History

The history of residence hall government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a long and dynamic one. Over the past seventy years, both the structure and influence of this university institution have fluctuated with time. Records in the university archives indicate that first “inter-residence councils” were founded as early as 1940 in what is now the Olde Campus Upper Quad community. During the 1960s, a student by the name of Roger A. Davis was instrumental in the founding of residence colleges. Finally, in 1973, following an amendment to the UNC Student Code, the modern Residence Hall Association was founded to replace the Residence College Federation. Janet Stephens was elected its first president.

Presidents of RHA