Bob Wise: “Each one of us has one or two people that played major roles in our life that we can point to as a mentor in a formative…”

“Each one of us has one or two people that played major roles in our life that we can point to as a mentor in a formative stage in our life and development. In my life, I was fortunate enough to have Terry Sanford as one of those people. As a student at Duke University when Mr. Sanford became the President of Duke, and then having had the privilege of working with him not only as a student but then later in various political undertakings, I had the unique experience of getting to know him and to be affected by him. But my experience is no more unique than that of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of young people and that alone is a testament to why this building is aptly named for Terry Sanford. Terry Sanford was a progressive governor from 1960 to 1964 in a time when integration and the battle for civil rights was sweeping this Nation. And as some southern governors were standing in schoolhouse doors, Terry Sanford was opening schoolhouse doors.”