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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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William Hayes Ackland (1855-1940) and Ackland Art Museum
Edwin A. Alderman (1861-1931) and Alderman Residence Hall
Eben Alexander (1851-1910) and Alexander Residence Hall
Alumni Hall
William Waightsill Avery (1816-1864) and Avery Residence Hall
Charles Brantley Aycock (1859-1912) and Aycock Residence Hall
William B. Aycock (b. 1915) and the Aycock Family Medicine Center
Herman G. Baity (1895-1975) and Baity Laboratory
Kemp P. Battle (1831-1919) and Battle Hall
Kemp P. Battle (1831-1919) and Battle Park
John Grover Beard (1888-1946) and Beard Hall
Irwin Belk and Belk Track
W. Reece Berryhill (1900-1979) , Norma Berryhill (1902-2005) and Berryhill Hall
Robert Hall Bingham and Bingham Hall
Stuart Bondurant and Bondurant Hall
Cary C. Boshamer (1895-1973) and Boshamer Stadium
John C. Brauer (d. 1971) and Brauer Hall
Kenneth M Brinkhous (1908-2000) and James B. Bullitt (1874-1964) and Brinkhous-Bullitt Building
Aubrey Lee Brooks (1871-1958), Thornton H. Brooks (1912-1988), and James Taylor Brooks (1918-1988) and Brooks Hall
Charles Hoyt Burnett (1913-1967) And Nathan A. Womack (1901-1975) and Burnett-Womack Building
William Preston Bynum (1820-1909) and Bynum Hall
Joseph Caldwell (1773-1835) and Caldwell Hall
Paul Cameron (1808-1891) and Cameron Avenue
William D. Carmichael, Jr., (1900-1961) and Carmichael Auditorium
Katherine Kennedy Carmichael (1912-1982) and Carmichael Residence Hall
Julian Shakespeare Carr (1845-1924) and Carr Building
Elizabeth Scott Carrington (d. 1993) and Carrington Hall
Dudley DeWitt Carroll (1885-1971) and Carroll Hall
Lowry Caudill (b. 1957) (center-right) and Susan Caudill (b. 1958) (right) with James Moeser (center left) and Holden Thorp (left) and Caudill Labs
Max Carrol Chapman, Jr. (b. 1943), Katherine Chapman (b. 1946) (not pictured) and the Chapman Golf Center and Chapman Hall
Kennon Cheek, Rebecca Clark and the Kennon Cheek/Rebecca Clark Building
Albert Coates (1896-1989), Gladys Hall Coates (1902-2002) and Coates Building
Collier Cobb (1862-1934) and Cobb Residence Hall
William Coker (1872-1953) and Coker Arboretum
William Coker (1872-1953) and Coker Hall
Caesar Cone II, John Kenfield and the Cone-Kenfield Indoor Tennis Center
Robert Digges Wimberly Connor (1878-1950) and Connor Residence Hall
Burton Craige (1875-1945) and Craige Residence Hall
Josephus Daniels (1862-1948) and Daniels Student Stores
William R. Davie (1756-1820) and Davie Hall
Walter Royal Davis (1920-2008) and Davis Library
William Morton Dey (1880-1961) and Dey Hall
David St. Pierre DuBose (1898-1994) and Valinda Hill DuBose and the DuBose Home
John Christoph Blucher Ehringhaus (1882-1949) and Ehringhaus Residence Hall
William Nash Everett (1864-1928) and Everett Residence Hall
Federal Express Global Education Center, 2007
Robert Allison Fetzer (1887-1968) and Fetzer Gymnasium
Albert Earle Finley (1896-1986) and Finley Golf Course
Christopher Columbus Fordham, III (1926-2008) and Fordham Hall
Forest Theatre (also known as the Koch Memorial Theatre)
William (1920-)and Ida Friday (1919- ) and the Friday Center
O. Max Gardner (1882-1947) and Gardner Hall
Major Charles Gerrard (d. 1797) and Gerrard Hall
James F. Goodmon (1943- ) and Goodmon Building
Joshua Walker Gore (1852-1908) and Gore Building Cogeneration facility
Edward Kidder Graham (1876-1918) and Graham Memorial Hall
Frank Porter Graham (1886-1972) and the Graham Child Development Center
Frank Porter Graham (1886-1972) and the Frank Porter Graham Student Union
John Washington Graham (1838-1928) And Graham Residence Hall
Bowman Gray, Sr. (1874-1935) and Bowman Gray Swimming Pool
Paul Green (1894-1981) and Paul Green Theatre
Edwin A. Greenlaw (1874-1931) and Greenlaw Hall
John Bryan Grimes (1868-1923) and Grimes Residence Hall
J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton (1878-1961) and Hamilton Hall
Frank Borden Hanes (1920- ) and Barbara Lasater Hanes (1920-1990 and the Hanes Art Center
Robert March Hanes (1890-1959) and Hanes Hall
Paul Hardin (1931- ) and Hardin Residence Hall
James T. Hedrick (1928- ) and the Hedrick Building
Francis E. Henry IV (1944- ) and Francis Henry III and Henry Stadium
Thomas Felix Hickerson (1882-1968) and Hickerson House
John Sprunt Hill (1869-1961) and Hill Hall
George Watts Hill, Jr. (1901-1993) and Hill Alumni Center
Michael Hooker (1947-1999) and the Michael Hooker Research Center
Giles Foushee Horney (1908-1986) And the Horney Building
George Moses Horton (ca. 1798-1883) and Horton Residence Hall
Robert B. House (1892-1987) and House Library
Edward Vernon Howell (1872-1931) and Howell Hall
William J. Hubbard and the William J. Hubbard Grounds Facility
Barbara Rosser Hyde (1961- ) and J. R. Hyde, III (1942- ) and Hyde Hall
Blyden (1910-2000) and Roberta Jackson (1920-1999) and Jackson Hall
Hinton James (1776-1847) and Hinton James Residence Hall
Mary Ellen Jones (1922–1996) and the Mary Ellen Jones Building
James Yadkin Joyner (1862-1954) and Joyner Residence Hall
William Rand Kenan, Jr. (1872-1965) and the Kenan Center
William Rand Kenan, Jr. (1872-1965) and Kenan Laboratories
Kenan Music Building
Mary Lily Kenan Flagler Bingham (1867-1917) and Kenan Residence Hall
William Rand Kenan, Jr. (1872-1965) and Kenan Stadium
Banks Kerr (1922-2000) and Kerr Hall
Oliver Owen Kessing (1890-1963) and Kessing Pool
Joseph Palmer Knapp (1864-1951) and John Lassiter Sanders (1927- ) and the Knapp-Sanders Building
Maurice J. Koury (1929- ) and Koury Residence Hall and Koury Natatorium
William Lenoir (1751-1839) and Lenoir Hall
Richard Henry Lewis (1850-1926) and Lewis Residence Hall
The Lineberger Family and the Lineberger Cancer Research Center; J. Harold Lineberger (seated center) and Joseph Lineberger (seated right)
R. Charles Loudermilk (1927- ) and Loudermilk Hall
James Lee Love (1860-1954), Julia James Spencer Love (1859-1920) and James A. Hutchins, Jr., (1917-2002) and Love House and Hutchins Forum
Norman (1911-2003) and Mary McCaskill and the McCaskill Soccer Center
Hugh Leon McColl, Jr. (1935- ) and the McColl Building
Samuel Eusebius McCorkle (1746-1811) and McCorkle Place
Edward G. McGavran (1902-1972) and Bernard George Greenberg (1919-1985) and McGavran-Greenberg Hall
Charles Duncan McIver (1860-1906) and McIver Residence Hall
James K. (1918-1999) and Sarah McLean (d.2001) and McLean Hall
William de Berniere MacNider (1881-1951) and MacNider Hall
Willie Person Mangum (1792-1861) and Adolphus Williamson Mangum (1834-1890) and Mangum Residence Hall
Charles Manly (1795-1871), and Matthias Manly and Manly Residence Hall
John Manning, Jr. and Manning Hall
Memorial Hall
William Miller (1784-1825) and Miller Hall
Elisha P. Mitchell (1793-1857) and Mitchell Hall
John Motley Morehead III(1870-1965) and the Morehead Chemistry Lab
John Motley Morehead III (1870-1965) and Morehead Planetarium
John Motley Morehead III (1870-1965) and Rufus Lenoir Patterson II (1872-1943) and Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower
Cameron Morrison (1869-1953) and Morrison Residence Hall
Archibald De Bow Murphey (1777-1832) and Murphey Hall
Royce W. Murray (1937- ) and Murray Place
New East, 1859
New West, 1859
Howard W. Odum (1884-1954) and Odum Village
Old East, 1795
The Old Well, 1897
Old West, 1823
Frances Owen and the Frances Owen Blood Research Laboratory
John J. Parker (1885-1958) and Parker Residence Hall
George Peabody (1795-1869) and Peabody Hall
Thomas Person (1733-1800) and Person Hall
Brigadier General James Johnston Pettigrew (1828-1863) and Pettigrew Hall
James Phillips (1792-1867), Charles Phillips (1822-1889), and William Battle Phillips (1857-1918) and Phillips Hall
James K. Polk (1795-1849) and Polk Place
Paul J. Rizzo (1928- ) and the Rizzo Conference Center
Milton J. Rosenau (1869-1946) and Rosenau Hall
Thomas Ruffin (1787-1870) and Ruffin Residence Hall
William L. Saunders (1835-1891) and Saunders Hall
Cecil George Sheps (1913-2004) and Sheps Building
Joseph Carlyle Sitterson (1911-1995) and Sitterson Hall
Dean E. Smith (1931- ) and the Dean Smith Center
Edward C. Smith, Sr. (d. 2007) And Smith Field House
Mary Ann Smith (d. 1891) and Smith Building
South Building, 1814
Cornelia Phillips Spencer (1826-1908) and Spencer Hall
Marvin Hendrix Stacy (1877-1919) and Stacy Residence Hall
Walter Leak Steele (1823-1891) and Steele Building
Sonja Haynes Stone (1938-1991) and the Stone Center for Black History and Culture
David Lowry Swain (1801-1868) and Swain Hall
Emanuel Tarrson (1914-1999) and Tarrson Hall
Jack Tate (1917- ), John Turner (1922- ), And Charles Kuralt (1934-1997) and the Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building
Isaac Montrose Taylor (1921-1996) and Taylor Hall
James A. Taylor (1918-1989) And Taylor Student Health Services Building
Claude Edward Teague (1888-1970) and Teague Residence Hall
Simon F. Terrell (1924-2005) and the Terrell Building
Doc J. Thurston (1908-1993) and Hargrove Bowles, Jr. (1919-1986) and the Thurston-Bowles Building
Gary R. Tomkins (1955-2004) and the Gary R. Tomkins Chilled Water Operations Center
H. Roland Totten ( 1892-1974) and Addie Williams Totten (d.1974) and the Totten Center
Maurice Taylor Van Hecke (1892-1963) And Robert H. Wettach (1892-1964) and the Van Hecke-Wettach Hall
Zebulon B. Vance (1830-1894) and Vance Hall
Richard Henry Whitehead (1865-1916) and Whitehead Hall
Ernie Williamson (1922-2002) and Williamson Athletic Center
Henry Van Peters Wilson (1863-1939) and Wilson Hall
Louis Round Wilson (1876-1979) and the Louis Round Wilson Library
George Tayloe Winston (1852-1932) and Winston Residence Hall
Charles Thomas Woollen (1878-1938) and Woollen Gymnasium
The YMCA Building
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