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An excerpt from Campbell's book, Across Fortune's Tracks: William Rand Kenan, Jr. and the Kenan Family, investigates one of North Carolina's most prominent families.
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 36 Issue 3, May 1992,
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12547
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While a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, William R. Kenan, Jr., participated in the discovery of calcium carbide. He had multiple careers as industrialist, developer, financier, and philanthropist.
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18107
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The Kenan family was in Duplin County years before it became a county, and they have served the state and its people in numerous ways. Among them were James Kenan, a member of the Provisional Congress; Thomas S. Kenan, who was Colonel of the 43rd North Carolina Regiment during the Civil War; and William Rand Kenan, who donated the Stadium to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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40708
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Included in a discussion of this stadium’s early history is the motives of the stadium’s founder, largely based on rivalry. William Rand Kenan Jr. was driven to compete with other higher education institutions in the North and North Carolina, as well as the efforts of his philanthropic rival, John Motley Morehead III.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 96 Issue 3, July 2019 ,
p276-304
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Kenan, William Rand Jr., 1872-1965; Kenan family; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill--Kenan Memorial Stadium; Philanthropy; Philanthropy--college sports ; Philanthropists--Chapel Hill; Philanthropists--North Carolina; Rival higher education institutions--UNC system; Morehead, John Motley III, 1870-1965; College sports--North Carolina; UNC system--presidents--Frank Porter Graham