Nine get N.C.’s top civilian honor
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
By Chris Fitzsimon
From Staff Reports
Nine North Carolinians were recognized Tuesday with the North Carolina Award, the state’s highest civilian honor.
More than 200 North Carolinians have been selected as recipients since the award was first issued in 1964.
During a ceremony at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Cary, Gov. Mike Easley presented awards for service in fine arts, literature, public service and science.
SCIENCE: VINEY P. ANEJA
Aneja, a native of India, received his master’s and doctoral degrees in chemical engineering at N.C. State University, and after working in industry, he became a member of the faculty in NCSU’s Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.
He has developed a research program in agricultural air quality that is recognized worldwide. In 2001, he was also appointed professor of environmental technology in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources.
Aneja and his wife, Poonam, live in Raleigh.
PUBLIC SERVICE: JERRY C. CASHION
Cashion grew up in Iredell County and took an early interest in nearby Fort Dobbs, the fortification erected by frontier settlers as a defense from Cherokee attacks. His career as a historian and teacher has focused on North Carolina and the United States. From 1974 to 2000, Cashion was research branch supervisor of what is now the Office of Archives and History in the state Department of Cultural Resources. Cashion, a widower, lives in Raleigh.
FINE ARTS: JAN DAVIDSON
Davidson has served as director of the John C. Campbell Folk School since 1992. Founded in 1925 at Brasstown in Clay County in the southwestern corner of the state, the school offers about 850 classes to more than 3,000 students in art forms such as blacksmithing, basketry, weaving, music, storytelling and writing.
A native of Cherokee County, Davidson worked as a disc jockey at WCVP in Murphy, played in a rock band and completed undergraduate studies in English at UNC-Chapel Hill and a master’s degree in folklore. A project on blacksmithing developed into his Ph.D. dissertation. Davidson and his wife, Nan, live in Brasstown. more…
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