(Posted 11-4-99)
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Harrell B. and Margaret Van Hoy Hill with UNCG Chancellor Patricia Sullivan

WINSTON-SALEM COUPLE HONORED
FOR SUPPORT TO UNCG CAMPAIGN

GREENSBORO--Harrell B. and Margaret Van Hoy Hill, a Winston-Salem couple, have been honored by The University of North Carolina at Greensboro for their support of the institution's Second Century Campaign.

At a recent ceremony, the central courtyard of the Joseph M. Bryan School of Business and Economics at UNCG was named for them. At the dedication, a bronze plaque was unveiled. Speaking at the event were Chancellor Patricia A. Sullivan, Bryan School Dean Dr. James Weeks and Adelaide F. Holderness, co-chair of the campaign, who expressed gratitude on behalf of the institution.

The Hills' gift pushed the Second Century Campaign over its original goal of $42.8 million. The capital fund drive ultimately raised $55.4 million. The proceeds from their substantial gift will be divided among the Chancellor's New Venture Fund, the Bryan School of Business and Economics, Jackson Library and the Provost's Fund for Faculty Development.

"Margaret and Harrell Hill are the kind of couple who believe in equally supporting the institutions from which they graduated," said Sullivan at the dedication. "They have specified that their gift be used to support UNCG in four areas which are critical to the continuing growth of the University. Their gift will produce long-term benefits for students and faculty at the University and we are indeed grateful for such wonderful support."

Margaret Hill, a native of Walkertown, is a 1942 graduate of Woman's College (now UNCG) in secretarial administration. Harrell Hill, a native of Reidsville, retired from AT&T as vice president for finance in 1980. A 1941 graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, he was an ensign in the U.S. Navy. The couple married in 1943. His professional career took them to Chicago, Kansas City and New York, among other cities. They have lived in Winston-Salem since his retirement. Both have been supporters of higher education and each took an active role in the fiftieth class reunion gift campaigns of the institutions from which they graduated. Mrs. Hill's leadership role in her Class of 1942 gift campaign made it the first UNCG class to raise over $100,000. His class reunion gift campaign for UNC-CH was even more successful.

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