Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award

1949

Martha Riggins Anderson

James R. Young

1950

Bessie Byrd

James R. McCain

1951

Alice L. Humphreys

F. E. Grier

1952

Anna Marshall Robinson

D. G. Phillips

1953

Janet Alexander

John G. Barron

1954

Janie Burns Reid

R. C. Grier

1955

Mary L. Kennedy

A. J. Ranson

1956

Ann Pressly Sloan

W. H. Stuart, Sr.

1957

Lena Ware McGill

F. B. Edwards

1958

Edith Todd Pursley

E. D. Craig

1959

Zula Brock Sharpe

E. B. Kennedy

1960

Hamilton Henry Miller

William C. Miller

1961

Harriet Edwards Spivey

Joe H. Patrick

1962

Hanora Cuddy Dorn

Rufus A. Grier

1963

Lola Bell

Everett A. Sloan

1964

Elizabeth Nickles

James Pressly

1965

Gladys Wilson York

Robert Brownlee, Sr.

1966

Jean P. Pressly

James N. Bonner

1967

Maude Bigham

Thomas S. Watt

1968

Jennie Wideman

G. Gordon Parkinson

1970

Dorothy Carson Hethcox

William Hethcox

1971

Anne White Leith

S. W. McCuen

1972

Winnie Morrison Phillips

Paul L. Grier

1973

Jane Blakely Jennings

William C. Halliday

1974

Flora McElroy Miller

Hazel H. Long

1975

Kathryn Galloway

W. M. Kennedy

1976

Augusta Orr Wolff

W. M. Kennedy

1977

Frances Cardwell

D. Patterson Craig

1978

Gladys Patrick Grier

R. Thomas Nelson

1979

Henrietta F. Lesesne

J. Calvin Reid

1980

Imogene Edmunds Covone

Jessie S. Agnew

1981

Eleanor C. Pressly

W. W. Orr

1982

Sarah Hopkins Sullivan

Frank M. Hunt

1983

Nancy Kimmons

J. Calvin Smith

1984

Margaret Kennedy Blakely

Robert P. Falls

1985

Mary Millen Gettys

H. Lloyd Wilkerson

1986

Alice L. Love

Patrick G. Covone

1987

Mary Bonner

Hugh C. Dale

1988

Sarah Hunter Pressly

Joab Mauldin Lesesne

1989

Jean Galloway Bissell

Laurie S. Brice, Sr.

1990

Mary Anderson Hunter

Henry H. Hollingsworth

1991

Dot Dagenhart

Moffatt G. Long

1992

Elisabeth Chisholm Huffman

W. C. “Red” Myers

1993

Anne Whitesides Alexander

Dwight L. Pearson

1994

Jo Ann Griffith

J. Paul Todd

1995

Nancy J. Woods

James H. Young

1996

Mabel L. Purkerson

Robert J. Robinson

1997

Lila Galloway McMillan

R. Brice Carson

1998

Betty Bigham Hunt

John C. McGill

1999

Susan Aude Fisher

William R. McCoy

2000

Grace Lucile Garrison Hill

Lowry P. Ware

2001

Mrs. Charles P. Ewart

Charles P. Ewart

2002

Elaine T. Wightman

Joseph R. Beard

2003

Lyn Boyte Greene

John R. Hunt

2004

Hope Mills Safrit

Robert W. Miller

2005

Mrs. Mary Lou Whitesides Pearson

Mr. R. Mack Robinson, Jr.

2006

Dr. Sara Covin Juengst

Dr. Rex L. Carter

2007

Dr. Keller Cushing Freeman

Mr. John M. Hunter, Sr.