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  Frank Porter Graham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frank Porter Graham (14 October 1886 - 16 February 1972) was a Democratic U.S. Senator from the state of North Carolina from March 29, 1949, to Nov. 26, 1950.
Graham served as president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1930 to 1949 and the first president of the "Consolidated University".
Graham's brother, Archibald Wright "Moonlight" Graham, was popularized in the 1989 film Field of Dreams.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frank_Porter_Graham   (185 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Frank Porter Graham Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Graham served as president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1930 to 193...
Frank Porter Graham (14 October 1886 - 16 February 1972) was a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1949 and 1950.
Graham served as president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1930 to 1932; the student union building at the university is named in his honor.
www.ipedia.com /frank_porter_graham.html   (133 words)

  
 grahamfp
The Frank Porter Graham Professorship in History was established in 1991 by a series of gifts made by more than 450 friends, admirers and colleagues of the former UNC president, U.S. senator and mediator for the United Nations.
Frank P. Graham was the last president of UNC as a single-campus institution at Chapel Hill and the first to head its multi-campus successor, serving from 1931 until 1949, when he was appointed to the U.S. Senate by Gov. W.
Graham was married to the former Marian Drane, a teacher and daughter of an Episcopal rector.
carolinafirst.unc.edu /distprofs/grahamfp.htm   (633 words)

  
 The University of NC at Greensboro Archives - Chancellors' Papers
Both of Graham's parents died while he was a boy, and he was raised by his aunt and uncle, Louis and Mildred Moses Graves.
The Graham records document the establishment of the offices of the Dean of Students and Dean of Instruction (Advisory Committee Report, l95l and Dean, l95l), the creation of the Administration Council (Administrative Council, l954), and the promulgation of the Instrument of Faculty Government (Faculty Resources & College Policy Committee, l954 and Faculty, l955).
Graham was able to present effectively his ideas and feelings to the public.
library.uncg.edu /depts/archives/chancellors/graham.html   (1452 words)

  
 Frank Porter Graham Lectureship
De Soto presented the Frank Porter Graham Lecture, sponsored by the James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence in the College of Arts and Sciences, on October 26, 2004.
A finalist for the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002, de Soto is the president and founder of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy in Lima.
The Frank Porter Graham lecture series honors the late U.S. Senator and president of the University of North Carolina, who was a champion of freedom, democracy, and the disadvantaged.
www.johnstoncenter.unc.edu /events/desoto.html   (853 words)

  
 UNC Charlotte - J. Murrey Atkins Library - Graham, Frank Porter Collection
Frank Porter Graham and the 1950 Senate Race in North Carolina (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1990).
Graham, president of The University of North Carolina (1930 49), political liberal, and advocate of racial desegregation, was appointed to the US Senate in 1949 by NC Governor W. Kerr Scott to complete the term of J. Melville Broughton, who died in office.
Graham later became a UN official, primarily as mediator of international disputes.
library.uncc.edu /display/?dept=special&format=open&page=541   (503 words)

  
 Alexander Graham
Alexander Graham was a man of some consequence in the Highlands, being a landholder and a person of considerable influence.
Alexander Graham was a rigid Presbyterian, a believer in John Knox and in a solemn league and covenant and fully believed Charles Edward (Bonnie Prince Charles) was entitled to the British throne by all rules of descent established in the British Kingdom.
It states that Alexander Graham from 1888 to 1913 was superintendent, from 1913 to 1927 assistant superintendent and from 1927 to 1934 was superintendent emeritus.
www.fhsclassmates.com /graham.htm   (794 words)

  
 graham.htm
Frank Porter Graham was an idealist and dreamer, a man of great social vision, a Southern liberal, and a democrat in the truest sense of the word.
To understand Graham's idealism and devotion to democratic principles is in large measure to understand the man. He was a motivating force behind many of the important changes that took place in the South--and beyond--during the first half of the Twentieth Century.
While Graham may have been a victim of the McCarthy era, he was not a victim in any larger sense.
www.ashbydialogues.org /BOOK/GRAHAM.HTM   (463 words)

  
 FPG Child Development Institute
Born in Fayetteville, Dr. Frank Porter Graham is considered by some to be North Carolina's most visible liberal for promoting the University of North Carolina (UNC), public education, and expanded freedoms for laborers and the poor.
Graham attended UNC before joining the UNC history faculty in 1915, where he discovered his mission in life — to encourage people to demand and respect political, economic, and social freedom.
Graham spent the last years of his life in Chapel Hill, becoming active again in the affairs of UNC and his native state until his death in 1972.
www.fpg.unc.edu /main/drfrank.cfm   (350 words)

  
 Moonlight Graham - BR Bullpen
His brother Frank Porter Graham was the President of the University of North Carolina and later a United States Senator from North Carolina.
Graham gained immortality when his name was used in the movie Field of Dreams.
Graham apparently graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1902, after attending there for some of the period 1895-1902.
www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Moonlight_Graham   (499 words)

  
 The Roanoke Times/Real Politics/Barnie Day
That was the year the trustees of the university there decided to make Frank Porter Graham, the diminutive, 43-year-old son of a Methodist minister, the university’s next president.
By 1949, Graham’s beliefs were rubbing lots of folks a little raw down in North Carolina, particularly members of the legislature, and some of the trustees.
Frank, this desegregationist, this liberal, was going to be challenged by his own party.
www.roanoke.com /politics/day7.15.02.html   (575 words)

  
 Frank Graham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frank D. Graham (1875-19??), writer of Audel guides
Frank Porter Graham (1886-1972), Democratic Senator from North Carolina (1949-1950)
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frank_Graham   (87 words)

  
 Inventory of the Frank Porter Graham Papers, 1908-1972
Frank Porter Graham was president of the University of North Carolina, a U.S. senator, and a United Nations official.
These papers document virtually every aspect of the adult life of Frank Porter Graham, although his professional activities are more thoroughly documented than his private and family affairs.
Graham's official papers as president of the University of North Carolina are in the University Archives (General Administration: Office of the President Records: Frank Porter Graham Series).
www.lib.unc.edu /mss/inv/htm/01819.html   (2372 words)

  
 Frank Porter GRAHAM
Frank Porter Graham and the 1950 Senate Race in North Carolina.
Halperin, Edward C. “Frank Porter Graham, Isaac Hall Manning, and the Jewish Quota at the University of North Carolina Medical School.” North Carolina Historical Review 67 (October 1990): 385-410.
Pleasants, Julian M. “Frank Graham and the Politics of the New South.” In The Adaptable South: Essays in Honor of George Brown Tindall, edited by Elizabeth Jacoway, Dan T. Carter, Lester C. Lamon, and Robert C. McMath, Jr., pp.
www.infoplease.com /biography/us/congress/graham-frank-porter.html   (218 words)

  
 HonorCarolina - Events
The Frank Porter Graham Student Union will gather signatures and create a poster commemorating Honor and Integrity Week that will be distributed to faculty, staff, and students.
The Pit, the Frank Porter Graham Student Union, the James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence, the steps of South Building, UNC Hospital, the graduate and professional schools, and on South Campus.
The film may be seen at Lenoir Dining Hall, the Frank Porter Graham Student Union, and the James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence.
www.honorcarolina.unc.edu /events.html   (864 words)

  
 Publishing & Custom Kits - Kaplan Authors
The Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute is a multidisciplinary institute at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC).
One of FPG's oldest and most significant longitudinal studies, the Abecedarian Project (see Joseph Sparling), began with a group of preschoolers who entered FPG in 1972.
The All About the ECERS-R and All About the ITERS-R are detailed texts in words and pictures to be used with the ECERS-R and ITERS-R respectively, authored by Debby Cryer, Thelma Harms, and Cathy Riley of the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute.
www.kaplanco.com /publishing/author_FrankPorterGraham.asp   (378 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Graham, E to F
Graham, Edith — of Lapeer, Lapeer County, Mich.; Pontiac,
Graham, Eschol — of McRae, Telfair County, Ga. Circuit judge in Georgia Oconee Circuit, 1953.
Graham, Frank Porter (1886-1972) — also known as Frank P. Graham — of Chapel Hill, Orange County, N.C. Born in Fayetteville,
politicalgraveyard.com /bio/graham3.html   (417 words)

  
 IOWA WOMEN'S ARCHIVES - Arlene Gardner Hall Papers
Arlene Ivie Graham, the only child of John and Lena May Graham, was born on June 6, 1908 in Blythedale, Missouri.
Several of her clients were lawyers and judges of Ringgold County; they helped Graham through her divorce and with raising Ruby.
The diaries from the period 1960-1969 document the deaths of both John Hall and Frank Porter, in addition to the estrangement of Arlene Hall from her daughter Ruby.
sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu /iwa/findingaids/html/HallArlene.htm   (882 words)

  
 Frank Graham - Biography, Photos, and more - Moviefone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
GRAHAM, Frank Porter, a Senator from North Carolina; born in Fayetteville,...
A gentle craftsman, who gave a new dimension to the daily sports column, Frank Graham covered the Giants for the New York Sun as early as 1916.
Frank Graham - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Frank Graham Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
movies.aol.com /celebrity/frank-graham/28089/main   (103 words)

  
 First in America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
All regulated centers are evaluated annually on the basis of their staff credentials, space and equipment, curriculum, health and safety regulations, transportation guidelines, record keeping, discipline policies, and recognition of parental rights.
For future editions of the report card, the N.C. Education Research Council is working to gather information on the number of health screenings performed (physical examinations, vision, and hearing), the number of problems identified as a result of screenings, and the number of referrals for treatment.
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, Smart Start Evaluation Team, Kindergartners’ Skills in Smart Start Counties in 1995: A Baseline from Which to Measure Change, July 1997.
bestpractices.ga.unc.edu /firstinus/report/datanotes.html   (4852 words)

  
 Frank Porter Graham Elementary School - FPG Home
Frank Porter Graham Elementary School - FPG Home
The Frank Porter Graham community will work together to provide a stimulating and supportive learning environment.
© 2004 - 2006 Frank Porter Graham Elementary School.
www.chccs.k12.nc.us /fpg   (33 words)

  
 Arts & Sciences Foundation: News: Hernando de Soto presents Frank Porter Graham Lecture Oct. 26   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto's promotion of property rights as a solution to global poverty has attracted the attention of heads of state across the political spectrum as well as impoverished farmers and fl-market street vendors around the world.
He comes to UNC Tuesday Oct. 26 to discuss "The Mystery of Capital" for the Frank Porter Graham Lecture, set for 7:30 p.m.
The lecture, sponsored by the James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence in the College of Arts and Sciences, is free and open to the public on a general admission basis.
www.artsandsci.unc.edu /foundation/news/news.xml?id=5908   (578 words)

  
 Study Identifies Level Of Vision That Alters Child’s Development
The study included 186 visually impaired children, ages 12 months to 73 months, and used data from several sources, including a long-term study directed by Dr. Kay Ferrell at the University of North Colorado.
The most surprising finding was that the level of vision impairment that seemed to have a marked impact on development was the same for children with and children without mental retardation or developmental delay.
"This comprehensive study is the first to identify the level of vision impairment that really begins to affect children's development," said Dr. Don Bailey, director of the Frank Porter Graham Center and one of the researchers.
www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/1997-12/UoNC-SILO-091297.php   (378 words)

  
 Morehead Planetarium and Science Center :: Morehead History: Part 2 – Construction
Morehead Planetarium was officially dedicated during a ceremony held on May 10, 1949 and attracted some of the North Carolina’s most prominent citizens.
U.S. Senator Frank Porter Graham, N.C. Governor Kerr Scott, Acting University President William Carmichael, University Chancellor Robert House, and John Motley Morehead III as well as other members of his family attended the ceremony.
MP3, 676 KB +Sen. Frank Porter Graham speaks during dedication ceremony.
www.moreheadplanetarium.org /index.cfm?fuseaction=page&filename=history2.html   (495 words)

  
 Promising Practices Network | Programs that Work | Smart Start
Because of the multiple Smart Start-related services that may be embedded within the community, it is difficult to definitively or accurately categorize the Smart Start population in terms of characteristics, demographics, or numbers.
The Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center at the University of North Carolina is engaged in ongoing research and evaluation of the Smart Start program.
Maxwell, Kelly, Donna Bryant, and Kathleen Bernier, Child Care in the Pioneer Partnerships: 1994 and 1996, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1997.
www.promisingpractices.net /program.asp?programid=116   (1850 words)

  
 Working Moms Refuge | News and Alerts
The importance of high quality, educational child care from early infancy is now clear," said Dr. Frances Campbell, principal investigator of the Abecedarian Project Age 21 Follow-Up at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Those with treatment were significantly more likely still to be in school at age 21 ­ 40 percent of the intervention group compared with 20 percent of the control group.
For additional information, visit the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center Web site.
www.momsrefuge.com /news/9910/index.html   (305 words)

  
 UNC News Release -- Stone Center film festival at UNC tro probe corners of black diaspora
March 30, film auditorium, Frank Porter Graham Student Union: Two stories, first, of Ota Benga, from the Mbuti people of the Congo, brought to the United States by explorer Samuel Verner to be an anthropological attraction at the St. Louis World’s Fair of 1904.
The second film is the saga of 267 Congolese men, women and children brought to Brussels to be exhibited at the 1897 World’s Fair; many of disease and exposure to cold.
April 13, film auditorium, Frank Porter Graham Student Union: The first film tells a fictional story of a Puerto Rican police officer who moonlights as a slam poet and is shot because of the color of his skin.
www.unc.edu /news/archives/feb04/scfilms020304.html   (550 words)

  
 Noldus - Meet Noldus - Reports - Chapel Hill
A total of 38 users of The Observer gathered in the conference room of the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center on the UNC campus.
The meeting was hosted by Dr. Maria Boccia, who has the distinction, back in 1989, of being the first ever user of The Observer (version 1.0) in North America.
Cole Barton (Department of Psychology, Davidson College, Davidson, NC) talked about "Coding Psychosocial Dimensions of Physician-Patient Interactions: Training and Research Potential", while Dr. Maria Boccia (Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, UNC Chapel Hill, NC) gave a talk entitled "Swim Test Immobility Is Increased in Rat Mothers By Repeated Long Separations from Pups ".
www.noldus.com /site/doc200410004   (293 words)

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