This Day in the History of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
October
3,
1845
President David Lowry Swain recommended that "a program embracing a Law Professorship with the Hon. William Horn Battle at its head" be established. The Board of Trustees agreed and approved Battle as the first professor of law. The Board also bestowed an honorary master of arts degree on Battle.Top |
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