Six North Carolinians received the state’s highest civilian honor, the North Carolina Award, presented by Governor Roy Cooper on November 9, in a ceremony at the Raleigh Marriott City Center. They are, left to right, James H. Woodward of Charlotte for Public Service; Governor Cooper; Philip Freelon of Durham for Fine Arts; Margaret Donovan Bauer of Greenville for Literature; Jane Smith Patterson of Chapel Hill for Public Service; Loretta Lynch of Durham for Public Service; and R. M. Jayanty of Cary for Science. The awards are administered by the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
