UNC-CH honors Eshelman, 3 others with school's highest award
Fred Eshelman
Related Blog Posts
- Fred Eshelman’s saga: From a one-person startup at PPD to Wilmington’s Walk of Fame
- Succession strategy: Are you, your company prepared for a sudden change at the top?
On The Web
Site Search
Get the latest news alerts: Follow LTW at Twitter
Local Tech Wire
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees has honored four recipients with the William Richardson Davie Award, the board's highest honor, including PPD Inc. founder Fred Eshelman.
Chancellor Holden Thorp and the trustees honored Eshelman and Richard Krasno, executive director of the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust, of Chapel Hill; Gov. Beverly Perdue of Raleigh; and Richard "Stick" Williams, senior vice president
of environmental health and safety at Duke Energy Corp., of Charlotte.
Established by the Board of Trustees in 1984, the Davie Award is named for the Revolutionary War hero who is considered the father of the University. It recognizes extraordinary service to the University or society.
"With his vision and generosity," the university said in announcing the awards, "Eshelman has transformed the university's pharmacy school, now named the Eshelman School of Pharmacy in his honor. The 1972 graduate of the school has supported Carolina with his commitment of time, service and gifts totaling more than $33 million."
Featured
Hot Off The Wire
- Red Hat's new Fedora lead; Cree LED breakthrough; Google, Cisco top 'green' list; Oracle rejects SAP settlement; Yahoo board shakeup
- Cisco server fire threat; Lenovo Android upgrade; cloud startup vs. Cisco; Epic's Blesinski to host awards; Google 'Solve for X'
- Redbox-Verizon streaming plan to crowd online video space
E-mail Preferences
The Skinny
- Charlotte's startup efforts pick up steam as more data pours in
- 'Battle in Bay 7' returns - Are you techies ready for some basketball?
- Inside RTP's new angel fund: Founders meeting 'significant' need
- Who won 'Social Bowl'? Super Bowl ads paying fans to play
- RTP broadband firm Overture, minus two top execs, launches new look
- Will RTP-based ChannelAdvisor go public? They're thinking
- What brands are winning Super Bowl hype? Two Durham firms to find out
- In Super Bowl of social media, Patriots win, Triangle firm says
- Big job cuts coming at IBM? Don't be surprised
- Erskine Bowles is among those who can cash in big time on Facebook IPO