Holden Thorp
| Holden Thorp | |
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| Provost of Washington University in St. Louis | |
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Assumed office July 1, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Edward S. Macias |
| 10th Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
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In office July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | James Moeser |
| Succeeded by | Carol Folt |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Herbert Holden Thorp August 16, 1964 Fayetteville, North Carolina |
| Spouse(s) | Patti Thorp |
| Children | John Thorp Emma Thorp |
| Residence | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill California Institute of Technology Yale University |
| Profession | College administrator, Chemist |
| Website | Office of the Provost of Washington University in St |
Herbert Holden Thorp (born August 16, 1964) is an American chemist, inventor, musician, professor, and entrepreneur. He served as the tenth chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Thorp assumed the position of chancellor on July 1, 2008, succeeding James Moeser, and, at age 43, was noted at the time as being among the youngest leaders of a university in the United States. At the time of his selection as chancellor, Thorp was the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and a Kenan Professor of chemistry at the university. Thorp is a 1986 graduate of UNC; he later earned a Ph.D in chemistry from California Institute of Technology, and was a postdoctoral associate at Yale University.
In September 2012, Thorp announced his intention to resign effective 30 June 2013, and to return to teaching in the Chemistry department at UNC, following a scandal involving the NCAA. Shortly thereafter, in February 2013, he announced his decision to leave the University and take up the job of provost at Washington University in St. Louis. Thorp took over as provost on July 1, 2013, replacing Dr. Edward Macias who had served in that role for 25 years.
Thorp's father, Herbert Holden "Herb" Thorp (d. 1996), was a native of Rocky Mount, North Carolina. He was an attorney who earned an undergraduate degree from UNC in 1954 and a law degree - also from UNC - in 1956. His mother, Olga "Bo" Thorp (née Bernardin, b. 1933), a 1956 UNC graduate, is a native of Columbia, South Carolina; her parents were Italian immigrants who died when she was 15. Both of Thorp's parents were involved in creating Fayetteville Little Theater, now known as the Cape Fear Regional Theater, in 1962. Herb Thorp was its first president, and Bo Thorp was its creative director for 50 years until stepping down in April 2012.
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