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6 unusual facts about Jim Hunt


Charles Becton

Gov. Jim Hunt appointed Becton to the N.C. Court of Appeals in January 1981 to replace Richard Erwin.

Governor Hunt

Jim Hunt (born 1937), 69th and 71st Governor of North Carolina

John C. Martin

Martin served one term on the city council of Durham before becoming a North Carolina Superior Court judge in 1977 by appointment of Gov. Jim Hunt.

Linda Darling-Hammond

From 1994-2001, Darling-Hammond served as executive director of the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future, chaired by Governor James B. Hunt, a blue-ribbon panel whose work put the issue of teaching quality on the map nationally and led to sweeping policy changes affecting teaching and schooling.

North Carolina Poet Laureate

Changes to the position began in 1997 when Governor Jim Hunt appointed Fred Chappell as poet laureate changing the term of office from a lifetime appointment to a term of five years.

Will Marshall

Prior to the founding of PPI, Marshall was variously a speechwriter for Lieutenant Governor Dick Davis of Virginia, Governor Jim Hunt of North Carolina and Representative Gillis Long of Louisiana.


Franklin Freeman

Freeman became a close advisor to former state Governor Jim Hunt and served as Secretary of the state Department of Correction during Hunt's 1993-1997 term.


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