| General note | Includes essays by John M. Belk, chairmain, Belk Store Services, Inc. and Belk Brothers Company ; Robert Bushyhead, Cherokee Indian elder ; Shirley A. Caesar, recording artist and minister ; William A.V. Cecil, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, The Biltmore Company ; Julius Chambers, Chancellor, North Carolina Central University ; Ann Blakeney Clark, educator ; Tom Clark, theologican and sculptor ; Eustace Conway, preservationist ; Mildred Council, restaurateur and cookbook author ; Rick Dees, syndicated radio personality ; Elizabeth Dole, President, America Red Cross (1991-1999) ; Joe and Eunice Dudley, founders, Dudley Products, Inc. ; Gertude B. Elion, recipient of the Joint 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology ; James and Quentin Farlow, United States Postal Service carriers (1947-present) ; John Hope Franklin, historian ; William C. Friday, President Emeritus, The University of North Carolina ; Henry E. Frye, Chief Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court ; Billy and Ruth Graham, evangelists ; James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor of North Carolina (1977-1985, 1993-2001) ; Michael Jordon, NBA player (1984-1993 . 1995-1999) ; Alexander Julian, designer ; Ralph W. Ketner, founder, Food Lion grocery chain ; Duke Kimbrell, Chairmain and Chief Executive Officer, Parkdale Mills, Inc. ; Sharon Lawrence, television and film actress ; Betty Ray McCain, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources ; Hugh McColl, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bank of America ; Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, President and Chief Executive Officer, Pace Communication ; Loonis McGlohon, composer and pianist ; James Martin, Governor of North Carolina (1985-1993) ; Hugh Morton, preservationist, conservationist, and photographer ; Vernon R. Owen, potter and owner of Jugtown Pottery ; Richard Petty, NASCAR driver ; Wyndham Robertson, Vice President, The University of North Carolina (1986-1996) ; Charlie Rose, talk-show host and television host ; James A. Rose, builder of wooden-hull miniature boats ; Curtis Salter, decoy carver ; Mary D.B.T. Semans, philanthropist ; Bland Timberlake, artist ; Arthur Smith, recording artist, entertainer and composer ; Dean Smith, head coach, men's basketball, The University of North Carolina(1961-1997) ; Lee Smith, southern novelist ; C.D. Spangler, President Emeritus, The University of North Carolina ; Bob Timberlake, artists ; LeRoy T. Walker, President Emeritus, United States Olympic Committee ; Kay Yow, head coach, womens basketball, North Carolina State University. |
