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Names In The
News
 Thomas Whitaker was appointed by Gov. Mike Easley as
acting chairman of the Employment Securities Commission.
Whitaker has served on the commission for more than 25 years,
beginning as an assistant legislative counsel and lobbyist in
1975, and serving as deputy chairman since 1997. Whitaker
succeeds Raymond Goodman Jr., who retired for health
reasons.
U.S. Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) was appointed to the
Senate Judiciary Committee, giving Democrats who now control
the Senate a one-vote majority and giving Edwards a more
direct role in the screening of the Bush administration's
judicial nominees.
Col. William E. Ingram Jr. of Williamston was
appointed by Gov. Mike Easley to serve as the Adjutant General
of the North Carolina National Guard. The position is
currently held by Maj. Gen. Gerald A. Rudisill Jr., who
is leaving to begin a two-year active duty tour at the
Pentagon. Ingram has 31 years of service in the National
Guard.
Dr. Ortho Tucker was appointed by the State Board of
Education as director of the Office of Charter Schools. Tucker
currently is the head of Burlington Day School, a charter
school. Previously he was dead of students at The O’Neal
School in Southern Pines.
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