- Borden Mace
Francis Borden Mace, born Birth date|1920|07|23 [cite web|url= http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=8783&iid=NCVR_B_C019_66001-0391&fn=Francis+Bordon&ln=Mace&st=r&ssrc=&pid=2416911|title= Carteret County, NC, 1913-1957|accessdate= 2008-05-23|year= 2005|work=North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000|publisher=The Generations Network, Inc.] in
Beaufort, North Carolina ) is an Americanmovie producer .Mace produced hundreds of films, many of them for the military, in a career spanning decades. During the post
World War II period he worked on numerous projects with his mentor, producerLouis de Rochemont , notably onAlfred L. Werker 's quasi-biographical "Lost Boundaries ", which was one of the first U.S. films to feature black actors in professional positions, and which was banned in Atlanta and Memphis. He was also involved in the production and story development of the1954 Joy Batchelor andJohn Halas animated adaptation of "Animal Farm ". His lastHollywood project wasJohn Ehle 's "The Journey of August King ".Mace, along with his friend Ehle, was instrumental in the founding in 1980, of
The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM), serving as the school's first principal and deputy director.cite news|url= http://www.csmonitor.com/1983/1021/102108.html|title= North Carolina's launching pad for gifted students|accessdate= 2008-05-23|last= Savoye|first= Craig|date= 1983-10-21|work= Christian Science Monitor|page= B3] The school's library is named after Mace.cite web|url= http://www.ncssm.edu/academics/library.php|title=Borden Mace Library, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics|accessdate= 2008-05-23]Following his success with NCSSM, Mace was asked, in 1983, to advise in the founding of a similar school, the
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy inAurora, Illinois ,cite news | first = George | last = Papajohn | title = Director Choice Adds Up for Science, Math School | url = http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CTRB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0FF66DC0A5F820CF&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0FF0DDC272369ADF | work = Chicago Tribune | page = 1 | date = 1986-01-24 | accessdate = 2008-05-23] serving1986 -1987 as interim director.cite news | first = John | last = Jeter | title = Fund-raiser joins "High-Tech High" | url = http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CSTB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EB36D52C5078958&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0FF0DDC272369ADF | work = Chicago Sun-Times | page = 42 | date = 1987-02-17 | accessdate = 2008-05-23 ]In 1991, Mace again came out of retirement to advise on the establishment of the School of Filmmaking at the
North Carolina School of the Arts .cite news | first = Roger | last = Moore | title = The Plot Quickens: Persistence, Persuasion, Politics Pull In the Dough: Film-School Construction Is Reshaping the Campus on Waughtown Hill as Officials Figure Out How to Integrate the New Kid on the Block | url = http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:WSJB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EB09CED9BF85645&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0FF0DDC272369ADF | work = Winston-Salem Journal | page = 1 | date = 1997-10-20 | accessdate = 2008-05-23 ]
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