The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Recruiting rural law students
Carolina Law alumnus Douglas Freedle donated $1 million to support incoming law students from rural North Carolina.
By University Development, Tuesday, December 15th, 2020
Thomasville, North Carolina, is home to the state’s oldest railroad depot and its oldest festival, “Everybody’s Day,” as well as The Big Chair a 30-foot-tall concrete homage to the town’s once-bustling furniture industry.
It’s also where UNC-Chapel Hill alumnus Douglas Freedle ’63, ‘65 (LL.B.) was born and raised, and where he graduated from Thomasville High School more than 60 years ago with just one goal in mind.