Agricultural and Technical State University - Ayantee Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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mmmmmmmm ff DR. LEWIS C. DOWDY NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY GREENSBORO 27411 (919) 379-7940 Office of the Chancellor It is my pleasure to congratulate the entire P ie Family on this the Ninetieth Birthday of this great Iftiiversity. Our Institution has, frc3m the beginning, discharged its herculean task and porsued its defying multiple mission with determination, devo- ticMi, coipassion and true courage. LiXe A Tree Planted by the River of Waters, it wojid not be moved fron its founding purpose. Like the Rock of Gilbraltar, A. i T. has remained steadfast in its objective to serve, through its students and graduates, as iirpregnable defenders of cur rights, symbolic and realistic expression of our culture, and eloquent testifiers of iimeasurable leadership oontriJxjtions in forging a land where justice vrould have no tarnish, opportunity would have no boundaries, vrtiere freedom wDuld have no limitations, vfhere equality would have no prescriptions and vhere fraternity wxild have no qualif i- caticn. This InstitutiOTi has opened its arms to the huddled masses, the dispossessed, the expressed, the hcpeless yearning for an opportunity, the deprived ones starving for a better chance and molded than into teachers, engineers, physicians, dentists, lawyers, social uorkers, accountants, nurses, scientists, scholars and astrraiauts who have taken their places in the froit line of our country, fighting to make this truly a new nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. After sixteen years working with every segment of the Aggie Family, as President and Chancellor, I will retire fron this post on June 30, 1981, with a leave of absence beginning November 1, 1980. The precious years MDrking with you in our ccnmon task to build a great University has been filled with the greatest manents of my life, and I am pleased that, together, we have been successful in so many of our goals. Mrs. Dcwdy and I express our deep arxS abiding gratitude to the entire Aggie Family for your support, your courage, but most of all for ycxir true love. We intend to stay here with you and enjoy even greater developments of our University. Thanks a million for all of your kindnesses shown to us ever the years. Lewis AND Elizabeth Cowdy A- CHANCELOR rmmmmmmmmm

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TBHrVT . lT — TTW- ADMINISTRATION Mrs. N ' lrginia McKee Assistant to the Chancellor Dr, Glenn Rankin Vice Chancellor For Academic Affairs Dr. Jesse E. Marshall ' ice Chancellor For Student .MTairs Dr. Quiester Craig .Acting ' ice Chancellor-Fiscal .Affairs Dr. .Mberl Smith Nice Chancellor For Development .And Universitv Relations