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Carmichael Gymnasium
2611 Cates Avenue |
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Carmichael Gymnasium, north entrance Scroll below for building history |
Location: Central Campus Current Residents: Physical Education Built 1961 Sq. Footage 354,329 |
Carmichael Gymnasium offers an outdoor and indoor track, swimming pools, basketball courts, racquetball courts, and areas for wrestling, boxing, weight lifting and gymnastics. In 1940, William Donald Carmichael (1900-1961) became Vice President and Financial Officer for the three-college, Consolidated University system of the time. After serving in the Air Corps during World War I, Carmichael earned his degree in business administration at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There, he was active in athletics and had been captain of the basketball team. He became an advertising executive and stock broker in New York before returning to North Carolina.
During his administration, Carmichael supported funding for the completion
of the gymnasium, Reynolds Coliseum, a state educational TV system, Burlington
Laboratories' nuclear reactor, and the William Neal Reynolds Professorships.
One of his characteristic words was "imagineering."
The pool used for swim meets is located in the southwest corner of Carmichael
Gymnasium, which is at the corner of Morrill Drive and Cates Avenue. Please
see the following link for a map:
http://www.ncsu.edu/campus_map/central.htm
It is building 101 and is labeled as Carmichael Gymnasium.
The natatorium is located to the left of the parking lot.
General directions to campus can be found at:
Directions to campus
See also:
Carmichael Recreation Center (built 2007)