The 27th Annual Legislative Reception was held in Raleigh on June 1, 2016. The event is sponsored each year by the GAA’s Tar Heel Network. Click on the photos below to view a larger version. All photos by Ray Black III.
The 27th Annual Legislative Reception was held in Raleigh on June 1, 2016. The event is sponsored each year by the GAA’s Tar Heel Network. In the foreground Board of Trustees Vice Chair Haywood Cochrane ’70 talks with Vice Chancellor for Development David Routh ’82.” Photo by Ray Black III
Ferg Norton ’61 of Wilmington, left, talks with former Sen. Tony Rand ’61 of Fayetteville and Tar Heel Network Chair Tom Lambeth ’57 of Winston-Salem. Rand also serves as treasurer on the GAA Board of Directors. Photo by Ray Black III
Tim Moore ’92, speaker of the N.C. House and former GAA Board member, with Tony Reevy ’86 (MBA), center, who’s senior associate director at UNC’s Institute for the Environment, and Martin Brinkley ’92 (JD), dean of UNC’s law school. Photo by Ray Black III
Rep. John Fraley '73, left, of Mooresville, and Chancellor Carol L. Folt. Photo by Ray Black III
From left, Tar Heel Network Chair Tom Lambeth '57 with Barbara ’78 and Billy Richardson ’77 of Fayetteville and Richard Boyette ’74 of Raleigh. Billy Richardson serves in the N.C. House, and Boyette is a current member of the GAA Board of Directors. Photo by Ray Black III
Martin Brinkley ’92 (JD), dean of UNC’s law school, center, with Emily Williamson Gangi ’99, associate director of the Carolina Center for Public Service. Gangi is a former member of the GAA Board of Directors and in 2009 received the GAA’s Distinguished Young Alumni Award. Photo by Ray Black III
Rep. Kel Alexander ’70 of Charlotte. Photo by Ray Black III
Sen. Tom Apodaca, left, chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, with GAA President Doug Dibbert ’70, center, and former Sen. Tony Rand ’61, who serves as treasurer on the GAA Board of Directors. Photo by Ray Black III
Dr. Ned Sharpless ’88 talks about the work of UNC’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, which receives money from the state’s cancer research fund. Sharpless has directed the center since 2013. Photo by Ray Black III
Tar Heel Network Chair Tom Lambeth ’57 Photo by Ray Black III
Chancellor Carol L. Folt brings greetings from Chapel Hill to legislators and others. Photo by Ray Black III
Chancellor Folt noted the importance of the University as the state of North Carolina seeks to grow its workforce and expand its economy. Photo by Ray Black III
Attendees got to hear Jenny Levy, head coach of the women’s lacrosse team, which won the 2016 national championship the weekend before the reception. Levy also played on a national championship women’s lacrosse team at Virginia, and her husband (Daniel ’93) played on the 1991 Carolina team that won the men’s national championship. Photo by Ray Black III
Levy has been the only head coach in UNC’s women’s lacrosse history and is among the collegiate game’s most noted figures. In June, Lacrosse Magazine named her its national coach of the year. This year’s championship was the team’s second in four years. Photo by Ray Black III
UNC Athletics Director Bubba Cunningham, center, with former Sen. Richard Stevens ’70, right, and Dr. H. Shelton Earp III ’70 (MD, ’72 MS), director of UNC Cancer Care. Earp served for 18 years as director of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center; Stevens has served on the GAA Board of Directors in many capacities, including as its chair. Photo by Ray Black III
Dr. Randall Williams ’79, who represents UNC’s medical school alumni on the GAA Board of Directors, talks with Ferrel Guillory, right, director of UNC’s Program on Public Life. At left is Rep. Kel Alexander ’70 of Charlotte. Photo by Ray Black III
Sen. Richard W. “Rick” Gunn Jr. ’80 of Burlington talks with Lori Ann Harris ’84 of Greensboro. Both Gunn and Harris are current members of the GAA Board of Directors. Photo by Ray Black III