Road near Richardson Stadium to become Mac Everett Way

Prior to the noon kickoff of the Charlotte 49ers game against Gardner-Webb on Saturday, Oct. 5, a ceremony will dedicate a street near Jerry Richardson Stadium in honor of Malcolm “Mac” Everett.

The 11 a.m. ceremony will designate the stretch of road Mac Everett Way in tribute to the longtime supporter of the University and its athletic programs.

Chancellor Philip L. Dubois will be joined by Everett, Athletics Director Judy Rose and other University officials and supporters at the dedication, which will be held near the intersection of Phillips Road and the newly named street.

Everett served 10 years on the UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees and was chair from 2005-07. He later headed the football feasibility committee, and he has been chair of the UNC Charlotte Foundation Board.

A native of Macon, Ga., Everett graduated with a degree in economics from the University of Georgia. In 1969, he started work at the Trust Company of Georgia, now known as SunTrust.

In 1978, he and his wife, Andy, moved to Charlotte with their two children, and he began a long and prosperous banking career with First Union National Bank, which became Wachovia and is now Wells Fargo. UNC Charlotte presented Everett its Distinguished Service Award 2008.