School of Law. Development. Julius Corpening Records

RG19.23.1

Julius H. Corpening was a Wake Forest College graduate (1949) who worked at WFU from 1974-2004 in several positions, mainly as head of development for the School of Law. This collection includes materials from Julius Corpening's work in the Development of the Law School. Materials include budget plans, management projects, event documentation, and other planning materials.

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Biographical and Historical Note

Julius H. Corpening was born on February 22, 1928, in Lancaster, South Carolina. Corpening graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wake Forest College (1949) and continued his studies at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, and at Duke University. He held pastorates at Baptist churches in Moncure, N.C.; Durham, N.C.; and Hampton, S.C. In 1969, he came to Wake Forest University to head the Piedmont Church and Industry Institute and acted as director of the Urban Affairs Institute. In 1974, he began the development program for the Wake Forest School of Law and, in 1988, was named Assistant Vice President for University Relations, a position he held until retirement in 2004. He was also responsible for the Masters Reception and was an avid fan of Wake Forest sports teams. Corpening passed away on April 5, 2014.

Collection Overview

This collection includes materials from Julius Corpening's work in development and fundraising for WFU's Law School. Materials include budget plans, meeting materials, management projects, event documentation, and other planning documents. A small amount of materials from his time as an Assistant Vice President for University Relations is also present.

Administrative Information

Publication Information: Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
Revision Description: Revised by Finley Turner, Caroline Fahringer and Stephanie Bennett, 2019 January, 2020
Access Restrictions: This collection is open for use.
Copyright Notice: The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
Preferred Citation: School of Law. Development. Julius Corpening Records (RG19.23.1), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.

Collection Inventory

A Preliminary Marketing Plan for the Professional Schools (1987 September-October) Box 3 Folder 45
Agreements (1988) Box 5 Folder 35
Alaskan Cruise documentation (1985 October 10-21) Box 1 Folder 2
Babcock School five year plan (1985 May ) Box 5 Folder 31
Baccalaureate sermons (1986-1988) Box 5 Folder 32-34
Budget materials
- Budget (1976-1977) Box 1 Folder 8
- Budget (1979-1980) Box 1 Folder 9
- Budget (1981-1982) Box 1 Folder 11
- Budget (1982-1982) Box 1 Folder 12
- Budget (1982-1983) Box 1 Folder 13
- Budget (1983-1984) Box 1 Folder 15
- Budget (1985-1986) Box 1 Folder 17
- Budget ledgers and worksheets (undated ) Box 1 Folder 4
- Budget projections (1976-1977) Box 1 Folder 3
- Budget procedures (undated ) Box 1 Folder 5
- Budget reports (1975-1976) Box 1 Folder 7
- Budget reports, capital campaign (1981) Box 1 Folder 10
- Budget requests (1982-1983) Box 1 Folder 14
- Budget requests (1986-1987) Box 1 Folder 18
- Salaries study (1983) Box 1 Folder 16
- Budget transfers (undated) Box 1 Folder 6
Building feasibility study law school visits (1985 May-June) Box 6 Folder 1
Clinical education correspondence (1982-1987) Box 6 Folder 6
Corbett correspondence/memos (1978-1982) Box 6 Folder 8
Davis Letter estate planning (1980) Box 1 Folder 17
Deans' meeting (1986) Box 1 Folder 16
Development Advisory Committee minutes, Center for Professional Education (1987) Box 5 Folder 29
Estate planning, Scarlett letter (1982) Box 1 Folder 18
Gaston County prospects (1982) Box 3 Folder 31
Gold Bond building products (1980 Fall) Box 3 Folder 32
Gutherie proposal (1981) Box 3 Folder 33
Heritage and Prospect: a five year report (1988) Box 5 Folder 28
Huffman Building materials (1953-1973) Box 1 Folder 19
Huffman, Robert, Morganton Manufacturer correspondence (1963-1973) Box 1 Folder 20
Judicial Districts memorandums (1980) Box 2 Folder 7
Law Board of Visitors
- Law Board of Visitors (1980) Box 1 Folder 22-23
- Law Board of Visitors (1981) Box 1 Folder 24-26
- Law Board of Visitors (1982) Box 1 Folder 27-28
- Law Board of Visitors (1983) Box 1 Folder 29-30
- Law Board of Visitors (1984) Box 1 Folder 31-32
- Law Board of Visitors minutes (1979-1980) Box 1 Folder 21
Law Day materials (1984-1985) Box 1 Folder 33-34
Law Fund materials (1983-1985) Box 1 Folder 36-37
Law library long-range plan (1984-1989) Box 1 Folder 15
Law Management Project
- Advisory Committee materials (1986-1987) Box 4 Folder 33
- Agenda/minutes/notes (1986-1987) Box 4 Folder 34
- Appointments and contacts (1986) Box 4 Folder 36
- Babcock Alumni Executive Committee materials (1986) Box 4 Folder 37
- Babcock Board of Visitors materials (1986-1988) Box 5 Folder 1
- Babcock Charlotte Project materials (1986) Box 5 Folder 2
- Babcock Evening Program (1986) Box 5 Folder 3
- Babcock long range plan (1986) Box 5 Folder 4
- Babcock market plan (1986-1987) Box 5 Folder 5
- Babcock School faculty development materials (1988) Box 5 Folder 16
- Babcock School surveys (undated ) Box 5 Folder 22
- Changes in legal education speech, related materials (1987) Box 5 Folder 23
- Computer Committee materials (1987) Box 5 Folder 8
- Consultant interviews and appointments (1987) Box 5 Folder 9
- Consultant proposals (1985-1986) Box 5 Folder 10
- Consultant reports (1986-1987) Box 5 Folder 11-12
- Continuing education materials (1986) Box 5 Folder 13
- Development Advisory Committee minutes (1987) Box 4 Folder 35
- Development Advisory Committee materials (1987) Box 5 Folder 15
- Focus group materials (1986-1986) Box 5 Folder 19
- Development plan (1987-1988) Box 5 Folder 14
- Four forty plan reports (1988) Box 5 Folder 18
- General correspondence (1986-1987) Box 5 Folder 20
- Joint Publications Committee memorandums and correspondence (1987-1988) Box 3 Folder 39
- Law and Babcock project site visits (1987) Box 3 Folder 43
- Law firm prospect materials (1988) Box 3 Folder 41
- Law School Faculty Development materials (1986) Box 5 Folder 17
- Law School surveys (1986) Box 5 Folder 21
- Library Committee materials (1986-1987) Box 5 Folder 24
- Marketing plan (1987) Box 5 Folder 25
- Market research (1987) Box 5 Folder 26
- Project budget (1987) Box 5 Folder 6
- Project calendar (1987-1989) Box 5 Folder 7
- Program Integration Committee memos and minutes (1987-1988) Box 3 Folder 38
- Project Prospects materials (1985-1987) Box 3 Folder 40
- Project space needs materials (1987) Box 3 Folder 44
- Project Management Committee memorandums (1987-1988) Box 3 Folder 37
- Research findings (1987) Box 3 Folder 46
- Survey regarding Law School (1987) Box 5 Folder 27
- Status Report (1986) Box 3 Folder 42
Law Placement Program correspondence (1976-1985) Box 1 Folder 1
Law School Accreditation Report (1987) Box 4 Folder 32
Law school alumni CLE (1981-1982) Box 6 Folder 5
Law School and Babcock Graduate School of Management: An Audit and Evaluation of Current Communications (undated ) Box 3 Folder 47
Law School Capital Campaign materials
- Capital Campaign Executive Committee materials (1981 June) Box 3 Folder 30
- Capital Campaign planning and related materials (1980-1983) Box 4 Folder 1
- Capital Campaigns plans (1979-1982) Box 4 Folder 2
- Capital Campaign materials (1976-1979) Box 4 Folder 3
Law school controversy (1978-1983) Box 6 Folder 7
Law school crisis (1982-1983) Box 1 Folder 14
Law School development materials (1982) Box 1 Folder 35
Law School endorsement materials (1980-1983) Box 3 Folder 49
Law School faculty memorandums (1985-1986) Box 2 Folder 10
Law School faculty retreat materials (1984) Box 2 Folder 11
Law school feasibility study (1985) Box 6 Folder 10
Law School hooding ceremony materials (1982-1986) Box 1 Folder 38
Law School organizational study (1984) Box 1 Folder 40
Lawyer Alumni materials
- Lawyer Alumni Association President's materials (1985-1986) Box 2 Folder 1
- Lawyer Alumni Executive Committee book (undated ) Box 2 Folder 2
- Lawyer Alumni Executive Committee meeting (Spring 1984) Box 2 Folder 3
- Lawyer Alumni meetings (Winter and Spring 1981) Box 2 Folder 4
- Lawyer Alumni meeting plans (1981-1982) Box 2 Folder 5
- Lawyer Alumni meeting schedule (1983) Box 2 Folder 6
- Lawyer Alumni N.C. Academy of Trial Lawyers, Myrtle Beach (1983) Box 2 Folder 8
- Lawyer Alumni Washington meeting (1983) Box 2 Folder 9
Lawyer Homecoming and Partner's banquet materials (1985 October 25-26 ) Box 1 Folder 39
Leadership Winston-Salem materials
- Chamber of Commerce Leadership Training Task Force materials (1982-1984) Box 2 Folder 17
- Leadership materials and memorandums (1984-1985) Box 2 Folder 14
- Leadership Nashville agendas and correspondence (1983-1984) Box 2 Folder 18
- Leadership Winston-Salem: a proposal (1984) Box 2 Folder 21
- Leadership Winston-Salem active file (1984-1986) Box 2 Folder 19
- Leadership Winston-Salem Alumni Committee materials (1985-1986) Box 2 Folder 26
- Leadership Winston-Salem Birmingham materials (1982-1984) Box 2 Folder 22
- Leadership Winston-Salem Budget materials and memos (1984) Box 2 Folder 23
- Leadership Winston-Salem bylaws (1984) Box 2 Folder 24
- Leadership Winston-Salem class documentation (1985-1986) Box 2 Folder 27
- Leadership Winston-Salem class documentation (1986-1987) Box 2 Folder 28
- Leadership Winston-Salem class photographs and documentation (1984-1985) Box 3 Folder 2
- Leadership Winston-Salem content analysis (1984-1986) Box 2 Folder 29
- Leadership Winston-Salem directors (1985-1986) Box 2 Folder 30
- Leadership Winston-Salem directors' meeting materials (1986 February 26) Box 2 Folder 31
- Leadership Winston-Salem Education Day agenda and memos (1985) Box 2 Folder 32
- Leadership Winston-Salem general information (1984-1986) Box 2 Folder 25
- Leadership Winston-Salem kickoff materials (1984-1985) Box 2 Folder 12
- Leadership Winston-Salem memorandums and correspondence (1984-1985) Box 2 Folder 16
- Leadership Winston-Salem opening retreat materials (1985 September 13-14) Box 2 Folder 33-34
- Leadership Winston-Salem Planning Committee and personnel materials (1984) Box 2 Folder 35
- Leadership Winston-Salem planning materials (1984-1985) Box 2 Folder 20
- Leadership Winston-Salem Program Committee (1986-1987) Box 2 Folder 37
- Leadership Winston-Salem Program Committee Bi-Racial Day materials (1985) Box 2 Folder 38
- Leadership Winston-Salem Program Committee, Criminal Justice materials (1985) Box 3 Folder 4
- Leadership Winston-Salem Program Committee business and industry memorandums (1985) Box 3 Folder 1
- Leadership Winston-Salem Program Committee education materials (1983-1985) Box 3 Folder 9
- Leadership Winston-Salem Program Committee government correspondence (1985) Box 3 Folder 5
- Leadership Winston-Salem Program Committee health and human service materials (1984) Box 3 Folder 6
- Leadership Winston-Salem Program Committee materials (1985-1986) Box 2 Folder 36
- Leadership Winston-Salem Program Committee materials (1985) Box 3 Folder 10
- Leadership Winston-Salem Program Committee opening retreat materials (1984) Box 3 Folder 7
- Leadership Winston-Salem Program Committee quality of life materials (1984) Box 3 Folder 8
- Leadership Winston-Salem Program Committee retreat materials (1985) Box 3 Folder 3
- Leadership Winston-Salem public relations materials (1984) Box 3 Folder 11
- Leadership Winston-Salem Selection Committee materials (1984) Box 3 Folder 12
- Task Force: leadership training materials and memos (1983-1984) Box 2 Folder 15
- Leadership Winston-Salem trustees materials (1984) Box 3 Folder 14
- Leadership Winston-Salem workshop materials (1984) Box 2 Folder 13
- Winston-Salem Campaign Coordinating Committee (1980-1981) Box 3 Folder 29
Little, Marvin, correspondence (1981) Box 3 Folder 34
Long range planning committee (1982) Box 6 Folder 4
Louisville Campaign materials (1981-1982) Box 3 Folder 35
Major building prospects (1985) Box 6 Folder 11
Memorandum (1982-1984) Box 6 Folder 9
Minorities materials (undated ) Box 1 Folder 41
National Institute for Trial Advocacy (1987) Box 6 Folder 12
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, prospects (1981) Box 3 Folder 36
Planned giving (1981) Box 6 Folder 3
President's Orientation materials
- Atlanta luncheon meeting (1984 January 25) Box 4 Folder 5
- Dr. Hearn's Asheville visit (1984 November-December) Box 4 Folder 4
- Dr. Hearn's orientation (1985) Box 4 Folder 17
- Dr. Hearn's orientation, Gastonia (1985) Box 4 Folder 8
- Dr. Hearn's orientation, New York City (1985) Box 4 Folder 11
- Dr. Hearn's orientation, Norfolk (1985) Box 4 Folder 12
- Dr. Hearn's orientation, Richmond (1985) Box 4 Folder 14
- President's orientation, Charlotte (1984-1985) Box 4 Folder 6
- President's orientation, Fayetteville (1984) Box 4 Folder 7
- President's orientation, Hickory (1984) Box 4 Folder 9
- President Hearn's orientation, Lexington (1984) Box 4 Folder 10
- President Hearn's orientation, Raleigh (1984) Box 4 Folder 13
- President Hearn's orientation, Rocky Mount (1984-1985) Box 4 Folder 15
- President's orientation, Washington, D.C. (1985) Box 4 Folder 16
President Jimmy Carter's visit materials (1978) Box 1 Folder 42
Professional Center for Law and Management
- Center for Professional Education gift opportunities (1988-1998) Box 4 Folder 24
- Professional Center architect- Cesar Pelli (1989-1991) Box 4 Folder 18
- Professional Center brochure (1988-1990) Box 4 Folder 20
- Professional Center C. Pelli presentation (1989 June 28) Box 4 Folder 19
- Professional Center correspondence (1989-1990) Box 4 Folder 21
- Professional Center Executive Committee materials (1989) Box 4 Folder 23
- Professional Center plan calendar (1988) Box 4 Folder 22
- Professional Center Prospects and Clearance system materials (1989-1990) Box 4 Folder 26
- Professional Center Prospects and Executive Committee materials (1988-1989) Box 4 Folder 27
- Professional Center Prospect Management System proposal materials (1988-1989) Box 4 Folder 28
- Professional Center Prospect Screening Process materials (1988-1989) Box 4 Folder 25
- Professional Center Steering Committee materials (1989) Box 4 Folder 29
Proposed budget/calendar and feasibility study report (1985) Box 6 Folder 2
Report of the Law School Facilities Study Committee (1985) Box 3 Folder 48
Scarlett memos (1990) Box 1 Folder 13
Sesquicentennial Campaign
- Sesquicentennial Campaign proposal (1981) Box 3 Folder 22
- Sesquicentennial Campaign celebration program (1983) Box 3 Folder 19
- Sesquicentennial Campaign Cone Mills Corporation memos (1980) Box 3 Folder 23
- Sesquicentennial Campaign correspondence (1984) Box 3 Folder 18
- Sesquicentennial Campaign Executive Committee materials (1981) Box 3 Folder 16
- Sesquicentennial Campaign Executive Committee (1981 December ) Box 3 Folder 17
- Sesquicentennial Campaign Executive Committee (1982) Box 3 Folder 20
- Sesquicentennial Campaign First Union Proposal (1981) Box 3 Folder 24
- Sesquicentennial Campaign Law School memorandums (1981) Box 3 Folder 21
- Sesquicentennial Campaign NCNB Corporation proposal (1981) Box 3 Folder 28
- Sesquicentennial Campaign: plans for Scales Fine Arts Center (1981) Box 3 Folder 15
- Sesquicentennial Campaign Southern Bell proposal (1981) Box 3 Folder 25
- Sesquicentennial Campaign Washington, D.C. prospect (1981) Box 3 Folder 26
- Sesquicentennial Campaign Western electric proposal (1980-1982) Box 3 Folder 27
Survey: alumni and affiliate reaction to a professional education center (1987 August ) Box 5 Folder 30
Trustee Campaign and Solicitation materials (1990) Box 4 Folder 30
University Center prospect materials (1986-1989) Box 4 Folder 31
WFU mail survey, School of Management (1987 May ) Box 3 Folder 50

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