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6:54 p.m. • 2-12-12

Gov. Bob Scott timeline

June 13, 1929 – Born in in Haw River

1948 – Father Kerr Scott elected governor

1951 – Marries Jessie Rae Osborne

1952 – Graduates from North Carolina State University with a degree in animal industry

1953 – Drafted into the Army and serves in Japan in the Counter-Intelligence Corps

1954 – Kerr Scott named to U.S. Senate

1958 – Kerr Scott dies unexpectedly

1959 – Together with wife, named Outstanding Young Grange Couple by National Grange

1964 – Elected lieutenant governor

1968 – Elected governor

1972 – Mother Mary White Scott dies

1977 – Named by President Jimmy Carter to be co-chairman of Appalachian Regional Commission

1980 – Loses Democratic gubernatorial primary to Gov. Jim Hunt

1983 – Named president of the North Carolina Community College System

1994 – Retires as president of the community college system

1996 – Receives the North Carolina Award for Public Service

Jan. 23, 2009 – Dies at Hospice Palliative Care Center of Alamance County

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