Posts Tagged ‘Barbara Buchanan’
Be nice
As Governor Hunt spoke about Barbara Buchanan during her memorial service this month, something he said took me back many years. And reminded me of a lesson that Barbara taught by example. Barbara was Hunt’s administrative assistant through his four years as Lieutenant Governor, first eight years as Governor, eight years in a law firm…
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For those who remember the late Barbara Buchanan, Governor Jim Hunt’s long-time secretary and right arm, a memorial service will be held for her at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow (Friday) at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh. Here’s a link to the notice. And here’s a tribute I wrote (“Saint Barbara”) after she died last New…
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Barbara Buchanan deserved the Nobel Prize for Patience. For 20 years, she lived at the center of the F5 tornado that was Jim Hunt. The remarkable thing: I never once saw her lose her temper. From Hunt’s 1972 campaign for Lieutenant Governor, through four years in that office, through eight years in the Governor’s Office,…
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