1945 |
John Motley Morehead III signs indenture creating the John Motley Morehead Foundation |
1947 |
Cornerstone of Morehead Building laid on UNC campus |
1949 |
Morehead Building and Planetarium completed and given to UNC; Morehead Planetarium becomes first planetarium associated with a university |
1951 |
Morehead Scholarship Program established |
1957 |
First class of four-year undergraduate Morehead Scholars is graduated from UNC Ed Sutton ’57 joins Washington Redskins; becomes first Morehead to play professional football |
1960 |
Ben Mast ’58 becomes first Morehead
to work at United Nations
UNC student body declares November 3 “John Motley Morehead Day” |
1962 |
Norton Tennille ’62 becomes first Morehead to receive Rhodes Scholarship |
1964 |
Death of John Lindsay Morehead |
1965 |
Death of John
Motley Morehead
Jim Exum ’57 becomes first Morehead elected to North Carolina House of Representatives |
1967 |
Morehead Alumnus Mebane Moore Pritchett ’57 joins staff of Morehead Foundation as associate director |
1969 |
British
Morehead Award established
Morehead Astronomy Professorship established Morehead Alumnus Richard Cashwell begins 21-year career as director of Undergraduate Admissions at UNC Morehead Alumnus Bill Swofford ’67 (a.k.a. pop singer “Oliver”) reaches top of Billboard charts with recordings of “Good Morning, Starshine” (#3) and “Jean” (#2) |
1974 |
Morehead
Summer Enrichment Program established
Women become eligible to be nominated for Morehead Award |
1976 |
Tom Darden ’76 becomes first Morehead to receive Luce Scholarship |
1977 |
Morehead Alumnus Sherwood Smith ’60
(law fellow) becomes president of Carolina Power & Light Company
Morehead Alumnus James H. Wright ’72 joins staff of Morehead Foundation as assistant director |
1979 |
Morehead Alumna Karen Stevenson ’79 becomes first African-American woman to win Rhodes Scholarship |
1982 |
Morehead Alumnus Jim Cooper ’75 becomes youngest congressman in U.S. House of Representatives (age 28) |
1984 |
Jimmy Wright ’72 leaves Morehead
Foundation staff to become executive director of new Jefferson Scholars
Program at University of Virginia; Morehead Alumnus Charles E. Lovelace,
Jr. ’77 joins Foundation staff as assistant director and treasurer
Morehead Alumnus David Price ’61 elected to U.S. House of Representatives |
1985 |
Canadian
Morehead Program established
Morehead Alumna Robyn Hadley ’85 becomes first African-American woman from North Carolina to win Rhodes Scholarship |
1986 |
Morehead Alumnus Jim Exum ’57 becomes chief justice, N.C. Supreme Court |
1987 |
Mebane Pritchett ’57 leaves Morehead Foundation staff to become president of new Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation in Atlanta; Chuck Lovelace becomes executive director |
1989 |
Morehead Alumnus Taylor Branch’68 wins Pulitzer Prize for his book Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954–1963; Branch later receives MacArthur Fellowship (a.k.a. “Genius Award”) for his writing |
1990 |
Morehead Alumni Distinguished Professorship becomes fully endowed at $1 million |
1991 |
100-year anniversary of John Motley Morehead’s graduation from UNC |
1992 |
Morehead Alumnus Clarence Gaines ’82 (business fellow) joins Chicago Bulls organization as scout and assistant to vice president of basketball operations |
1993 |
Morehead Alumnus Robert Smith ’61
receives Merck Director’s Scientific Award for scientific contribution
leading to development of anti-cholesterol drug Simvastatin (Zocor)
Morehead Alumni inaugurate $3 million Morehead Alumni Bicentennial Fund |
1995 |
Fiftieth anniversary of Morehead Foundation
Morehead Alumnus Mike Morton ’94 drafted by Oakland Raiders Morehead Alumna Donna Jones Dean ’78 (business fellow) becomes director of investments for Rockefeller Foundation |
1996 |
Morehead Alumnus Mike
McIntyre ’78 elected to U.S. House of Representatives
Morehead Alumnus Rich Lenski ’82 (graduate fellow) receives MacArthur Fellowship for his work in microbial ecology Morehead Alumnus Kevin Moran ’94 joins White House staff as assistant to director of communications |
1997 |
First Morehead Alumni Forum held in Chapel
Hill
Film by Morehead Alumnus Gill Holland ’87, Hurricane Streets, earns unprecedented three awards at prestigious Sundance Film Festival—best director, best cinematography, and audience prize for best picture Morehead Alumnus John Swofford ’71 becomes commissioner of Atlantic Coast Conference after 17 years as director of athletics at UNC Morehead Alumnus Josh Pate ’92 wins Stockholm Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay along with twin brother, Jonas, for their film Deceiver |
1998 |
Morehead Foundation contributes $500,000 to UNC Undergraduate Honors Program in support of new Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence |
1999 |
Morehead Alumnus John R. Hamilton ’66
sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to Peru
Morehead Alumnus Anthony Harrington appointed U.S. Ambassador to Brazil |
2000 |
Morehead Alumnus David Gardner ’88
adds The Motley Fool Radio Show to inventory of successful investment
forums: Web site (motleyfool.com),
newspaper columns, and best-selling books
Morehead Alumna Ann Livermore ’80 named 11th most powerful woman in business by Fortune magazine Morehead Alumnus David Royle ’78, executive producer of longest-running documentary magazine series on television, National Geographic Explorer, receives fourth Emmy Award Second Morehead Alumni Forum held in Chapel Hill |
2001 |
Fiftieth anniversary of Morehead Scholarship
Program
Morehead Alumnus Francis Collins ’77 (medical fellow), director of National Human Genome Research Institute, selected as Industry Week magazine’s Technology Leader of the Year for his work in deciphering human genetic code Morehead Alumnus Tim Burnett '62 becomes the first Morehead Scholar to join the Morehead Foundation Board of Trustees. Morehead Alumnus Ken Thompson ’73 becomes chairman, CEO, and president of First Union Corporation, now Wachovia Corporation Morehead Alumnus Tony Waldrop’74 named UNC's vice chancellor for research and graduate studies |
2002 |
Morehead Alumni announce $4 million fundraising
effort as part of Carolina First campaign
Morehead Alumna Sallie Krawcheck ’87 appears on cover of Fortune magazine as “The Last Honest Analyst”; is later named #42 on Fortune’s list of the 50 most powerful women in business Morehead Alumnus Bill Graham ’65 becomes dean of Harvard Divinity School Kelley Vance ’02 becomes 14th Morehead to receive Luce Scholarship Morehead Alumna Michal Osterweil '01 becomes 11th Morehead to receive National Science Foundation fellowship Morehead Alumna Dana Peirce ’01 is member of women’s world championship rowing team |
2003 |
Karine Dube ’03 becomes 18th Morehead to receive Rhodes
Scholarship Steve Jones ’74 becomes dean of UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School John R. Hamilton ’66 sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala Third Morehead Alumni Forum held in Chapel Hill |
2004 |
Elizabeth Kistin ’04 becomes 19th Morehead to receive Rhodes Scholarship Ann Collier ’04 becomes 15th Morehead to receive Luce Scholarship Claire Young ’05 receives Truman Scholarship Morehead Alumnus Ken Thompson '73 becomes the second Morehead Scholar to join the Morehead Foundation Board of Trustees. |
2005 |
Jonathan Reckford '84 becomes CEO of Habitat for Humanity International Rachel Mazyck ’02 becomes 20th Morehead to receive Rhodes Scholarship Kate Harris '05 becomes 21st Morehead to receive Rhodes Scholarship |
2006 |
Fourth Morehead Alumni Forum held in Chapel Hill Ben Lundin '07 becomes 22nd Morehead to receive Rhodes Scholarship Adrian Johnston '06 becomes 23rd Morehead to receive Rhodes Scholarship |
2007 |
The John Motley Morehead Foundation becomes the Morehead-Cain Foundation following a $100 million gift from the Gordon and Mary Cain Foundation |
