William Friday

William Friday
Author: William A. Link
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 545
Release: 2013-10-12
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1469611864

Few North Carolinians have been as well known or as widely respected as William Friday (1920-2012). The former president of the University of North Carolina remained prominent in public affairs in the state and elsewhere throughout his life and ranked as one of the most important American university presidents of the post-World War II era. In the second edition of this comprehensive biography, William Link traces Friday's long and remarkable career and commemorates his legendary life. Friday's thirty years as president of the university, from 1956 to 1986, spanned the greatest period of growth for higher education in American history, and Friday played a crucial role in shaping the sixteen-campus UNC system during that time. Link also explores Friday's influential work on nationwide commissions, task forces, and nonprofits, and in the development of the National Humanities Center and the growth of Research Triangle Park. This second edition features a new introduction and epilogue to enrich the narrative, charting the later years of Friday's career and examining his legacy in North Carolina and nationwide.

Some American Peelers and Their Descendants

Some American Peelers and Their Descendants
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Total Pages: 788
Release: 1984
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Anthony Peeler I (Bieller-Biehler-Bühler-Beiler) in 1738 immigrated from the Palatinate of Germany (via Rotterdam) to Philadelphia, and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, moving later to Rowan County, North Carolina, and then to Granville County, North Carolina. Descendants and relatives lived in chiefly in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, the deep south, and the midwest.

The Cansler Family in America

The Cansler Family in America
Author: William Clifford Roberts
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Total Pages: 520
Release: 2001
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Philip Wilhelm Gentzler was born 4 September 1739 in Dotzheim, Hessen-Nassau, Germany. His parents were Johann Conradt Gentzler and Maria Catharina Lotz. His family emigrated in 1749 and settled in York County, Pennsylvania. He married Maria Juliana Wintermyer in about 1758. They had ten children and lived in Lincoln County, North Carolina. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Mississippi and Texas.