CNR 2007 Distinguished Alumni

Each year the NC State Alumni Association host "Evening of the Stars" celebrating College Distinguished Alumni Awards and the Alumni Association Awards. The evening highlights NC State's community of alumni achievers as they are recognized for career accomplishments as well as contributions to their communities and alma mater. The college award winners are selected by the colleges, while the Alumni Association winners are chosen by a committee of the association's board of directors.

"Outstanding student. Stellar scientist. Renowned professor. Generous donor."

Donald Moreland '49, '50, '53

The College of Natural Resources 2007 Disntinguished Alumnus, has undoubtedly left a rich legacy at NC State. 

It all began in 1940 when Moreland enrolled in NC State's forestry program. A year later, his college career was interrupted by five years of Army service during World War II. Not to be deterred from his educational goals, Moreland returned to NC State to earn his undergraduate, master's and doctorate degrees.

He then began a 43-year career as a plant physiologist with the United States Department of Agriculture as its Research Station in Raleigh. He also held a simultaneous appointment as a research professor at NC State. Specializing in weed control, Moreland distinguished himself, winning government and research awards, authoring more than 100 scientific papers and earning induction into numerous scientific societies.

In the 1990s, Moreland began giving back to NC State in another way. He established an endowment to enhance the Plant Sciences Collection in the NCSU Libraries. Moreland and his wife, Verdie, followed with other generous donations to the library, including an endowment to recruit staff librarians and to improve facilities. In the College of Natural Resources, he established the Donald Moreland Endowed Graduate Fellowship to fund graduate education and research.

Please join us in congratulating a man who believes in investing in education, Dr. Donald Moreland.  We're proud he's one of ours!

College of Natural Resources Distinguished Alumnus Awards
1970-Present

Year	Recipient	Department
2007	Donald E. Moreland '49 '50 '53	Forestry
2006	Earl Deal ‘66	Forestry
2005	Mac Lupold ‘59	Forestry
2004	Charles Lee ‘64	Forestry
2003	Jim Buzzard ‘76	Wood and Paper Science
2002	Dr. David A. Harcharik ‘84	Forestry
2001	Lt. Gen. Dan K. McNeill ‘68	Forestry
2000	Jack P. Jordon '63	Forestry
1999	Margaret L. Rudd '67	Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management
1998	Ted A. Owens '61	Wood and Paper Science
1997	Ronald M. Bost '60	Forestry
1996	Stanford M. Adams '57	Forestry
1995	Joe K. Donald '66	Wood and Paper Science
1994	C.T. Hazelwood '71	Wood and Paper Science
1993	Richard L. Porterfield '70	Forestry
1992	Ed Owens ‘59	Forestry
	Jim Kemp Sherron Jr. '59	Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management
1991	David L. Ashcraft '72	Wood and Paper Science
1990	Leonard A. Kilian Jr. '56	Forestry
1989	Warren S. Thompson '61	Wood and Paper Science
1988	W. Michael Amick ‘63	Wood and Paper Science
1985	H. J. "Boe" Green ‘50	Forestry
1984	J. Robert Carpenter ‘60	Wood and Paper Science
1983	William J. Barton ‘47	Forestry
1982	John Barber ‘50	Forestry
1979	Robert B. Jordan, III ‘54	Wood and Paper Science
	Barry S. Tindall ‘67	Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management
	R. Scott Wallinger ‘60	Forestry
1970	Walt Smith ‘71	Wood and Paper Science
	Steve Boyce ‘49	Forestry

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