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Faulkner, Janice H. (Janice Hardison), 1932-

Janice Grey Hardison Faulkner worked in various posts at East Carolina University for 36 years from 1957 until 1992. Her primary position was a professor of English, but she also served as the director of Alumni Affairs and director of the Regional Development Institute. During her time at the university, she was also heavily active in the local Democratic Party. In the 1990s, she served the North Carolina state government as Secretary of Revenue, Secretary of State, and Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles. Faulkner’s career was one of many firsts.

Faulkner was born on 19 January 1932 in Jamesville, North Carolina. The eldest of two children, she grew up helping on the family tobacco farm, playing baseball with her father and brother and their neighbors in her spare time. Shortly after graduating as valedictorian of her high school class in 1950, Faulkner moved to Greenville, N.C. to begin taking summer school courses at East Carolina University (still called East Carolina College at the time). She graduated in 1953 with her bachelor’s degree in English and a minor in Social Studies. She then taught English at various schools in North Carolina, all while taking graduate courses at East Carolina on the weekends. Upon completion of her master’s in 1956, Faulkner enrolled at the Bread Loaf School of English in Vermont.

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