Former North Carolina Gov. James B. Hunt Jr. will discuss investing in education in a free public talk Sept. 26 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Hunt will deliver the sixth annual Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Lecture in Public Policy at 5:30 p.m. in Gerrard Hall. The title of his talk is “North Carolina is Underinvesting in Education.”
Hunt, who served four terms as governor beginning in 1977, was named the 2013 National Education Policy Leader of the Year by the National Association of State Boards of Education for his leadership and contributions to the quality of education.
As governor, Hunt led a wide range of education reforms, including “Smart Start,” an early childhood education initiative. The program received the Innovations in American Government Award from the Ford Foundation and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Hunt earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from N.C. State University and his law degree from UNC-Chapel Hill.
The Lambeth lecture honors the former executive director of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation.
For more information, visit http://publicpolicy.unc.edu/
Public policy contact: Richard “Pete” Andrews, (919) 843-5011, pete_andrews@unc.edu
College of Arts and Sciences contact: Kim Spurr, (919) 962-4093, spurrk@email.unc.edu