Friday and Spangler, a different pair who matched at the top of UNC

Posted Jul 27, 2018
When C.D. Spangler Jr., who died Sunday, took over as president of the what we now call the University of North Carolina system in 1986, he was following a titan — the legend, William Friday. Friday had been president for 30 years, and in that time had become one of the most prominent national figures in American higher education. (Raleigh News & Observer)

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