UNC President Emeritus William Friday is home, recovering and feeling better after suffering a minor heart attack last week.
Friday, who presided over the university system from 1956 to 1986 and still, at age 88, keeps a busy schedule, was hospitalized for two days last week, said Virginia Taylor, his special assistant.
"He's home and resting and doing well," Taylor said, adding that she got the go-ahead from Friday to answer some questions about his condition because word has been going around that he had fallen ill and some folks had gotten bad information.
For example, he did not have a stroke, as Taylor said one person had suggested to her.
He did not need surgery, Taylor said. He will likely spend the next month or two relaxing and recovering and will be scaling back his many activities, she said.
Friday works about four days a week, often from his office in the Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence on McCorkle Place. He meets with students, fields phone calls and acts as an all-purpose advisor for everyone from politicians to journalists to UNC administrators.
And he still tapes his weekly "North Carolina People" show that airs on UNC-TV.
"He's making some lifestyle changes, one of which is not working quite so much," Taylor said. "He'll still be meeting in his office but probably cutting out speaking engagements."
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Thu, 10/21/2010 - 02:44 — MesotheliomaIt's good for him to make some lifestyle changes.
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Thu, 11/12/2009 - 11:35 — johnrichardsI actually laughed when I read at the bottom that he’s going to stop working so hard. Isn’t that the American dream? Obviously, the man loves his job and the job seems to love him back, so you can’t really say he’s going to lay off the work. However, at the age of 88, it probably is best that he take a role perhaps a little bit back from the day-to-day role he has now. Either that, or give him some supplements and let him continue along the road that seems to be his destiny. I wish you all the best in your recovery, Emeritus.
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Thu, 11/12/2009 - 11:34 — johnrichardsI actually laughed when I read at the bottom that he’s going to stop working so hard. Isn’t that the American dream? Obviously, the man loves his job and the job seems to love him back, so you can’t really say he’s going to lay off the work. However, at the age of 88, it probably is best that he take a role perhaps a little bit back from the day-to-day role he has now. Either that, or give him some supplements and let him continue along the road that seems to be his destiny. I wish you all the best in your recovery, Emeritus.
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Tue, 09/15/2009 - 02:14 — peter001What can a person do to prevent a heart attack?
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Mon, 08/24/2009 - 04:49 — davhkcsClassical symptoms of acute myocardial infarction include sudden chest pain (typically radiating to the left arm or left side of the neck), shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, palpitations, sweating, and anxiety (often described as a sense of impending doom). Women may experience fewer typical symptoms than men, most commonly shortness of breath, weakness, a feeling of indigestion, and fatigue. Approximately one quarter of all myocardial infarctions are silent, without chest pain or other symptoms. A heart attack is a medical emergency, and people experiencing chest pain are advised to alert their emergency medical services because prompt protection with an external defibrillator can save your life from primary ventricular fibrillation which occurs unexpectedly in 10% of all myocardial infarctions especially during the first hours of symptoms. Contemporary treatment of many myocardial infarctions can result in survival and even good outcomes. While it is true that certain less amenable cases are very massive and rapidly fatal "widowmakers", it is also true that in small attacks with limited damage and optimal treatment the heart muscle can be salvaged.
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This is one of the most
Mon, 12/22/2008 - 19:41 — ncshathnatvThis is one of the most AMAZING insightful men I have had the pleasure of meeting. Best wishes to you in a speedy recovery. You are a jewel.
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Mon, 12/22/2008 - 18:13 — FloydTurboPrehaps Dr Friday is simply shocked that, 45 years after the silly Speaker Ban Law, forces within the UNC administration and outside agitators are once again seeking to re-implement a ban on free speech within the UNC Syatem?
Glad you're only having to scale-back a tad, Bill Friday
Mon, 12/22/2008 - 16:36 — delivererThat means a lot to a lot of people. You will not be replaced, so get a little more rest, Mr. Friday. Some of you is way better than none of you, and we'll especially need you in 2009.
Merry Christmas, and TGFTF (Thank goodness for this Friday!)
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Mon, 12/22/2008 - 15:45 — j1c2kpAll the best to Mr. Friday and I hope he and his family have a very Merry Christmas.