i am not here because i'm a long-time north carolinaan, i'm not here because i'm an expert on the specific subject at >> good evening. i am not here because i'm a long-time north carolinians. i'm not here because i'm an expert on the specifics of japan. i'm here because of the heritage that these folks represent and the tradition that their hard work and guts cause them to wake up. i'm here because the names i'm getting ready to say are basic to the state and that heritage is basic to this wonderful work and truly wonderful work that jay smith and mary willingham have been doing on behalf of the institution that so many of us know and love. and so many of us have been fearful are going to go down without a peep. the names of course are frank and terry sanford and bill friday. all of whom believe that a major point of an institution must not serve itself but to serve the ideas. that is to say it was not enough to salute. you had to salute what it meant. i got here because of bill friday because we have worked together on the knight commission on intercollegiate athletics which was the found

i am not here because i'm a long-time north carolinaan, i'm not here because i'm an expert on the specific subject at hand. i'm here because of the heritage that these folks represent and the tradition that their hard work and guts have come in the wake of. i'm here because the names i'm getting ready to say were basic to this state and that heritage is basic to this wonderful work, and truly wonderful work that jay smith and mary willingham have been doing on above of an institution that so many of us know and love and so many of us have been fearful were going down without a peep. in the names, frank porter graham and terry sanford, and bill fraty. all of whom believed that which h the major point of an institution us to serve the idea within it. not enough to salute when you went by the building. you had to salute what it meant. i got here because of bill friday because we worked together on the night commission on intercollegiate athletics which the foundation i temporarily ran had financed and i said, i don't know what i'm going to do when i retire. some said, come to chapel hill. and