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William Donald Carmichael, Jr.
Gender:
Male
Ethnicity:
Caucasian
Biographical/Historical note:
William Donald Carmichael Jr. served as acting president of the Consolidated University of North Carolina from 1949 to 1950. Carmichael attended The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and worked for several years in New York City as a stockbroker before becoming controller of the university system in the 1930s. Between 1940 and 1960, he was controller, vice-president and finance officer, and acting president. He presided over the most extensive period of building and expansion in the University's history. Carmichael died in 1961.