Clemmie Spangler was president of the University of North Carolina from 1986 to 1997.
13 Facts About Clemmie Spangler
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Clemmie Spangler was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1932.
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Clemmie Spangler graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, and received an MBA from Harvard University.
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Clemmie Spangler went on to head his father's bank, the Bank of North Carolina, merging it with NCNB in 1982.
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Clemmie Spangler entered public service as a member of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education in the 1970s.
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Clemmie Spangler then served as president of the University of North Carolina system, from 1986 to 1997.
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In 1995, Clemmie Spangler took over National Gypsum for $1.2 billion, through Delcor Inc.
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Clemmie Spangler served as President of Harvard University's Board of Overseers from 2003 to 2004.
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Clemmie Spangler graduated from Wellesley College in 1955, and their betrothal was announced in the New York Times in March 1960.
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Clemmie Spangler was the daughter of Arad McCutchan Riggs and Frieda Wildy Riggs.
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Anna Clemmie Spangler Nelson is a member of the UNC Board of Governors.
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In 1995, Abigail Riggs Clemmie Spangler married lawyer Jeffrey Donald Nuechterlein, son of Donald Nuechterlein of Charlottesville, Virginia, who was a professor of international relations at the Federal Executive Institute.
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Clemmie Spangler has a bachelor's degree from Wellesley College and a master's degree in political science from Columbia University.