Record #:

4930

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

On November 27, 2000, William S. Powell received the North Carolina Award, the state's highest civilian honor. Only 176 of the state's citizens have been so honored since the award's inception in 1964. Powell is emeritus professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a distinguished scholar of the state's history.

Source:

Carolina Comments (NoCar F 251 C38), Vol. 49 Issue 1, Jan 2001, p6, il

Subject(s):

Powell, William Stevens, 1919-; North Carolina Award