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Jonathan Howes

Jonathan Howes came to UNC in 1959 to study city and regional planning and later directed the university's Center for Urban and Regional Studies for 23 years. He sat on the Chapel Hill Town Council from 1975 until 1987, when he was elected to the first of two terms as mayor. He retired from UNC in 2010.

Source: WUNC: Lifelong North Carolina Public Servant Jonathan Howes Dies At 78

Library of Congress name authority: Howes, Jonathan B. ↗

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Talk by Jonathan Howes, 1998 (Chapel Hill Historical Society cassette)

1998

Speaker Jonathan Howes (former Chapel Hill mayor, member of Gov. Hunt's Cabinet andd eventually Special Assistant to the Chancellor/unintelligible of Urban Planning, UNC-CH, Topic: "The Chapel Hill Campus: Past and Futu…

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  1. Joe Herzenberg wins election to the Chapel Hill Town Council Joe Herzenberg placed third in the four-seat Town Council race at the municipal election of November 3, 1987, with 3,308 votes, behind Nancy Preston and Roosev… People: Joseph A. Herzenberg, Jonathan HowesDigitalNC: The Daily Tar Heel, November 4, 1987, page 1
  2. Jonathan Howes is elected mayor of Chapel Hill Jonathan Howes, director of UNC's Center for Urban and Regional Studies, won the mayoral race with 53 percent of the vote over Julie Andresen and David Lineber…Search the index · DigitalNC: The Daily Tar Heel, November 4, 1987, page 1

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