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coverage

Winston-Salem, NC

creator

Corbett, Leon

Zanish-Belcher, Tanya

date

2015-09-22T18:45:23Z

2015-09-22T18:45:23Z

2015-05-21

2015-09-21 (issued)

description

Leon Corbett, originally from Burgaw (Pender County, NC), received his B.A. (1959) and his Juris Doctor (1961) from Wake Forest University. After being in private practice, Corbett joined the Wake Forest faculty in the School of Law in 1968. He was named Professor (1974), Associate Dean (1979-1985), Associate General Counsel (1979-1984), Vice President and Counsel (1984-2002) and Secretary to the Board of Trustees. He retired in 2002. Mr. Corbett received WFU's highest honor, the the Medallion of Merit in 2003. This oral history interview details Mr. Corbett's early years at the Law School and serving as Counsel for Wake Forest. He also shares memories of WFU President Thomas Hearn and the Board of Trustees, the split with the Baptist church, the Silas Creek Parkway expansion, and athletics.

format

video/mp4

oral histories

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RG53.1, History of Wake Forest University Oral Histories, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/57324

language

English

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subject

Corbett, Leon H.--Interviews

Wake Forest University--History

title

Corbett, Leon (Video Interview and Transcript)

type

moving image