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Trustees meeting in May when he was named chancellor of the University.
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New chancellor takes reins July 1
Incoming Thorp an alum, N.C. native
BY BRIAN AUSTIN
UNIVERSITY EDITOR
The chancellor of a university is
sort of like the captain of a ship.
He charts where it’s going, he
hires folks to tend the day-to-day
operations and when something
serious happens, he's the first one
to talk.
At the end of June, the current
chancellor. James Moeser, will leave
this post. The person hired to take
over is a Fayetteville native and UNC
alumnus named Holden Thorp.
And his hometown spirit is
expected to prove an asset for Thorp
when he begins his term July 1.
“He has an appreciation for the
state and for the University's role
within the state," UNC-system
President Erskine Bowles said.
Before moving out on June 30.
Moeser will have spent the last eight
years as chancellor. He accomplished
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many goals, including working to cre
ate opportunities for the underprivi
leged with the Carolina Covenant
and overseeing the Carolina First
campaign, which generated $2.6
billion for the University.
So Thorp has a big office to fill.
Thorp has been part of the admin
i st ration as the dean of UNC’s College
of Arts and Sciences. Before that, he
spent more than 10 years teaching
chemistry at UNC and was here for
his undergraduate days. too.
And proponents say his dcanship
has lent him vast knowledge as to
the way the University works.
“The College is the heart and soul
of this University," said William
Andrews, the senior associate dean
for fine arts and humanities. “So its
quite appropriate for the chancel
lor to come from the College."
Thorp was raised in Fayetteville
and earned his Bachelor of Science
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degree in chemistry from UNC in
1986. He then went on to receive
a doctorate from the California
Institute of Technology.
After joining N.C. State
University’s faculty as an assistant
professor, he moved to Chapel Hill
to join the faculty at UNC, and rose
to the rank of full professor in 1999.
Thorp then served as the director
of UNC’s Morehead Planetarium
and Science Center, redirecting the
program to educate the public in
all sciences without neglecting the
center s original astronomy focus.
His coworkers said Thorp's work
at the planetarium showed his lead
ership capabilities immediately.
“He made it a place that was rel
evant and vital again," said Denise
Young, planetarium director of edu
cation programs. “That hadn't been
the case for a very long time."
In 2007, after spending two years
as the chair of the chemistry depart
ment, Thorp was named dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences, UNC's
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largest academic division.
After a year-long national search.
Thorp was elected to the chancel
lor’s post by the UNC-system Board
of Governors on May 9-
Some of the things on his agenda
include planning for Carolina North,
the 110-acre campus that is sched
uled to begin development in 2009,
and for the projected enrollment
growth ofßo,ooo students into the
UNC system in the next 10 years.
And he said he plans to do his
research on those topics —and
then jump in.
“1 like to spend a lot of time dig
ging into and getting information
about what the issues are," Thorp
told the DTH in May. “1 think peo
ple will really appreciate that I’ll be
asking a lot of questions."
Suffice it to say he’s got a diffi
cult charge to navigate. And you'll
all get to see him set sail.
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