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Nan Keohane has a passion for teaching, but in 1981, Wellsley, her alma mater, lured her back to assume the presidency. On July 1, 1993, she became Duke University's eighth president. Some say she's the best president Duke has ever had. Keohane is featured in NORTH CAROLINA magazine's \"executive profile.\"
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Frank Borkowski, chancellor of Appalachian State University at Boone, is an accomplished musician and conductor who is conducting the university into the twenty-first century.
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North Carolina Rural Entrepreneurs through Action Learning (NC REAL) is offered in sixty-one high schools and community colleges across the state. The program guides students through the creation, design, and operation of their own small businesses.
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4.Remembering Carey Bostian and Jay Robinson by Kirk, Phil North Carolina Vol. 58 Issue 6, June 2000
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With the passing of Dr. Carey Bostian, 93, and Dr. Jay Robinson, 71, North Carolina has lost two of its most distinguished educators. Kirk reflects upon the lives of Bostian, who was chancellor of North Carolina State University, and Robinson, who was superintendent of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System and later chairman of the State Board of Education.
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Dr. A. Hope Williams earned her doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has twenty-three years of service in state government and higher education. For eight years she has been president of North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities. In this capacity she represents these schools in Raleigh. Williams is featured in NORTH CAROLINA magazine's \"executive profile.\"
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C. Avery Thomas is a founding partner Thomas, Stout, Stuart, Core & Stuart. The firm opened on November 1, 1967, and is Burlington's largest CPA business. Thomas has a business administration degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is featured in NORTH CAROLINA magazine's \"executive profile.\"
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Dr. John Weems retired in June 1999 as president of Meredith College, after twenty-eight years of service. Known as a visionary leader and thinker, Weems saw a number of changes during his tenure. The college had a $2 million deficit when he arrived; he leaves the school debt free and financially stable; enrollment up by 1,200; and faculty positions, as well as the number of degrees, almost doubled.
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Nicholas St. George, president and CEO of Greensboro-based Oakwood Homes Corporation, is the force behind the company's recovery. Revenues rose from $107 million in 1991 to over $1 billion in 1997, and employment rose from 1,000 to 7,000.
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3684
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Larry Monteith will retire in August, 1998, as chancellor of N.C. State University. Among his accomplishments are the Engineering Graduate Research Center and the Campaign for N.C. State Students, a plan to raise $80 million for 2,000 academic scholarships.
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LEARN, or Learners' and Educators' Assistance and Resource Network, a program of the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is an innovative web site for teachers. It provides teachers convenient times for quality professional development and exemplary lesson plans that are linked to the N.C. Standard Course of Study.
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3981
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Dr. Richard Eakin became chancellor of East Carolina University, the state's third largest university, in 1987. He has overseen a period of great growth and change, including 4,000 more students, new campus construction, and adding programs to the curriculum.
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William Cavanaugh, president and CEO of Carolina Power and Light Company, has overseen a number of challenges, including the reduction of operating costs and downsizing, to make the company ready for the 21st Century.
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Gordon S. Myers, vice president of real estate for Inglis Markets, Inc., is also a strong supporter of the mountain regions. Among his accomplishments are funding to complete the missing link of I-26 and to renovate historic Beaucatcher Tunnel.
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Ron E. Doggett, Chairman and CEO of GoodMark Foods, Inc., has led his company to first place in meat snacks production and marketing. The company, known for its Slim Jim snack, produces forty percent of the market.
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Ed Pleasants, Jr. is a third-generation manager of his family's hardware business. Pleasants Hardware Company started in 1913 in Winston-Salem and has twelve branches in 8 states, specializing in commercial doors and rest room partitions and accessories.
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