Alexander Julian

Life and Orange County connections

Dated events connected with this person, in date order. See these 9 dated events in the chronology →

1. 1969 Alexander Julian opens Alexander's Ambition on Franklin Street At 21, while his parents were away for a month, Alexander Julian leased a Franklin Street storefront across the street from his father Maurice Julian's store and opened his own shop, Alexander's Ambition. People: Maurice Julian Place: Franklin Street, Chapel HillSearch the index · Our State: Meet Alexander Julian, Designer of UNC's Basketball Uniforms · Also: The Daily Tar Heel: Meet the man behind the classic Carolina argyle
2. September 18, 1973 Haberdasher Alexander Julian files for the Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen Alexander Julian II, 25, a Chapel Hill native and owner of Alexander's Ambition on Franklin Street, filed on September 18, 1973, as the third candidate for the Chapel Hill aldermen, saying students made up half the town and should have a say, and that he wanted to keep Chapel Hill's village character and bring the flower ladies back to the street. People: Alexander Julian Place: Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Franklin StreetSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, September 20, 1973, p. 1
3. October 20, 1973 The League of Women Voters holds a candidates' fair at University Mall Candidates for Chapel Hill mayor, aldermen and school board spoke to shoppers at a fair sponsored by the Chapel Hill League of Women Voters at University Mall. Mayor Howard Lee, seeking a third term, was challenged by Douglas Holmes over tax increases, and aldermanic candidates debated buying the University utilities, a ward system and the I-40 route. People: Howard N. Lee, Alexander Julian Place: University Mall, Chapel Hill · Also named: Douglas Holmes · Also mentions: University utilitiesSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, October 23, 1973, p. 2
4. November 6, 1973 Chapel Hill elects Shirley Marshall, Gerry Cohen, Tommy Gardner and Sid Rancer to the Board of Aldermen In the town election that returned Mayor Howard Lee, Alderman Shirley Marshall led the field with 4,888 votes, UNC law student Gerry Cohen came second, appointed Alderman Tommy Gardner third with 4,233 and Durham businessman Sid Rancer fourth with 3,819, while clothier Alexander Julian trailed with 2,744. The Daily Tar Heel called Cohen the first UNC student to serve on the board. People: Alexander Julian, Howard N. Lee Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Shirley Marshall, Gerry Cohen, Tommy Gardner, Sid RancerSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, November 7, 1973, p. 1
5. November 24, 1991 UNC's basketball team takes the court in Alexander Julian's argyle uniforms At Dean Smith's request, the Chapel Hill native Alexander Julian redesigned the Tar Heel men's basketball uniforms, adding an argyle side panel. The team first wore them, its first new uniforms since 1970, in its season opener against The Citadel on November 24, 1991, and the argyle became a symbol of the university. People: Dean Smith Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · UNC-Chapel Hill: From new idea to iconic design (Brandon Bieltz, April 22, 2015) · Also: The Daily Tar Heel, November 25, 1991, p. 3; The Daily Tar Heel, November 26, 1991, p. 3
6. September 16, 1993 Franklin Street merchant Maurice Julian dies Maurice Julian, who opened his first Franklin Street business in 1936 and ran Julian's College Shop at 140 East Franklin Street from 1942, died on September 16 at 77. A board of about 50 former and present employees was to take over the shop; Chancellor Paul Hardin had named him 'Dean of Franklin Street' at the shop's 50th anniversary in 1992. People: Maurice Julian, Alexander Julian Place: Julian's College Shop, 140 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: Paul Hardin · Also mentions: East Franklin Street, Franklin StreetSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, September 20, 1993, p. 3
7. February 19, 1994 Alexander Julian benefit raises more than $30,000 for the Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill A sold-out fashion show and auction with designer Alexander Julian at the Kenan Center before the UNC-Virginia game, and a one-day uniform exhibit in the Smith Center, raised more than $30,000 for the Ronald McDonald House on Old Mason Farm Road. People: Alexander Julian Place: Kenan Center, UNC, Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Smith CenterSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, February 23, 1994, p. 3
8. May 2011 UNC graduates wear Alexander Julian's true-blue recycled gowns UNC's new commencement gowns, designed by Alexander Julian in true Carolina blue with white piping and made from recycled plastic bottles in North and South Carolina mills, were first worn at the May 2011 Commencement. Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · UNC News Archive: New True Blue gowns are also truly green (February 14, 2011)
9. May 14, 2023 UNC awards Alexander Julian an honorary Doctor of Arts At Spring Commencement, UNC-Chapel Hill gave Alexander Julian, a Chapel Hill native who entered with the Class of 1969 and designed the argyle basketball uniforms, an honorary Doctor of Arts, one of six honorary degrees that year. Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · UNC-Chapel Hill: Honorary degrees go to six leaders in policy, justice and fashion (March 27, 2023)