Terry Sanford

A Senator from North Carolina. Born in Laurinburg, N. C. , August 20, 1917. Attended Presbyterian Junior College. Graduated, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1939. Graduated, University of North Carolina Law School 1946. Special agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation 1941-1942. Parachute infantry, United States Army 1942-1945. North Carolina National Guard 1948-1960. Assistant director, Institute of Government, University of North Carolina 1946-1948. Lawyer in private practice 1948-1960, 1965-1969, 1985-1986. North Carolina State senator 1953-1955. Governor of North Carolina 1961-1965. President of Duke University 1969-1985. Elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate on November 4, 1986, for the unexpired term of John East ending January 3, 1987, and for the six-year term ending January 3, 1993, and served from November 5, 1986, to January 3, 1993. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1992. Chairman, Select Committee on Ethics (1992). Resumed the practice of law in North Carolina and Washington, D. C. Died in Durham, N. C. On April 18, 1998. Interment in Duke University Chapel.