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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] Following is a partial list of its recipients. [2] [1]
Willis Padgett Whichard [1] (born May 24, 1940) is an American lawyer and a prominent figure in North Carolina politics and education. Whichard is the only person in the history of North Carolina who has served in both houses of the state legislature and on both of the state's appellate courts.
In 2008, Dorothy Counts-Scoggins along with seven other people were honored for helping integrate North Carolina's public schools. [12] Each honoree received the Old North State Award from Governor Mike Easley. In 2010, Harding High School renamed its library in honor of Counts-Scoggins, an honor rarely bestowed upon living persons. [13]
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.
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North Carolina civil procedure requires judges making decisions without a jury to find facts on the issues, declare related conclusions of law, and enter a judgment.
During the start of the U.S. Civil War Governor John Willis Ellis ordered cadets from the North Carolina Military Academy to Raleigh, North Carolina to serve as drill masters. Shortly after North Carolina seceded from the Union, Ellis died in office. The Speaker of the North Carolina Senate, Henry T. Clark, completed his term. He is buried at ...