Graham, Frank Porter, 1886-1972

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Dates:
Birth 1886-10-14
Death 1972-02-16
Gender:
Male
English,

Biographical notes:

President of the University of North Carolina; U.S. senator for North Carolina.

From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1943-1950. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122619645

Educator, government official.

From the description of Reminiscences of Frank Porter Graham : oral history, 1965. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122376749

University president.

From the description of Reminiscences of Frank Porter Graham : oral history, 1961. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309744117

Frank Porter Graham (1886-1972) was president of the University of North Carolina, a U.S. senator, and a United Nations official.

From the description of Frank Porter Graham papers, 1908-1990. WorldCat record id: 24639158

1886 Born 14 October, Fayetteville, N.C., son of Katherine Sloan and Alexander Graham 1909 Received A.B. from University of North Carolina 1910 Licensed to practice law in North Carolina 1911 1913 English teacher at Raleigh High School 1914 1916 Instructor of history, UNC 1916 Received M.A. from Columbia University 1917 1919 U.S. Marine Corps private (mustered out as first lieutenant) 1920 1921 Assistant professor, UNC; head of statewide campaign for funding a program for state institutions 1921 1927 Associate professor, UNC; member of the President's Committee on Education; twice president of the North Carolina Conference of Social Service (sponsored and prepared first worker's compensation act in North Carolina); founded Citizens' Library Movement of North Carolina 1927 1930 Professor of history, UNC 1930 1932 President of UNC (Chapel Hill) 1931 Served on commission that wrote plan for consolidation of North Carolina State College, Women's College, and the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) 1932 1949 President of the Consolidated University of North Carolina 1932 Married Marian Drane 1934 Chair of the National Advisory Council of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Security 1941 1942 Member of the National Defense Mediation Board 1942 1946 Public member of the National War Labor Board; member of the Maritime War Emergency Board 1945 Chair of the Public Hearings Committee of the President's Labor-Management Conference 1945 1946 Chair of the Oil Panel of the President's Labor-Management Conference 1946 1947 Member of the President's Committee on Civil Rights 1947 1948 U.S. representative on the United Nations Committee of Good Offices in the Dutch Indonesian Dispute; president of the National Association of State Universities 1949 1950 U.S. senator; appointed after death of J. Melville Broughton 1950 Lost primary campaign for U.S. Senate to Willis Smith 1951 Defense Manpower Administrator for U.S. Department of Labor 1951 1968 U.N. Representative in the dispute between India and Pakistan 1952 1969 Chair of the Board of the National Sharecroppers Fund 1954 1963 Board member of American Association for the United Nations 1961 1962 President of board of directors of the Civil Liberties Foundation 1962 1964 Chair of the Carolina Charter Tercentenary Committee 1963 1965 Chair of the National Advisory Committee on Area Redevelopment 1967 27 April, Marian D. Graham died 1968 Retired from responsibilities at the United Nations 1972 16 February, Frank Porter Graham died

From the guide to the Frank Porter Graham Papers, 1908-1990, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

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