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Oliver K. Cornwell

Oliver K. Cornwell, a Chapel Hill alderman who chaired the board's finance committee, was chosen mayor by his fellow aldermen in November 1954, when Mayor Edwin S. Lanier left to become a county commissioner.

Source: DigitalNC: The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 26, 1954, page 1 (Aldermen Elect Oliver Cornwell As Mayor)

Also found in catalogs as Oliver Kelly Cornwell.

Library of Congress name authority: Cornwell, Oliver Kelly, 1896-1971 ↗

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Oliver Kelly Cornwell : life, professional career, and major contributions to physical education and athletics

Shapiro, Ira George, 1943- · 1966

A biographical study of Oliver Kelly Cornwell, 1896 to 1971, covering his life, his professional career and his contributions to physical education and athletics. Ira George Shapiro wrote it in 1966, 64 leaves with a bi…

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  1. Oliver K. Cornwell leads UNC's new Department of Physical Education When the university created a Department of Physical Education in 1935, Oliver K. Cornwell directed its academic program. He chaired the department, in its var…Search the index · UNC Libraries: Department of Exercise and Sport Science of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1938-2001
  2. Oliver K. Cornwell becomes chair of UNC's Department of Physical Education and Athletics After Robert Fetzer retired in 1952, Cornwell became chair of the combined department, while Charles P. Erickson became director of athletics. By 1955 the two …Search the index · UNC Libraries: Department of Exercise and Sport Science of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1938-2001
  3. Chapel Hill aldermen elect Oliver K. Cornwell mayor After Mayor Edwin S. Lanier won the Democratic nomination for county commissioner, the Board of Aldermen chose one of its own members, Oliver K. Cornwell, as m…Search the index · DigitalNC: The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 26, 1954, page 1 (Aldermen Elect Oliver Cornwell As Mayor)
  4. Mayor Cornwell presses the state to widen the highways into Chapel Hill Sworn in for a new term with aldermen F. E. Strowd and Sandy McClamroch, Mayor Cornwell wrote to the state's director of highways urging four-lane roads toward…Search the index · DigitalNC: The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 14, 1959, page 1
  5. Sandy McClamroch is elected to the Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen McClamroch, one of five candidates for three seats, was elected on May 5, 1959 with F. E. Strowd and Roland Giduz, and was sworn in with Mayor Oliver K. Cornwe… People: Oliver K. Cornwell, Roland GiduzSearch the index · DigitalNC: The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 14, 1959, page 1 (Newly Elected Town Officers Are Installed)

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