http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/liv…on/12773994.htm
With a Charlottean being over the UNC System now. Wonder if this will equate into more $$$'s coming to Charlotte.
Don’t count on it helping…
Erskine Bowles
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Erskine Boyce Bowles (born 8 August 1945) is an American businessman and political figure from the U.S. state of North Carolina. He is currently up for confirmation to serve as the President of the University of North Carolina system.
Bowles was born and raised in Greensboro, North Carolina and was the son of Skipper Bowles, a Democratic politician. Bowles attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was admitted to the Zeta Psi fraternity and majored in business. After briefly serving in the United States Coast Guard, Bowles then enrolled in the Columbia Business School, where he earned a M.B.A. and served as student body president.
Following graduation, Bowles worked for the financial firm Morgan Stanley in New York City. There, he met his wife, Crandall Close; the two married in 1971 and moved to North Carolina, where Bowles worked on his father’s 1972 gubernatorial campaign. They had three children: Sam, Annie, and Bill.
In 1975, Bowles helped launch the investment firm of Bowles Hollowell Conner, and remained in the corporate sector until the 1990s. In 1992, he became involved in politics as a fundraiser for Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign. President Clinton appointed Bowles to head the Small Business Administration in 1993. From October 1994 to December 1995, Bowles served as Clinton’s deputy chief of staff.
Briefly returning to Charlotte, North Carolina, where he helped found the merchant bank Carousel Capital, Bowles was appointed Clinton’s Chief of Staff in December 1996. One of Bowles’ major responsibilities was dealing with federal budget negotiations between the White House and Congress. Bowles returned to the field of finance again in October 1998 and currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Although initially reluctant to seek political office, Bowles reconsidered a run for the Senate after the September 11, 2001 attacks and, in October 2001, declared his candidacy for the United States Senate as a Democratic candidate. Seeking to fill the seat being vacated by Jesse Helms, Bowles secured the party’s nomination, but was defeated in the general election by Republican challenger Elizabeth Dole.
In 2004, Bowles campaigned again for the Senate, seeking to fill the seat being vacated by fellow Democrat John Edwards. He faced Republican Richard Burr and Libertarian Tom Bailey in a hotly contested race. The final month of the Senate campaign saw both Bowles’ and Burr’s campaigns turn strongly negative, with Burr’s campaign attacking Bowles’ associations with the Clinton administration, while Bowles’ campaign attacked Burr on his support of trade legislation and special interest donations. Both campaigns spent a great deal of money, making it one of the most expensive statewide races in North Carolina history.
Despite an early lead in the polls after the primaries, Bowles was defeated in the 2004 race as well. During his concession speech in Raleigh at the Democratic headquarters, he thanked his supporters but seemed to indicate that he would not run for office again. Quoting his father, he said there were “many ways to add to the community woodpile” and that political office was only one of them. Accordingly, in 2005 Bowles accepted an appointment as U.N. Deputy Special Envoy for Tsunami-affected Countries, once again working for Bill Clinton who was now serving as U.N. Special Envoy.
Bowles has been picked by a search committee to replace Molly Corbett Broad as President of the University of North Carolina system when she retires in 2006. He must be confirmed by the system’s Board of Governor’s.
Yeah, unfortunately I don’t think Erskine knows where the campus is… much less where to send the moolah. His daddy has a building named for him on the Chapel Hill campus. <_<
So as HP says, I wouldn’t count on it.
[i]Originally posted by jdm49er[/i]@Sep 29 2005, 08:28 PM [b] His daddy has a building named for him on the Chapel Hill campus. [/b]Yes, it's an important building too (for college students), the [url=http://www.med.unc.edu/alcohol/center.htm][b]Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies[/b][/url].
clt says when you find someone who went to charlotte, remind them to give money.
and then piss on chapel hill grads.
[i]Originally posted by cltniners[/i]@Sep 29 2005, 09:42 PM [b] and then piss on other chapel hill queers and tarhole azshole fans.[/b]
FIXED!
Where Bowles went to school doesn’t mean much either way. Former president C. D. Spangler (also the richest man in North Carolina) is from Charlotte and longtime president Bill Friday hailed from Dallas in Gaston County, so we’ve already had UNC leaders from the area.
Anyway, good choice to lead the UNC System.
[b]Bowles has little or no academic experience...[/b][url=http://www.wral.com/news/5038869/detail.html]Bowles Picked To Be Next UNC President[/url]
[i]Originally posted by ApexNiner[/i]@Sep 30 2005, 09:20 AM [b]Here are Spangler's credentials prior to being named UNC president in 1986:[b]Bowles has little or no academic experience...[/b][url=http://www.wral.com/news/5038869/detail.html]Bowles Picked To Be Next UNC President[/url] [/b]
After graduating from UNC, Chapel Hill, in 1954, Spangler received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1956. He served for two years in the U.S. Army, then returned to his native Charlotte. He was president of the C.D. Spangler Construction Co. from 1958 to 1986, and president of Golden Eagle Industries from 1968 to 1986. During the 1980s, as chairman of the Bank of North Carolina, he was instrumental in the bank’s merger with the North Carolina National Bank Corporation, now Bank of America.
His net worth in 2003 - $1.9 billion - which ranks him not only the richest person in North Carolina, but one of the richest in the world. Now, there’s some money we need to get!
[i]Originally posted by run49er[/i]@Sep 30 2005, 09:27 AM [b] [Here are Spangler's credentials prior to being named UNC president in 1986.................His net worth in 2003 - $1.9 billion - which ranks him not only the richest person in North Carolina, but one of the richest in the world. Now, there’s some money we need to get!
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Spangler Stadium?
Spangler School of Law?
Spangler School of Medicine?
[i]Originally posted by Over40NINER[/i]@Sep 30 2005, 09:35 AM [b] Spangler Stadium? Spangler School of Law? Spangler School of Medicine? [/b]Jones-Robertson-Spangler Center for Advanced Studies of Coeds?
[b]His net worth in 2003 - $1.9 billion - which ranks him not only the richest person in North Carolina, but one of the richest in the world. Now, there's some money we need to get![/b]
Counting beans here…but Jim Goodnight (SAS in Cary) is the richest in NC at 3+billion.
I understand your point. However, I am skeptical with this hire of Bowles.
[i]Originally posted by ApexNiner[/i]@Sep 30 2005, 10:01 AM [b][b]His net worth in 2003 - $1.9 billion - which ranks him not only the richest person in North Carolina, but one of the richest in the world. Now, there's some money we need to get![/b]Counting beans here…but Jim Goodnight (SAS in Cary) is the richest in NC at 3+billion.
I understand your point. However, I am skeptical with this hire of Bowles. [/b]
Apex, thanks! Always had to figure that someone would surpass Spangler, who held that distinction for quite a while.
The richest Carolinians (number represents their rank in the Forbes list of richest people):
#170 James Goodnight, $2.9 billion, Cary
#262 CD Spangler Jr, $2.1, Charlotte
#406 John Sall, $1.4 billion, Cary
#472 Leon Levine & family, $1.2 billion, Charlotte
#472 Ollen Smith, $1.2 billion, Charlotte
#552 Roger Milliken, $1 billion, Spartanburg
Half right here in Charlotte. Hmmm…
Bowles is a great choice…If i’m not mistaken…he came to the university to speak during his run at the senate a couple of years ago.?.?