Full Name:
Arthur 'Art' M. Sherwood
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Gwen; 2 Children; 2 children:Phil, Christa
Birth Date:
12/28/1942
Birth Place:
Johnson City, TN
Home City:
Lenoir, NC
Religion:
Baptist
Bachelors, Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Doctorate, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, 1967-1970
PhD, Electrical Engineering, Duke University, 1970
BEE, Electrical Engineering, Georgia Tech, 1966
MEE, Electrical Engineering, Georgia Tech, 1966
Masters, Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1960-1966
Candidate, North Carolina State Senate, District 46, 2018
Convener, Seymour Symposium Planning Committee, 2014
No caucus information on file.
Executive Director, International Society for Restorative Neurology, 1996-present
Former Science and Technology Adviser, Director of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research in Washington DC
Faculty Member, Texas Agriculture and Mechanical University
Former Employee, Texas Medical Center
Science and Technology Advisor, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, 2002-2011
Research Scientist, Department of Veterans Affairs, 1998-2002
Director of Research, The Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, 1975-1998
Director of Research, Baylor College of Medicine, 1987-1997
Professor, Texas A&M University, 1970-1975
Senior member, Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 1967-present
Choir Member, Binkley Baptist, present
Co-Chair, Barbee's Chapel - Binkley Yard Sale, 2014-2016
Chair of Outreach, Binkley Baptist, 2012-2015
Volunteer, Democratic National Convention, 2012
Volunteer, Organizing for America, 2012
Number of Grandchildren:
7
Priority Issues:
Education
Teacher Pay
Supplies
Local Control of Schedules
Debt-free Higher Education
Health Care
Medicaid expansion
Prenatal care
Protect individual rights in medical care
Voting Rights
Build facilitators, not barriers to voting
Non--partisan districting
Local Control
The current General Assembly has a history of interfering in local control over
Public Water Supply
Voting Districts
Bathrooms
Airports
Development
Spouse's Occupation:
Associate Dean of Nursing at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill