Item Details

coverage

Winston-Salem, NC

creator

Gladding, Sam

date

2016-01-05T20:18:26Z

2016-01-05T20:18:26Z

2015-04-01

2016-01-05 (issued)

description

Lecture delivered by Sam Gladding. Thomas Hearn was president of Wake Forest from 1983-2005. Sam talks about significant events during these 22 years, such as the University becoming independent of the North Carolina Baptist State Convention; the two presidential debates; the building and rebuilding of the campus (e.g., Olin, Benson, Wilson Wing, Greene, Miller, Polo); the flurry of Rhodes and other prestigious scholarships; Wake Forest's rise to prominence as a top 30 national university; and winning ACC championships in basketball, baseball, and field hockey.

format

video/mp4

Lectures

Permalink

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/10339/57419

language

English

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subject

Hearn, Thomas K., 1937-

Wake Forest University--History

title

The History of Wake Forest University III: The Hearn Years (1983-2005)

type

moving image