North Carolina Triangle - 1984

INROADS/North Carolina Triangle opened with 31 interns sponsored by 9 corporations in 1984 and later was known as INROADS/North Carolina.

Initial start-up funding was provided by:
Northern Telecom ($20,000)
General Electric ($10,000)
IBM ($5,000)
Burroughs Wellcome ($2,500)

Initial Board members were:
John Bradley, VP Organizational Development, Burroughs Wellcome
Don Butler, Manager Communications, IBM
Benjamin Jenkins, SVP, First Union National Bank
John Larson, Manager, General Electric
Roy Merrills, Group VP, Northern Telecom
Roger Middlesteadt, Plant Manager, Corning
Tyronza Richmond, Dean School of Business, North Carolina Central University
Mitchell Ward, VP Personnel, NCNB Corporation
Glen Williams, Managing Partner, Arthur Andersen

By the year 2000, INROADS/North Carolina Triangle/North Carolina had 138 interns.