“Hello, Glen Lennox!” With Thomas Jepsen
Thomas Jepsen’s career was in technology, but his passion has always been local history. A Research Triangle Park worker turned historian, Thomas, the treasurer of the Chapel Hill Historical Society, recounted for us the founding of Glen Lennox during a crucial period of Chapel Hill history.
In 1950, Memorial Hospital was being constructed and UNC began recruiting top medical professionals from around the country. When they arrived, many of them moved into the brand new Glen Lennox developments where they fostered a community thanks to the many common spaces and the shopping center. Step back in time to the early days of Glen Lennox in this conversation with Thomas Jepsen on the newest “Hello, Glen Lennox!”