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Fall 2007

Tar Heel country crosses the pond

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Cutting the ribbon to dedicate Winston House, from left: Peter T. Grauer, Peter G.C. Mallinson, James H. “Jim” Winston, Madeline G. Levine, Bernadette Gray-Little, Charles M. Winston Sr., Robert W. Winston III and James L. “Jim” Leloudis.

The College of Arts and Sciences dedicated its European Study Center at Winston House in London on May 20 and 21.

Madeline Levine, then interim dean, hosted the event with Honors Advisory Board Chair Peter T. Grauer and Carolina First European Committee Co-Chairs Peter Mallinson, Lucía Halpern and Jane Sommers-Kelly. In addition to remarks by Levine, Grauer and Mallinson, James H. Winston ’55, Provost Bernadette Gray-Little and Associate Dean for Honors Jim Leloudis addressed more than 100 Carolina alumni and representatives of academic institutions.

“The purchase of this special property on Bedford Square is unprecedented in Carolina history,” said Gray-Little. “It is the first building that the University has acquired abroad for academic programs, and it is the first property that the College of Arts and Sciences has owned anywhere beyond Chapel Hill.”

Winston House is named for the Winston family in recognition of the generous lead gift made towards its pur­chase by James H. Winston ’55 and his wife Mary, and in honor of the Winston family’s longstanding ties to Carolina and to Europe. Beginning with Patrick Henry Winston in 1844, six generations of the family have been Carolina students and leaders.  In addition to the gift of James and Mary Winston, lead gifts were made by Peter T. and Laura Grauer, the estate of James M. Alexander, W. Lee Hemphill and Elsbeth Lindner, the Peter and Elisabetta Mallinson Trust, and Chad and Blake Pike.

The European Study Center reflects the college’s commitment to internationalization and will serve as a hub linking Carolina to partners across Europe and beyond. Winston House offers opportunities for faculty collaborations, study abroad programs, research initiatives, academic conferences and meetings, alumni enrichment activities, and a wide variety of London-based programs. 

For more information or scheduling, please contact Randi Davenport, executive director of the Johnston Center, at 919-843-7765, rdavenpo@email.unc.edu.