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The Orphans

WHQR | By Nan Graham

Published June 7, 2007 at 12:43 PM EDT

Antique baby pictures used to creep out the visitors of Nan Graham's daughter, Molly.

By Nan Graham

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Wilmington, NC – Fans of antique shops, Nan Graham and her daughter, Molly, picked out an oversize photograph of Kemp Battle, president of UNC in the 1880s. It was proudly hung over Molly's couch, terrorizing visitors for years.

Nan Graham is a longtime commentator for WHQR, and author of "In a Magnolia Minute." Check out her website, nangraham.com

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Nan Graham

Nan Graham has deep roots in Alabama and Carolina soil. She graduated from Tuscaloosa High School and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she graduated with an AB in English. She obtained her Masters degree from The Citadel in Charleston. In 1995 Nan began broadcasting her bi- weekly commentaries on WHQR Public Radio in Wilmington. She continues these bi-weekly broadcasts along with teaching at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in the Honors College. She has taught for thirty-eight years...everything from first grade to graduate level university courses...(the last is far easier than first grade!).

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