Former Charlotte Mayor Richard Vinroot and his wife Judy have pledged $1 million to honor of his friend and former law partner, Bob Bradshaw Jr., to UNC Chapel Hill's School of Government, the largest individual donation ever made to that arm of the university.
"Judy and Richard Vinroot have shown extraordinary generosity and thoughtfulness in creating this new professorship and fellowship," Mike Smith, the school's dean said in a statement, the Charlotte Observer's Jim Morrill reports.
Bradshaw, now retired, was a GOP leader in Mecklenburg County who went on to become chairman of the state party. Vinroot, one of his proteges, served two terms as mayor and ran for governor. Of the money, $666,000 will be matched by a state fund to create the $1 million Robert W. Bradshaw Jr. Distinguished Professorship. Another $334,000 will establish the Robert W. Bradshaw Jr. Public Administration Fellowship.
"Bob Bradshaw spent many years encouraging good people to enter public service, and then mentoring them once they did so," Vinroot said in a statement. "Wonderful examples of this are former Gov. Jim Martin and (former) 9th District Congressman Alex McMillan, both of whom are among Bob's protégés.
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Re: Vinroot pledges $1 million to UNC
Did he put any restrictions on it or endow a chair of libertarianism or will it be gobbled up by clueless lieberals??? Is Bradshaw a lieberal or conservative?