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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Christopher C. Fordham III Papers #40348, University Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received in June 2012 (RT 20120607.1) and from the daughters of Christopher and Barbara Fordham - Pamela Fordham Richey, Susan Fordham Crowell, and Betsy Fordham Templeton - in July 2018 (Acc. 20180702.1).

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Fordham, Christopher C., III (Christopher Columbus), 1926-2008.
• Medical education--North Carolina.
• Minorities--Education (Higher).
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Administration.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Planning.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Office of the Chancellor.

• Office of Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Christopher C. Fordham Records, 1969-1995 (bulk 1980-1988) (#40024)

Christopher C. Fordham III (d. August 14, 2008), a white medical doctor by training, served as the sixth chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1 March 1980 until 30 June 1988. He was also a professor in and Dean of the School of Medicine from 1971 to 1979.

Christopher C. Fordham III (d. August 14, 2008), a white medical doctor by training, served as the sixth chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Christopher C. Fordham III Papers consist of correspondence, reports, speeches, writings by and about Fordham, scrapbooks, photographs, videotapes, and other materials. Topics include Fordham's retirement; his activities, including commencements and other celebratory events as dean of The Medical College of Augusta, Ga., and as chancellor and chancellor emeritus of UNC Chapel Hill; a trust he established to promote diversity in health professions; increasing diversity in medical school enrollment; Fordham's response to an external review of UNC Chapel Hill; and reports to the Board of Trustees covering a CIA protest, 1980s highlights, public funding for medical education, and campus land use.

• Photographs (IB-40348/1-2, PA-40348/1-5)
• Scrapbooks (SV-40348/1-2)
• Digital folder (DF-40348/1)