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Left, Uncle Jack and Aunt Cassie Cowell. Center, H. Bryan Ives III ’80. Right, Horace Bryan Ives Jr. 1942 senior class Yackety Yack photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By Jess Clarke<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision by H. Bryan Ives III, Gibbs C. Ives and their family to create a scholarship endowment at UNC School of Law is rooted in Bryan\u2019s father\u2019s potato farming as a teen during the Great Depression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Uncle Jack and Aunt Cassie Cowell.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Ives\u2019 father, Bryan Jr., known as H. B., lost his own father at 14, and was thus required to manage his family\u2019s small rural Pamlico County, N.C., farm operation in the height of the Depression, which included growing tubers for Bay River Potatoes. The Pamlico company\u2019s owner, John \u201cJack\u201d Cowell, paid for H. B. to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. H. B. referred to Mr. Cowell as Uncle Jack and Mr. Cowell\u2019s wife as Aunt Cassie, although they had no relation to H. B. or his family.  Without the generosity of Uncle Jack and Aunt Cassie, H. B. would have been unable to continue his education beyond Stonewall High School in Pamlico County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H. B., a 1942 UNC graduate, recognizing the value of his UNC education, followed Uncle Jack\u2019s example and covered the costs for Ives and his three siblings to attend Chapel Hill, including Ives\u2019s three years at Carolina Law. Ives followed his father\u2019s example by paying for the Chapel Hill education of his<\/em> son, Bryan IV, currently a producer for ESPN\u2019s ACC Network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Ives Family, Matthew and Genevieve Ives Hayes (Furman); Gibbs (BA ’78) and Bryan (BSBA ’77, JD ’80) Ives III; Caroline (BA ’12, MAC ’14) and Bryan (BA ’10) Ives IV.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

With the new $250,000 Ives Family Scholarship, the Ives family pays tribute to H.B. and Uncle Jack and Aunt Cassie Cowell and highlights the importance of UNC-Chapel Hill and Carolina Law in the family\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“My father wouldn’t have had a successful career but for his undergraduate degree at Chapel Hill, and he wouldn’t have had that if not for Uncle Jack. Part of this is to say ‘thank you’ to Uncle Jack’s family,” says Ives, a partner at Alston & Bird LLP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uncle Jack and Aunt Cassie’s family includes John Cowell, the Cowell’s grandson, who was a star tight end for three of the Dooley era UNC football teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scholarship is for students with an undergraduate degree from the Kenan Flagler School of Business, like Ives, a \u201977 Chapel Hill graduate, or for students interested in pursuing a career in corporate or tax law. Recipients will receive tuition assistance all three years at Carolina Law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scholarship endowment is the largest single gift the Ives family has ever bestowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Horace
Horace Bryan Ives Jr. 1942 senior class Yackety Yack photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

His longtime philanthropy to Carolina Law and Chapel Hill was sparked initially by partners at the Charlotte based law firm where he first began his career. \u201cI was taught as a very young lawyer that being a lawyer is a privilege, and with the privilege comes a duty\u2026to give back to the community,\u201d Ives says. \u201cThe community includes particularly the law school where you got the degree that enables you to practice law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Carolina Law, Ives was articles editor of North Carolina Law Review<\/em> and a member of the Order of the Coif.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve done well, and the reason I\u2019ve done well is the excellent education I got as both an undergraduate and at Carolina Law,\u201d says Ives, who was co-chair of Alston & Bird\u2019s corporate transactions and securities group, served as its financial partner and on its governing partners\u2019 committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLaw school trains your brain and teaches you how to think and be logical. That basic underpinning is crucial to a successful practice of law. All those baseline skills I got from Carolina Law,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His philanthropy to Carolina Law is motivated partly by Dean Martin Brinkley\u2019s \u201992 initiatives, some of which have resulted in an increased ranking among law schools in U.S. News & World Report<\/em>. \u201cI want the great reputation of the law school and the overall university to continue and be enhanced. I\u2019m absolutely dedicated to what UNC-Chapel Hill stands for,\u201d Ives says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He wants his dedication to Carolina Law to inspire other alumni to give to the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI hope people will think about how fortunate they are to have a law degree,\u201d he notes, \u201cand make that opportunity available to the next generation.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gifts to the law school count toward the Campaign for Carolina, the most ambitious public University fundraising campaign in the Southeast and in University history. UNC School of Law aims to\u00a0raise $75 million<\/a>\u00a0to increase the competitiveness of the school and develop lawyer-leaders who impact North Carolina and beyond. Help us reach this goal and preserve Carolina Law\u2019s future as a cherished public institution.\u00a0Give now<\/a>!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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