Lenoir C. Wright (1911-2003) received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1933. He received a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in 1935 from Merton College, University of Oxford, England. Wright also received a Bachelor of Laws degree from Harvard Law School in 1938 and a Master of Arts in 1948 and a PhD in 1953 from Columbia University. Wright discusses attending Columbia University on the GI Bill; coming to Woman's College, now The University of North Carolina, in 1953 to join the history department; and the controversy between Chancellor Edward Kidder Graham, Jr. and the faculty relating to the introduction of an interdisciplinary course. He talks about his interest in Asian civilizations, the importance of teaching, the beginnings of International Studies Program, the growth of the university and individual departments. He speaks about the City of Greensboro and the Civil Rights Movement, as well as the effect of athletics and coeducation on the university. Wright also recalls the influence of Dr. Warren Ashby on the establishment of the Residential College.
