Clemmie Spangler
Clemmie Spangler, Jr. (born c. 1932) served as the President of the University of North Carolina from 1986 to 1997. He heads National Gypsum.[1]
Biography [edit]
Clemmie Spangler was born in Charlotte, North Carolina.[1] He graduated from the University of North Carolina, and received an M.B.A. from Harvard University.[1]
He started his career by heading his father's bank, the Bank of North Carolina, merged it with NCNB in 1982, and eventually with Bank of America.[1] From 1982 to 1986 he served as chair of North Carolina's Board of Education.[1] He then served as President of his alma mater, the University of North Carolina, from 1986 to 1997.[1]
He served as President of Harvard University's Board of Overseers from 2003 to 2004.[1] The Spangler Center at Harvard Business School is named for him.[1] Through his C.D. Spangler Foundation, he has donated to the University of North Carolina, Harvard University, and to Charlotte's Teach for America.[1] As a hobby, he likes to fix old clocks.[1][2]
As of September 2011 he is the 736th richest person in the world and the 273rd richest in the United States, with an estimated wealth of US$1.6 billion.[1] He is married and has two children.[1]
