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Melvin served as mayor between 1971 and 1981. The Melvin Municipal Office Building, which houses City Hall, was named in his ...
According to the Greensboro Sports Foundation, Edwin Samuel "Jim" Melvin was a chairman with the organization.
Why was Jim Melvin so deeply engaged in economic development and driven to woo an automotive manufacturer to the Triad?
Jim Melvin, former Greensboro mayor and sports foundation chairman, dies, leaving a legacy of economic and sports growth in ...
A year ago, Jim Melvin awakened one morning to discover that he could not use his legs. No one seems to know why. It just happened. The night before he could walk. The morning after, he couldn’t ...
Jim Melvin is joined by colleagues in reflecting on his decades of leadership in Greensboro. Preview this article 1 min From humble beginnings in a modest neighborhood, Jim "Mr. Greensboro" Melvin ...
Jim Melvin, a driving force in Greensboro for four decades, and Nido Qubein, who has built High Point University into a regional power since taking over in 2005, highlight the TBJ's fourth group ...
We went in." The would-be victim, Joe Melvin, was the father of Jim Melvin, Greensboro's mayor at the time. Benjamin says that morning, it was as if, the store owner knew exactly what was coming.
Former Greensboro mayor Jim Melvin has died at the age of 91, the Greensboro Sports Foundation announced on Sunday. Melvin ...
Greensboro leaders said philanthropist and former Greensboro Mayor, Edwin Samuel "Jim" Melvin 'died peacefully' Sunday ...
Melvin was determined to get done what he could in the days he had left, even if that meant traveling with a portable oxygen ...