A
Brief History of the George Washington Carver
Public Service Hall of Fame Award
1982: Recommendation that an
Outreach Hall of Fame Award Ceremony be established:
“It is recommended that there be established
an ‘Outreach Hall of Fame Ceremony’. This annual ceremony would recognize
individuals from the 1890 Land Grant Universities and Tuskegee Institute for
efforts to improve the quality of life for rural people.”
Proceedings of the 40th Annual PAWC:
Readings on Rural Development Integrated Strategies for Rural Families
and Small Farmers, T.T. Williams, editor, 1983, p. 209.
1983: Call for the creation of The
George Washington Carver Public Service Award:
“This award will be part of the Annual PAWC
program at Tuskegee Institue. This award is given in recognition of
individual whose work mirrors the philosophy of George Washington Carver
that is reflected in this quote:
…it has always been the one great ideal…to be
the greatest good to the greatest number of people
George Washington Carver, 1890
For the
purposes of this award, public service is viewed as significant
accomplishments and contributions in the areas of extension and outreach
activities designed to improve the quality of life for the rural clientele
served by the 1890 Land Grant-Universities and Tuskegee Institute.”
Proceedings of the 41st Annual PAWC:
The Role of USDA, Land-Grant Universities and Other Agencies in Assisting
Rural America- Research, Education and Technology Transfer, T.T.
Williams, editor, 1984, p. 153.
1984: The first award and announcement
of the George Washington Carver Public Service Hall of Fame Award:
“The annual George Washington Carver Public
Service Hall of Fame Award will be part of the 43rd PAWC. The
award is given in recognition of individuals whose work mirrors the
philosophy of the world-recognized scholar—George Washington Carver. Public
Service is viewed as significant accomplishments and in the areas of
teaching, and outreach designed to improve the quality of life for the rural
clientele served by the 1890 Land-Grant Universities and Tuskegee
Institute. The award ceremony is an integral part of the Annual PAWC held
at Tuskegee Institute. (A 17-member recruitment committee is set-up, one
from each 1890 institution and Tuskegee to gather nominees and send to a
five-member selection committee, representing USDA, community-based
organizations, the non-governmental organizations, the private sector, and
the 1890 community, to select the finalist to be recognized at and awards
banquet.)
The first award is presented to Dr. S.J.
Parker, University of Arkansas—Pine Bluff.
Proceedings of the 42nd annual PAWC:
Strategy for Survival of Small Farmers…International Implications, T.T.
Williams, editor, 1985, pp. 310-311.
1993: Announcement of the creation of
and requests for nominations for the Carver II Award:
This award is to accompany the George
Washington Carver Public Service Hall of Fame Award. Nominees for The
Carver II are from the rest of the land grant system, USDA, and the private
sector, community based organizations, and others who have worked long and
hard for the benefit of 1890 programs and the rural disadvantaged.
The first Carver II award is presented to Jim
Tatum of the USDA Soil Conservation Service.
George Washington Carver Public Service
Hall of Fame Lecture
|
YEAR |
PAWC |
Speaker |
Organization |
|
1984a |
42 |
Keynote Speaker:
F.J. Rowan |
Director, Quest Services, Control Data Worldtech,
Inc. |
|
1984b |
42 |
Guest Lecturer: Gilbert C. Fite |
Richard B. Russell Professor of History,
University of Georgia |
|
1985 |
43 |
Harry Van Buren Richardson |
-
Chaplain, Tuskegee Institute,
1933-1948
-
President, Gammon Theological
Seminary, Atlanta, 1948-1959
-
Founder and President,
Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta,
-
Interim National Executive Director,
United Negro College Fund
|
|
1986 |
44 |
John E. Lee, Jr. |
USDA Economic Research Service |
|
1987 |
45 |
Robert D. Havener |
President, Winrock International Institute for
Agricultural Development |
|
1988 |
46 |
Fredrick S. Humphries |
President, Florida A&M University |
|
1990 |
48 |
William P. Hytche |
President, University of Maryland—Eastern Shore
|
|
1991 |
49 |
R. James Hildreth |
Managing Director, The Farm Foundation |
|
1992 |
50 |
Luther Burse |
Special Assistant to the Chief, USDA Forest
Service |
|
1993 |
51 |
Delores R. Spikes |
President, Southern University System |
|
1994 |
52 |
T.T. Williams |
Regional Director, United States Department of
Health and Human Services, retired |
|
1995 |
53 |
Virginia Caples |
Interim President, Alabama A&M University |
|
1996 |
54 |
Carl Marbury |
Director, Alabama Black History Project, Alabama
State University |
|
1997 |
55 |
Lionel J. “Bo” Beaulieu |
Director, Southern Rural Development Center |
|
1998 |
56 |
Earl F. Hilliard |
U.S. House of Representatives, 7th
District, Alabama (D) |
|
1999 |
57 |
Leon Howard Sullivan |
·
Pastor, Zion Baptist Church,
Philadelphia
·
Founder, Opportunities
Industrialization Center (OIC)
·
President, International Foundation
for Education and Self Help |
|
2000 |
58 |
Ernest Holloway |
President, Langston University |
|
2001 |
59 |
Refugio I. Rochin |
Director, Smithsonian Center for Latino
Initiatives |
|
2002 |
60 |
Ralph Christy |
The J. Thomas Clark Professor of Emerging
Markets, Department of Applied Economics and Marketing, Cornell
University |
|
2003 |
61 |
Ernest Cooper-Harris |
Mayor, Town of Anguilla, Mississippi |
|
2004 |
62 |
Lorette Picciano |
Executive Director, Rural Coalition/Coalicion
Rural |
|
2005 |
63 |
Rev. Clifford E. Jones |
Greater Peace Baptist Church, Opelika, AL |
The
Professional Agricultural Workers Conference
Inductees in the George Washington Carver
Public Service Hall of Fame
1984
S.J. Parker
University of Arkansas- Pine Bluff
1985
Robert Lee Hurst
South Carolina State College
1986
Sidney Evans
North Carolina A&T State University
1987
George Edward Robinson, Jr.
Southern University and A&M College
1988
William Bailey Hill
Tuskegee University
1989
Richard D. Morrison
Alabama A&M University
1990
Owen Porter
University of Arkansas- Pine Bluff
1991
Bennie D. Mayberry
Tuskegee University
1992
Burleigh Webb
North Carolina A&T State University
1993
Carver I: Walter Washington
Alcorn State University
Carver II: James Tatum
USDA Soil Conservation Service
1994
Carver I: William Hytche
University of Maryland—Eastern Shore
Carver II: Jim Hildreth/Walter Armbruster
Farm Foundation
1995
Carver I: James I. Dawson
Alabama A&M University
Carver II: McKinley Mayes
USDA Cooperative State Research Service
1996
Carver I: Alfred N. Poindexter
Prairie View A&M University
Carver II: Evelyn M. White
USDA Human Resource Management
1997
Carver I: Thomas T. Williams
Southern University and A&M College/Tuskegee
University
Carver II: Ronald C. Wimberley
North Carolina State University
1998
Carver I: Jimmie Lee Edwards
University of Arkansas—Pine Bluff
Carver II: Pearlie Reed
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
1999
Carver I: Margaret Johnson
South Carolina State University
Carver II: John I. Just-Buddy
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
2000
Carver I: Fred Broughton
South Carolina State University
Carver II: Ralph Paige
Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land
Assistance Fund
2001
Carver I: Leodrey Williams
Southern University and A&M College
Carver II: Horace Smith
USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service
2002
Carver I: R. Grant Seals
Florida A&M University
Carver II: Lawrence Clark
USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service
2003
Carver I: Robert T. Church
Fort Valley State University
Carver II: Alma C. Hobbs
USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and
Extension Service
2004
Carver I: Daniel D. Godfrey, Sr.
North Carolina A&T State University
Carver II: George E. Cooper
USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and
Extension Service
2005
Carver I: Jesse Harness
Alcorn State University
Carver II: Carlton Davis
University of Florida
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