Terry Sanford, Laurinburg, NC
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NCDaywalker
N 34° 46.488 W 079° 27.867
17S E 640510 N 3849143
This is citizen memorial to one of Laurinburg's favorite sons. He is a former Governor of North Carolina and President of Duke University.
Waymark Code: WMKZJG
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 06/22/2014
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Text of plaque
Terry Sanford
1917 ~ 1998
Eagle Scout 1931
Paratrooper World War II
Governor North Carolina 1961~65
Duke University President 1969~85
US Senator 1986~93
Progressive Advocate for
Education and Civil Rights
Born Near Here
Family and Friends of Terry Sanford 2011
"James Terry Sanford (August 20, 1917 – April 18, 1998) was a United States politician and educator from North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, Sanford was the 65th Governor of North Carolina (1961–1965), a two-time U.S. Presidential candidate in the 1970s and a U.S. Senator (1986–1993). Sanford was a strong proponent of public education and introduced a number of reforms and new programs in North Carolina's schools and institutions of higher education as the state's governor, increasing funding for education and establishing the North Carolina Fund. From 1969 to 1985, Sanford was President of Duke University.
An Eagle Scout as a youth, Sanford became an FBI agent after graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1939. During World War II, he saw combat in the European Theater and received a battlefield commission. Following his return to civilian life after World War II, Sanford attended and graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law and began a legal career in the late 1940s, soon becoming involved in politics. A lifelong Democrat, he was noted for his progressive leadership in civil rights and education; although his opponents criticized him as a "tax-and-spend" liberal, Sanford is remembered as a major public figure of the South after World War II."
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