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College of Natural Resources Distinguished Alumni

November 16, 2022
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Each year, the College of Natural Resources selects a Distinguished Alumnus of the Year as part of the NC State Alumni Association’s Evening of the Stars. Recipients have excelled in their careers, made a difference in their communities and given back to their alma mater.

College of Natural Resources Distinguished Alumni

  • 2022 Kenneth “K.O.” Summerville ’59, Forest Management
  • 2021 Sam Cook ’85, Forest Management
  • 2020 Marcus Martin ’70, Paper Science and Engineering
  • 2019 Terry Shockley ’75, Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
  • 2018 Zachary Guy ’01, Paper Science and Engineering
  • 2017 Jimmy Wall ’72, Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
  • 2016 Ron Terry ’76, Paper Science and Engineering
  • 2015 Art Raymond ’69, Wood Science and Technology
  • 2014 Brenda Brickhouse ’80 ’88, Forest Management
  • 2012 Ray Tanner ’80 ’83, Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
  • 2011 Ed Leigh McMillan II ’62, Forest Management
  • 2010 Ernie Alexander ’67, Paper Science and Engineering
  • 2009 Harold “Butch” Blanchard ’63, Forest Management
  • 2008 Chavonda Jacobs-Young ’89 ’92, Paper Science and Engineering
  • 2007 Donald E. Moreland ’49 ’50 ’53, Forest Management
  • 2006 Earl Deal ’66 ’86, Forest Management
  • 2005 Mac Lupold ’59, Forest Management
  • 2004 Charles Lee ’64 ’72, Forest Management
  • 2003 Jim Buzzard ’76, Paper Science and Engineering
  • 2002 Dr. David A. Harcharik ’84, Forest Management
  • 2001 Lt. Gen. Dan K. McNeill ’68, Wood Science and Technology
  • 2000 Jack P. Jordon ’63, Wood Science and Technology
  • 1999 Margaret L. Rudd ’67, Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
  • 1998 Ted A. Owens ’61, Paper Science and Engineering
  • 1997 Ronald M. Bost ’60, Forest Management
  • 1996 Stanford M. Adams ’57, Forest Management
  • 1995 Joe K. Donald ’66, Paper Science and Engineering
  • 1994 C.T. Hazelwood ’71, Paper Science and Engineering
  • 1993 Richard L. Porterfield ’70, Forest Management
  • 1992 Ed Owens ’59, Forest Management; Jim Kemp Sherron Jr. ’59, Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
  • 1991 David L. Ashcraft ’68 ’72, Paper Science and Engineering
  • 1990 Leonard A. Kilian Jr. ’56, Forest Management
  • 1989 Warren S. Thompson ’61, Wood Science and Technology
  • 1988 W. Michael Amick ’63, Paper Science and Engineering
  • 1987 None awarded 
  • 1986 None awarded 
  • 1985 H. J. “Boe” Green ’50, Forest Management
  • 1984 J. Robert Carpenter ’60, Paper Science and Engineering
  • 1983 William J. Barton ’47, Forest Management
  • 1982 John Barber ’50, Forest Management
  • 1979 Robert B. Jordan III ’54, Lumber Products and Merchandising; Barry S. Tindall ’67, Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management; R. Scott Wallinger ’60, Forestry Management
  • 1970 W. Ramsay Smith ’71, Wood Science and Technology; Steve Boyce ’49 ’51 ’53, Forest Management