View Post Ad Biz RIP Jim Mullen, Founder of UNC’s Advertising Program (1922-2014) By Shawn Paul Wood on Jun. 25, 2014 - 5:00 PM If you live outside of Tarheel Country, this news may not stop you, but it should. Jim Mullen, who founded the University of North Carolina’s advertising program, died this week at Carolina Meadows Retirement Community, whe ...