Past chairmen and honorees

NCCBI is led by business people who volunteer their time and expertise to the Association. Below is a list of all the chairmen who have led NCCBI since its founding in 1942, along with the year of their chairmanship. Former chairmen are members of the Executive Committee until reaching age 70.

• 2003 - 04 Sue W. Cole, Greensboro

• 2002 - 03 Jim Hyler, Raleigh

• 2001 - 02 Gordon Myers, Asheville

• 2000 - 01 Malcolm E. "Mac" Everett, Charlotte

• 1999 - 00 Earl N. "Phil" Phillips, High Point

• 1998 - 99 Stephen P. Zelnak Jr., Raleigh

• 1997 - 98 Thomas W. Bradshaw Jr., Raleigh

• 1996 - 97 Charles E. Zeigler Jr., Gastonia

• 1995 - 96 L.M. “Bud” Baker, Winston-Salem

• 1994 - 95 John O. McNairy, Kinston

• 1993 - 94 G. Smedes York, Raleigh

• 1992 - 93 R. Stuart Dickson, Charlotte

• 1991 - 92 Donald R. Hughes, Greensboro

• 1990 - 91 S. Bobo Tanner III, Rutherfordton

• 1989 - 90 Edwin B. Borden, Goldsboro

• 1988 - 89 John F. McNair III, Winston-Salem

• 1987 - 88 William S. Lee, Charlotte

• 1986 - 87 Richard L. Daugherty, Research Triangle Park

• 1985 - 86 Sherwood H. Smith Jr., Raleigh

• 1984 - 85 Claude Ramsey, Asheville

• 1983 - 84 C. C. Cameron, Charlotte

• 1982 - 83 W. David Stedman, Asheboro

• 1981 - 82 Thomas J. Hackney Jr., Wilson

• 1980 - 81 Roger Soles, Greensboro

• 1979 - 80 Carl Horn Jr., Charlotte

• 1978 - 79 J. V. “Jack” Schweppe, Shelby

• 1977 - 78 W. Trent Ragland Jr., Raleigh

• 1976 - 77 C. Felix Harvey, Kinston

• 1975 - 76 Chas. B. Wade Jr., Winston-Salem

• 1974 - 75 Garza Baldwin Jr., Pisgah Forest

• 1973 - 74 Thomas M. Belk, Charlotte

• 1972 - 73 H. Dail Holderness, Tarboro

• 1971 - 72 Thomas I. Storrs, Charlotte

• 1970 - 71 Shearon Harris, Raleigh

• 1969 - 70 William E. Stevens Jr., Lenoir

• 1968 - 69 J. C. Cowan Jr., Greensboro

• 1967 - 68 Halbert M. Jones, Laurinburg

• 1966 - 67 John Watlington Jr., Winston-Salem

• 1965 - 66 R. Dave Hall, Belmont

• 1964 - 65 William H. Ruffin, Durham

• 1963 - 64 Howard Holderness, Greensboro

• 1962 - 63 W. B. McGuire, Charlotte

• 1961 - 62 W. H. Weatherspoon, Raleigh

• 1960 - 61 G. Harold Myrick, Lincolnton

• 1959 - 60 Holt McPherson, High Point

• 1958 - 59 Edwin Pate, Laurinburg

• 1957 - 58 R. Grady Rankin, Gastonia

• 1956 - 57 Leo Harvey, Kinston

• 1955 - 56 Sam N. Clark, Tarboro

• 1954 - 55 Allen H. Sims, Gastonia

• 1953 - 54 R. S. Dickson, Charlotte

• 1951 - 53 R. G. Stockton, Winston-Salem

• 1948 - 51 B. Everett Jordan, Saxapahaw

• 1947 - 48 H. M. Wade, Charlotte

• 1946 - 47 Julius C. Smith, Greensboro

• 1945 - 46 Don Elias, Asheville

• 1944 - 45 J. S. Ficklen, Greenville

• 1942 - 44 R. L. Pope, Thomasville

Each year at its Annual Meeting, NCCBI bestows the Citation for Distinguished Citizenship and the Citation for Distinguished Public Service to individuals who have made significant contributions to North Carolina's economy and to the life of the state. Below are lists of past recipients of these awards:

Recipients of the Citation for Distinguished Citizenship

• 2004 - Bert Collins, chairman and CEO, N.C. Mutual Life Insurance Co.

• 2003 - John F. McNair III, retired president of Wachovia Bank

• 2002 - Russell J. Robinson II, founding partner in Russell, Bradshaw & Hinson

• 2001 - Paul J. Rizzo, former dean of the Kenan Flagler Business School

• 2000 - Hugh L. McColl Jr., Chairman and CEO, Bank of America

• 1999 - Louie Woodbury Jr., President, Woodbury & Co.

• 1998 - John Medlin, Chairman, Wachovia

• 1997 – Sherwood H. Smith Jr., Chairman, CP&L

• 1996 – John A. Forlines Jr., Chairman & CEO, Bank of Granite

• 1995 – William S. Lee, Former NCCBI Chairman

• 1994 – C. Felix Harvey, Former NCCBI Chairman

• 1993 – W. Roger Soles, Former NCCBI Chairman

• 1992 – Ralph W. Ketner, Chairman Emeritus, Food Lion

• 1991 – Thomas J. Hackney Jr., Former NCCBI Chairman

• 1990 – W. David Stedman, Chairman, W. David Stedman Associates

• 1989 – George R. Herbert, President, Research Triangle Institute

• 1988 – John M. Belk, Chairman of the Board, Belk Stores Services Inc.

• 1987 – Bland W. Worley, Retired Chairman of the Board, BarclaysAmericanCorporation

• 1986 – Frank H. Kenan, Chairman, William R. Kenan Jr. Fund

• 1985 – C. C. Cameron, Chairman of Executive Committee, First Union Corporation

• 1984 – Thomas H. Davis, Chairman of the Board, Piedmont Airlines

• 1983 – Carl Horn Jr., Former Chairman of the Board, Duke Power Company

• 1982 – J. Paul Sticht, Chairman of the Board & CEO, R.J. Reynolds Industries Inc.

• 1981 – Edwin A. Morris, Former Chairman of the Board, Blue Bell Inc.

• 1980 – Shearon Harris, Chairman of the Board, Carolina Power & Light Co.

• 1979 – Joseph M. Bryan, Insurance and Radio-Television Executive, Jefferson-Pilot Corporation

• 1978 – John F. Watlington Jr., Retired Chairman & CEO, The Wachovia Corporation and Wachovia Bank & Trust Company

• 1977 – Holt McPherson, Editor Emeritus, The High Point Enterprise

• 1976 – Allen H. Sims, Former Chairman of the Board, Citizens National Bank

• 1975 – Raymond A. Bryan, Chairman of the Board, T. A. Loving Company

• 1974 – Addison H. Reese, Chairman of the Board, North Carolina National Bank

• 1973 – Alex. H. Galloway, Chairman of the Board, R. J. Reynolds Industries Inc.

• 1972 – Archie K. Davis, Chairman of the Board, Wachovia Bank & Trust Company, N.A.

• 1971 – J. E. Broyhill, Chairman of the Board, Broyhill Industries

• 1970 – Howard Holderness, Chairman of the Board, Jefferson-Pilot Corporation

• 1969 – R. O. Huffman, Chairman of the Board, Drexel Enterprises

• 1968 – Lloyd E. Griffin, Former Executive VP/ Secretary, North Carolina Citizens Association

• 1967 – Edwin Pate, President, Z.V. Pate Inc.

• 1966 – Emery Byrd Denny, Chief Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court

• 1965 – B. Everett Jordan, United States Senator

• 1964 – R. Grady Rankin, President, Superior Yarn Mills

• 1963 – Sam J. Ervin Jr., United States Senator

Recipients of the Citation for Distinguished Public Service

• 2004 - Burley Mitchell Jr., former chief justice of the N.C. Supreme Court

• 2003 - The Rev. Billy Graham, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

• 2002 - James G. Goodmon, CEO of Capitol Broadcasting Co,

• 2001 - Sen. Jesse Helms, veteran member of the U.S. Senate

• 2000 - James B. Hunt Jr., Governor, State of North Carolina

• 1999 - Elizabeth Aycock, Secretary, Research Triangle Park

• 1998 - Dr. Dallas Herring, Former Chairman, State Board of Education

• 1997 – C. D. Spangler, Former President UNC System

• 1996 – Hugh McRae Morton, President & Owner, Grandfather Mountain

• 1995 – James E. Holshouser Jr., Former Governor

• 1994 – Dr. Jay M. Robinson, Educator

• 1993 – James G. Martin, Former Governor

• 1992 – C. C. Cameron, Former NCCBI Chairman, State Budget Director

• 1991 – L. Richardson Preyer, Former Congressman

• 1990 – Ivie L. Clayton, Former NCCBI President

• 1989 – Kenneth C. Royall Jr., Member, North Carolina Senate

• 1988 – Robert W. Scott, President, North Carolina Department of Community Colleges

• 1987 – Harlan E. Boyles, Treasurer, State of North Carolina

• 1986 – Joseph Branch, Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court

• 1985 – James T. Broyhill, Member of U.S. House of Representatives, Tenth District of North Carolina

• 1984 – Mary D.B.T. Semans, Chairman, The Duke Endowment

• 1983 – Thad Eure, Secretary of State

• 1982 – Dr. Juanita Kreps, Former U.S Secretary of Commerce

• 1981 – Henry L. Bridges, Former State Auditor

• 1980 – Susie Sharp, Former Chief Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court

• 1979 – Terry Sanford, President, Duke University

• 1978 – Albert Coates, Professor Emeritus in the UNC Law School, Founder, Institute of Government

• 1977 – James A. Graham, North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture

• 1976 – William H. Bobbitt, Former Chief Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court

• 1975 – Sam J. Ervin Jr., Former United States Senator

• 1974 – William C. Friday, President, The University of North Carolina

• 1973 – Henry E. Kendall, Former Chairman, Employment Security Commission of North Carolina

• 1972 – Charles R. Jonas, Former Member of U.S. House of Representatives, Ninth District of North Carolina

• 1971 – L. H. Fountain, Member of U.S. House of Representatives, Second District of North Carolina

• 1970 – Edwin M. Gill, Treasurer, State of North Carolina

• 1969 – Daniel Killian Moore, Former Governor of North Carolina

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