RIP Chancellor Borkowski

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RIP Chancellor Borkowski

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Re: RIP Chancellor Borkowski

Unread post by BambooRdApp » Wed Jan 22, 2025 8:55 am

He was chancellor when I was in grad school.
Only had a couple of brief conversations with him at a couple of business school related events he attended. He was extremely cordial in our discussions.
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Re: RIP Chancellor Borkowski

Unread post by BeauFoster » Wed Jan 22, 2025 9:06 am

As I told my old college roommate, Bork would appreciate me giving this a thumbs up (if you were in school during his tenure, you understand)
Give 'em hell!

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Re: RIP Chancellor Borkowski

Unread post by EastHallApp » Wed Jan 22, 2025 9:34 am

I was also in school during his tenure. Didn't know him well, but from my few interactions, he was always kind and had time to talk with students.

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Re: RIP Chancellor Borkowski

Unread post by biggie » Wed Jan 22, 2025 12:46 pm

He was there for my 5.5 years of undergrad, don't think I ever talked to him.

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Re: RIP Chancellor Borkowski

Unread post by ASUFan4863 » Wed Jan 22, 2025 1:55 pm

biggie wrote:
Wed Jan 22, 2025 12:46 pm
He was there for my 5.5 years of undergrad, don't think I ever talked to him.
You probably just missed him in the library!

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Re: RIP Chancellor Borkowski

Unread post by biggie » Wed Jan 22, 2025 2:28 pm

ASUFan4863 wrote:
Wed Jan 22, 2025 1:55 pm
biggie wrote:
Wed Jan 22, 2025 12:46 pm
He was there for my 5.5 years of undergrad, don't think I ever talked to him.
You probably just missed him in the library!
There is a library?

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Re: RIP Chancellor Borkowski

Unread post by Stonewall » Wed Jan 22, 2025 5:44 pm

He was thoughtful, kind and gracious in my dealings with him. We sometimes saw things differently but we always parted on good terms.

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Re: RIP Chancellor Borkowski

Unread post by AppDub » Wed Jan 22, 2025 6:58 pm

BeauFoster wrote:
Wed Jan 22, 2025 9:06 am
As I told my old college roommate, Bork would appreciate me giving this a thumbs up (if you were in school during his tenure, you understand)
I was there then and totally understand. RIP Bork

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Re: RIP Chancellor Borkowski

Unread post by Bootsy » Sat Jan 25, 2025 8:20 am

Borkowski is largely responsible for securing funding that led to many of the new buildings on the App campus. He built close relationships with Marc Basnight (long time President pro tem of the NC Senate) and other legislators that played a key role in making this happen.

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