Former UNC System president C.D. Spangler dies at 86
RALEIGH — Billionaire philanthropist C.D. Spangler Jr., who led North Carolina’s university system for more than a decade, has died. He was 86.Spangler died Sunday, according to the University of North Carolina System.Spangler became president of the system in 1986 and led it for 11 years, working to keep tuition low and championing its role as an economic driver for the state.The current president of the 17-campus system, Margaret Spellings, said that Spangler, […]
