Thorp to step down as UNC-CH chancellor | 09.17.12
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![Holden Thorp packs up the letters and cards he received after being named the new Chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill. For the past year, he has been the dean of The College of Arts and Sciences. "These [letters] are for me to read when times get tough," he said looking through the hundreds of well-wishes. He hand-wrote responses to each one. Additionally, he got 567 email notes as well. STAFF PHOTO BY COREY LOWENSTEIN — 2008 News & Observer file photo](http://media2.newsobserver.com/smedia/2012/09/17/17/22/IYcVi.AuSt.156.jpeg){kind=small}
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UNC-CH Chancellor Holden Thorp, during a Monday afternoon Sept. 17, 2012 interview in his office speaks about his decision to resign his post at the end of the coming academic year effective June 30, 2013. HARRY LYNCH — hlynch@newsobserver.com
