Chapel Hill is a town in Orange and Durham County,North Carolina,United States. Its population was 61,960 in the 2020 census,making Chapel Hill the 17th-most populous municipality in the state. Chapel Hill and Durham make up the Durham-Chapel Hill,NC Metropolitan Statistical Area,which had an estimated population of 608,879 in 2023. When it's combined with Raleigh,the state capital,they make up the corners of the Research Triangle,which had an estimated population of 2,368,947 in 2023.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university in Chapel Hill,North Carolina,United States. Chartered in 1789,the university first began enrolling students in 1795,making it one of the oldest public universities in the United States.
Orange County is a county located in the Piedmont region of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census,the population was 148,696. Its county seat is Hillsborough. Orange County is included in the Durham-Chapel Hill,NC Metropolitan Statistical Area,which is also included in the Raleigh-Durham-Cary,NC Combined Statistical Area,which had an estimated population of 2,368,947 in 2023. It is home to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,the flagship institution of the University of North Carolina System and the oldest state-supported university in the United States.
Paul Luebke was a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly,representing the 30th House District,which includes constituents in Durham County. A professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro,Luebke served eleven consecutive two-year term in the state House of Representatives.
George Wayne Goodwin is an American politician. He was elected North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance in the 2008 election and re-elected in 2012. He was narrowly defeated in his bid for a third term in 2016. However,he quickly rebounded and was elected on February 11,2017,as chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party on the first ballot with 92% of the vote among four candidates.
John Motley Morehead was an American lawyer and politician who became the 29th governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina. He became known as "the Father of Modern North Carolina."
William Wilfred Cobey Jr. is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he served one term in the United States House of Representatives for North Carolina's 4th congressional district from 1985 to 1987.
Frank Porter Graham was an American educator and political activist. A professor of history,he was elected President of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1930,and he later became the first President of the consolidated University of North Carolina system.
John Motley Morehead III was an American chemist,politician,and diplomat. As a chemist,his work provided much of the foundation for the business of Union Carbide Corporation. The Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation was formed in 1917 from the merger of the former Union Carbide founded in 1898 by Morehead's father;and the National Carbon Company founded in 1886. He was a noted philanthropist who made major gifts to his alma mater,the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also served as mayor of Rye,New York and United States Ambassador to Sweden.
David Eugene Price is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 4th congressional district from 1997 to 2023,previously holding the position from 1987 to 1995. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented a district covering much of the heart of the Triangle,including all of Orange County and parts of Wake and Durham counties. It included most of Raleigh,parts of Durham,and all of Cary and Chapel Hill. Price was the dean of North Carolina's delegation to the House of Representatives. He retired from Congress in 2022.
Howard Nathaniel Lee is an American politician who served as Mayor of Chapel Hill,North Carolina,from 1969 to 1975. He was the first African-American mayor elected in Chapel Hill,and the first African American to be elected mayor of any majority-white city in the South.
John Alexander McMillan III is a North Carolina Republican politician who served five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives,representing North Carolina's 9th congressional district from 1985 to 1995.
The Morehead-Cain Scholarship was the first merit scholarship program established in the United States. It was founded at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1951 and was named for its benefactors,John Motley Morehead III and the Gordon and Mary Cain Foundation. The Morehead-Cain is among the most prestigious undergraduate educational opportunities worldwide,with only 3 percent of candidates gaining admission each year.
James Arthur Pope is an American businessman,attorney and former government official. Pope is the owner,chairman and CEO of Variety Wholesalers,a group of 370 retail stores in 16 states. He is also the president and chairman of the John William Pope Foundation. He previously served in the North Carolina House of Representatives and recently served as the Budget Director for North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory.
The UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center is a cancer research and treatment center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. One of 52 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the United States,its clinical base is the N.C. Cancer Hospital,part of the UNC Health Care system. UNC Lineberger is the only public NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center in the state of North Carolina. The current director is H. Shelton Earp III who succeeded current NCI director Norman Sharpless.
William O. Richardson is an American politician. He was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2015. A Democrat,he represented the 44th district from 2015 to 2023. He also previously served in the House from 1993 to 1996. He ran for the North Carolina Senate in the 19th district during the 2014 elections. He lost the general election to Wesley Meredith. Richardson ran for North Carolina's 8th congressional district in the 2002 election. He lost the primary to Chris Kouri.
Robert Tyrone Reives II is an American politician from North Carolina. Originally an Attorney from Durham,North Carolina,Reives was first appointed to the North Carolina House of Representatives in January 2014 and he has subsequently been re-elected 6 times,most recently in 2024. A Democrat,he represents the 54th district which includes all of Chatham County and parts of Randolph County. In December 2020,Reives was elected by his peers as the House Democratic leader.
Brian Mills Turner is a former Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. Turner represented the 116th district from 2015 to 2023.
Kristin Dutrow Baker is a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. She has represented the 82nd district since her initial appointment in March 2020.
Jordan Lopez is an American politician serving as the member-elect of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 112th district. He is the first Afro-Latino member of the NC General Assembly.
