104 Manning Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Building Number: 242
Year Built: 1995
Departments: Alcohol Studies Center, Cystic Fibrosis/Pulmonary Research, Gene Therapy Center, Laboratory Animal Medicine, Pediatrics, Pediatrics-Genetics and Metabolism, Pediatrics-Pulmonology, Thurston Arthritis Res Center
Completed in 1995, this building houses arthritis and alcoholism research centers and is named for Doc J. Thurston and Hargrove (Skipper) Bowles, Jr. A native of Clayton, NC, Thurston graduated cum laude from the School of Engineering in 1932. After he sold his businesses in 1979, he devoted more time to charitable causes, including arthritis research. Hargrove "Skipper" Bowles, Jr., was a native of Monroe, North Carolina, who attended UNC from 1937 to 1941. While in the General Assembly, he developed an interest in alcoholism research and sponsored the legislation that created Carolina’s Center for Alcohol Studies. His son, Erskine Bowles, became president of the sixteen-campus University of North Carolina system in 2005.
Building Features:
- Gender Neutral Restrooms:
- Floor: 01, Room: 1029, Accessible Toilet
- Floor: 03, Room: 3415, Accessible Toilet
- Floor: 03, Room: 3416, Accessible Toilet