Albert Bunker

One of the earliest Asian American students at UNC (and possibly the first) was Albert Bunker, son of Chang Bunker, one of the famous conjoined twins from Siam (now Thailand). Known widely as the "Siamese Twins," the Bunkers had retired to North Carolina, where they married sisters and had many children. Albert Bunker, one of Chang Bunker's sons, was a student at UNC from 1878-1880. 

Sources

Alumni History of the University of North Carolina, 1795-1924. UNC General Alumni Association, 1924. http://docsouth.unc.edu/true/grant/grant.html

Traywick, Darryl. "Bunker, Eng and Chang." In Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, ed. William S. Powell. University of North Carolina Press, 1979-1996. https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/bunker-eng-and-chang

Eng & Chang Bunker: The Siamese Twins. UNC Library digital collection. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/bunkers