Remembering Bill Friday: ‘His successes are immeasurable’
Editor’s note: William C. “Bill” Friday, who shepherded the UNC system through three decades of tumultuous change and rapid growth as one of the nation’s longest-serving university presidents, died peacefully in his sleep Friday morning at age 92. E. Norris Tolson is president and CEO of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center. RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – President Bill Friday’s death earlier today is a terrible loss to me – and to the people of North Carolina. It was a transition we know to expect with every life – especially a life that spans eight or nine decades. But this is...
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