
  4. Students march from the Carolina Union to South Building for more Black and women faculty From mid-November 1982 students marched from the Carolina Union to the steps of South Building, at times nearly 200 strong, after the chancellor's yearly report showed 51 Black members among 1,884 faculty. Sonja Stone spoke at one rally, 55 students signed a February 9, 1983 letter to the Daily Tar Heel, and by April a Student Committee on Faculty Hiring had formed to meet faculty candidates. People: Christopher C. Fordham III, Sonja Haynes StoneBlack Ink (Black Student Movement, UNC), April 28, 1983, p. 4
  5. Harold Wallace is named UNC's acting affirmative action officer Chancellor Christopher Fordham named Harold Wallace, vice chancellor for university affairs, acting affirmative action officer after Benjamin E. Rawlins resigned to become assistant to the chancellor of N.C. A&T State University. A search committee was seeking a permanent officer. People: Christopher C. Fordham IIISearch the index · Black Ink (Black Student Movement, UNC), November 28, 1983, p. 4
  6. Robert J. Cannon becomes UNC's affirmative action officer After more than a year without a full-time officer, the Board of Trustees appointed Robert J. Cannon, a 1975 UNC doctoral graduate who had worked with the University of Georgia Board of Regents, as the university's second full-time affirmative action officer, reporting to Chancellor Fordham. People: Christopher C. Fordham IIISearch the index · Black Ink (Black Student Movement, UNC), November 5, 1984, p. 5
  7. UNC names its biotechnology building Fordham Hall In 1988 the university named its biotechnology building Christopher C. Fordham Hall.Search the index · UNC News Archives: Christopher Fordham, UNC's sixth chancellor, dead at 81

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N.C. people : C. Fordham.

1988 · North Carolina Public Television

Episode of the North Carolina People television program, broadcast in 1988 by North Carolina Public Television as program number 1750 and recorded here as a 29 minute videocassette. The guest is Christopher C. Fordham III, chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Fordham, Christopher C., III (Christopher Columbus), 1926-2008.

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Office of Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Carol L. Folt records, 2013-2018

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Office of the Chancellor · 2013

Chancellor's office records from the tenure of Carol L. Folt at Chapel Hill, 2013 to 2018, 8 linear feet in the University Archives at UNC, collection 40024. Topics include university administration and educational fund raising, curriculum planning, health occupations schools and medical education, and race relations and college integration in North Carolina. Holden Thorp and Christopher C. Fordham also appear.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Fordham, Christopher C., III (Christopher Columbus), 1926-2008.

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Watts Hill Alumni Center groundbreaking

Morton, Hugh M. · 1989

Groundbreaking for the George Watts Hill Alumni Center at UNC-Chapel Hill on 13 May 1989. The group includes Ralph Strayhorn, George Watts Hill, Doug Dibbert, trustees chairman Robert C. Eubanks and Tom Lambeth, with Paul Hardin and Christopher C. Fordham also pictured. Hugh Morton photograph.

Included because: Their name appears in the record.

Dwane Powell Cartoon, December 22, 1982

Powell, Dwane · 1982 · The News and Observer

Dwane Powell's News and Observer cartoon of 22 December 1982 takes up the Morehead Planetarium, church and state, and UNC-Chapel Hill chancellor Christopher C. Fordham III. Kept in folder 1982-09 of his syndicate copies and clippings.

Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Fordham, Christopher C., III (Christopher Columbus), 1926-2008.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library Photographic Services photographs, 1976-2003.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Photographic Services · 1976

Photographs produced by the Photographic Services unit of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library between 1976 and 2003, about 2,500 items in the North Carolina Collection at UNC. Includes a run of copy negatives, 1977 to 2006. Subjects include William Aycock, Doris Betts, Reynolds Price, Dean Smith, William S. Powell and Hugh Morton.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Fordham, Christopher C., III (Christopher Columbus), 1926-2008.

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Records of the Office of the Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1965-2018

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Office of the Chancellor · 1965

A long run of chancellor's office records at Chapel Hill, 1965 to 2018, about 13,200 items in 16.5 linear feet, University Archives at UNC, collection 70122. Subjects include the chancellors in turn, from J. Carlyle Sitterson and Nelson Ferebee Taylor through Christopher Fordham, Paul Hardin, Michael Hooker, William McCoy, James Moeser and Holden Thorp to Carol Folt.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Fordham, Christopher C., III (Christopher Columbus), 1926-2008.

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Vice Provost for Health Affairs records, 1932-2005 (bulk 1950-2000).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Office of the Vice Provost for Health Affairs · 1932

Health affairs at Chapel Hill from 1932 to 2005, most of it between 1950 and 2000: about 147,600 items in 185 linear feet, in the University Archives at UNC, collection 40110. The records concern the schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing and pharmacy, North Carolina Memorial Hospital, the Carolina Population Center and the Child Development Institute, with Henry T. Clark, Cecil G. Sheps and Christopher C. Fordham named.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Fordham, Christopher C., III (Christopher Columbus), 1926-2008.

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Walter Reece Berryhill papers, 1919-1979.

Berryhill, W. Reece (Walter Reece), 1900-1979 · 1919

Walter Reece Berryhill (1900-1979) taught in the School of Medicine at Chapel Hill. His papers, 1919 to 1979, hold about 6,500 items in 10.5 linear feet, part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 4174. The papers cover medical education and student medical care at the university. Correspondents include William C. Friday, Albert Coates, Luther Hodges and Sam J. Ervin, Jr.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Fordham, Christopher C., III (Christopher Columbus), 1926-2008.

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Office of the Dean of the School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill records, 1905-2020 (bulk 1952-1996)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Medicine. Office of the Dean · 1905

Medical school administration at Chapel Hill: dean's office records dated 1905 to 2020, the bulk between 1952 and 1996, about 133,300 items in 169.5 linear feet, in the University Archives at UNC, collection 40118. Subjects include deans including W. Reece Berryhill, Isaac M. Taylor, Christopher C. Fordham and Stuart Bondurant, and take in North Carolina Memorial Hospital, the Area Health Education Centers Program and the Lineberger Cancer Research Center.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Fordham, Christopher C., III (Christopher Columbus), 1926-2008.

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Fordham, Christopher and Robin Hadley: photographs (Chapel Hill Historical Society)

1985

Chancellor Christopher C. Fordham III posed with the scholar Robin Hadley in 1985. A single print among the UNC Faculty and Administration photographs of the Chapel Hill Historical Society, CHHS.002.

Included because: Its title names this person.

Christopher C. Fordham, III : the physician-chancellor of N.C.'s first university

Mushak, Betty · 1984

Betty Mushak's 1984 profile of Christopher C. Fordham III, the physician who served as chancellor at Chapel Hill, described in the title as head of the state's first university.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Fordham, Christopher C., III (Christopher Columbus), 1926-2008.

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North Carolina interview : Christopher C. Fordham, III

Fordham, Christopher C., III (Christopher Columbus), 1926-2008 · 1984

An interview with Christopher C. Fordham III, recorded in 1984 and connected with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Included because: Listed as its creator.

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