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John Bryan Grimes
John Bryan Grimes was a Democratic Politician who served as Secretary of State in North Carolina. He was highly involved in agriculture, and was appinted the head of the North Carolina board. The Grimes residence hall, named in his honor, is considered the start of Carolina’s south campus.
George Tayloe Winston
Henry Van Peters Wilson
Joseph Palmer Knapp
Joshua Walker Gore
James Lee Love
James Lee Love (1860-1950) won the Phillips Mathematical Prize in 1882 while a student at UNC and graduated in 1884 as valedictorian and class president. He became a math professor at UNC from 1885 to 1889 and built a house for himself, his wife, and mother-in-law here. Leaving two years after its construction, the Love House is now the Center for the Study of the American South.
James Yadkin Joyner
John J. Parker
John Motley Morehead III
Morehead, born in 1870, was a scientist and philanthropist. He co-discovered a profitable chemical manufacturing process. Throughout his life he worked in chemical manufacturing and local and international politics. He made several donations to UNC, including the Planetarium. He died in 1965.