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The award was proposed by state Senator Robert Lee Humber of Pitt County, who wanted to recognize people who had contributed to the betterment of North Carolina and inspire others. He won the award for public service in 1968. Biographical essays are available for each North Carolina Award recipient in the ceremony program for that year.
The Order of the Long Leaf Pine is granted by the Governor of North Carolina and is the state's highest civilian honor. [1] Although the award was first given in 1964, records of recipients were not kept until 1983. [1]
The certificate reads in part: Reposing special confidence in the integrity, learning and zeal of [honoree], I [the Governor of North Carolina] do by these presents confer The Order of the Long Leaf Pine with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary, privileged to enjoy fully all rights granted to members of this exalted order, among which is the special privilege to propose the following North ...
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Governors Henry McMaster and Nikki Haley received the award prior to their assuming office. [3] Mary Simms Oliphant, honored in 1982, was the first woman to receive the award. [5] Other notable recipients include novelist Pat Conroy, civil rights activist Septima Poinsette Clark, football coach Lou Holtz, naturalist Rudy Mancke, and musician ...
In 1860, North Carolina Governor John W. Ellis encouraged the establishment of a board of agriculture in the state, but the North Carolina General Assembly—concerned about the possible outbreak of civil war—ignored his request.
U.S. History, Civil War History, History of North Carolina Michael C. Hardy (born March 5, 1972) is an American historian and author of Civil War and western North Carolina books and articles. Early life and education
Samuel F. Phillips was born in New York.His father, James Phillips, was a British mathematician. [1] When Samuel was about two years of age his father became the first professor of mathematics at the newly formed University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) and the family moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina.