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Thomas Wong bleeds Carolina blue.

Thomas Wong bleeds Carolina blue.

Thomas Wong bleeds Carolina blue.

He’s a proud double Tar Heel, receiving first a Ph.D. in biochemistry and then his M.P.H. in public health administration from Carolina. Growing up, Wong had visions of going east from his native San Francisco for college and made that dream a reality when he moved to Chapel Hill for graduate school. “The graduate school and post-graduate programs experience provided the compass for a 25-plus-year career in the pharmaceutical and biotech arena.”

Thomas and Sandy credit their fulfilling careers to the education they received at UNC-Chapel Hill. And they’ve paid it back to Carolina and its students in a number of ways — serving on volunteer boards, advancing diversity initiatives and supporting scholarships.

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