Distinguished Alumni Award
To Honor David Ravin ’89 and Charlie Wilson ’89 David Ravin and Charlie Wilson, both members of the Class of 1989, will be honored April 13 as recipients of Durham Academy’s Distinguished Alumni Award. Not only are Ravin and Wilson DA classmates; both are involved in commercial development and construction, and both are active community volunteers. Ravin is president and CEO of Northwood Ravin, a real estate development company with offices in Charlotte, Tampa and the Triangle. Northwood Ravin has received national and regional recognition from the National Association of Homebuilders, Urban Land Institute, ICSC, CEL National Customer Service Company and National MultiFamily Housing News. The firm has many projects in the Triangle —
Photo courtesy of David Ravin
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including downtown Durham, where Northwood Ravin is developing 555 Mangum, a 10-story office and retail building, as well as a second, mid-rise building with approximately 400 apartment units. Ravin earned a Bachelor of Architecture from UNC-Charlotte, a Master of Architecture from the University of Michigan and a Master of Science in real estate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has served on the board of trustees of Charlotte’s Providence Day School. Wilson is president of C.T. Wilson Construction Company, a 66-yearold Durham firm that has built and renovated a variety of structures in central and eastern North Carolina, including Revolution Mill
in Greensboro; Saxapahaw Rivermill in Saxapahaw; Golden Belt and Venable Center in Durham; and Durham Academy Upper School’s Kirby Gym, Learning Commons and STEM and Humanities Center. Wilson earned a B.S. in civil engineering from N.C. State University and an M.S. in civil engineering from the University of Texas, Austin. He is building division chair for Carolinas Associated General Contractors and a member of the board of trustees of the Carolinas AGC Foundation. He has served as board chair for Housing for New Hope and on the board of trustees for The Forest at Duke, N.C. Museum of Life and Science and Durham Academy, where he was chair of the Buildings and Grounds Committee.
Photo courtesy of Charlie Wilson