2012 Sanford Hunt Frye Dinner
The Sanford Hunt Frye Dinner will be held 7 p.m. on Saturday, January 28 at the Greensboro Marriott Hotel in Greensboro, NC (304 North Greene Street, Greensboro, NC 27401).
Now in its seventh year, it is one of the most popular NCDP events, with more than 500 people attending each year to listen to tributes to three great Democratic statesmen — Govs. Terry Sanford and Jim Hunt, and Chief Justice Henry Frye — who have inspired generations of Democrats to use their lives to serve others in their communities.
We are honored to have the Honorable Governor Deval Patrick of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts joining us as our keynote speaker for the evening. Come out and join us for the 2012 Sanford-Hunt-Frye Dinner and let us begin the work of ensuring that Democrats up and down the ticket are victorious in 2012!
Tickets to the Dinner are $40 [SOLD OUT].
Watch Party and Reception Tickets are now on sale for $35.
Click here to purchase tickets online or contact Ellen Stankiewicz at (919) 821-2777 ext. 206 or estankiewicz@ncdp.org.
Sponsors
Governor's Victory Circle
Anson County Democratic Party, Linda and Jim Carlisle, Democratic Women of Guilford County, Rep. Bill Faison, Susan Marchand Higgins, John White, Mecklenburg County Precinct Chairs,Elaine and Dr. Richard Williams, Williams Companies, Inc.
Chair's 2012 Victory Team
Edna and Senator Dan Blue, Clara and Senator Tony Foriest
Turn NC Blue Pillar
13th District Democratic Committee, Joan Belk, Rep. Alice Bordsen and Prof. Donald Oehler, Ross Bulla, Concetta Caliendo and Ginger Walker, Susan Campbell, Rep. Tricia Cotham and Jerry Meek, Peggy and Don Davis, Democratic Women of Wake County, Rep. Beverly Earle, Tiffany and Ted Edwards, William Flythe, Marilyn Murchison Forrest, Marc Friedland, Lise and Rep. Rick Glazier, Jim Heim, Florita and Ken Humphrey, Uyiekpen Phillip Igbinadolor, DMD, Rep. Maggie Jeffus and Ted Thompson, Pam Kohl, Betsy Leech, Grace Liem, PhD, Donna and Sen. Eric Mansfield, Betty Ray McCain, Betsy and John McNeill, Beverly and Jim Meredith, Congressman Brad Miller, Bill Page, Jr., Phyllis and Isaiah Perry, Shirley and Jack Roberts, Pro Tem Mayor Kenton Spencer, Ernestine and Stuart Taylor, Carolyn S. Turner, Genovia and John H. White
Friends For A Democratic Victory
Wayne Abraham, Jan Allen, Margaret Bourdeaux Arbuckle and Howard B. Arbuckle III, Jesse Baker, Dan Besse, Rep. George Breece, Congressman Robin Britt, Velma Speight-Buford, Sandi Campbell, Sharon Castleberry, Betty and Rhett Chamberlain, Lillie Brown Clark and Ronald Clark, B.J. Gerald-Covington, State Treasurer Janet Cowell, Gautam Desai, Joan Dressler, Eighth Congressional District Democratic Committee, Dorothy and Surry Everett, Jenna Fontaine, Johnny Freeman, Rep. Rosa Gill, Alicia Gruenebaum, Mary Dorward Harrison and Bill Harrison, Jr., Pat Hawkins, Council Member Margaret Haynes, Steve Ivester, Charles M. Johnson, Comm. Jennifer Roberts, Dot Kearns, Rep. Patsy Keever and Jim Aycock, Alice and Martin Lancaster, Susan and George Little, Kimberly Lutz and Marc Elliott, Thomas Macon, Rebecca Mann, Loretta Martin, Nancy Miller Martin , Deb and Keith McManus, Lee McMinn, Sue and Fritz Mengert, Graig Meyer, Gaye and Cliff Moone, Mark Newman, Beth Ostgaard, Elaine Ostrowski, Alitha Pailich, Joe Parker, Barbara and Larry Pendry, Anne Prather, Jake Quinn, Clarice Redding, Jeanne and Ed Ridpath, Sen. Gladys A. Robinson, Sherelene Rollason, Mary Louise Rothchild, Karen Savage , Margaret Schibi, Jane Schwartz, William Shand, Bernita Sims, Jo Bailey Sitton and Judge Claude Sitton, Myra Sloane, Kristen Smith, Michelle Smith, Patricia Stanford, Pam Stubbs, Nilesh Surti, Terry Bellamy for Congress, John Verdejo, Dr. Joyce Waddell, Stephanie Watkins, Joe Clark Willis
2012 North Carolina Democratic Party Trustees
Hon. John Arrowood, W.Robert Bizzell, Randolph Cloud, Ken Eudy, David F. Kirby, Todd McGowan, Bob Page and Dale Frederiksen, Jane and Henry Patterson, Jr. James Warlick, Brenda and Kennis Wilkins
2012 North Carolina Democratic Party Passport Patrons
State Superintendent June St. Clair Atkinson, Bert Bennett, Jr., Annie Laurie Cotton, PhD, State Treasurer Janet Cowell, Lucille and Lt. Governor Walton Dalton, Surry and Dorothy Everett, Martha and Robert Farmer, Stan H. Fox, Carolyn and Governor James B. Hunt, Jr.,Rep. Verla Insko, J. Elvin Jackson, Beth Jones, Charles M. Johnson, Senator Ellie Kinnaird, Arnold Lakey, Larry McAdams, Betty Ray McCain, Susan Oller, Jane Preyer, David Ross, Rep. Deborah Ross, Karen Salacki, John Shaw, L. Lyndo Tippett, Everett B. Ward, Rep. Jennifer Weiss and Bruce Hamilton
Gov. Terry Sanford
A member of the Democratic Party, James Terry Sanford was the 65th Governor of North Carolina (1961–1965), a two-time U.S. Presidential candidate in the 1970s and a U.S. Senator (1986–1993). Sanford was a strong proponent of education and introduced a number of reforms and new programs in North Carolina's schools and institutions of higher education as the state's governor, increasing funding for education and establishing the North Carolina Fund. From 1969–1985, Sanford was President of Duke University.
Following his return to civilian life after World War II, Sanford attended and graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law and began a legal career in the late 1940s, soon becoming involved in politics. A lifelong Democrat, he was noted for his progressive leadership in civil rights and education.
Gov. Jim Hunt
Nationally recognized for leading North Carolina through two decades of dramatic economic change and educational reform, Governor Hunt spearheaded the transformation of its economy from traditional industry to knowledge-driven industries – biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and IT.
Among his many successes in education, his early childhood education program, Smart Start, has been a model for the nation and has received the prestigious Innovations in American Government Award from the Ford Foundation and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. In the last decade of his governorship the schools of North Carolina increased NAEP scores more than any other state in America. In the 1980’s, Governor Hunt and the Carnegie Corporation of New York created the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards which he chaired for ten years.
Under Governor Hunt’s leadership, North Carolina consistently ranked at the top of the nation in economic growth, job creation and capital investment, and was nationally recognized for its business climate. Governor Hunt is Chairman of the Board of Directors of two institutes which he founded in the University of North Carolina – the Hunt Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy in Chapel Hill and the Institute for Emerging Issues at North Carolina State University.
Chief Justice Henry Frye
Born in Richmond County in 1932, Frye grew up in the farming community of Ellerbe. He earned his undergraduate degree at North Carolina A & T University in Greensboro and his law degree from UNC-Chapel Hill. He also served in the U.S. Air Force as a munitions officer stationed in Japan and Korea and later as a Judge Advocate General Area Representative with the Air Force Reserve.
Frye became in 1968 the first African-American elected to the state legislature in the 20th century. Serving in the House from 1969 to 1980 and in the Senate from 1981 to 1982, Frye introduced legislation banning literacy tests as a requirement for voter registration.
He continued his efforts to expand opportunities for African-Americans in business and public service by co-founding the Greensboro National Bank, the Legislative Black Caucus, and the Caucus’ scholarship foundation.
Frye was appointed as an associate justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court by Gov. Hunt in 1983, becoming the first African-American to serve on the court. In 1999 Justice Frye became the first African-American to hold the highest post in the Court, serving as its Chief Justice until 2001. He is currently an attorney at Brooks Pierce Law Firm in Greensboro.
