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Christopher C. Fordham was the chief administrative officer of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1 March 1980 until 30 June 1988.

From the guide to the Office of Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Christopher C. Fordham Records, 1980-1988, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives and Records Service.)

Nelson Ferebee Taylor was the chief administrative officer of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1 February 1972 until 31 January 1980.

From the guide to the Office of Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Nelson Ferebee Taylor Records, 1972-1980, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives and Records Service.)

William Brantley Aycock was the chief administrative officer of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1 July 1957 until August 1964.

From the guide to the Office of Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: William Brantley Aycock Records, 1957-1964, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives.)

Joseph Carlyle Sitterson was the chief administrative officer for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 16 February 1966 until 31 January 1972.

From the guide to the Office of Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Joseph Carlyle Sitterson Records, 1966-1972, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives.)

Paul Frederick Sharp was the chief administrative officer of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1 September 1964 until 15 February 1966.

From the guide to the Office of Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Paul Frederick Sharp Records, 1964-1966, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives.)

Prior to the creation of the Consolidated University of North Carolina system, the Chapel Hill campus was administered by a president. From 1934 until 1945 its chief administrative officer was the dean of administration. In 1945 the office of chancellor was established. Robert B. House served as executive secretary to President Frank Porter Graham from 1926 and was appointed dean of administration in 1934 and chancellor in 1945.

From the guide to the Office of Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Robert Burton House Records, 1917-1957, (bulk 1940-1957), (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives.)

Paul Hardin became Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on 1 July 1988 and served until 30 June 1995. A North Carolina native and graduate of Duke University, Hardin had been president of Wofford College, Southern Methodist University, and Drew University.

Many important issues and projects occupied Chancellor Hardin during his administration and are reflected in these records. Perhaps the most important was the observance of the university's bicentennial and the associated fundraising campaign. Other areas of emphasis and concern included long-range planning, particularly land use planning; development activities; efforts to gain budget flexibility; and expansion and improvement of human resources programs.

Hardin made several noteworthy administrative changes. First, effective 12 November 1988, he created a new Office of Provost with responsibility for consolidating oversight of all educational activities that served the entire university. He did so by reorganizing the duties of the already-existing positions of Provost and Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs. John Dennis O'Connor was newly appointed as Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost. Garland Hershey, who had been Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs since 1983, became Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Vice Provost.

Chancellor Hardin also reorganized the duties of the Vice Chancellor for University Affairs, whom he asked to assume greater responsibility in the areas of minority recruitment and human relations. The following offices, which had reported to the Vice Chancellor for University Affairs, were placed under the supervision of the Office of Provost, beginning in September 1989: the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, the Office of Scholarships and Student Aid, and the University Registrar.

The duties of the Vice Chancellor for Graduate Studies and Research and those of the Dean of the Graduate School, which had been combined in a single position, were separated. The vice chancellorship was eliminated, as a cost-saving measure, in 1989, while the position of dean was retained. In 1992 the position of Vice Chancellor for Graduate Studies and Research was reestablished, with the Dean of the Graduate School reporting to it.

Soon after Chancellor Hardin's arrival, the university hired the consulting firm of Cambridge Associates, Inc. to study and make recommendations for improving its management of personnel. In 1990, as a result of this study, the position of Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources was created in the Division of Business and Finance. The Associate Vice Chancellor headed a new Office of Human Resources responsible for employee services and benefits administration for both EPA (exempt from the state personnel act) and SPA (subject to the state personnel act) employees. Many new services were introduced. In addition, the Office of Human Resources assumed responsibility for all aspects of SPA hiring. Faculty hiring, promotion, and tenure, however, remained under the control of the administrative officers of the Divisions of Academic Affairs and Health Affairs.

From the guide to the Office of Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Paul Hardin Records, 1988-1995, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives.)

Michael Hooker was chief administrative officer of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1 July 1995 until his death from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma on 29 June 1999. Beginning in April 1999, he had taken a two-month medical leave, during which William O. McCoy served as acting chancellor.

Originally from West Virginia, Hooker became the first member of his family to earn a college degree when he received his B.A. in Philosophy with Highest Honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1969. He received his M.A. and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1972 and 1973, respectively. He taught at Harvard University and John Hopkins University before turning to administration. He was Associate Dean and then Dean of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He then served successively as President of Bennington College; the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; and the University of Massachusetts before accepting the chancellorship of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was a recognized authority on seventeenth-century philosophy as well as medical and applied ethics.

Hooker was determined to make the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill the top public university in the United States. He worked to improve the intellectual climate on campus as well as the undergraduate experience. He supported initiatives designed to combat alcohol and substance abuse; and he stressed support of faculty, staff, and graduate students.

During his administration, Chancellor Hooker successfully advocated the necessity of upgrading the university to modern technology. Among the initiatives he launched were internet-based online courses; Learn North Carolina (LEARN NC), an effort to help public school teachers use technology in classrooms through shared lesson plans and teaching materials; the Lighthouse Project, which provided internet-based discussion and support for new teachers; and the Carolina Computing Initiative, designed to provide every University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student with equal access to technology.

Hooker was determined to make the university more aware of its responsibilities to the people and the state of North Carolina. He felt that a public university should serve the people of the state. He independently undertook a tour of the 100 North Carolina counties in order to better understand the university's position within the state. He also accompanied new faculty members through the state on the newly initiated Faculty Bus Tour.

He worked to be accessible to students and student concerns. During home basketball games he sat in the student section. In 1997, during the game with Duke University, he became the first chancellor to agree to crowd-surf.

Chancellor Hooker's administration carried the campus through the tragic deaths of five students in the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity fire on 12 May 1996. In September 1996, he joined in the cleanup effort after Hurricane Fran swept the campus.

Michael Hooker was diagnosed with lymphoma in January 1999.

From the guide to the Office of Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Michael Hooker Records, 1995-1999, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives.)

A native of Texas, James Moeser studied music at the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned the bachelor of music degree in 1961 and the master of music in 1964. He continued his education at the University of Michigan, graduating in 1967 with a doctorate in musical arts.

Moeser's career in higher education began in 1966, when he accepted the position of assistant professor in the Department of Music and Dance at the University of Kansas. He became dean of the School of Fine Arts there in 1975 and served in that position for eleven years. He left Kansas in 1986 for Pennsylvania State University, where he became dean of the College of Arts and Architecture and executive director of the University Arts Services. In 1992, he moved to the University of South Carolina as vice president for academic affairs and provost. In 1996, he accepted the position of chancellor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. On 15 August 2000, James Moeser became the ninth chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As chancellor, his aim was to continue Michael Hooker's efforts to make Chapel Hill the leading public university in the nation.

In November 2000, less than a month after Chancellor Moeser's installation, North Carolina voters approved the Higher Education Bond Referendum. Out of $2.5 billion that the referendum made available to the University of North Carolina System, the Chapel Hill campus received $515 million to build, repair, and renovate facilities on campus. This work was badly needed due to years of deferred maintenance. Moeser pledged to triple this investment from the state with private funds raised through the Carolina First Campaign. In the end, the campaign's original $1.8 billion goal was exceeded, and $2.38 billion was raised. In addition to increasing the university's endowment, the money supported building projects, research initiatives, new endowed professorships, and scholarships. The combination of private giving and bond money allowed the university to implement several major elements of its master plan, including the Physical Science Complex, the Arts Common, and the renovation of Memorial Hall.

Moeser and his administration undertook several initiatives to help serve the needs of students and the community. One of these was the Carolina Covenant scholarship program, created in 2004 to give qualified low-income students a chance to earn their college degrees debt-free. Since its inception, the program has been a model for roughly 80 other programs in the United States. Also in 2004, the university launched Carolina Connects to help build relationships between the university and the state. Moeser traveled throughout the state to meet and discuss with communities such issues as health, education, and the economy. A third initiative, and one very near the chancellor's heart, was to strengthen programs in the arts, particularly the perfroming arts. The university hired Emil Kang as its first director of the arts, and following the renovation of Memorial Hall, Kang launched an ambitious performing arts series that drew major artists from around the world.

During Chancellor Moeser's tenure, the university was involved in several controversies; in each instance the chancellor responded by upholding free speech and academic freedom. The first occurred in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and concerned a teach-in led by members of the faculty and entitled Understanding the Attack on America: An Alternative View. There was a good deal of negative public reaction to reports of the teach-in, including some accusations that faculty were trying to justify the attack. Less than a year later, the selection of Michael Sells's Approaching the Qur'an for the 2002 summer reading program was the occasion for more public outcry against the university. Objections were also raised to the selection for the 2003 summer reading program; some political conservatives called Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed: On (not) Getting By in America a Marxist rant.

Another controversy, more internally focused, concerned the naming of the Cornelia Phillips Spencer Bell Award. The Bell Award was established in 1994 to recognize the contributions of women to the university and was named for Cornelia Phillips Spencer, who on 20 March 1875 rushed to the belfry of South Building and rang the bell to proclaim the news that the General Assembly had approved the reopening of the university. Spencer was a writer, a proponent of education for women, and the daughter and sister of long-time university professors. However, her legacy was increasingly called into question by 21st-century students, who pointed to the segregationist views expressed in some of her writings and to the fact that her family had owned slaves. Debate over Spencer's legacy led to a weekend-long symposium, Remembering Reconstruction, in October 2004 and to a general re-examination of the university's history. Chancellor Moeser supported this re-examination, saying on numerous occasions that he wanted the university's history told fully, warts and all.

In September 2007, in his annual State of the University address, Moeser announced that he was stepping down as chancellor on 30 June 2008 but had plans to return to the university as a faculty member in the Department on Music in 2009.

From the guide to the Office of Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: James Moeser Records, 2000-2008, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives.)

William O. McCoy was chief administrative officer of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 12 April to 1 June 1999 and from 9 July 1999 through 15 August 2000. During the period 12 April to 1 June 1999, McCoy served as the university's acting chancellor while Chancellor Michael Hooker took a medical leave to undergo treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Hooker succumbed to cancer on 29 June 1999, and on 9 July the University of North Carolina Board of Governors named McCoy interim chancellor. McCoy served in this capacity until 15 August 2000, when James Moeser was appointed chancellor.

Born in Snow Hill, N.C., William McCoy attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on an academic scholarship. As a student, he enrolled in the Naval R.O.T.C. program and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. After graduating in 1955 with a B.S. in Business Administration, McCoy served in the United States Marine Corps as a helicopter pilot. He then went on to earn an M.B.A. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a Sloan Fellow. Next, McCoy began his business career with Southern Bell, where he eventually reached the position of president of BellSouth Enterprises, Inc. in 1986. Upon retirement from BellSouth in 1995, he became Vice President for Finance of the sixteen-campus University of North Carolina System. He retired from that position in January 1999; and scarcely three months later, President Molly Broad called on him to assume the duties of acting chancellor. Also in the spring of 1999, he was inducted into the Order of the Golden Fleece, the University at Chapel Hill's oldest and highest honorary organization.

McCoy continued Chancellor Hooker's initiatives in information technology, public service, outreach, race relations, and improvement of the intellectual climate. He also took measures to improve the university's budget management. Notable during his short administration were the efforts of the university to assist the citizens of eastern North Carolina who had been affected by Hurricane Floyd in the fall of 1999. The launching of the Robertson Scholars Program, a cooperative program with Duke University, was another important event as was the adoption of a trademark licensing code requiring licensees to disclose the locations of their facilities and to pay workers a living wage.

From the guide to the Office of Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: William O. McCoy Records, 1999-2000, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives.)