Orange County Indexed
The Prothro surname
The Prothro name in Orange County Indexed: 4 people in the chronology.
- In the chronology
- 1965 to 1986 4 people in 16 entries, most in the 1960s
- Search beyond these records
- Prothro in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Prothro there)
- Prothro in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.
In the chronology 4 people
The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.
- Prothro, James 1 entry, 1985
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Prothro, James W. 8 entries, 1965–1986
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- October 19, 1965: UNC establishes the Louis Harris Political Data Center
- July 14, 1967: Trustees approve Lucy Conant as dean of nursing and James Prothro to head the social science institute
- April 29, 1983: The acting arts and sciences dean upholds the decision not to reappoint David Garrow
- 1983–1985: David Garrow's reappointment case, 1983–1985
- March 21 to April 11, 1983: UNC's political science chairman refuses to reappoint David Garrow
- by May 24, 1984: David Garrow, denied reappointment at UNC, takes a post at City College of New York
- March 21, 1986: UNC Faculty Council establishes a political science scholarship in memory of James W. Prothro
- February 7, 1986: Political scientist James W. Prothro dies while jogging at Finley Golf Course
- Prothro, Mrs. James W. 2 entries, 1965–1967
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Prothro, Mary 6 entries, 1965–1970
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- 1965–1977: Chapel Hill and Carrboro town and school board elections, 1965–1977
- May 4, 1965: Sandy McClamroch wins a third term as mayor of Chapel Hill
- 1968–1992: Howard Lee's campaigns for mayor, Congress, lieutenant governor and the state Senate, 1968–1992
- May 6, 1969: Chapel Hill elects Prothro, Coxhead, Scroggs and Nassif to the Board of Aldermen
- May 12, 1969: Howard Lee takes the oath as mayor of Chapel Hill at Town Hall
- about July 1970: Alice Welsh is appointed to the Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen in place of Mary Prothro
