UNC Hospitals names transplant clinic for Jason Ray

Posted Apr 12, 2016
UNC Health Care in Chapel Hill will dedicate the Jason Ray Transplant Clinic this Saturday, April 16, to honor his memory and the contributions of his family and friends. Ray is the former UNC student from Concord who died tragically in an auto-pedestrian accident while he was traveling with Tar Heels as the Rameses mascot at the 2007 NCAA basketball tournament. (Independent Tribune)

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