Evon Welch Dean (1924-2011) graduated from the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, in 1942 with a commercial degree. She became the administrative assistant to the alumni secretary in 1942 and retired in 1986 as assistant to the vice chancellor of university advancement. She received the Alumni Distinguished Service Award. Dean describes the strong academic reputation of the institution; the closeness of the faculty and staff and the strength of the women faculty, administrators and graduates. She talks about prominent chancellors, alumni association presidents, faculty and administrators and the changes she witnessed as the university was transformed from a residential to a commuter school. She discusses the campus protests during the Vietnam War and her views on political activism.
