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GOVERNOR LOUIE B. NUNN, the Commonwealth' chief executive and chairman of the Board of Trustees, believes strongly that self-reliance, pride and courage are the by-products of intercollegiate athletics. His interest in Kentucky basketball was emphasized when he presented his first "Governor's Trophy" to Wildcat Coach Adolph Rupp. Gov. Nunn, 45, is a native of Barren County. He attended Bowling Green Business University, the University of Cincinnati and the University of Louisville, where he earned a law degree in 1950. He is an avid sportsman and spectator and a successful attorney who has served in both executive and judicial positions. The third Republican this century to be elected Governor in Kentucky, he formerly served as a county judge and city attorney.
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PRESIDENT OTIS A. SINGLETARY came to Lexington from the University of Texas, Austin, where he was executive vice chancellor for academic affairs. Dr. Singletary, who is eighth president of the University, served a total of eight years at Texas, progressing during seven (1954-61) of those years from instructor to professor, associate dean of Arts and Sciences and assistant to the president. Then for five years (1961-66), he was chancellor of the University of North Carolina, although he was on leave from October 1964 to January 1966 to serve as director of the Job Corps, Office of Economic Opportunity.
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ATHLETICS DIRECTOR HARRY C. LANCASTERMissing from the University of Kentucky basketball bench this season is the familiar figure of Harry C. Lancaster, who stepped up as athletic director late last season after being associated with Adolph Rupp since 1946. Lancaster remained as Rupp's chief assistant until last season's end and then left the coaching ranks to concentrate on the complex job of running the Wildcat athletics program. A native of Paris, he is a graduate of Georgetown College with a master's degree from the University of Kentucky.