Dean Smith effigy site in danger

Posted Jul 9, 2009
The historic 75-year-old Willow Oak where former coach Dean Smith was famously hanged in effigy 44 years ago outside Woollen Gym has suffered damage from construction projects throughout the past several years. Now the upper half of the historic tree is dead and will likely have to be removed, said Marion Redd, a UNC graduate who attended the University in the 1960s and works on campus. (Daily Tar Heel)

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