North Carolina Museums Council

Powered by Google™
Find a Museum About NCMC NCMC Programs Conference News Students Join Contact Us  

Congratulations, 2007 NCMC Professional Award Winners!

Presented at the Holiday Inn Select Ballroom, Hickory, N.C. on Thursday, March 1, 2007.

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

(To see the Multi-Media Awards, visit here.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Award recipients for 2007 included, front row (left to right): Perry Hurt, North Carolina Museum of Art; Suzanne McDowell, Mountain Heritage Center; Edith Brady, High Point Museum; Vickie Peacock, N. C. Transportation Museum; Kelli Reich, Old Salem Museums & Gardens; Jennifer Litzelman, winner of the Student Memorial Scholarship Award; Lynne Poirier-Wilson, Asheville Art Museum, Service Award for Stewardship; Hazel Miller, Asheville Art Museum, Service Award for Individual Volunteer. Back row (left to right): Peter Koch, Mountain Heritage Center, Western Carolina University; Dr. Richard Knapp, Alderson Lifetime Achievement Award, retired, N.C. Historic Sites; Jerry Jackson, Mid-Career Professional Award, Rocky Mount Arts Center; Dee Thonnard, Early Career Professional Award, N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher; Sara Capps, N.C. Museum of Forestry; Dusty Wescott, accepting the posthumous Memorial Award for his father, Richard Wescott (Museum of Life & Science, Durham); and Bob Remsburg, N.C. State Historic Sites. (Photo by Ashley Poteat)

 

William T. Alderson Lifetime Achievement Award (retired professional): Dr. Richard Knapp, formerly with N.C. Historic Sites

Memorial Award (posthumous): Richard Wescott, Museum of Life & Science, Durham

Professional Service Award (active professional): Neil Fulghum, Keeper, N.C. Collection Gallery, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill (photo left)

Mid-Career Professional Award: Jerry Jackson, Rocky Mount Arts Center

Early Career Professional Award: Dee Thonnard, N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher

Service Award for an Individual Volunteer: Hazel Miller, Asheville Art Museum

Service Award for an Organization: No award in 2007

Service Award for Staff Contributions: Avery County Historical Society & Museum Board

Service Award for Stewardship: Lynne Poirier-Wilson, Asheville Art Museum

Student Memorial Scholarship Award: Jennifer Litzelman (graduate student, public history, N.C. State University)

Student Scholarships: Brittany Lewis (UNCG), Tierra Jolly (American University) and Jenny Jamison (N.C. State University).

NCMC Internship Award: Awarded to the Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, to help fund a summertime intern.


Home - Find a Museum - About NCMC - NCMC Programs - Conference - News - Students - Join - Contact Us

Copyright 2002-2008, North Carolina Museums Council
PO Box 2603, Raleigh, NC 27602-2603
Site maintained by webmaster@ncmuseums.org