University of North Carolina (System). Board of Trustees. Committee on Inauguration (1950)

The Committee on the Inauguration of Gordon Gray as Consolidated University President was appointed during the 6 February 1950 Board of Trustees meeting. The Committee, with William B. Umstead as chair, was to oversee planning for the inauguration. The actual details of the program were worked out by Consolidated University Acting-President William D. Carmichael, Jr., and UNC Professor William H. Plemmons, who served as director of the Inauguration Program, in cooperation with the campus committees headed by Miss Jane Summerell (Woman's College), Dr. L. R. Wilson (UNC), and Dr. John W. Shirley (State College). The inauguration was held October 8-10, 1950, with sessions on each of the three University campuses. The records consist of correspondence between the persons mentioned above relating to program details, sessions sites on each campus, speakers, and finances. Inauguration programs listing participating speakers, dignitaries, etc., are filed with the correspondence.