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 Department 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
1965
1966
  • Literature: Bernice Kelly Harris
  • Science: Oscar Rice
  • Fine Arts: A.G. Odell, Jr.,
  • Public Service: Luther Hodges
1967
  • Literature: Jonathan Worth Daniels
  • Science: Carl Gottschalk, Hiram Houston Merritt
  • Fine Arts: Benjamin F. Swalin
  • Public Service: Albert Coates
1968
  • Literature: Vermont C. 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
1971
  • Literature: Guy Owen Novelist
  • Science: no award
  • Fine Arts: James Semans & Mary Semans
  • Public Service: Capus Waynick, James E. Webb
'1972
1973
  • Literature: Helen Smith Bevington, Burke Davis
  • Science: Ellis Cowling
  • Fine Arts: Kenneth Ness
  • Public Service: Samuel J. Ervin
1974
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
1978
  • Literature: Manly Wade Wellman
  • Science: David Sabiston, Jr.
  • Fine Arts: Henry Kamphoefner
  • Public Service: Robert Garvey, Jr., Harriet Tynes
1979

1980s

1980
1981
1982
  • Literature: Willie Snow Ethridge
  • Science: Floyd Denny, Jr.
  • Fine Arts: Selma Burke, R. Philip Hanes, Jr.
  • Public Service: Nancy Chase
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
  • Literature: Ronald Bayes
  • Science: Gertrude Elion
  • Fine Arts: Loonis McGlohon
  • Public Service: Roy Park, Maxine Swalin

1990s

1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
  • Literature: Elizabeth Spencer
  • Science: Marshall Edgell
  • Fine Arts: Sarah Blakeslee
  • Public Service: Richard Jenrette, Freda Nicholson
1995
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
1999

2000s

2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
  • Literature: Emily Herring Wilson, Michael F. Parker
  • Science: Charles A. Sanders
  • Fine Arts: William T. Williams
  • Public Service: Roy Park, Jr., James E. Holshouser, Jr., Thomas K. Hearn, Jr.
2007
2008
2009
  • Literature: Gerald Barrax
  • Science: Joseph M. DeSimone
  • Fine Arts: Mark Peiser, Bo Thorp
  • Public Service: Betty Ray McCain, Hugh L. McColl, Jr.

2010s

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

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