Dacia Lewis King (1926-2010) graduated from Woman's College of the University of North Carolina in 1947 before it became The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her two sisters also attended the institution. An art education major, King recalls college life and the art department faculty, especially Gregory Ivy and Helen Thrush. She describes dormitory life and student life at a women's college during World War II and the effect of the death of President Franklin Roosevelt. She talks about Chancellors Walter Clinton Jackson and Charles Duncan McIver as well as influential faculty Marc Friedlaender, Eugene Pfaff, and Katherine Taylor. King discusses the Alumni Association controversy with Chancellor William E. Moran and the hiring of the first development officer. She loved learning and the college experience.
