North Carolina Award

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.

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 T. 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 S. 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.

2004:

--- Literature: Walter J. Harrelson , Penelope Niven

--- Science: Annie Louise Wilkerson

--- Fine Arts: William Ivey Long , Elizabeth Matheson

--- Public Service: Voit Gilmore , LeRoy T. Walker

2005:

--- Literature: Randall Kenan

--- Science: Mansukh Wani

--- Fine Arts: Bland Simpson

--- Public Service: Joseph M. Bryan, Jr. , Betty Debnam Hunt , Thomas Willis Lambeth

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