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1 Terry Sanford Governor 1961-1965 By: Baylee Gibson

2 Childhood of Terry Sanford James Terry Sanford was born August 20 th, 1917 in Laurinburg, North Carolina Son of Cecil and Elizabeth Sanford A Eagle Scout for Laurinburg's Troop 20 of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) Received distinguished eagle scout award as an adult

3 Education of Terry Sanford Graduate of Laurinburg High School Graduate of Presbyterian Junior College Graduated University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 1939 Graduated University of North Carolina Law School 1946

4 Careers of Terry Sanford Special Agent FBI 1941-1942 Parachute Infantry United States Army 1942- 1945 North Carolina National Guard 1948-1960 Assistant director of the Institute of Government at University of North Carolina1946-1948

5 Careers of Terry Sanford Ctd. Lawyer in a private practice 1948-1960, 1965-1969, 1985-1986 North Carolina State Senator 1953-1955 Governor of North Carolina 1961-1965

6 Careers of Terry Sanford Ctd. President of Duke University 1969-1985 Elected Democrat of the United States Senate 1986-1993 Chairman, Select Committee on Ethics 1992 Then resumed Practice of Law in North Carolina and Washington D.C.

7 Governor Sanford Progressive Leadership in education and civil rights Nearly doubled North Carolinas expenditure on public schools during his term Conceived the idea for the state’s Governor’s School for talented children

8 Governor Sanford ctd. He established the North Carolina School of the Arts to keep creative children in there home state He fought for racial desegregation Tax increases for these educational programs diminished Sanford's popularity

9 Governor Stanford Ctd. Was a Political ally with John F. Kennedy Two unsuccesful campaigns for US President in 1972 and 1976 Helped the construction of the performing arts center in the triangle area that is a permanent home for the Nc Symphony, american dance festival and the carolina ballet

10 Sanford’s Last Days Governor Sanford was diagnosed with inoperable esophageal cancer in late 1997 and was only given a few months to live Sanford died peacefully in his sleep while being surronded by family in his home in Durham, North Carolina

11 Sanford’s last days Sanford passed away April 18 th, 1998 at the age of 80 Sanford is entombed in the Duke University Chapel

12 Sanford’s Legacy Remains Terry Sanford is known as the educational governor of North Carolina Terry Sanford is also known for being on of the past presidents of Duke University amazingly Sanford never attended Duke or worked at Duke Terry Sanford even has a High School named after him called Terry Sanford High School which was originally Fayetteville High School

13 Terry Sanford Terry Sanford President of Duke Sanford was political allies with JFK Terry Sanford and his wife

14 Works Cited http://www.infoplease.com/biography/us/c ongress/sanford-(james)-terry.html http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodis play.pl?index=S000055 http://www.carolana.com/NC/Governors/ts anford.html

15 Works Cited http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DU- buried.html http://www.ccs.k12.nc.us/Profiles/TSHS/T SHS.htm http://www.unctv.org/biocon/tsanford/timeli ne.html

16 Works Cited http://www.nga.org/cms/render/live/en/site s/NGA/home/governors/past-governors- bios/page_north_carolina/col2- content/main-content- list/title_sanford_james.html http://www.governor.state.nc.us/contact/go vernors/terrySanford.aspx

17 The End Finally the end of my governors project.


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