Established in April 1983, the Charles Duncan McIver Award recognizes North Carolinians who have rendered unusually distinguished public service to the state or beyond. This award, in the form of a medal bearing the likeness of Charles Duncan McIver, will be known as the “McIver Medal” in honor of the University’s founder.

Guidelines

  • Nominations must be thoroughly documented by submitting the online form. Nominations may include letters of recommendation and supplemental materials.
  • No more than one McIver Award is presented in one year, and the award is not required to be presented in any given year.
  • Your nomination is valid for one awards cycle. If the Awards Committee wishes to reconsider a nominee for longer than one awards cycle, the nominator will be notified by the Vice Chancellor for University Advancement
  • The Awards Committee has the authority to move candidates between categories if they feel the applicant more closely aligns with the other award.

The following restrictions apply to all nominees:

  • A nominee cannot have been a University student within the past five (5) years;
  • A nominee cannot have been a University employee within the past five (5) years;
  • A nominee cannot be a current member of the University Board of Trustees, or have been a member of the Board of Trustees within the past three (3) years;
  • A nominee cannot currently hold public office nor be a candidate for public office; and
  • A nominee cannot be receiving any monetary compensation from the University or its affiliates during the nomination process.

Past Recipients

2020 – Kay Hagan, U.S. Senator (awarded posthumously)

2018 – Luther H. Hodges, Jr., Philanthropic Leader and retired banker

2017 – Joseph M. Bryan, Jr., Philanthropist and Community Leader

2016 – Tom Ross, Former UNC System president

2015 – Fred Chappell, Poet Laureate of North Carolina

2014 – Kathy E. Manning, community advocate

2013 – Maggie Jeffus, ’70 MEd, N.C. Representative

2012 – Martha Hendrix Kaley ’80 MEd

2011 – Sue Woodall Cole, Business Leader

2010 – Stanley & Doris Tanger, Philanthropic Leaders

2009 – Ann Goodnight, Philanthropic and Volunteer Leader

2007 – James B. Hunt, Governor, North Carolina

2006 – Hugh M. Morton, Conservationist and Preservationist

2005 – E. S. “Jim” Melvin, President, The Bryan Foundation

2004 – Don Cameron, President, Guilford Technical Community College

2002 – Dennis Barry, President & CEO, Moses Cone Medical System

2001 – Charles Hamner, President & CEO, North Carolina Biotechnology Center

2000 – Thomas W. Lambeth, Executive Director, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation

1999 – Gerhardt Zimmerman, Maestro, North Carolina Symphony

1998 – John Hope Franklin, Professor, Duke University

1997 – Terry Sanford, Governor and Senator, North Carolina

1996 – Barton A. Parks, Professor of Justice and Policy, Guilford College

1995 – C. Stewart Rogers, Healthserve Medical Center; Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro

1994 – Jack F. Matlock, Jr., Ambassador, US Foreign Service

1992 – William C. Friday, President, The University of North Carolina System

1991 – L. Richardson Preyer, Congressman, United States Congress

1990 – Robert Byrd Jordan III, Lieutenant Governor, North Carolina

1989 – Bland W. Worley, Board Chairman, Barclays American Corporation

1988 – Martha K. Sharpless, Chief of Pediatric Teaching Service, Moses Cone Hospital

1987 – Archie K. Davis, Board Chairman, Wachovia Corporation

1986 – Henry E. Frye, Chief Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court

1985 – Susie Marshall Sharpe, Chief Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court

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