New Award Gives Whiteville Students Chance to Succeed
By Diana Johnson | October 2The family of a former top executive has created a scholarship to put a UNC education within the reach of Whiteville students. Recently, the family of UNC alumnus William R. Soles gave $600,000 to the Carolina Scholars Program to create the W. Rodger Soles Carolina Scholars Fund for incoming UNC freshmen. Soles retired from Jefferson-Pilot, where he served as the company's chairman and chief executive officer. His son William Soles and daughter M.