North Forsyth High Graduate Sits with First Lady at State of the Union Speech

Tyrone Davis

The Wednesday, Jan. 29 issue of the Winston-Salem Journal has a story about Tyrone Davis, a 1991 graduate of North Forsyth High School who was invited to sit next to the First Lady at the State of the Union speech.

Here is an excerpt:

Tyrone Davis, an Elon University law student and Winston-Salem native, was one of several guests invited to sit in the box with first lady Michelle Obama during President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech Tuesday.

Davis is in his third year at Elon University School of Law, where he is a Leadership Fellow. Davis has been legally blind since the age of nine, according to a news release from the White House. He graduated from North Forsyth High School in 2001, where he ran cross country and track.

Davis received a bachelor’s degree in political science and his Masters of Public Administration from N.C. State University, where he focused on environmental and energy policy as a graduate student. According to Elon University, Davis has served as sustainability coordinator for Elizabeth City State University, a Climate Corps Fellow with the Environmental Defense Fund and Elizabeth City State University, and an intern for the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center / Upper Coastal Plain Council of Governments and the Durham Mediation Center.

For the complete story, go to Winston-Salem Journal