UNC's Eben Alexander and the Revival of the Modern Olympic Games
Posted Aug 11, 2016
When the Olympic games were revived and the first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896, UNC faculty member Eben Alexander was there. Alexander was a professor of Greek at Carolina and served as the U.S. ambassador to Greece and Serbia from 1893-1897. Alexander’s influence in convincing American athletes to come to Greece is evident.
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