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Miss Bonnie
Would be Proud As UNC Charlotte recognized its 100 thousandth graduate at spring commencement, many in the University community must have harkened back to the tremendous work by our founder, Miss Bonnie Cone, and long-time professors such as Loy Witherspoon, pictured here at a gathering celebrating Miss Bonnie’s 90th birthday in June 1997. In 1946, Miss Bonnie became director the Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina. In 1949, with the support of a cadre of community leaders, she sparked the Charlotte Center’s conversion into Charlotte College, a twoyear institution supervised by the Charlotte Board of Education. On July 1, 1965, Charlotte College was elevated to become UNC Charlotte, the fourth branch of Consolidated University of North Carolina. She served as acting chancellor until 1966, retired in 1973 and died in 2003. Miss Bonnie is buried on campus and her spirit still feeds the University culture.
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