- Sam Ragan Awards
The Sam Ragan Awards are an annual fine arts award presented by
St. Andrews Presbyterian College inLaurinburg, North Carolina .The Sam Ragan Award was created in 1981 to honor
Samuel Talmadge Ragan , North Carolina's first Secretary of Cultural resources. It is presented annually to one or more persons for outstanding contributions to the Fine Arts of North Carolina over an extended period--including, but above and beyond--the recipient's own primary commitment.Mr. Ragan received the North Carolina Award, the State's highest honor, as well as the Morrison and Parker Awards and the DAR Medal of Honor. He received honorary doctoral degrees from St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Atlantic Christian (now Barton) College, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Methodist College.
For 20 years he edited the "News & Observer" in Raleigh. He was then owner and editor of "The Pilot" in Southern Pines until his death in 1996. He authored six award-winning volumes of poetry and a number of works of nonfiction.
Sam Ragan Fine Arts Award Winners
"'1981Sara Hodgkins] Southern Pines, NC
"'1982Harriet Doar"Charlotte, NCJohn Fries BlairWinston-Salem, NC
1983Nicholas BraggWinston-Salem, NCRoy ParkerFayetteville, NC
"'1984Mae Woods BellRocky Mount, NCFrank Borden HanesWinston-Salem, NC
"'1985Charleen SwanseaChapel Hill, NCElla Fountain PrattDurham, NC
"'1986Sallie NixonLincolnton, NCJames L. MorganLaurel Hill, NC
"'1987Robert MasonSouthern Pines, NCA.P. PerkinsonPinehurst, NC
"'1988Paul JefferyDurham, NC
"'1989Shelby StephensonSouthern Pines, NCStephen SmithSouthern Pines, NC
"'1990William LittleChapel Hill, NCKate BlackburnWashington, DC
"'1991Gerald BarraxRaleigh, NCMarsha WarrenChapel Hill, NC
"'1992Clyde EdgertonDurham, NCMarvin SwartzmanChapel Hill, NC
"'1993Mary Duke Biddle Trent SemansDurham, NCMarty SilverthorneGreenville, NCSally BucknerRaleigh, NC
"'1994Marie GilbertGreensboro, NCKathry B. GurkinClinton, NCThomas F. HenleyNew York & Laurinburg, NC
"'1995Joseph BathantiStatesville, NCNancy BradberrySouthern Pines, NCGlen RoundsSouthern Pines, NC
"'1996Anthony AbbottDavidson, NCRuth MooseAlbemarle, NCTalmadge MooseAlbemarle, NC
"'1997
Jerry Bledsoe Asheboro, NCDavid Brinkley Washington, DCEllen Johnson-HaleChapel Hill, NCSusan RoseDurham, NC"'1998Betty AdcockRaleigh, NCIrwin KremenDurham, NCTom WickerRochester, VT
"'1999Georgann EubanksChapel Hill, NCJacques MaloubierSouthern Pines, NCLoonis McGlohonCharlotte, NC
"'2000Scott AinslieDurham, NCDaniel NieWashington, DCLouis RubinChapel Hill, NC
"'2001Daniel InfantinoSouthern Pines, NCDannye Romine PowellCharlotte, NCH.A. SieberGreensboro, NC
"'2002
Fred Chappell Greensboro, NCJack PinkertonFayetteville, NCJames L. Morgan, Jr.Laurinburg, NC"'2003Edward R. GomezNew York City, NY
"'2004The Rt. Rev. John S. SpongMorris Plains, NJ
"'2005Chuck SullivanCharlotte, NC
"'2006Jan HensleyGreensboro, NCLenard MooreMt. Olive, NCMargaret Vardell SandrewskyWinston-Salem, NC
"'2007Robert GrantCharleston, SCJaki Shelton GreenMebane, NCSondra MartinFayetteville, NC
2008Charles Blackburn, Jr.,Barbara Geer,Thomas Sayre
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