Ben G. Irons, II was born in Greenville, North Carolina. He attended public schools in Greenville and in 1967 graduated from J. H. Rose High School. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1971 after being inducted into Phi Beta Kappa the previous year. He graduated from the UNC School of Law in May of 1974 and was licensed to practice law in North...