William "Bill" Strickland Jr.

For the person who described the blue linoleum print below- Yes! I have admired that print many times. He kept it all these years along with a scultpure that another student created for him. He really appreciated the talents of his students.

Thank you for sharing,
Jenny Strickland-Mangum

Mr. Strickland was a wonderful man and a fantastic principal of Chapel Hill HS. I am not sure how many people know that he also played a very, very important role in the advancement of equal educational opportunities for young women. Specifically, he was instrumental in the historic fight to make the UNC Morehead Scholarship available to young women as well as young men. In 1973, Mr. Strickland decided that he wanted to challenge the fact that this prestigious, all-expenses paid four-year...

If not for Bill Strickland, I would never have graduated high school in 1972. I had a very difficult home life, ran away, missed much the last half of my junior year and the first half of my senior year. Mr. Strickland was one of the few people (literally one of 3) who knew what was happening. He believed in me, and liked me. And I graduated with my class.

I have never forgotten his kindness to me. If his family finds an old linoleum print of two children holding a flower -- I...

One hot summer day when I was 15 years old I walked up to the Heritage Hills pool and spent the day sunning alone. I was depressed because my friends were all gone on vacation or busy. At that age we are so emotional... anyway I believe there were some tears throughout that day... Later, I felt a shadow, the sun being blocked by a large form asking how I was doing... It was this beautiful man, soon to be principal of the high school, our dear neighbor, Bill Strickland. He must have seen a...