George D. Lentz

Term Served

1944 to 1949

Accomplishments in Office

With the lifting of war restrictions, Winston-Salem experienced a burst of energy during the two terms of George D. Lentz. For the first time in 22 years, the city limits expanded. Street paving accelerated, city-county planning began, Kate Bitting Reynolds Memorial Hospital built a nurses' annex and citizens adopted the council-manager form of government.

George D. Lentz