New members of the UNC Board of Governors will officially begin their service July 1, but they were sworn in Friday by N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Sarah Parker.
The new members are: Frank A. Daniels Jr. of Raleigh, former publisher of The News & Observer; Ann Goodnight, a philanthropist from Cary; Clarice Cato Goodyear, a business executive from Matthews; Ronald Leatherwood, a businessman from Waynesville; Cheryl Ransom Locklear, a dentist from Pembroke; and Marshall Pitts Jr., former mayor of Fayetteville.
Not sworn in was Purnell Swett, a former educator from Pembroke, who declined to assume a seat on the board when a controversy arose because of his criminal record, Jane Stancill reports.
Swett, who was elected to the board in April along with other new members, was accused in 1997 of paying himself an extra $13,000 from the school system where he was superintendent.
He resigned and was charged with embezzlement and conspiracy, which are felonies. He ended up pleading guilty to a misdemeanor misconduct charge. The judge gave him a suspended sentence and ordered him to repay the money.
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