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Charles Duncan McIver
Dr. Charles Duncan McIver spent his life advocating for women’s higher education. He founded North Carolina’s first college created specifiically for women in Greensboro, and was dedicated a female dormitory for his efforts at UNC-Carolina in 1939.
Addie Williams Totten
Charles Thomas Woollen
Collier Cobb
Aubrey Lee Brooks
Edward Vernon Howell
Edwin A. Alderman
Edwin A. Alderman (1861-1931) was a UNC alumn who pursued a career in teaching. He was a prominant figure in the Southern education movement. He was a conductor of the State Teacher’s Institutes before founding two universities and then as custodian of the UNC library. He then became the first professor of History and Philosophy of education. He became president of UNC in 1896 and campaigned the Board of Trustees to allow the first women to enroll at UNC.
Edwin A. Greenlaw
Edwin A. Greenlaw (1874-1931) was the head of the English Department, editor for Studies in Philology, and Dean of the Graduate School. It was through his efforts that the English Department at UNC was recognized as one of the best in the country and that UNC was inducted into the Association of American Universities. In 1970, the new English builing at UNC was named after him.