The university has received a $270,000 unrestricted gift from the estate of Ann Fleming Whitesell of Thomasville, N.C. Whitesell made the bequest to honor the memory of her father, John C. Whitesell ’24, a standout football player who was inducted into Elon’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1980.
Ann Whitesell graduated from High Point College in High Point, N.C., and also attended Queens College in Charlotte. She taught in Asheboro and Thomasville schools for 37 years.