The University of North Carolina at Pembroke dedicated its first new classroom building in 27 years to O.R. Sampson, one of its original students and a 32-year member of the Board of Trustees. The ribbon was cut July 16, 2007, for the O.R. Sampson Academic Building with the help of a large contingent of family members, including Derek, his great grandson, and Derek's dad, Kent, his grandson. The $4.8 million structure will house the departments of Psychology and Counseling and Criminal Justice and Sociology.

Sampson, born in 1866, attended the first session of the Croatan Normal School and was one of its first graduates. He preached and taught in the public schools for 40 years and served on the Board of Trustees from 1898 until his death in 1928.




Derek and his dad, Kent.











The Sampson Family pose in front of the O.R. Sampson Academic Building.













The O. R. Sampson Academic Building