University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

== Alumni ==
{{Main|List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni}}

With over 300,000 living former students,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://alumni.unc.edu/about-the-gaa/ |title=UNC General Alumni Association:: About the GAA &#124; |publisher=Alumni.unc.edu |access-date=May 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518080616/https://alumni.unc.edu/about-the-gaa/ |archive-date=May 18, 2015  }}</ref> North Carolina has one of the largest and most active alumni groups in America. Many Tar Heels have attained local, national, and international prominence. In politics, these have included [[James K. Polk]], who served as the 11th President of the United States from 1845 to 1849,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/128/entry/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106080054/http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/128/entry  |archive-date=January 6, 2007 |title=North Carolina History Project: James K. Polk (1795–1849) |publisher=Northcarolinahistory.org |access-date=December 30, 2012 }}</ref> and [[William R. King]], the thirteenth Vice President of the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/VP_William_R_King.htm |title=U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > William Rufus King, 13th Vice President (1853) |publisher=Senate.gov |date=May 29, 2012 |access-date=December 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121219044746/https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/VP_William_R_King.htm |archive-date=December 19, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> Tar Heels have also made a mark on [[pop culture]], with figures including [[Thomas Wolfe]], the author of works such as ''[[Look Homeward, Angel]]'' and ''[[Of Time and the River]]'', and [[Andy Griffith]], star of ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/03/showbiz/andy-griffith-dead/index.html|title=Actor Andy Griffith dead at 86|website=CNN.com|access-date=December 30, 2012|date=December 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121229221434/http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/03/showbiz/andy-griffith-dead/index.html|archive-date=December 29, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Sports stars have included basketball player [[Michael Jordan]], who played under [[Dean Smith]] while attending UNC, and Olympians [[April Heinrichs]]<ref name="ussoccer2000">{{cite web|url=http://www.ussoccer.com/news/articles/2000/01/april-heinrichs-named-head-coach-of-the-u-s-womens-national-team.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425024312/http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Articles/2000/01/April-Heinrichs-Named-Head-Coach-Of-The-U-S-Womens-National-Team.aspx  |archive-date=April 25, 2012 |title=April Heinrichs Named Head Coach of the U.S. Women's National Team |publisher=U.S. Soccer |access-date=December 30, 2012}}</ref> and [[Vikas Gowda]].<ref name="ussoccer2000"/> In business, alumni include [[Jason Kilar]], former CEO of [[Hulu]],<ref>{{cite news |title=About |publisher=Hulu |url=http://www.hulu.com/about/executive_team |access-date=December 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230060244/http://www.hulu.com/about/executive_team |archive-date=December 30, 2012}}</ref> and [[Howard R. Levine]], former CEO and chair of [[Family Dollar]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Howard Levine – News, Articles, Biography, Photos |publisher=The Wall Street Journal |url=http://topics.wsj.com/person/l/howard-levine/746 |access-date=December 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715062837/http://topics.wsj.com/person/l/howard-levine/746 |archive-date=July 15, 2012}}</ref>

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File:James Knox Polk by GPA Healy, 1858.jpg|[[James K. Polk]]
File:Thomas Wolfe standing outside Vance Hall at the University of North Carolina, 1920.jpg|[[Thomas Wolfe]]
File:Andy Griffith-Neal-Remick.jpg|[[Andy Griffith]]
File:MichaelJordanDeanSmith.jpg|[[Michael Jordan]] (left)
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