{"id":22291,"date":"2022-06-07T15:00:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T19:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=22291"},"modified":"2024-01-25T09:38:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T14:38:58","slug":"mann-wildlife-conservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/news\/2022\/06\/mann-wildlife-conservation\/","title":{"rendered":"Mann Family Establishes Wildlife Conservation Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

No one would be more delighted with the first recipient of the Carroll and Dawn Mann Wildlife Conservation Scholarship than the man for whom it is named.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dawn Mann said her husband, alumnus Dr. Carroll L. Mann III, would have been thrilled with the selection of Abigail Johnson, a graduate of Avery County High School in Newland, North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mrs. Mann said the scholarship was intended to take effect upon her death, \u201cbut I just couldn\u2019t wait! I wanted to do some good with it now, to honor the memory of my husband Carroll and to get to know the recipient while I was still around. And in a way, he gets to live on through the good works of this young woman.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The renewable scholarship covers undergraduate tuition, fees, room and board, books and supplies for a student enrolled in the Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology Program. It is part of an endowment that Dr. Mann, a neurosurgeon from Raleigh, and his wife Dawn, established to honor a century-long, three-generation legacy at NC State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mann, an avid big game hunter and fisherman, died in 2013. He graduated in 1959 with a zoology degree from NC State before earning his M.D. His father was Carroll Mann Jr., a 1932 university alumnus and professor, and his grandfather, Carroll Mann, was an 1899 graduate and longtime head of civil engineering who was the namesake for Mann Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dawn Mann (left) and Abigail Johnson (second from left) pose in front of a picture of Dr. Carroll L. Mann III. Photo provided.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mrs. Mann invited the scholarship winner, Johnson, to visit with her after the scholarship was awarded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe is a delightful person, smart and ready to learn,\u201d Mann said. \u201cIt\u2019s almost like my husband hand-picked her. She shares his passion for natural resources, preservation and wildlife.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson, a freshman, said she was so excited to hear she had been selected for the scholarship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always loved animals,\u201d she said. \u201cI grew up around a lot of animals, going to Grandfather Mountain, and I worked in a veterinarian\u2019s office for three or four years. I don\u2019t know what I\u2019ll ultimately do with my studies \u2013 maybe a wildlife rehabilitator, or a park ranger.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mrs. Mann said she looks forward to keeping in touch with Abby and watching her NC State story unfold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI hope to continue to build a strong relationship with her and I can\u2019t wait to see what she ends up doing,\u201d she said. \u201cI know my husband would be proud.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Story written by Beth Grace for the College of Natural Resources<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"\n\n\n\n\n

No one would be more delighted with the first recipient of the Carroll and Dawn Mann Wildlife Conservation Scholarship than the man for whom it is named.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dawn Mann said her husband, alumnus Dr. Carroll L. Mann III, would have been thrilled with the selection of Abigail Johnson, a graduate of Avery County High School in Newland, North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mrs. Mann said the scholarship was intended to take effect upon her death, \u201cbut I just couldn\u2019t wait! I wanted to do some good with it now, to honor the memory of my husband Carroll and to get to know the recipient while I was still around. And in a way, he gets to live on through the good works of this young woman.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The renewable scholarship covers undergraduate tuition, fees, room and board, books and supplies for a student enrolled in the Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology Program. It is part of an endowment that Dr. Mann, a neurosurgeon from Raleigh, and his wife Dawn, established to honor a century-long, three-generation legacy at NC State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mann, an avid big game hunter and fisherman, died in 2013. He graduated in 1959 with a zoology degree from NC State before earning his M.D. His father was Carroll Mann Jr., a 1932 university alumnus and professor, and his grandfather, Carroll Mann, was an 1899 graduate and longtime head of civil engineering who was the namesake for Mann Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dawn Mann (left) and Abigail Johnson (second from left) pose in front of a picture of Dr. Carroll L. Mann III. Photo provided.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mrs. Mann invited the scholarship winner, Johnson, to visit with her after the scholarship was awarded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe is a delightful person, smart and ready to learn,\u201d Mann said. \u201cIt\u2019s almost like my husband hand-picked her. She shares his passion for natural resources, preservation and wildlife.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson, a freshman, said she was so excited to hear she had been selected for the scholarship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always loved animals,\u201d she said. \u201cI grew up around a lot of animals, going to Grandfather Mountain, and I worked in a veterinarian\u2019s office for three or four years. I don\u2019t know what I\u2019ll ultimately do with my studies \u2013 maybe a wildlife rehabilitator, or a park ranger.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mrs. Mann said she looks forward to keeping in touch with Abby and watching her NC State story unfold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI hope to continue to build a strong relationship with her and I can\u2019t wait to see what she ends up doing,\u201d she said. \u201cI know my husband would be proud.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Story written by Beth Grace for the College of Natural Resources<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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