Governor James B. Hunt, Jr.

Governor Hunt was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. He grew up on a farm in Wilson County, where he and his wife now raise beef cattle. He received a bachelor’s degree in agricultural education in 1959 and a master’s in agricultural economics in 1962 from North Carolina State University. He earned a law degree from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Law in 1964. From 1964 to 1966, he served as a Ford Foundation economic advisor to Nepal. He served as lieutenant governor from 1973 to 1977 and as governor from 1977 to 1985. Reelected in 1992 and again in 1996, Governor Hunt served an historic fourth term. The James B. Hunt, Jr. Library at North Carolina State University, as well as a high school in Wilson County and a residence hall at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics are all named after Governor Hunt.