H ■ ■ : HHH in WmmStiff! i iiili npEHD illllli ffiiiiiiiii JHRffr' :'•■"■ 1 am wmm 4k-iiBH » HH ii Mi mmffl THE AV\ Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://www.archive.org/details/northcarolinaawa2006nort The North Carolina Awards were instituted THE AWARD by the 1961 General Assembly, which acted on the idea of Dr. Robert Lee Humber of Greenville, State Senator from Pitt County. The purpose of the Awards, as set forth in the statutes, is to recognize "notable accomplishments by North Carolina citizens in the fields of scholarship, research, the fine arts and public leadership." It is the highest honor the state can bestow. ' ' '; tt "4 Wk** NOV 1 3 2006 The North Carolina Award was designed by the eminent sculptor Paul Manship and was one of his last commissions before his A THE NORTH The Honorable Jack Cozort, Chairman CAROLINA HalCrowther AWARD S Jean W. McLaughlin COMMITTEE The North Carolina Award is the highest honor our state can bestow. Created in 1961 by the General MESSAGE Assembly, the award is given yearly to men and women who have made significant contributions in FROM science, literature, fine arts, and public service. On behalf of all North Carolinians I congratulate THE the 2006 award recipients for their outstanding achievements. We in North Carolina are grateful to these outstanding citizens for their leadership, ser- GOVERNOR vice, and talent. ^Sfce^c 43rd North Carolina Awards Awards Presentation and Dinner Sheraton Imperial Hotel Research Triangle Park November 8, 2006 Pledge of Allegiance Major General (ret.) Gerald A. Rudisill, Jr. North Carolina National Guard Raleigh, North Carolina PROGRAM Invocation Monsignor Gerald Lewis Raleigh, North Carolina Remarks and Awards Presentation The Honorable Lisbeth C. Evans, Secretary North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources The Honorable Jack Cozort, Chairman North Carolina Awards Committee Governor Michael F. Easley State of North Carolina First Lady Mary P. Easley State of North Carolina Acknowledgments Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Biltmore Estate Wine Company Asheville. North Carolina PAST RECIPIENTS 1964 1965 1966 John N. Couch Frank P. Graham Bernice Kelly Harris Science Public Service Literature Inglis Fletcher Paul Green Luther H. Hodges Literature Literature Public Service John Motley Morehead Gerald W. Johnson A. G. Odell, Jr. Public Service Literature Fine Arts Clarence Poe Hunter Johnson Oscar K. Rice Public Service Fine Arts Science Francis Speight Frederick A. Wolf Fine Arts Science 1967 1968 1969 Albert Coates Robert Lee Humber Kenneth M. Brinkhous Public Service Public Service Science Jonathan Daniels Hobson Pittman May Gordon Latham Literature Fine Arts Kellenberger Carl W. Gottschalk Vermont C. Royster Public Service Science Literature Ovid Williams Pierce Benjamin F. Swalin Charles Phillips Russell Literature Fine Arts Literature Charles W. Stanford, Jr. Hiram Houston Merritt Stanley G. Stephens Fine Arts Science Science 1970 1971 1972 Philip Handler Guy Owen Sidney Alderman Blackmer Science Literature Fine Arts Frances Gray Patton James H. Semans Edward E. Davis, Jr. Literature Fine Arts Science Henry C. Pearson Mary Duke Biddle Trent John Ehle Fine Arts Semans Literature Terry Sanford Fine Arts William Dallas Herring Public Service Capus Waynick Public Service Public Service Harold Hotelling James Edwin Webb Science Science 1973 1974 1975 Helen Smith Bevington William C. Fields Doris W. Betts Literature Fine Arts Literature Ellis Brevier Cowling Thad G. Stem, Jr. John L. Etchells Science Literature Science Burke Davis Ellen Black Winston William C. Friday Literature Public Service Public Service Sam J. Ervin James B. Wyngaarden Robert Ward Public Service Science Fine Arts Kenneth Ness Fine Arts 1976 1977 1978 Romare Bearden Elizabeth Duncan Koontz Robert Robey Garvey, Jr. Fine Arts Public Service Public Service C. Clark Cockerham Reginald Glennis Mitchiner Henry L. Kamphoefner Science Science Fine Arts Foster Fitz-Simons Reynolds Price David Coston Sabiston, Jr. Fine Arts Literature Science Juanita M. Kreps Joseph Curtis Sloane Harriet L. Tynes Public Service Fine Arts Public Service Richard Walser Jonathan Williams Manly Wade Wellman Literature Fine Arts Literature 1982 1983 1984 Selma Hortense Burke Heather Ross Miller George Watts Hil Fine Arts Literature Public Service Nancy Winbon Chase Frank Guthrie Robert L. Hill Public Service Science Science Floyd W. Denny, Jr. Mary Dalton Maud Gatewood Science Fine Arts Fine Arts Willie Snow Ethridge Harry Dalton Lee Smith Literature Fine Arts Literature R. Phillip Hanes, Jr. Hugh Morton Joseph Mitchell Fine Arts Public Service Literature Andy Griffith Fine Arts 1988 1989 1990 Edith London Loonis McGlohon Leon Rooke Fine Arts Fine Arts Literature Pedro Cuatrecasas Gertrude B. Elion H. Keith H. Brodie Science Science Science Charles Edward Eaton Ronald Bayes Bob Timberlake Literature Literature Fine Arts William S. Lee Maxine M. Swalin Dean Wallace Colvard Public Service Public Service Public Service David Brinkley Roy Park Frank H. Kenan Public Service Public Service Public Service 1994 1995 1996 Sarah Blakeslee Banks C. Talley, Jr. Robert W. Scott Fine Arts Public Service Public Service Richard Jenrette John S. Mayo Martha Clampitt McKay Public Service Science Public Service Elizabeth Spencer John Biggers John L. Sanders Literature Fine Arts Public Service Marshall Edgell Clyde Hutchison III Betty Adcock Science Science Literature Freda Nicholson James Applewhite Joseph S. Pagano Public Ser\ ice Literature Science Kenneth Noland Joanne M. Bath Fine Arts Fine Arts 1979 1980 1981 Archie K. Davis Fred Chappell Adeline McCall Public Service Literature Fine Arts John D. deButts George H. Hitchings Glen Rounds Public Service Science Literature Harry Golden Robert Lindgren Ralph H. Scott Literature Fine Arts Public Service Walter Gordy Dan K. Moore Vivian T. Stannett Science Public Service Science Sam Ragan Jeanelle C. Moore Tom Wicker Fine Arts Public Service Literature 1985 1986 1987 J. Gordon Hanes, Jr. Joseph M. Bryan John T. Caldwell Public Service Public Service Public Service Wilma Dykeman Billy Graham Charles Kuralt Literature Public Service Public Service Irwin Fridovich A. R. Amnions Maya Angelou Science Literature Literature Claude F. Howell Ernest L. Eliel Robert J. Lefkowitz Fine Arts Science Science Doc Watson Harvey K. Littleton Fine Arts Fine Arts 1991 1992 1993 William J. Brown Louis D. Rubin, Jr. John Hope Franklin Fine Arts Literature Literature Mary Ellen Jones John M. J. Madey Oliver Smithies Science Science Science Robert R. Morgan William McWhorter Cochrane Joe Cox Literature Public Service Fine Arts Jesse H. Meredith Maxwell R. Thurman Eric Schopler Public Service Public Service Public Service Elizabeth H. Dole Charles R. "Chuck" Davis Billy Taylor- Public Service Fine Arts Fine Arts 1997 1998 1999 Thomas S. Kenan III L. Richardson Preyer Frank Arthur Daniels, Jr. Public Service Public Service Public Service M. Mellanay Delhom Emily Harris Preyer Julia Jones Daniels Fine Arts Public Service Public Service Robert Ian Bruck Kaye Gibbons Knut Schmidt-Nielsen Science Literature Science Elna B. Spaulding Robert W. Gray Robert G. Parr Public Service Fine Arts Science Clyde Edgerton Martin Rodbell Allan Gurganus Literature Science Literature Marvin Saltzman Jill McCorkle Fine Arts Literature James V. Taylor Frank L. Horton Fine Arts Fine Arts Herb Jackson Fine Arts General Henry H. Shelton Public Service 2000 2001 2002 Henry Bowers Kathryn Stripling Byer William G. Anlyan Public Service Literature Science Harlan E. Boyles W.W. Finlator Cynthia Bringle Public Service Public Service Fine Arts S. Tucker Cooke Robert B. Jordan, III Julius L. Chambers Fine Arts Public Service Public Service William T. Fletcher Royce W. Murray Martha Nell Hardy Science Science Fine Arts James F. Goodmon Arthur Smith H.G. Jones Public Service Fine Arts Public Service William S. Powell Shelby Stephenson Romulus Linney Literature Literature Literature Edwin Graves Wilson Public Service 2003 2004 2005 Etta Baker Voit Gilmore Joseph M. Bryan, Jr. Fine Arts Public Service Public Service Jaki Shelton Green Walter J. Harrelson Betty Debnam Hunt Literature Literature Public Service Frank Borden Hanes William Ivey Long Randall Kenan Public Service Fine Arts Literature James Baxter Hunt, Jr. Elizabeth Matheson Thomas Willis Lambeth Public Service Fine Arts Public Service Mary Ann Scherr Penelope Niven Bland Simpson Fine Arts Literature Fine Arts William Thornton LeRoy T. Walker Mansukh C. Wani Science Public Service Science Annie Louise Wilkerson Science 700 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $3,465.00 or $4.95 per copy. 2006 NORTH CAROLINA AWARD RECIPIENTS "The world as I had known it had to be remade while I was a student. It was clear to me as an undergraduate that education had, and must have, moral purpose," Thomas K. Hearn Jr. said. This insight shaped his career as a teacher, scholar, and administrator, as he led the transformation of Wake Forest University from a respected regional institution to a nationally prominent university. For his life-long work in education, Thomas K. Hearn Jr. receives the 2006 North Carolina Award for Public Service. Heam grew up in Albertville, Alabama. Intellectually and spiritually challenged by the moral demands of the civil rights movement, Heam earned a degree in English and philosophy from Birmingham Southern College in 1959, a bachelor of divinity from Southern