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Names Across the Landscape

The stories of the individuals for whom some of the university's historic buildings are named.

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  1. William Hayes Ackland (1855-1940) and Ackland Art Museum
  2. Edwin A. Alderman (1861-1931) and Alderman Residence Hall
  3. Eben Alexander (1851-1910) and Alexander Residence Hall
  4. Alumni Hall
  5. William Waightsill Avery (1816-1864) and Avery Residence Hall
  6. Charles Brantley Aycock (1859-1912) and Aycock Residence Hall
  7. William B. Aycock (b. 1915) and the Aycock Family Medicine Center
  8. Herman G. Baity (1895-1975) and Baity Laboratory
  9. Kemp P. Battle (1831-1919) and Battle Hall
  10. Kemp P. Battle (1831-1919) and Battle Park
  11. John Grover Beard (1888-1946) and Beard Hall
  12. Irwin Belk and Belk Track
  13. W. Reece Berryhill (1900-1979) , Norma Berryhill (1902-2005) and Berryhill Hall
  14. Robert Hall Bingham and Bingham Hall
  15. Stuart Bondurant and Bondurant Hall
  16. Cary C. Boshamer (1895-1973) and Boshamer Stadium
  17. John C. Brauer (d. 1971) and Brauer Hall
  18. Kenneth M Brinkhous (1908-2000) and James B. Bullitt (1874-1964) and Brinkhous-Bullitt Building
  19. Aubrey Lee Brooks (1871-1958), Thornton H. Brooks (1912-1988), and James Taylor Brooks (1918-1988) and Brooks Hall
  20. Charles Hoyt Burnett (1913-1967) And Nathan A. Womack (1901-1975) and Burnett-Womack Building
  21. William Preston Bynum (1820-1909) and Bynum Hall
  22. Joseph Caldwell (1773-1835) and Caldwell Hall
  23. Paul Cameron (1808-1891) and Cameron Avenue
  24. William D. Carmichael, Jr., (1900-1961) and Carmichael Auditorium
  25. Katherine Kennedy Carmichael (1912-1982) and Carmichael Residence Hall
  26. Julian Shakespeare Carr (1845-1924) and Carr Building
  27. Elizabeth Scott Carrington (d. 1993) and Carrington Hall
  28. Dudley DeWitt Carroll (1885-1971) and Carroll Hall
  29. Lowry Caudill (b. 1957) (center-right) and Susan Caudill (b. 1958) (right) with James Moeser (center left) and Holden Thorp (left) and Caudill Labs
  30. Max Carrol Chapman, Jr. (b. 1943), Katherine Chapman (b. 1946) (not pictured) and the Chapman Golf Center and Chapman Hall
  31. Kennon Cheek, Rebecca Clark and the Kennon Cheek/Rebecca Clark Building
  32. Albert Coates (1896-1989), Gladys Hall Coates (1902-2002) and Coates Building
  33. Collier Cobb (1862-1934) and Cobb Residence Hall
  34. William Coker (1872-1953) and Coker Arboretum
  35. William Coker (1872-1953) and Coker Hall
  36. Caesar Cone II, John Kenfield and the Cone-Kenfield Indoor Tennis Center
  37. Robert Digges Wimberly Connor (1878-1950) and Connor Residence Hall
  38. Burton Craige (1875-1945) and Craige Residence Hall
  39. Josephus Daniels (1862-1948) and Daniels Student Stores
  40. William R. Davie (1756-1820) and Davie Hall
  41. Walter Royal Davis (1920-2008) and Davis Library
  42. William Morton Dey (1880-1961) and Dey Hall
  43. David St. Pierre DuBose (1898-1994) and Valinda Hill DuBose and the DuBose Home
  44. John Christoph Blucher Ehringhaus (1882-1949) and Ehringhaus Residence Hall
  45. William Nash Everett (1864-1928) and Everett Residence Hall
  46. Federal Express Global Education Center, 2007
  47. Robert Allison Fetzer (1887-1968) and Fetzer Gymnasium
  48. Albert Earle Finley (1896-1986) and Finley Golf Course
  49. Christopher Columbus Fordham, III (1926-2008) and Fordham Hall
  50. Forest Theatre (also known as the Koch Memorial Theatre)
  51. William (1920-)and Ida Friday (1919- ) and the Friday Center
  52. O. Max Gardner (1882-1947) and Gardner Hall
  53. Major Charles Gerrard (d. 1797) and Gerrard Hall
  54. James F. Goodmon (1943- ) and Goodmon Building
  55. Joshua Walker Gore (1852-1908) and Gore Building Cogeneration facility
  56. Edward Kidder Graham (1876-1918) and Graham Memorial Hall
  57. Frank Porter Graham (1886-1972) and the Graham Child Development Center
  58. Frank Porter Graham (1886-1972) and the Frank Porter Graham Student Union
  59. John Washington Graham (1838-1928) And Graham Residence Hall
  60. Bowman Gray, Sr. (1874-1935) and Bowman Gray Swimming Pool
  61. Paul Green (1894-1981) and Paul Green Theatre
  62. Edwin A. Greenlaw (1874-1931) and Greenlaw Hall
  63. John Bryan Grimes (1868-1923) and Grimes Residence Hall
  64. J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton (1878-1961) and Hamilton Hall
  65. Frank Borden Hanes (1920- ) and Barbara Lasater Hanes (1920-1990 and the Hanes Art Center
  66. Robert March Hanes (1890-1959) and Hanes Hall
  67. Paul Hardin (1931- ) and Hardin Residence Hall
  68. James T. Hedrick (1928- ) and the Hedrick Building
  69. Francis E. Henry IV (1944- ) and Francis Henry III and Henry Stadium
  70. Thomas Felix Hickerson (1882-1968) and Hickerson House
  71. John Sprunt Hill (1869-1961) and Hill Hall
  72. George Watts Hill, Jr. (1901-1993) and Hill Alumni Center
  73. Michael Hooker (1947-1999) and the Michael Hooker Research Center
  74. Giles Foushee Horney (1908-1986) And the Horney Building
  75. George Moses Horton (ca. 1798-1883) and Horton Residence Hall
  76. Robert B. House (1892-1987) and House Library
  77. Edward Vernon Howell (1872-1931) and Howell Hall
  78. William J. Hubbard and the William J. Hubbard Grounds Facility
  79. Barbara Rosser Hyde (1961- ) and J. R. Hyde, III (1942- ) and Hyde Hall
  80. Blyden (1910-2000) and Roberta Jackson (1920-1999) and Jackson Hall
  81. Hinton James (1776-1847) and Hinton James Residence Hall
  82. Mary Ellen Jones (1922–1996) and the Mary Ellen Jones Building
  83. James Yadkin Joyner (1862-1954) and Joyner Residence Hall
  84. William Rand Kenan, Jr. (1872-1965) and the Kenan Center
  85. William Rand Kenan, Jr. (1872-1965) and Kenan Laboratories
  86. Kenan Music Building
  87. Mary Lily Kenan Flagler Bingham (1867-1917) and Kenan Residence Hall
  88. William Rand Kenan, Jr. (1872-1965) and Kenan Stadium
  89. Banks Kerr (1922-2000) and Kerr Hall
  90. Oliver Owen Kessing (1890-1963) and Kessing Pool
  91. Joseph Palmer Knapp (1864-1951) and John Lassiter Sanders (1927- ) and the Knapp-Sanders Building
  92. Maurice J. Koury (1929- ) and Koury Residence Hall and Koury Natatorium
  93. William Lenoir (1751-1839) and Lenoir Hall
  94. Richard Henry Lewis (1850-1926) and Lewis Residence Hall
  95. The Lineberger Family and the Lineberger Cancer Research Center; J. Harold Lineberger (seated center) and Joseph Lineberger (seated right)
  96. R. Charles Loudermilk (1927- ) and Loudermilk Hall
  97. James Lee Love (1860-1954), Julia James Spencer Love (1859-1920) and James A. Hutchins, Jr., (1917-2002) and Love House and Hutchins Forum
  98. Norman (1911-2003) and Mary McCaskill and the McCaskill Soccer Center
  99. Hugh Leon McColl, Jr. (1935- ) and the McColl Building
  100. Samuel Eusebius McCorkle (1746-1811) and McCorkle Place
  101. Edward G. McGavran (1902-1972) and Bernard George Greenberg (1919-1985) and McGavran-Greenberg Hall
  102. Charles Duncan McIver (1860-1906) and McIver Residence Hall
  103. James K. (1918-1999) and Sarah McLean (d.2001) and McLean Hall
  104. William de Berniere MacNider (1881-1951) and MacNider Hall
  105. Willie Person Mangum (1792-1861) and Adolphus Williamson Mangum (1834-1890) and Mangum Residence Hall
  106. Charles Manly (1795-1871), and Matthias Manly and Manly Residence Hall
  107. John Manning, Jr. and Manning Hall
  108. Memorial Hall
  109. William Miller (1784-1825) and Miller Hall
  110. Elisha P. Mitchell (1793-1857) and Mitchell Hall
  111. John Motley Morehead III(1870-1965) and the Morehead Chemistry Lab
  112. John Motley Morehead III (1870-1965) and Morehead Planetarium
  113. John Motley Morehead III (1870-1965) and Rufus Lenoir Patterson II (1872-1943) and Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower
  114. Cameron Morrison (1869-1953) and Morrison Residence Hall
  115. Archibald De Bow Murphey (1777-1832) and Murphey Hall
  116. Royce W. Murray (1937- ) and Murray Place
  117. New East, 1859
  118. New West, 1859
  119. Howard W. Odum (1884-1954) and Odum Village
  120. Old East, 1795
  121. The Old Well, 1897
  122. Old West, 1823
  123. Frances Owen and the Frances Owen Blood Research Laboratory
  124. John J. Parker (1885-1958) and Parker Residence Hall
  125. George Peabody (1795-1869) and Peabody Hall
  126. Thomas Person (1733-1800) and Person Hall
  127. Brigadier General James Johnston Pettigrew (1828-1863) and Pettigrew Hall
  128. James Phillips (1792-1867), Charles Phillips (1822-1889), and William Battle Phillips (1857-1918) and Phillips Hall
  129. James K. Polk (1795-1849) and Polk Place
  130. Paul J. Rizzo (1928- ) and the Rizzo Conference Center
  131. Milton J. Rosenau (1869-1946) and Rosenau Hall
  132. Thomas Ruffin (1787-1870) and Ruffin Residence Hall
  133. William L. Saunders (1835-1891) and Saunders Hall
  134. Cecil George Sheps (1913-2004) and Sheps Building
  135. Joseph Carlyle Sitterson (1911-1995) and Sitterson Hall
  136. Dean E. Smith (1931- ) and the Dean Smith Center
  137. Edward C. Smith, Sr. (d. 2007) And Smith Field House
  138. Mary Ann Smith (d. 1891) and Smith Building
  139. South Building, 1814
  140. Cornelia Phillips Spencer (1826-1908) and Spencer Hall
  141. Marvin Hendrix Stacy (1877-1919) and Stacy Residence Hall
  142. Walter Leak Steele (1823-1891) and Steele Building
  143. Sonja Haynes Stone (1938-1991) and the Stone Center for Black History and Culture
  144. David Lowry Swain (1801-1868) and Swain Hall
  145. Emanuel Tarrson (1914-1999) and Tarrson Hall
  146. Jack Tate (1917- ), John Turner (1922- ), And Charles Kuralt (1934-1997) and the Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building
  147. Isaac Montrose Taylor (1921-1996) and Taylor Hall
  148. James A. Taylor (1918-1989) And Taylor Student Health Services Building
  149. Claude Edward Teague (1888-1970) and Teague Residence Hall
  150. Simon F. Terrell (1924-2005) and the Terrell Building
  151. Doc J. Thurston (1908-1993) and Hargrove Bowles, Jr. (1919-1986) and the Thurston-Bowles Building
  152. Gary R. Tomkins (1955-2004) and the Gary R. Tomkins Chilled Water Operations Center
  153. H. Roland Totten ( 1892-1974) and Addie Williams Totten (d.1974) and the Totten Center
  154. Maurice Taylor Van Hecke (1892-1963) And Robert H. Wettach (1892-1964) and the Van Hecke-Wettach Hall
  155. Zebulon B. Vance (1830-1894) and Vance Hall
  156. Richard Henry Whitehead (1865-1916) and Whitehead Hall
  157. Ernie Williamson (1922-2002) and Williamson Athletic Center
  158. Henry Van Peters Wilson (1863-1939) and Wilson Hall
  159. Louis Round Wilson (1876-1979) and the Louis Round Wilson Library
  160. George Tayloe Winston (1852-1932) and Winston Residence Hall
  161. Charles Thomas Woollen (1878-1938) and Woollen Gymnasium
  162. The YMCA Building

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