North Carolina Award
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The North Carolina Award is the highest civilian award bestowed by the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is awarded in the four fields of science, literature, the fine arts, and public service.
Sometimes referred to as the "Nobel Prize of North Carolina", has been given to up to 6 individuals each year since 1964. The awards, provided for by chapters 140A and 143B of the North Carolina General Statutes, are chosen by the North Carolina Awards Committee appointed by the Governor of North Carolina and supervised by the North Carolina Secretary of Cultural Resources.
The award itself was designed by sculptor Paul Manship and was one of the last commissions he completed before his death.
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Award winners
1960s
- 1964:
- Literature: Inglis Fletcher
- Science: John Couch
- Fine Arts: Francis Speight
- Public Service: John Morehead, Clarence Poe
- 1965:
- Literature: Paul Green, Gerald Johnson
- Science: Frederick Wolf
- Fine Arts: Hunter Johnson
- Public Service: Frank Porter Graham
- 1966:
- Literature: Bernice Kelly Harris
- Science: Oscar Rice
- Fine Arts: A.G. Odell, Jr.,
- Public Service: Luther Hodges
- 1967:
- Literature: Jonathan Daniels
- Science: Carl Gottschalk, Hiram Houston Merritt
- Fine Arts: Benjamin F. Swalin
- Public Service: no award
- 1968:
- Literature: Vermont Royster, Charles Russell
- Science: Stanley Stephens
- Fine Arts: Hobson Pittman
- Public Service: Robert Lee Humber
- 1969:
- Literature: Ovid Pierce,
- Science: Kenneth Brinkhous
- Fine Arts: Charles Stanford, Jr.
- Public Service: May G. L. Kellenberger
1970s
- 1970:
- Literature: Frances Gray Patton
- Science: Philip Handler
- Fine Arts: Henry Pearson
- Public Service: Terry Sanford
- 1971:
- Literature: Guy Owen
- Science: no award
- Fine Arts: James Semans & Mary Semans
- Public Service: Capus Waynick, James E. Webb
- 1972:
- Literature: John Ehle
- Science: Edward David, Jr., Harold Hotelling
- Fine Arts: Sidney Blackmer
- Public Service: William Herring
- 1973:
- Literature: Helen Smith Bevington, Burke Davis
- Science: Ellis Cowling
- Fine Arts: Kenneth Ness
- Public Service: Samuel J. Ervin
- 1974:
- Literature: Thad Stem, Jr.
- Science: James Wyngaarden
- Fine Arts: William Fields
- Public Service: Ellen Black Winston
- 1975:
- Literature: Doris Betts
- Science: John Etchells
- Fine Arts: Robet Ward
- Public Service: William Friday
- 1976:
- Literature: Richard Walser
- Science: C. Clark Cockerham
- Fine Arts: Romare Bearden, Foster Fitz-Simons
- Public Service: Juanita Kreps
- 1977:
- Literature: Reynolds Price
- Science: Reginald Mitchiner
- Fine Arts: Joseph Sloane, Jonathan Williams
- Public Service: Elizabeth Duncan Koontz
- 1978:
- Literature: Manly Wade Wellman
- Science: David Sabiston, Jr.
- Fine Arts: Henry Kamphoefner
- Public Service: Robert Garvey, Jr., Harriet Tynes
- 1979:
- Literature: Harry Golden
- Science: Walter Gordy
- Fine Arts: Sam Ragan
- Public Service: Archie Davis, John deButts
1980s
- 1980:
- Literature: Fred Chappell
- Science: George Hitchings
- Fine Arts: Robert Lindgren
- Public Service: Dan Moore, Jeanelle Moore
- 1981:
- Literature: Glen Rounds, Tom Wicker
- Science: Vivian Stannett
- Fine Arts: Adeline McCall
- Public Service: Ralph Scott
- 1982:
- Literature: Willie Snow Ethridge
- Science: Floyd Denny, Jr.
- Fine Arts: Selma Burke, R. Philip Hanes, Jr.
- Public Service: Nancy Chase
- 1983:
- Literature: Heather Miller
- Science: Frank Guthrie
- Fine Arts: Mary Dalton & Harry Dalton
- Public Service: Hugh Morton
- 1984:
- Literature: Joseph Mitchell, Lee Smith
- Science: Robert Hill
- Fine Arts: Maud Gatewood, Andy Griffith
- Public Service: George Watts Hill
- 1985:
- Literature: Wilma Dykeman
- Science: Irwin Fridovich
- Fine Arts: Claude Howell
- Public Service: J. Gordon Hanes, Jr.
- 1986:
- Literature: A.R. Ammons
- Science: Ernest Eliel
- Fine Arts: Doc Watson
- Public Service: Joseph Bryan, Billy Graham
- 1987:
- Literature: Maya Angelou
- Science: Robert Lefkowitz
- Fine Arts: Harvey Littleton
- Public Service: John Caldwell, Charles Kuralt
- 1988:
- Literature: Charles Eaton
- Science: Pedro Cuatrecasas
- Fine Arts: Edith London
- Public Service: David Brinkley, William Lee
- 1989:
- Literature: Ronald Bayes
- Science: Gertrude Elion
- Fine Arts: Loonis McGlohon
- Public Service: Roy Park, Maxine Swalin
1990s
- 1990:
- Literature: Leon Rooke
- Science: H. Keith Brodie
- Fine Arts: Bob Timberlake
- Public Service: Dean Colvard, Frank Kenan
- 1991:
- Literature: Robert Morgan
- Science: Mary Ellen Jones
- Fine Arts: William Brown
- Public Service: Elizabeth Dole, Jesse Meredith
- 1992:
- Literature: Louis Rubin, Jr.
- Science: John Madey
- Fine Arts: Chuck Davis
- Public Service: William Cochrane, Maxwell Thurman
- 1993:
- Literature: John Hope Franklin
- Science: Oliver Smithies
- Fine Arts: Joe Cox, Billy Taylor
- Public Service: Eric Schopler
- 1994:
- Literature: Elizabeth Spencer
- Science: Marshall Edgell
- Fine Arts: Sarah Blakeslee
- Public Service: Richard Jenrette, Freda Nicholson
- 1995:
- Literature: James Applewhite
- Science: Clyde Hutchison, III, John Mayo
- Fine Arts: John Biggers, Kenneth Noland
- Public Service: Banks Talley, Jr.
- 1996:
- Literature: Betty Adcock
- Science: Joseph Pagano
- Fine Arts: Joanne Bath
- Public Service: Martha McKay, John Sanders, Robert Scott
- 1997:
- Literature: Clyde Edgerton
- Science: Robert Bruck
- Fine Arts: M. Mellanay Delhom
- Public Service: Thomas Kenan, III, Elna Spaulding
- 1998:
- Literature: Kaye Gibbons
- Science: Martin Rodbell
- Fine Arts: Robert Gray, Marvin Saltzman, James Taylor
- Public Service: Emily Harris Preyer, L. Richardson Preyer
- 1999:
- Literature: Alan Gurganus, Jill McCorkle
- Science: Robert Parr, Knut Schmidt-Nielsen
- Fine Arts: Frank Horton, Herb Jackson
- Public Service: Julia Jones Daniels, Frank Daniels, Jr., Henry Shelton
2000s
- 2000:
- Literature: William Powell
- Science: William Fletcher
- Fine Arts: S. Tucker Cooke
- Public Service: Henry Bowers, Harlan Boyles, James Goodmon
- 2001:
- Literature: Kathryn Stripling Byer, Shelby Stephenson
- Science: Royce Murray
- Fine Arts: Arthur Smith
- Public Service: W.W. Finlator, Robert Jordan, III
- 2002:
- Literature: Romulus Linney
- Science: William Anlyan
- Fine Arts: Cynthia Bringle, Martha Nell Hardy
- Public Service: Julius Chambers, H.G. Jones, Edwin Wilson
- 2003:
- Literature: Jaki Shelton Green
- Science: William E. Thornton
- Fine Arts: Etta Baker, Mary Ann Scherr
- Public Service: Frank Borden Hanes, James B. Hunt, Jr.
External links
- North Carolina Award (http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/ncawards/ncawardsmain.asp) at the North Carolina Encyclopedia