0chance_elect_7.jpgUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor-elect Holden Thorp, left, shares a light moment with UNC President Erskine Bowles, center, before going to a meeting with the Board of Governors Thursday. At right is Nelson Schwab III, chair of the Chancellor Search Committee. 2721chance_elect_6.jpgChancellor-elect Holden Thorp, fourth from left, poses with his family before his election by the UNC Board of Governors Thursday. From left are sister-in-law Laura Francis-Thorp, brother Clay Thorp, mother Bo Thorp, Holden Thorp, wife Patti Thorp, daughter Emma and son John. 4110chance_elect_8.jpgUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Student Body President J.J. Raynor, left, chats with Patti Thorp, wife of Chancellor-elect Holden Thorp as they wait to meet with the Board of Governors May 8. 6729chance_elect_9.jpgUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor-elect Holden Thorp, second from left, waits with his family as Ann Lemmon checks the hallway before Thorp and his family were presented to the UNC Board of Governors Thursday. 8988chance_elect_5.jpgEmma Thorp, right, nine-year-old daughter of Chancellor-elect Holden Thorp, left, leans on her father's arm as they listen as UNC President Erskine Bowles makes his remarks at a the UNC Board of Governors meeting Thursday. 10071chance_elect_10.jpgUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor-elect Holden Thorp addresses the UNC Board of Governors after his selection as the University's 10th chancellor Thursday. 12318chance_elect_1.jpgChancellor-elect Holden Thorp, left, Kenan Professor of Chemistry and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is congratulated by Chancellor James Moeser following his election to the post by the UNC Board of Governors Thursday. Thorp will succeed Moeser, who announced last fall that he would step down on June 30 after eight years in the post. At center is Thorp's mother, Bo Thorp. 14336chance_elect_12.jpgUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor-elect Holden Thorp, left, is congratulated by William Friday, president of the University of North Carolina system from 1956-1986, after his election as the University's 10th chancellor Thursday. 16468chance_elect_11.jpgUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor-elect Holden Thorp receives a hug from Margaret A. Jablonski, vice chancellor for Student Affairs, after his election as the University's 10th chancellor Thursday. 18937chance_elect_13.jpgUNC President Erskine Bowles, left, and Nelson Schwab III, right, chair of the Chancellor Search Committee, laugh at a remark by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor-elect Holden Thorp during a press conference following his election as the University's 10th chancellor Thursday. 20792chance_elect_14.jpgUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor-elect Holden Thorp, center, chats with Chancellor James Moeser, left, in the Chancellor's office in South Building following Thorp's election as the University's 10th Chancellor Thursday. At right is Susan Moeser, wife of the Chancellor. 22390chance_elect_15.jpgUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor-elect Holden Thorp, center, leaves South Building with Chancellor James Moeser, left, and Board of Trustees Chair Roger Perry on the way to a reception in Thorp's honor in Gerrard Hall Thursday. 24200chance_elect_2.jpgChancellor-elect Holden Thorp, Kenan Professor of Chemistry and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is applauded by faculty and staff as he enters a reception in his honor following his election to the post by the UNC Board of Governors Thursday. Thorp will succeed James Moeser, who announced last fall that he would step down on June 30 after eight years in the post. 26850chance_elect_16.jpgA capacity crowd greets University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor-elect Holden Thorp as he arrives at Gerrard Hall for a reception in his honor. 28750chance_elect_3.jpgChancellor-elect Holden Thorp, left, Kenan Professor of Chemistry and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, makes his remarks at a reception in his honor following his election to the post by the UNC Board of Governors Thursday. Thorp will succeed James Moeser, who announced last fall that he would step down on June 30 after eight years in the post. 30563chance_elect_17.jpgUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor-elect Holden Thorp, right, and Chancellor James Moeser, second from left, join former Chancellors Paul Hardin, left, and William Aycock, third from left, for a group photo at a reception in Thorp's honor in Gerrard Hall Thursday. 32840chance_elect_18.jpgAdministrators, faculty staff and students mingle outside the newly renovated Gerrard Hall at a reception for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor-elect Holden Thorp Thursday. 34852chance_elect_4.jpgChancellor-elect Holden Thorp, Kenan Professor of Chemistry and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, addressed the overflow crowd at Gerrard Hall for a reception in his honor. Thorp will succeed James Moeser, who announced last fall that he would step down on June 30 after eight years in the post. 38985unc_logo_c_32a691.jpg40342black_1.jpgversion517creditsPhotos by Dan Sears, UNC-Chapel Hillabstractabstract here...header_headlineheadline here ...header_font_hex000000header_hexFFFFFFheader_height0body_hex000000body_frame_hex000000controls_hex333333controls_styledefaultfooter_hex000000footer_font_hex000000footer_height15htmlbg_hex000000player_styledefaultautoStartfalseautoShowCaptionstruedisplay_sizesfalsedisplay_headlinefalsedisplay_footertrueshowCreditstrueshowCaptionstrueembed_stylefalsecentertrueheader_headline_fontArialcaption_font_faceArialcaption_font_size11footer_font_faceVerdanafooter_font_size9scrub_previewfalseshow_volumefalsetransition_typecrossfadetransition_time0.7show_thumbnailstrueslide_onlytruetlength432067fla636891swf171179usercombo.jpgthorp_1.jpgHolden Thorp on Polk Place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.1210379432558Auto saved