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Corning Award for Distinguished Citizenship 2012 James Maynard Chairman and CEO Investors Management Company Chairman, Golden Corral Corporation 2011 Stephen P. Zelnak, Jr. Chairman and Former CEO Martin Marietta Materials 2010 Robert A. Ingram General Partner, Hatteras Venture Partners 2009 John A. Allison, IV Chairman and former CEO of BB&T 2008 James B. Hyler Jr. Former vice chaiman and COO of First Citizens Bank 2007 Thomas W. Bradshaw Managing Director and Co-Head of the Transportation Group for Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. 2006 Smedes York President, York Properties 2005 Edward Smith Jr. Chairman and CEO, Grady-White Boats Inc. 2004 Bert Collins Chairman and CEO, N.C. Mutual Life Insurance Co. 2003 John F. McNair III Retired president of Wachovia Bank 2002 Russell J. Robinson II Founding partner in Russell, Bradshaw & Hinson 2001 Paul J. Rizzo Former dean of the Kenan Flagler Business School 2000 Hugh L. McColl Jr. Chairman and CEO, Bank of America 1999 Louie Woodbury Jr. President, Woodbury & Co. 1998 John Medlin, Chairman Wachovia 1997 Sherwood H. Smith Jr. Chairman, CP&L 1996 John A. Forlines Jr. Chairman & CEO, Bank of Granite 1995 William S. Lee Former NCCBI Chairman 1994 C. Felix Harvey Former NCCBI Chairman 1993 W. Roger Soles Former NCCBI Chairman 1992 Ralph W. Ketner Chairman Emeritus, Food Lion 1991 Thomas J. Hackney Jr. Former NCCBI Chairman 1990 W. David Stedman Chairman, W. David Stedman Associates 1989 George R. Herbert President, Research Triangle Institute 1988 John M. Belk Chairman of the Board, Belk Stores Services Inc. 1987 Bland W. Worley Retired Chairman of the Board, Barclays American Corporation 1986 Frank H. Kenan Chairman, William R. Kenan Jr. Fund 1985 C. C. Cameron Chairman of Executive Committee, First Union Corporation 1984 Thomas H. Davis Chairman of the Board, Piedmont Airlines 1983 Carl Horn Jr. Former Chairman of the Board, Duke Power Company 1982 J. Paul Sticht Chairman of the Board & CEO, R.J. Reynolds Industries Inc. 1981 Edwin A. Morris Former Chairman of the Board, Blue Bell Inc. 1980 Shearon Harris Chairman of the Board, Carolina Power & Light Co. 1979 Joseph M. Bryan Insurance and Radio-Television Executive, Jefferson-Pilot Corporation 1978 John F. Watlington Jr. Retired Chairman & CEO, The Wachovia Corporation and Wachovia Bank & Trust Company 1977 Holt McPherson Editor Emeritus, The High Point Enterprise 1976 Allen H. Sims Former Chairman of the Board, Citizens National Bank 1975 Raymond A. Bryan Chairman of the Board, T. A. Loving Company 1974 Addison H. Reese Chairman of the Board, North Carolina National Bank 1973 Alex. H. Galloway Chairman of the Board, R. J. Reynolds Industries Inc. 1972 Archie K. Davis Chairman of the Board, Wachovia Bank & Trust Company, N.A 1971 J. E. Broyhill Chairman of the Board, Broyhill Industries 1970 Howard Holderness Chairman of the Board, Jefferson-Pilot Corporation 1969 R. O. Huffman Chairman of the Board, Drexel Enterprises 1968 Lloyd E. Griffin Former Executive VP/ Secretary, North Carolina Citizens Association 1967 Edwin Pate President, Z.V. Pate Inc. 1966 Emery Byrd Denny Chief Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court 1965 B. Everett Jordan United States Senator 1964 R. Grady Rankin President, Superior Yarn Mills 1963 Sam J. Ervin Jr. United States Senator

Award for Distinguished Public Service 2012 Congressman Howard Coble NC-6th U.S. Congress 2011 Erskine B. Bowles Co-Chairman National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility & Reform 2010 The Honorable Howard N. Lee Executive Director, The North Carolina Education Cabinet 2009 Michael F. Easley Governor  North Carolina 2008 H. Martin Lancaster President of the North Carolina Community College System 2007 Justice I. Beverly Lake, Jr. Former chief justice, N.C. Supreme Court 2006 Henry Frye Former chief justice of the N.C. Supreme Court 2005 Gen. Henry H. Shelton Vice chair, board of advisors, M.I.C. Industries 2004 Burley Mitchell Jr. Former chief justice of the N.C. Supreme Court 2003 The Rev. Billy Graham Billy Graham Evangelistic Association 2002 James G. Goodmon CEO of Capitol Broadcasting Co. 2001 Sen. Jesse Helms Veteran member of the U.S. Senate 2000 James B. Hunt Jr. Governor, State of North Carolina 1999 Elizabeth Aycock Secretary, Research Triangle Park 1998 Dr. Dallas Herring Former Chairman, State Board of Education 1997 C. D. Spangler Former President UNC System 1996 Hugh McRae Morton President & Owner, Grandfather Mountain 1995 James E. Holshouser Jr. Former Governor 1994 Dr. Jay M. Robinson Educator 1993 James G. Martin Former Governor 1992 C. C. Cameron Former NCCBI Chairman State Budget Director 1991 L. Richardson Preyer Former Congressman 1990 Ivie L. Clayton Former NCCBI President 1989 Kenneth C. Royall Jr. Member, North Carolina Senate 1988 Robert W. Scott President, North Carolina Department of Community Colleges 1987 Harlan E. Boyles Treasurer State of North Carolina Joseph Branch 1986 Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court 1985 James T. Broyhill Member of U.S. House of Representatives, Tenth District of North Carolina 1984 Mary D.B.T. Semans Chairman, The Duke Endowment 1983 Thad Eure Secretary of State 1982 Dr. Juanita Kreps Former U.S Secretary of Commerce 1981 Henry L. Bridges Former State Auditor 1980 Susie Sharp Former Chief Justice North Carolina Supreme Court 1979 Terry Sanford President, Duke University 1978 Albert Coates Professor Emeritus in the UNC Law School, Founder, Institute of Government 1977 James A. Graham North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture 1976 William H. Bobbitt Former Chief Justice North Carolina Supreme Court 1975 Sam J. Ervin Jr. Former United States Senator 1974 William C. Friday President University of North Carolina 1973 Henry E. Kendall Former Chairman, Employment Security Commission of North Carolina 1972 Charles R. Jonas Member of US House of Representatives  Ninth District of North Carolina 1971 L. H. Fountain Member of U.S. House of Representatives Second District of North Carolina 1970 Edwin M. Gill Treasurer, State of North Carolina 1969 Daniel Killian Moore Former Governor of North Carolina