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North Carolina Central University, a state-supported liberal arts years. On July 1, 1972, all the state's four-year colleges and universities
institution, was d1artered in 1909 as a private instibltion and opened were joined to become The Con..co1i~ted University ofNordl
to students onjuly 5,1910. It was founded by. From thebegi nning, Carolina. The reconstituted UNc, with 16 individualcampuse s, was
when it was known as d1e National Religious Training ScI1ool and headed by a single president and gowmed by the UniveISity of North
Olautauqua, its purpose has been the development in young men and Carolina Boald of Governors.
women of the character and sound academic training requisite for real Whiting was succeeded by Dr. leRoy T. Walker in the role of
service to d1e nation. interim chancellor. Walker had served the institution as cl1airman of
In 1915 the school was sold and the Depamnent of Physical Education aOO Recreation, head track
reorganized, then becoming the coach, and vice d1ancellor for university relations. He had served as
National Training Sdlool During the United States' head track and ~d coad1 at the 1976 Olympic
this period of its history, Mrs. Games, and was a key administrator in the earlyyears of the U.s. Peace
Russell Sage of New York was a Corps. At their February 1986 meeting, the University ofNorth
generous benefactor of the school Carolina Board of Governors, at the request ofNCCU's Boald of
In 1923 it became a publicly- Trustees, retroactively awaroed WaJker the title of chancellor, etrecti\Ie
supported institution, and was as of the beginning ofhis term in 1983.
renamed Durl1am State Nonnal Dr; Tyronza R. Richmond, formerly dean of the Sd1oo1 of Business,
Smoot Two years later, it was succeeded Walker as chancellor on July 1, 1986. Richmond's tenure
converted to the North Carolina saw the creation of the Sd1oolofEducation (fonnedy dle Deparbnent
Dr.r E C1.-.A-l 17 1- College for Negroes, dedicating of Education) and a reoIganization of the academic ad ministrative
. James """'r-.., rvunuu it to the offering ofliberal arts
structure. Rid1mond resigned as d1ancellor to return to the classroom
education and the preparation ofteamers and principals of secondary and was succeeded on January 1, 1992, by Dr. Donna J. Benson, who
sdtools. North Carolina College for Negroes became the nation's fust served as interim chancellor for one year.
state-supported liberal arts college for African-American students. Benson was succeeded on January 1, 1993, by Julius L. Olambers,
State appropriations were supplemented by a generous gift from B. who had beendirector-counsel (chief~) of the NAACP Legal
N. Duke, and by contributions from citizens of Durham in 1929. Defense and Education Fund Olambers, adis tinguished civil rights
The General Assembly of 1939 authorized the establishment of attorney, was the fiI'St alumnus to serve as chief adminjstrator, having
graduate work in liberal arts and the professions. Graduate COUISes received his bacl1elor's degree in history from North Carolina College
in
the Arts and Sciences were fust offered in that same year; the Sdlool at Durl1am in 1958. 01ambers laund1ed a major capital constnx:tion
of Law beg.m operation in 1940, and the Sdlool of Library Science effort.
was established in 1941. James H. Ammons, became the d1ancellor on June 1, 200 1. Under
In 1947 the General Assembly changed the name of the institution his leadership, the university experienced significant enrollment
to North Carolina College at Durham. That same year on October 6, , growth, making North Carolina Central University the fastest growing
Dr. ShepaId, the founder and President of the college, died. university among the 16 UN C campuses.
On January 20, 1948, Dr. Alfonso Flder was elected President of Otarlie Nelms assumed the position of d1ancellor on August
North Carolina College. At the time, he was serving as head of the 1,2007. With the goal oflifting retention and graduation rates, he
Graduate Department of Education and had fonnerly been Dean of reorganized the University College to provide intensive academic
the College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Flder retjred September 1, 1963. support and skills training for underprepared freshmen and
Dr. Samuel P. Massie was elected as the thiId President of the sophomores. He presided over NCCU's centennial celebration
College on August 9, 1963. He resigned on February 1, 1966, to during the 2009-10 academic year, during whid1 the appearance of
accept an appointment as a memistryprofessor at the U.S. Naval the campus underwent a transformation, most notably the dramatic
Academy. overhaul of the Fayetteville Street corridor. Mr. Nelms retired August
Dr. Albert N. Whiting assumed his duties as president on July 1, 6, 20 12, from the University after five years in the post and neady four
1967. Whiting served as president at fust, then assumed the title of decades in higher education administration.
dJancellor when the institution was brought into the University of Otades L. Becton, an attomeyllawprofessor, and former judge on
North Carolina system in 1972. He retired on June 30, 1983. dle North Carolina Court of Appeals, became interim chancellor of
Under Whiting's leadership, North Carolina College at Durham Nordl Carolina Central University on August 6, 20 12.
became North Carolina Central University in 1969. Among the The NCCU Boald of Trustees will form a seaId1 committee
signi&ant developments during his 16 years of service was the consisting ofttustees, fuculty, students, aOO alumni to help identify a
creation of the NCCU Sdlool of Business. Progr.uns in public pennanent successor to Chancellor Nelms.
~ministration and aiminal justice were also launched during those