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The 41-year old Chancellor-elect
of the University cf North Carolina
is regarded by colleagues, students
and neighbors as both a scholar and
administrator, possessing a ccmbin
ation of well-balanced qualities.
They cite ins'anccs to prove it.
"lie's an early riser," said a
ifeJlow law professor in Manning
Hall. '"He gets, to, work sometimes,
a ' couple of hours ahead of anyone
else. I remember during one sum
mer school when he was undertak
ing a new course. He got aip at four
or five o'clock in the morning to
moke '.sure he was well-prepared."
"He lias an abundance of drive
ond defcrm nation," said another
faculty member, "yet he is relaxed,
frienOy and has" a quick smile and
ready wit.'
His students declare that in teach
ing law he is painstaking and lucid.
He plunges deeply into the detail
ed work of his profession and does
not ?pare himself. Yet, he takes the
Lme to be a good neighbor and to
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Chancellor-elect And Mrs. William
Shown above is incoming chancellor .William. Ay cock with his wife
B. House as Chancellor of the University of North Carolina in July.
in addition to being an established teacher of law and administrator,
Star, Bronze Star and Legion of Merit for outstanding performance as
devote affectionate attention .to his
family. He has sered as. president
ci the PTA. k tory."
His brilliance as a student is j Mrs. Aycock is the former Grace
testified to by his former teachers; Mew born of Snow Hill. She attend
his superior intellectual endowments ed Duke University a year and was
are Vr.e first " things mentioned in graduated from Woman's College of
.ny conversation here about Bill I the University in Greensboro. She
Aycock. . f j was May Queen. The Aycock's were
His purely scholarship achieve- j married in 1941. Their two children
inents are amplified by his prac- f.re William P. Aycock II anid 'Nau
tical side. For example, he did cy Aycock.
arnica of Lie actual construction
work in buih ing liis house in Chapel
Hill; he tends a garden in the sum
mer. Family Man
Once a friend noticed that the
grass in the Aycock fronts yard;
was net doing ro well because the
children had been romping on tlie
lawn. Peihaps if Uie thildien stay
ed off the lawn awhile, the gras
would grow, the neighbor suggest
ed. Bill Aycock laughed. "Right now
I'm raising children," he said.
"When I get through raising chil
dren, I'll start raising grass."
His devoted family life, as shown
by that remark, was reciprocated
the day the Aycock family left home
.or Raleigh for the selection pro
cedure by the board of trustes. It
i'ad ibeen stressed to the children
that their . father might or might
not be named Chancellor at Chapel
Hill.
Nancy Aycock, 10 years old, said,
"It makes no difference what they
do. You will always be my Chan
,elior." Judgment
Those who know Bill Aycdck best
stress his quiet courage and good
judgment these combined with abi
lity to make quick decisions when
i.ecessary. As an illustration they
joint to his World War II record.
As a training officer at Fort McCel
land, Alabama," he helped prepare
Japanese-American troops for com
'jt, troops that later performed so
notably in Italy.
Early in December 1944, he went
lo Germany, as a battalion com
mander in the 346th Regiment of the
87th Infantry Division.
His first combat experience came
a few days after his arrival in Ger
many. On December 16, 1944, the
German Army massed its troops
and hurled them at the advancing
Allies in the Battle of "the Bulge.
I:a the fighting from Dec-ember 16
to December 23 when the "Germans
v.ere finally rrpuised. Lieutenant
Colonel Aycock "s performance was
recognised by the Silver Star medal
for bravery in action.
Later es an advance infantry unit the degree of J. D.
' of General George Patton's Army ' What has professors thought of
; at the time of the March, 1945, Ids ability was evident in their ac
! break through of the Siegfried Line, tions. He. was invited to join the
j orders were issued to Liehtenant i acuity, and he accepted in 1948.
! Colonel Aycock's battalion to stop
until everyone else could catch up.
He also was decorated with the
Bronze Star Medal and the Legion
of Merit.
Grace Mewborn Aycock .
When anost Chapel Hill people
mention Bill Aycock they add.
"Don't leave Grace out. She's an!
important part of the Bill Aycock
"The Aycock's are good neigh--4
bors," declared the professor Mho
lives next dcor to them. "They don't
pry into your business, but if you
reed them because of sickness or
ether emergency they lare right
there to help." Mrs. Aycock has
een a den mother in the Cub
Scouts and her work with the school
Library has been exiceptional.
When he came back to school at
Chapel Hill to study law after the
war, the Aycocks lived at Victory
Village, the temporary war-time
wooden housing built near the cam
fus. Many students expect the new
Chancellor to be especially under
standing of students housing prob
lems, their self-help work and their
scholarly as well as their extra-
1 1 viiTicula activities.. . For Bill Aycock
has excelled in all of them.
A Hard Worker
From the time he was 12 years
old he has always had a job to do.
During his boyhood in Selma he
worked in a grocery store, a filling
'station, in a drug store and on a
livestock farm. At State College he
earned a part of his expenses by
working in the college book store.
He was President of the Student
Body tat State, and was a member
of Blue Key and of Golden Chain.
He received his bachelor's degree in
Dducaon at State in 1936. He was
21 years old. He entered the Uni-
ersity at Chapel Hill that same
year and in June of 1937 he receiv
ed the master's degree in history
and political science.
The next three years he taught
history in Greensboro High School,
and during the summers he at
tended Duke University at one time
.end Harvard University another.
Later he was with the State Head
quarters of the NYA in Raleigh, help
ing to set up vocational projects,
and there he remained until he en
tered the Army in January, 1942.
It had always been Bill Aycock's
ultimate goal to study law, and
this he did when he was separated
from the Army in 1945. He was edi
tor of the Law Review, and was
graduated m February 1948, with
Previously, he had enjoyed a brief ;
taste of teaching when one of his
professors came down with laryngi-
tis and couldn t talk. Aycock taught
the class from the notes supplied by
the professor. He liked the teach
ing experience. "I think teaching,
more than anything else, gives a
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B. Aycock
Grace. Aycock will replace Robert
The 41 year old chancellor-elect,
lists among his honors the Silver
an office ir World War II.
man a chance to develop his own
talent," he says. "You nave more
control over your success or failure. '
It's really up to the individual to be
a good teacher or a bad teacher.
Law is constantly changing and
developing, and the teacher . has -to
stay up to date. It is a constant
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Other 'institutions
' Aycock think" s ' it 4s a ":good idea to
teach at other institutions, as well
as at Chapel Hill. This year he's
teaching at the University of Vir
ginia. One recent summer he. taught
at the University of Texas. In Texah
there is a certain unique custom
of surprising the visiting professora
on the final day of their tenure.
,'On the last day in class at Austin,
one of the students suddenly chal-
lenged Professor Aycock on a point
of law.
, "You say you are right," said
the student, "but the book doesn't
cgree with you."
He read from the book. "Now are
we to believe what you say, a visit-
ing professor from North Carolina?"
Uie student asked.
"Well, I believe I am right about
it," said Ayeockj
"Then,"' said the student angrily,
"I suppose wer.,4may as well tear
up the book and throw it away.'.'
The student tore the book in two,
and threw it on the floor.
Instaritly there was a icommotion
in the class. Two other students
al-ose and began shooting revolvers.
Then it dawned on Aycock that a
joke was being pulled. He had been
forewarned that something was (go
ing to happen, but he was not cer
tain hat it was to be. In furthen
ceremony he was given a 10-gal-lon
Texas hat. '
Military Law 1
At Chapel Hill, Prof. Aycock.
teaches three main courses: federal
law, property law and military law.
Aycock himself installed the mili
tary law course at Chapel Hill. That
is what he is teaching at Virginia
this year. He' is co-author of a book,
"Military Law Under the Uniform
Code of Military' Justice," "written in
collaboration with Colonel Seymour
W. Wurfel, now judge advocate of
the Fifth Corps in Germany.
He has taught at Chapel Hill
6ince 1948, and during one summer
he was personal assistant to Dr.
Next Saturday
Is Poppy Day
Poppy Day, sponsored by the
American Legion Auxiliary, will
be observed in Chapel Hill on Sat
urday, according to an announce
ment made by Mrs. John J. Keller
jr., President of the local Unit, j
'and Mrs. K. T. Maaaen, roppy
chairman. On this day, members
of the Chapel Hill Unit, assisted
by members' of the Y-Teens, will
sell poppies - Jtn the streets in
Chapel HilL , , L '
Frank P. Graham. United Nation's
representative to India and Pakis
tan. Last year during the absence
of Dean of the Law School Henry
Brandis, Aycock was Acting Dean
of the Law School.
The Aycock's are memebrs of the
Ccinmun'ty Church in Chapel Hill.
He is a member of the N. C, State
Bar, the North Carolina Bar Asso
ciation and the American Bar Asso
ciation. He has been a member of
the Chapel .Hill Zoning Board of Ad
justment. "
When the trustees of the Univer
sity set out' to find a man of bal
anced scholarly and administrative
abilities, they hoped to discover a
man with those qualities, and any
thing extra he possessed would be
so much the 'better. In Chapel Hill
today the consensus is that the
President, selection committee and
trustees have chosen well, for they
have a scholar who has also proved
his administrative capacity. Be
sides this, his thoroughness in teach
ing, his publications activity, his
conscientious determination to work
hard, his devoted' family life, his
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bility to
make himself clear are the extras
that assure the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill of new and
vigorous leadership in the best
.radition of the University.
William B. Aycock was .born in
Ijucama, N. C. October 26, 1915, the
on of the late William Preston Ay
70ck and Mrs. Aycock. The family
lived in Selma where W. P. Ay
?ock was a lawyer and judge of
recorders court. His mother still
lives in Selma. ,
A further tribute to his judgment
agility was signified by a law i
chocl -colleague who said. "Bill
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George L. Coxhoad
U.N.C. '42
Campus Representative
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