Dean Smith's chair bought at UNC benefit by Kay Yow's former doctor, to be used for chemo patients

Posted Oct 2, 2015
A chair from the office of former University of North Carolina men's basketball coach Dean Smith will be remodeled and used for chemotherapy patients. The chair was auctioned on Friday morning at Roy Williams' annual breakfast benefiting cancer charities and purchased for $15,000 by Dr. Mark Graham, a former UNC professor and director of the school's breast cancer program. Graham now runs a hematology and oncology clinic in the state. (ESPN.com)

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