A. Fleming Bell, II
Fleming Bell was a member of the School of Government faculty from 1982, then the Institute of Government, until 2014. Prior to that, he worked as a city-county planner in Rockingham and Richmond Counties. For many years, Bell was a member of the Continuing Legal Education Committee of the NC Bar Association and served as a gubernatorial appointee to the NC General Statutes Commission. His publications include Ethics, Conflicts, and Offices: A Guide for Local Officials; County Government in North Carolina (co-editor); Construction Contracts with North Carolina Local Government; procedure handbooks for city councils and small local government boards; and articles on citizen participation in board meetings and other topics. Bell earned a BA and JD from Duke University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was first in his law school class. He also earned a master's degree in regional planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.