Sam Ragan Awards
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The Sam Ragan Awards are an annual fine arts award presented by St. Andrews Presbyterian College
in Laurinburg, North Carolina
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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
1981
Sara Hodgkins, Southern Pines, NC
1982
Harriet Doar, Charlotte, NC
John Fries Blair, Winston-Salem, NC
1983
Nicholas Bragg, Winston-Salem, NC
Roy Parker, Fayetteville, NC
1984
Mae Woods Bell, Rocky Mount, NC
Frank Borden Hanes, Winston-Salem, NC
1985
Charleen Swansea, Chapel Hill, NC
Ella Fountain Pratt, Durham, NC
1986
Sallie Nixon, Lincolnton, NC
James L. Morgan, Laurel Hill, NC
1987
Robert Mason, Southern Pines, NC
A.P. Perkinson, Pinehurst, NC
1988
Paul Jeffery, Durham, NC
1989
Shelby Stephenson, Southern Pines, NC
Stephen Smith, Southern Pines, NC
1990
William Little, Chapel Hill, NC
Kate Blackburn, Washington, DC
1991
Gerald Barrax, Raleigh, NC
Marsha Warren, Chapel Hill, NC
1992
Clyde Edgerton, Durham, NC
Marvin Swartzman, Chapel Hill, NC
1993
Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, Durham, NC
Marty Silverthorne, Greenville, NC
Sally Buckner, Raleigh, NC
1994
Marie Gilbert, Greensboro, NC
Kathry B. Gurkin, Clinton, NC
Thomas F. Henley, New York & Laurinburg, NC
1995
Joseph Bathanti, Statesville, NC
Nancy Bradberry, Southern Pines, NC
Glen Rounds, Southern Pines, NC
1996
Anthony Abbott, Davidson, NC
Ruth Moose, Albemarle, NC
Talmadge Moose, Albemarle, NC
1997
Jerry Bledsoe
, Asheboro, NC
David Brinkley
, Washington, DC
Ellen Johnson-Hale, Chapel Hill, NC
Susan Rose, Durham, NC
1998
Betty Adcock
, Raleigh, NC
Irwin Kremen, Durham, NC
Tom Wicker, Rochester, VT
1999
Georgann Eubanks, Chapel Hill, NC
Jacques Maloubier, Southern Pines, NC
Loonis McGlohon, Charlotte, NC
2000
Scott Ainslie, Durham, NC
Daniel Nie, Washington, DC
Louis Rubin, Chapel Hill, NC
2001
Daniel Infantino, Southern Pines, NC
Dannye Romine Powell, Charlotte, NC
H.A. Sieber, Greensboro, NC
2002
Fred Chappell
, Greensboro, NC
Jack Pinkerton, Fayetteville, NC
James L. Morgan, Jr., Laurinburg, NC
2003
Edward R. Gomez, New York City, NY
2004
The Rt. Rev. John S. Spong, Morris Plains, NJ
2005
Chuck Sullivan, Charlotte, NC
2006
Jan Hensley, Greensboro, NC
Lenard Moore, Mt. Olive, NC
Margaret Vardell Sandrewsky, Winston-Salem, NC
2007
Robert Grant, Charleston, SC
Jaki Shelton Green
, Mebane, NC
Sondra Martin, Fayetteville, NC
2008
Charles Blackburn, Jr., Raleigh, NC
Barbara Geer
Thomas Sayre, Raleigh, NC
2009
Thomas Heffernan
Lois Holt
Martha Blue Hooks
Sally Ann Morris
2010
Mary Louise Bringle
Arthur McDonald
David Rigsbee
St. Andrews Presbyterian College
St. Andrews University, formerly St. Andrews Presbyterian College, is a private, Presbyterian, four-year liberal arts college in Laurinburg, North Carolina....
in Laurinburg, North Carolina
Laurinburg, North Carolina
Laurinburg is a mid-sized city in Scotland County, North Carolina, United States. It is the county seat of Scotland County. Located in southern North Carolina near the South Carolina state border, Laurinburg is southwest of Fayetteville and is home to St. Andrews Presbyterian College...
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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
1981
Sara Hodgkins, Southern Pines, NC
1982
Harriet Doar, Charlotte, NC
John Fries Blair, Winston-Salem, NC
1983
Nicholas Bragg, Winston-Salem, NC
Roy Parker, Fayetteville, NC
1984
Mae Woods Bell, Rocky Mount, NC
Frank Borden Hanes, Winston-Salem, NC
1985
Charleen Swansea, Chapel Hill, NC
Ella Fountain Pratt, Durham, NC
1986
Sallie Nixon, Lincolnton, NC
James L. Morgan, Laurel Hill, NC
1987
Robert Mason, Southern Pines, NC
A.P. Perkinson, Pinehurst, NC
1988
Paul Jeffery, Durham, NC
1989
Shelby Stephenson, Southern Pines, NC
Stephen Smith, Southern Pines, NC
1990
William Little, Chapel Hill, NC
Kate Blackburn, Washington, DC
1991
Gerald Barrax, Raleigh, NC
Marsha Warren, Chapel Hill, NC
1992
Clyde Edgerton, Durham, NC
Marvin Swartzman, Chapel Hill, NC
1993
Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, Durham, NC
Marty Silverthorne, Greenville, NC
Sally Buckner, Raleigh, NC
1994
Marie Gilbert, Greensboro, NC
Kathry B. Gurkin, Clinton, NC
Thomas F. Henley, New York & Laurinburg, NC
1995
Joseph Bathanti, Statesville, NC
Nancy Bradberry, Southern Pines, NC
Glen Rounds, Southern Pines, NC
1996
Anthony Abbott, Davidson, NC
Ruth Moose, Albemarle, NC
Talmadge Moose, Albemarle, NC
1997
Jerry Bledsoe
Jerry Bledsoe
Jerry Bledsoe is an American author and journalist known for several true crime titles based on murders in his native state of North Carolina....
, Asheboro, NC
David Brinkley
David Brinkley
David McClure Brinkley was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997....
, Washington, DC
Ellen Johnson-Hale, Chapel Hill, NC
Susan Rose, Durham, NC
1998
Betty Adcock
Betty Adcock
Elizabeth "Betty" Sharp Adcock is an American poet and a 2002–2003 Guggenheim Fellow. Author of six poetry collections, she has served as a faculty member in the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers in Asheville, NC and in the Writer-in-Residence program at Meredith College in...
, Raleigh, NC
Irwin Kremen, Durham, NC
Tom Wicker, Rochester, VT
1999
Georgann Eubanks, Chapel Hill, NC
Jacques Maloubier, Southern Pines, NC
Loonis McGlohon, Charlotte, NC
2000
Scott Ainslie, Durham, NC
Daniel Nie, Washington, DC
Louis Rubin, Chapel Hill, NC
2001
Daniel Infantino, Southern Pines, NC
Dannye Romine Powell, Charlotte, NC
H.A. Sieber, Greensboro, NC
2002
Fred Chappell
Fred Chappell
Fred Davis Chappell is an author and poet. He retired after 40 years as an English professor at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997-2002...
, Greensboro, NC
Jack Pinkerton, Fayetteville, NC
James L. Morgan, Jr., Laurinburg, NC
2003
Edward R. Gomez, New York City, NY
2004
The Rt. Rev. John S. Spong, Morris Plains, NJ
2005
Chuck Sullivan, Charlotte, NC
2006
Jan Hensley, Greensboro, NC
Lenard Moore, Mt. Olive, NC
Margaret Vardell Sandrewsky, Winston-Salem, NC
2007
Robert Grant, Charleston, SC
Jaki Shelton Green
Jaki Shelton Green
Jaki Shelton Green is an American poet. In November 2008, she was named North Carolina's first Piedmont Poet Laureate.-References:...
, Mebane, NC
Sondra Martin, Fayetteville, NC
2008
Charles Blackburn, Jr., Raleigh, NC
Barbara Geer
Thomas Sayre, Raleigh, NC
2009
Thomas Heffernan
Lois Holt
Martha Blue Hooks
Sally Ann Morris
2010
Mary Louise Bringle
Arthur McDonald
David Rigsbee