When the phone rang on May 7, right around four in the afternoon, Jane and Kevin White were far too busy. Dozens of people would soon walk through the front door of their North Carolina home, and not just your normal dinner guests: Kevin, vice president, adjunct professor and athletics director at Duke University, was set to entertain the school's board of trustees, among others.
But the call was more important.
"I'm in a cold sweat anyway, because of our whole house. I've got caterers and people coming in. Jane and I came home from the office early to kind of settle all that in and then the phone rings," Kevin said.