Wake Forest loses a great leader
Condolences to the Wake Forest University community and the family of Thomas K. Hearn Jr., who died today in Winston-Salem.
Hearn was president from 1983 to 2005, a period when Wake Forest rose into the ranks of the nation's top universities.
More importantly for my family, he was president during most of the time when my son, Kenny, was a student at WFU.
I'd hoped Kenny would go to Carolina, but Wake Forest made it possible for him to enroll there, and to complete undergraduate and graduate studies. He received a first-rate education, and I'm grateful for Hearn's role.
The university developed in so many ways during his tenure and today is making a greater impact in Winston-Salem, the Triad and North Carolina than ever. Its medical center is doing amazing things, many of its other graduate schools are national leaders and the Deacons never lose to Carolina in football anymore.
Hearn will be long remembered, and appreciated, for his leadership at Wake Forest University.
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