John M. Belk |
Harlan E. Boyles |
R. Stuart Dickson |
James H. Millis Sr. |
Junior
Achievement and NCCBI Announce Laureates
for Induction into North Carolina Business Hall
of Fame
Four outstanding business
and government leaders from Charlotte, High Point
and Raleigh will be inducted into the North
Carolina Business Hall of Fame this fall.
Sponsored by Junior Achievement and North
Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry, the
2000 laureates are:
* James H. Millis Sr., chairman
of the Millis Foundation in High Point;
* R. Stuart Dickson, chairman of
the executive committee of Ruddick Corp. in
Charlotte;
* John M. Belk, chairman of the
board and CEO of Belk Inc.in Charlotte; and
* The Hon. Harlan E. Boyles,
State Treasurer in Raleigh.
This year's dinner inducting these laureates into
the Business Hall of Fame will be held Tuesday
evening, Nov. 14, at the Adam's Mark Hotel in
Charlotte.
For information and table reservations for the
reception and dinner, contact the Junior
Achievement office in Charlotte at (704) 536-9668
or by e-mail to pvolponi@jacarolinas.org.
Or you may write Junior Achievement at NCBHOF,
4632 Holbrook Drive, Charlotte, NC 28212-5392.
The North Carolina Business Hall of Fame was
established in 1988 to recognize business leaders
who significantly contributed to building North
Carolina's s economy and who provided outstanding
community and statewide service.
Following are brief profiles of the 2000 Business
Hall of Fame laureates:
John M. Belk, one of the
Charlotte's longest-serving mayors and the
chairman of the country's largest, privately held
department store chain, remains active at 80
years old with business and community work. Head
of the Belk stores operations, which generate
more than $2 billion in annual sales, John and
his brother, Tom, led the phenomenal growth of
Belk's in the last half of the 20th Century.
As the mayor of Charlotte from 1969 to 1977, Belk
was responsible for developing the
Charlotte-Douglas International Airport. He also
served as president of the Charlotte Chamber of
Commerce. He has received scores of awards for
his business and charitable efforts, including
the 1997 World Citizen Award by the Charlotte
World Affairs Council; the 1998 Freedom Award
from the Charlotte Citizens' Veterans Committee;
Man of the Year by the Charlotte News.
In business, the National Retail Merchants
Association and the American Management
Association have singled him out for the highest
recognition. Among the boards on which he serves
are: TXI, Coca-Cola Bottling Consolidated and PMC
Inc. In sports, he was a basketball star at
Davidson College and today is part of the
ownership of the NFL Carolina Panthers. He is a
veteran of World War II and was recalled to duty
during the Korean Conflict to serve as an officer
of the United Nations Civil Assistance
Commission.
Now serving his sixth term as State Treasurer, Harlan
E. Boyles (left) won his first election
to the post during the 1976 U.S. Bicentennial. He
will retire at the completion of this term in
early 2001. Born in 1929 in Lincoln County,
Boyles graduated from the University of North
Carolina. A certified public accountant, Boyles
joined state government as an auditor in 1951. He
became deputy treasurer in 1960, a post he held
until then state treasurer retired and Boyles won
the election for the job.
Among his honors, Boyles has been named Public
Official of the Year by Governing Magazine and
North Carolinian of the Year by NC Taxpayers
United. He also has been recipient of
Distinguished Service Awards by many groups, such
as the National Federation of Municipal Analysts,
North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry
and the North Carolina Association of County
Commissioners. He is the author of the book,
Keeping of the Public Purse, published in 1994.
Boyles has chaired numerous state commissions and
boards of trustees. He is past president of the
National Association of State Auditors,
Comptrollers & Treasurers.
R. Stuart Dickson is chairman of the executive
committee of Ruddick Corp., a holding company
headquartered in Charlotte with annual revenues
of more than $2.6 billion. The company operates
two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Harris Teeter,
Inc. (a regional supermarket chain) and American
& Efird, Inc. (a leading manufacturer and
distributor of sewing threads for worldwide
industrial and consumer markets). He previously
served as chairman of the Ruddick Corp. board
from 1968 to 1994.
Born in 1929 in Charlotte, Dickson graduated from
Davidson College in 1951. He serves on the boards
of numerous corporations, including First Union,
Textron and Uniteed Dominion, as well as on the
boards of leading non-profit groups such as the
Carolinas HealthCare Foundation, Foundation for
the Carolinas and the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation. In his on-going support and interest
in educational institutions, Dickson has served
as trustee or board member for Davidson College,
Queens College, Johnson C. Smith University,
University of North Carolina at Charlotte and
Wake Forest University.
He is actively involved in civic and charitable
organizations including Carolinas Partnership,
Cities in Schools, the Council for Children,
United Way, YMCA and the North Carolina
Blumenthal Center for the Performing Arts.
James H. Millis Sr. (left) is
former chairman & CEO of Adams-Millis Corp.,
one of the first North Carolina firms to be
listed on the New York Stock Exchange
Adams-Millis was a High Point hosiery company
created in 1927 by merging previous operations of
John Hampton Adams and James Edward Millis. A
leading manufacturer of socks, Adams-Millis
supplied numerous companies, including the Hanes
brand socks.
Born in 1923, Millis became president of
Adams-Millis in 1953. He served as chairman and
CEO up to 1989, when he engineered the
acquisition of the firm by the Sara Lee Corp.
Millis still serves as chairman of the James H.
and Jesse E. Millis Foundation. Among his many
charitable efforts was the creation of the High
Point Community Foundation by an initial $5
million grant. He also serves as chairman of the
executive committee for the Kate B. Reynolds
Charitable Trust.
He continues to serve his community and visible
reminders exist in the Millis Regional Health
Education Center and the Millis Athletic Center
at High Point University. Millis was recognized
by the Distinguished Citizen Award from the High
Point Chamber of Commerce and as Man of the Year
by the High Point Enterprise. He has served as a
member or chairman of numerous boards, ranging
from the UNC Educational Foundation to the
National Association of Manufacturers.
 * John Maxheim
(left), chairman and retired CEO of Piedmont
Natural Gas Co. in Charlotte, was named Marketing
Executive of the Year by the American Gas
Association during its annual convention in
Denver. The award recognizes his work over the
past four years as the vice chairman and chairman
of the industry group that created an
award-winning television ad campaign for the
natural gas industry. Meanwhile, Piedmont Natural
Gas announced the election of D. Hayes
Clement of Greensboro to its board of
directors. Clement is retired managing partner of
the Greensboro office of Arthur Andersen LLP and
a noted community leader.
* McKim & Creed, a
multidisciplinary design firm headquartered in
Wilmington, has been named the "Wastewater
Consultant of the Year" Award by the Florida
chapter of the American Public Works Association.
The award honors companies for quality work and
outstanding achievement. Awards are presented in
three different categories: building and grounds,
roads and highways, and solid waste, wastewater,
and storm water. McKim & Creed won this
year's award in the solid waste, wastewater, and
stormwater category. McKim & Creed has
offices in Wilmington, Raleigh, Charlotte, New
Bern, Chapel Hill, Winston-Salem, Smithfield, and
Elizabeth City, as well as throughout Florida and
Virginia. McKim & Creed employs nearly 250
professionals company-wide.
* Norwood Bryan,
a former state House member from Cumberland
County, was president of the N.C. Automobile
Dealers Association. David Farris of Rocky Mount
was elected vice president during the
association's 65th annual convention last week.
Bryan, who operates Cadillac, Pontiac, Honda and
Nissan dealerships, served in the House in the
late 1960s and early 1970s. He has been chairman
of the NCADA Legislative Committee for 31 years.
Farris, a Chrysler dealer, has been chairman of
the Political Action Committee for three years.
* Gov. Jim Hunt was named to the
board of trustees of the Carnegie Corporation of
New York, the philanthropic foundation created by
Andrew Carnegie to promote "the advancement
and diffusion of knowledge and
understanding." Carnegia Corporation
President Vartan Gregorian cited Hunt's
leadership in education reform as one factor in
his appointment to the board. As a foundation
trustee, Hunt will help decide $60 million in
grants awarded annually to support education;
international peace and security; international
development; and democracy.
* G.R. Kindley of Rockingham,
vice chairman of the N.C. Board of
Transportation, received the Partner in Progress
award from the Randolph County Economic
Development Corp., its highest honor. Kindley,
who represents District 8, which includes
Randolph County, on the DOT board, was cited for
his assistance in obtaining improved
transportation assess for several location and
expansion projects, including Energizer Battery,
Klaussner Furniture, Sealy and Metals USA.
* The N.C. Academy of Trial Lawyers
recently presented its Outstanding Legislator
Award to Sen. Hamilton Horton
(R-Forsyth), House Majority Leader Phil
Baddour (D-Wayne) and Rep. Martin
Nesbitt (D-Buncombe). The academy also
presented Secretary of State Elaine
Marshall with the Special Achievement
Award.
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