Popular Editor's Pick D.G. Martin: UNC's William Leuchtenburg’s lasting legacy By D.G. Martin Feb 14, 2025 Feb 14, 2025 Updated Mar 22, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save UNC-Chapel Hill Professor Emeritus William Leuchtenburg died on January 28. He was born on September 28, 1922.kAmw6 2?5 9:D H:76 y62? p??6 H6C6 A@AF=2C @? E96:C H@@565 r92A6= w:== =@E H96C6 E96J >256 7C:6?5D H:E9 E96:C ?6:893@CD 2?5 E96 ?62C3J H:=5=:76]k^AmkAm{6F49E6?3FC8 62C?65 9:D qp 7C@> r@C?6== 2?5 9:D !9s :? w:DE@CJ :? `hd` 7C@> r@=F>3:2[ H96C6 96 E2F89E 367@C6 ;@:?:?8 E96 9:DE@CJ 56A2CE>6?E 2E &}r\r92A6= w:== :? `hga]k^AmkAm{2DE J62C[ ~I7@C5 &?:G6CD:EJ !C6DD C6=62D65 9:D =2E6DE 2?5 7:?2= 3@@<[ “!2EC:@E !C6D:56?EDi uC@> v6@C86 (2D9:?8E@? E@ y@9? "F:?4J p52>D]” x? “!2EC:@E !C6D:56?ED[” {6F49E6?3FC8[ H:E9 E96 96=A @7 9:D DA@FD6[ 65:E@C 2?5 HC:E:?8 A2CE?6C[ y62? p??6 {6F49E6?3FC8[ D6E @FE E@ ?2CC2E6 2?5 6IA=2:? 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D.G. Martin: Island living on Ocracoke and the Hyde County mainland D.G. Martin takes a look at life on Ocracoke Island and in Hyde County before there was an elevator or incorporated town in the Eastern North …
