Asa T. Spaulding Jr.

Asa Timothy Spaulding Jr. (September 21, 1934 – October 25, 2015) was an American businessman and politician.

Early life Asa Timothy Spaulding Jr. was born on September 21, 1934, in Durham, North Carolina, United States. He was the eldest child of Asa T. Spaulding Sr. and Elna Bridgeforth Spaulding.

He married Shirley Atwell in 1958.

Business career In 1952 Spaulding began working for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in New York City during his summer breaks in between his college semesters.

Later in his career, Spaulding founded a management consulting firm, Asa Spaulding and Associates. believing that more blacks should involve themselves with the party. winning with 63 percent of the vote Spaulding attributed widespread ignorance of the secretary of state's responsibilities to the elderly Eure, and said he would "revive the office" by raising public awareness of its functions. When asked if he thought he could win in a state which had never elected a black person to statewide office, Spaulding said, "I would not have offered myself if I did not think I could win." taking only 33 percent of the vote.

Spaulding served on the University of North Carolina Board of Governors from 1981 to 1993, and was the body's secretary from 1988 to 1990. He launched a candidacy during the 1983 Durham mayoral election, taking two months off work to campaign and garnering the endorsement of civil rights activist Jesse Jackson. His campaign struggled due to a lack of endorsements from local civic groups and the resignation of his first campaign manager due to a disagreement over strategy. He lost the November 8 contest to incumbent Charles Markham, attributing his defeat to voters' lack of recognition of him. In April 1994 he was hired as the president of Barber-Scotia College to ameliorate its financial problems. He was dismissed by the board of trustees in September, following complaints that his leadership style was heavy-handed, including his decision to lay off all of the institution's professors.

In 2002, Spaulding became chairman of the Southern Coalition of Black Republican Advocates.

Later life Spaulding died at his home in Durham on October 25, 2015, after a lengthy illness.