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Senate elects 8 members to UNC Board of Governors

March 24th, 2011, 12:35 pm · Post a Comment · posted by

The Senate has elected eight members to the University of North Carolina Board of Governors.

Those elected are:

– W. Louis Bissette, Jr. of Asheville, an attorney.

– Fred Eshelman of Wilmington, executive chairman and founder of Pharmaceutical Product Development Inc.

– John C. Fennebresque of Charlotte, an attorney with McGuireWoods LLP.

– Ann B. Goodnight of Cary, director of community relations for SAS Institute.

– H. Frank Grainger of Cary, an officer and part-owner of Fair Products Inc. and Tritest Environmental Lab.

– Peter D. Hans of Raleigh, senior policy advisor with Nelson Mullins Law Firm.

– Thomas J. Harrelson of Southport, vice president of AECOM.

– Phillip D. Walker of Hickory, senior vice president for BB&T.

The UNC Board of Governors is made up of 32 members, 16 of which are elected by the General Assembly (eight from the House and eight from the Senate).

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