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 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."

Sam Ragan Fine Arts Award Winners
Listed below are the recipients of The Sam Ragan Fine Arts Award. • 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