Background
Brubaker, Harold J. was born on November 11, 1946 in Mt Joy, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Paul Nissley Brubaker and Verna Mae Brubaker.
real estate consultant State Legislator
Brubaker, Harold J. was born on November 11, 1946 in Mt Joy, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Paul Nissley Brubaker and Verna Mae Brubaker.
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics, Pennsylvania State University, 1969; Master of Science ni Economics, North Carolina State University, 1971.
He represented the state"s seventy-eighth House district, including constituents in Randolph County, for 35 years. He resigned in 2012 with plans to become a lobbyist. Brubaker was Speaker of the House for two terms (1995–1998).
He was the only Republican Speaker in North Carolina in the twentieth century, the first Republican Speaker since Zeb V. Walser (1895) and the first non-Democrat to be Speaker since Populist Armed Forces Hileman (1897).
A real estate appraiser and cattle breeder from Asheboro, North Carolina, Brubaker was first elected to the House in 1976 and in 2011 became chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. He is a board member and Chairman Emeritus of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a conservative lobbying group.
2010
In 1989, the New York Times reported that Brubaker was paid $10,000 to assist developers in Durham, North Carolina, regarding a real estate project that drew scrutiny from authorities. The project involved converting a hosiery mill into homes for the elderly, and caused concern when subordinates had reportedly been against the project, but funds were appropriated nevertheless.
Member executive and center committees, former assistant secretary North Carolina Republican Party. Member Executive Committee Randolph County Republican Party. Member Executive Committee National Association for Republican Legislators.
Former member Executive Committee 4th District Republican Party. Co-chair North Carolina Reagan-Bush Committee, 1980. Delegate National Republican Convention, 1980.
Member Randolph County Fam Bureau. Past board directors Salvation Army, Wesetside Volunteer Fire Department, Randolph Technology College Foundation. Past vice president National Future Farmers American.
State chairman American Legislation Exch. Council, 1982-1989, member of national board directors, since 1988, national chair, 1994.
Married Geraldine Baldwin Brubaker, 1972. Children: Jonathan Nissley, Justin Andrew.