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David Eugene Price (born August 17, 1940) is a professor and the U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 4th congressional district, serving since 1997 and previously from 1987 to 1995. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes portions of Raleigh, Cary, as well as all of Durham and Chapel Hill, and surrounding suburbs.
Early life, education, and academic career
Born in Erwin, Tennessee, Price attended Mars Hill College in Mars Hill, North Carolina when it was a junior college. He later transferred to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, after winning a scholarship, and became a member of The Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies. He earned a degree in 1961. Originally intent on becoming an engineer, Price continued his education at Yale ...
U.S. Rep. David Price, left, meets with Duke Muslim chaplain Abdullah Antepli, his wife Asuman, and U.S. House chaplain Rev. Daniel P. Coughlin. , positive
He had the opportunity to meet Dave Pauly in the Forensic Science lab and see a demonstration. He met Carla Raineri Padilla in the Environmental Management program. , positive
“The humanities aren’t a luxury,” to be enjoyed only by the wealthy, Duke University President Richard Brodhead asserted. They are, he pointed out, “essential to our humanity. They enrich us as persons.”Brodhead, the co-chairman of the recently formed national Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences, gave a stirring defense of the humanities and their importance Friday night at the Nasher Museum of Art. The Duke president, who also is a professor of English and a longtime scholar of American literature, presented the annual Caldwell Lecture in the ...
During a ceremony on Friday evening, Congressman David Price accepted a prestigious award for his service to education and the humanities.The John Tyler Caldwell Award is the highest honor given by the North Carolina Humanities Council, and Price says he is humbled to take it.“There are many distinguished North Carolinians who have received it in the past, so I’m very grateful,” he says.Price received the award during a presentation in the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke. Duke President Richard Broadhead and newly inaugurated UNC System President Tom Ross were on hand to deliver ...
The proposed redistricting map has been stirring up a lot of controversy among Republicans and Democrats alike. Now, Congressman David Price is weighing in. “It’s the most politicized redistricting process that I have ever seen, or for that matter, ever heard about,” says Congressman David Price. “It makes a mockery of drawing districts in a compact way with communities of interest as the focal point.”“It’s a very politicized process designed mainly to hurt incumbent democrats in other districts,” he says. “I hope the legislature will have ...