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", the award has been given to up to nine 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:
- 1966:
- Literature: Bernice Kelly Harris
- Science: Oscar Rice
- Fine Arts: A.G. Odell, Jr.,
- Public Service: Luther Hodges
- 1967:
- 1968:
- 1969:
- Literature: Ovid Pierce,
- Science: Kenneth Brinkhous
- Fine Arts: Charles Stanford, Jr.
- Public Service: May G. L. Kellenberger
1970s
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- 1977:
- Literature: Reynolds Price
- Science: Reginald Mitchiner
- Fine Arts: Joseph Sloane, Jonathan Williams
- Public Service: Elizabeth Duncan Koontz
- 1978:
- 1979:
- Literature: Harry Golden
- Science: Walter Gordy
- Fine Arts: Sam Ragan
- Public Service: Archie Davis, John deButts
1980s
- 1980:
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- 1982:
- Literature: Willie Snow Ethridge
- Science: Floyd Denny, Jr.
- Fine Arts: Selma Burke, R. Philip Hanes, Jr.
- Public Service: Nancy Chase
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- 1989:
- Literature: Ronald Bayes
- Science: Gertrude Elion
- Fine Arts: Loonis McGlohon
- Public Service: Roy Park, Maxine Swalin
1990s
- 1990:
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- 1996:
- Literature: Betty Adcock
- Science: Joseph Pagano
- Fine Arts: Joanne Bath
- Public Service: Martha McKay, John L. Sanders, Robert Scott
- 1997:
- Literature: Clyde Edgerton
- Science: Robert Bruck
- Fine Arts: M. Mellanay Delhom
- Public Service: Thomas Kenan, III, Elna Spaulding
- 1998:
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2000s
- 2000:
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- 2005:
- Literature: Randall Kenan
- Science: Mansukh Wani
- Fine Arts: Bland Simpson
- Public Service: Joseph M. Bryan, Jr., Betty Debnam Hunt, Thomas Willis Lambeth
- 2006:
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- 2009:
- Literature: Gerald Barrax
- Science: Joseph M. DeSimone
- Fine Arts: Mark Peiser, Bo Thorp
- Public Service: Betty Ray McCain, Hugh L. McColl, Jr.
2010s
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