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Holderness/Weaver Award

The Holderness/Weaver Award is for recognition of North Carolinians who have rendered unusually distinguished public service to Greensboro or the Triad.

Guidelines

Nominations must be thoroughly documented by submitting the online form. Nominations may include letters of recommendation and supplemental materials.
No more than one Holderness/Weaver 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

2023 – Dabney H. Sanders and H. Walker Sanders, Community Leaders and Volunteers

2022 – Margaret Bourdeaux Arbuckle ‘74 MEd, ‘84 PhD, Education Advocate, Community Volunteer

2020 – Dr. Antonia Monk Richburg ’87, ’00 MPA, Vice President and Senior Program Officer for Cone Health Foundation

2018 – Sarah Cole Jordan ’56, Community Leader, Volunteer, Child Advocate

2017 – Robert E. (Bobby) Long, Jr., Founder at Long, Miller and Associates, Volunteer Leader

2016 – Shirley Frye, Educator and Community Volunteer

2015 – Elizabeth Buford ’68

2014 – Rev. Mike Aiken, Executive Director of Greensboro Urban Ministry

2013 – Richard Whittington and Preston Lane, Co-Founders of Triad Stage

2012 – Alan W. ’72 MEd and Sally Schindel Cone ’72 MEd

2011 – Dot Kendall Kearns, Public Education Advocate

2010 – T. Clyde & Dorothy B. Collins ’54, Philanthropic & Volunteer Leaders

2009 – Florence Gatten, Former Greensboro City Council Member and Community Volunteer

2007 – Bill Black, Community Volunteer

2006 – Carol J. Mattocks ’62, Community Leader, Volunteer, and Child Advocate

2005 – Shirley Spears, Philanthropic Leader

2004 – Barbara and Herman Cone, Philanthropic Leaders

2002 – Cynthia Doyle, Community Leader and Volunteer; Community Foundation of Greensboro; The Greensboro Children’s Museum

2001 – Phillip Kirk, President, North Carolina Citizens for Business & Industry

2000 – Ashley Ormond Thrift, Attorney, North Carolina Partnership for Children (Smart Start)

1999 – Betty Rae McCain, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources