CITY

Official Website:
http://www.ci.durham.nc.us/

Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.durhamchamber.org/

Visitors Bureau:
http://www.durham-nc.com/

Population:
187035 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1853

County:
Durham County, Orange County, Wake County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Durham Technical Community College	1961
Duke University	1924
North Carolina Central University	1909

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Merge Records	1989
Quintiles Transnational	1982
Liggett Group	1911
North Carolina Mutual Life	1898
American Tobacco Company	1890

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
George V. Allen	Diplomat	3-Nov-1903	11-Jul-1970	US Ambassador to Iran, 1946-48
Fred Brooks	Computer Programmer	19-Apr-1931		Father of the IBM System 360
Eric L. Clay	Judge	18-Jan-1948		6th Circuit Court of Appeals
James Buchanan Duke	Business	23-Dec-1856	10-Oct-1925	American Tobacco Company
Allyson K. Duncan	Judge	5-Sep-1951		4th Circuit Court of Appeals
David Gergen	Columnist	9-May-1942		Advisor to Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Clinton
John H. Hager	Politician	28-Aug-1936		Lt. Governor of Virginia, 1998-2002
Ray L. Heffner	Educator	7-May-1925	28-Nov-2012	President of Brown University, 1966-69
Anita Morris	Actor	14-Mar-1943	2-Mar-1994	Ruthless People
James R. Patton, Jr.	Attorney	27-Oct-1928		Founder, Patton Boggs
Brenda Gayle Plummer	Historian	20-Oct-1946		Haiti and the United States
Olin L. Wethington	Government	17-Nov-1948		Chairman of AIG China

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Janis Carter	Actor	10-Oct-1913	30-Jul-1994	B-Movie actress
John Hope Franklin	Historian	2-Jan-1915	25-Mar-2009	From Slavery to Freedom
Juanita M. Kreps	Government	11-Jan-1921	5-Jul-2010	US Secretary of Commerce, 1977-79
Arthur Larson	Politician	4-Jul-1910	27-Mar-1993	Moderate conservative thinker
George McAfee	Football	13-Mar-1918	4-Mar-2009	Chicago Bears HB, Hall of Famer
William McDougall	Psychologist	22-Jun-1871	28-Nov-1938	An Introduction to Social Psychology
Reynolds Price	Author	1-Feb-1933	20-Jan-2011	A Long and Happy Life
Kenneth C. Royall	Attorney	24-Jul-1894	27-May-1971	US Secretary of the Army, 1947-49
Terry Sanford	Politician	20-Aug-1917	18-Apr-1998	Governor and Senator from North Carolina
John Tebbel	Journalist	16-Nov-1912	9-Oct-2004	A History of Book Publishing in the United States
Jim Valvano	Basketball	10-Mar-1946	28-Apr-1993	NCSU Basketball Coach, 1980-89
Wallace Wade	Football	15-Jun-1892	7-Oct-1986	Alabama and Duke Head Coach
Elmo R. Zumwalt	Military	29-Nov-1920	2-Jan-2000	US Chief of Naval Operations, 1970-74

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