Sam Ragan Awards

The Sam Ragan Awards are an annual fine arts award presented by St. Andrews University in Laurinburg, North Carolina. The award honors Sam Ragan who was a North Carolina Poet Laureate^[1] and North Carolina's first Secretary of Cultural Resources. It is presented annually 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."^[2]

Sam Ragan Fine Arts Award Winners

Listed below are the recipients of The Sam Ragan Fine Arts Award.^[2]

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 S. 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

• John Shelby Spong, Morris Plains, NJ

2005

• Chuck Sullivan, Charlotte, NC

2006

• Jan Hensley, Greensboro, NC
• Lenard Moore, Mt. Olive, NC
• Margaret Vardell Sandresky, Winston-Salem, NC

2007

• Robert Gant, Charleston, SC
• Jaki Shelton Green, Mebane, NC
• Sondra Martin, Fayetteville, NC

2008

• Charles Blackburn, Jr., Raleigh, NC
• Barbara Geer, Winston-Salem, NC
• Thomas Sayre, Raleigh, NC

2009

• Thomas Heffernan
• Lois Holt
• Martha Blue Hooks
• Sally Ann Morris, Winston-Salem, NC

2010

• Mary Louise Bringle, Brevard, NC
• Arthur McDonald
• David Rigsbee

2011

• John Holloway