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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 40^th 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 41^st 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 43^rd 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 42^nd 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, 7^th 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
2006	64	Felecia L. Jones	Executive Director, The Black Belt Community Foundation, Selma, AL
2007	65	Hazo W. Carter, Jr.	President, West Virginia State University and Chair, Council of 1890 Presidents and Chancellors
2008	66	Fred Harrison	Dean Emeritus, College of Agriculture, Home Economics and Allied Programs, Fort Valley State University and Executive Committee, Council for Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching (CARET), National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC)

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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

2006

Carver I: Marion F. Simon

Kentucky State University

Carver II: Clifford J. Herron

USDA Farm Service Agency

2007

Carver I: Ernest Holloway

Langston University

Carver II: Curtiland Deville

USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service

2008

Carver I: Ulysses S. Washington, Jr

Delaware State University

Carver II: Emory Shaw Campbell

Penn Center (ret.) and Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Center The Color of Wealth in the Green Economy: Best Practices, Programs and Policies

For more information, contact Conference Coordinators Ntam Baharanyi at 334-724-4840, baharany@tuskegee.edu or Robert Zabawa at 334-727-8114, zabawar@tuskegee.edu.