# Voit Gilmore

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**Voit Gilmore** (October 13, 1918 – October 15, 2005) was an American [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) politician and [geographer](/source/Geographer) from [North Carolina](/source/North_Carolina). Gilmore served two terms in the [North Carolina Senate](/source/North_Carolina_Senate) in 1965.[1]

Born in [Winston-Salem, North Carolina](/source/Winston-Salem,_North_Carolina), Gilmore received his bachelor's degree in journalism and political science from [University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill) and went to the Rockefeller Institute of Public Affairs in Washington, D.C. As a college student, he worked to get Franklin Roosevelt to speak on campus.[2]

He was the first director of the [United States Travel Service](/source/United_States_Travel_Service) from 1961 to 1964 during the administrations of [John F. Kennedy](/source/John_F._Kennedy) and [Lyndon Johnson](/source/Lyndon_Johnson).[1] Gilmore served in the [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II). He served as mayor of [Southern Pines, North Carolina](/source/Southern_Pines,_North_Carolina) and on the Southern Pines Town Board from 1952 to 1957.[3][4][5]

Gilmore owned a travel agency and was the president of the Travel Council of North Carolina. He received two advanced degrees in geography.[6]

Gilmore and Kathryn McNeil donated a learning center near Purchase Knob to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2000.[7]

## Notes

1. ["Gilmore, Voit | AAG"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180323160422/http://www.aag.org/cs/membership/tributes_memorials/gl/gilmore_voit). Archived from [the original](http://www.aag.org/cs/membership/tributes_memorials/gl/gilmore_voit) on 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2014-05-13.

1. ["How to 'land a whale on a trout hook' – NC Miscellany"](https://blogs.lib.unc.edu/ncm/index.php/2010/12/12/how-to-land-a-whale-on-a-trout-hook/)

1. [Obituary](http://archives.thepilot.com/October2005/10-23-05/102305Gilmore.html)

1. ["Voit Gilmore"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180323160422/http://www.aag.org/cs/membership/tributes_memorials/gl/gilmore_voit). Archived from [the original](http://www.aag.org/cs/membership/tributes_memorials/gl/gilmore_voit) on 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2014-05-13.

1. *North Carolina Manual 1965*, biographical sketch of Voit Gilmore, pg. 434

1. ["The Voit Gilmore Distinguished Professorship in Geography | College of Arts and Sciences"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150927150824/http://college.unc.edu/foundation/distinguished-professorships/the-voit-gilmore-distinguished-professorship-in-geography/). *college.unc.edu*. Archived from [the original](https://college.unc.edu/foundation/distinguished-professorships/the-voit-gilmore-distinguished-professorship-in-geography/) on 2015-09-27.

1. ["The Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center - Great Smoky Mountains National Park (U.S. National Park Service)"](https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/nature/pk-about.htm)

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