Carolina Alumni Review - July/August 2007

But George Can’t Fire Anybody The $14 million renovation of Boshamer Stadium includes a growing trend in athletics naming. Cary Boshamer ’ 17 keeps his name on the stadium, but the Tar Heels will play on Bryson Field, the result of a $3 million gift from Vaughn and Nancy Bryson, both 1960 graduates; he played baseball here. Fans will enter Boshamer through the Steinbrenner Family Courtyard, courtesy of a $1 million donation from the New York Yankees owner, who brought his teams to Chapel Hill for exhibition games three times while his daughter was a student here.

Does He Have a Building Yet?

Carolina’s most notable geography major does not. But within the School of Social Work is the Jordan Institute for Families, whose mission is to “strengthen families and engage communities,” endowed by Michael Jordan ’ 86.

Eleven Women

The women whose names are on Carolina buildings are former Dean of Women Katherine Carmichael (Carmichael dorm), Elizabeth Scott Carrington (nursing school), Susan Caudill ’ 80 (W. Lowry and Susan Caudill chemistry labs), Mary Lily Kenan Flagler (Kenan dorm), Barbara Lasater Hanes (Frank Borden ’ 42 and Barbara Lasater Hanes Art Center), Roberta Jackson (Jackson Hall), Mary Ellen Jones ( laboratory building), Carol McCaskill (McCaskill Soccer Center, named for Norman ’ 33 and Carol McCaskill), Mary Ann Smith (Mary Ann Smith Building), Cornelia Phillips Spencer (Spencer dorm) and Sonja Haynes Stone (Center for Black Culture and History).