Fretwell served as the second chancellor from 1979 to 1989. Under Fretwell, campus enrollment surged from 8,000 students to over 12,000. He oversaw the creation of the Graduate School, created more graduate degrees, integrated the library's card catalog onto an
Intranet in 1983, created the ground work for a major business incubator, helped to develop the university's surrounding neighborhood, and increased academic grants to over $6.1 million. Fretwell retired as chancellor in 1989. In 1996 UNC Charlotte opened the E.K. and Dorrie Fretwell building, in honor of him and his wife. The building headquarters the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences. ==University of Massachusetts==