Endowed professorship awarded to William M. Rohe
William M. Rohe, DCRP professor & director of the Center for
Urban and Regional Studies, has been awarded the title of Boshamer
Professor.  Professorships are permanent funds, invested to produce
income that can be awarded to the named professor as a salary
supplement.  Carolina has more than 200 different professorships,
supporting almost 300 faculty members in all areas of the University.
The Boshamer professorship acknowledges in a tangible way the
extraordinary teaching, service and research that Dr. Rohe has
contributed to UNC and the field of planning.


Dr. Rohe’s research focuses on understanding the social processes involved in neighborhood hood change
and revitalization and the impacts of homeownership on self-perceptions and social behavior.  He has taught
at UNC since 1978 and teaches courses focusing on community development planning and neighborhood
revitalization.  Last year Dr. Rohe was awarded a postdoctoral Fulbright grant to conduct research in
Barcelona, Spain.  In Spain he was affiliated with the Department of Urbanism and Regional Planning at the
Technical University of Catalonia in Barcelona. He spent the spring semester of 2004 studying Barcelona’s
very successful urban revitalization program.

The Cary C. Boshamer Professorships were established in 1969 by Cary Carlisle Boshamer, a member of the
Class of 1917 and an aggressive tackle on the football team. Boshamer was a native of North Carolina in the
1920s and engaged in a series of successful business ventures, primarily in the textile industry.  Boshamer
served as a trustee of the UNC system from 1969 until 1972 and was a trustee of the University the following year.