The Hunt Library
October 23, 2009 - by
Today is one of those days I’m glad I’m in politics.
I went to the groundbreaking for the James B. Hunt, Jr. Library on the Centennial Campus at N.C. State
There were tributes to Hunt and his contributions to North Carolina
“No Jim Hunt, no Centennial Campus,” Chancellor James Woodward said. He said that, along with the Bell Tower
There was a presentation about the library’s mission as a “think and do” center.
We saw drawings for the building. It’ll be spectacular.
But here’s what I thought about: Jim Hunt made the Centennial Campus decision at the lowest point in his career.
He had just lost the 1984 Senate race to Jesse Helms. He had two months left as a lame-duck governor.
The mayor of Raleigh, Avery Upchurch, brought a delegation of real-estate developers in to see Hunt. They had their eyes on the land – for houses and apartments and shopping centers.
Hunt didn’t buy it. He had another idea: Give the land to N.C. State
That’s what he did. The Centennial Campus transformed N.C. State North Carolina
That’s what politics can be.
The Hunt Library
October 23, 2009/
Today is one of those days I’m glad I’m in politics.
I went to the groundbreaking for the James B. Hunt, Jr. Library on the Centennial Campus at N.C. State
There were tributes to Hunt and his contributions to North Carolina
“No Jim Hunt, no Centennial Campus,” Chancellor James Woodward said. He said that, along with the Bell Tower
There was a presentation about the library’s mission as a “think and do” center.
We saw drawings for the building. It’ll be spectacular.
But here’s what I thought about: Jim Hunt made the Centennial Campus decision at the lowest point in his career.
He had just lost the 1984 Senate race to Jesse Helms. He had two months left as a lame-duck governor.
The mayor of Raleigh, Avery Upchurch, brought a delegation of real-estate developers in to see Hunt. They had their eyes on the land – for houses and apartments and shopping centers.
Hunt didn’t buy it. He had another idea: Give the land to N.C. State
That’s what he did. The Centennial Campus transformed N.C. State North Carolina
That’s what politics can be.