Our Donors

Mrs. Saunders Smith

Mrs. Saunders Smith

The Richard R. Johnson Scholarship was established in August 2002. Ms. Saunders O. Campbell created this award in honor of Dr. Richard R. Johnson, a longtime faculty member and ASME advisor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Ms. Campbell is an...

Mrs. Sheila T. Coble

Mrs. Sheila T. Coble

This scholarship was established by Ms. Sheila T. Coble to remember and honor her late husband, Steve M. Coble, a 1975 graduate of the Department of Horticultural Science. Mr. Coble was an active and involved leader in his hometown of Locust, NC. He worked as a sales...

Mrs. Shirley H. Smith, Mr. & Mrs. Gary Hayes, Mr. Kalan Smith, Ms. Jan E. Sebastian

Mrs. Shirley H. Smith, Mr. & Mrs. Gary Hayes, Mr. Kalan Smith, Ms. Jan E. Sebastian

Mr. Rigdon “Bob” Smith was born in Alamance County where he grew up in the farming community of Brown Summit and the Monticello area. After high school, he attended NC State(then “State College”) and went on to serve in the US Air Force for four years. He began his...

Mrs. Susan B. Lewis

Mrs. Susan B. Lewis

Susan Lewis (BSCE ’83), her brother Robert Browne (BSCEC ’82), and her husband Art Lewis (BSCEC ’81) all benefited from their education at NC State and would like to help ensure that other young enterprising students do as well. Mr. Browne and Mrs. Lewis own Beam...

Mrs. Susan Guard (daughter of the Sullivans)

Mrs. Susan Guard (daughter of the Sullivans)

Mr. Charles Sullivan was a 1944 Wildlife and Conservation Management graduate who valued his education from NC State University.

Mrs. Suzanne M. Beckstoffer & Mr. William H. Beckstoffer II

Mrs. Suzanne M. Beckstoffer & Mr. William H. Beckstoffer II

The McGee Harrelson Beckstoffer Scholarship was established July 2010. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Beckstoffer II created this scholarship. Mrs. Suzanne Beckstoffer is a graduate of Civil Engineering, class of 1982.

Mr. Stephen H. Robertson

Mr. Stephen H. Robertson

Stephen Robertson grew up on the coast of North Carolina where he developed a lifelong passion for the sea and sailing, as well as a love of nature in the marshes and waterways of the barrier island coastal ecosystem. An after-school and summer job during his high...

Mr. Steve E. Smith

Mr. Steve E. Smith

Mr. Steve E. Smith is a former student of the Agricultural Institute, Class of 1966. He worked for over 35 years in the tobacco warehouse business in North Carolina, South Carolina and Kentucky. He is a past member of the Flue-Cured Tobacco Advisory Committee (USDA),...

Mrs. Thelma L. Beavers, Mrs. Connie B. Harris

Mrs. Thelma L. Beavers, Mrs. Connie B. Harris

In honor of Alan Boe Beavers and his years of excellent service to the North Carolina poultry, livestock, and feed industries, this award is given to students on the basis of merit in Animal Science or Poultry Science who plan to enter the feed industry. Mr. Beavers,...

Mrs. Virginia Teske Smith

Mrs. Virginia Teske Smith

Henry B. Smith established this scholarship in 1985. Before coming to NC State, Dr. Smith helped develop products such as Dial Soap and Maxwell House Instant Coffee. Dr. Smith was assistant professor of Chemical Engineering at Bucknell University from 1941 until...

Mr. S. V. Stevens, III

Mr. S. V. Stevens, III

This scholarship endowment was established in memory of Mr. S. Vernon Stevens, Jr. Mr. Stevens graduated from North Carolina State University and served on the board of the NC State University Alumni Association. Mr. Stevens was active in many agricultural...

Mr. Terry L. Henderson

Mr. Terry L. Henderson

The George Wayburn Endowed Scholarship was established in April 1997. Mr. Terry L. Henderson created this scholarship in honor of M. George Wayburn

Mr. Timothy Cashion, Mr. William T. Mansfield

Mr. Timothy Cashion, Mr. William T. Mansfield

Created by the AGI Alumni of NC State, this award honors one AGI student each year based on academic acheivement.

Mr. Tommy Bunn

Mr. Tommy Bunn

Lloyd T. Weeks served as Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Manager and contributed much to the development and advancement of agriculture in North Carolina

Mr. Tony McGaha

Mr. Tony McGaha

Howard L. Dalton, Extension Dairy Agent in Alamance and Guilford Counties for many years is honored with this scholarship. Merit-based scholarships from this endowment are awarded to two-year, four-year, or graduate students (Extension Dairy Agents pursuing advanced...

Mr. Tony Treadway, Ms. Ann Garner Riddle

Mr. Tony Treadway, Ms. Ann Garner Riddle

Dr. Rushing is a faculty member in the Department of Food Science at NC State University. He is known as an advocate for university extension to the food processing industry in the southeast. He also served as Executive Director of the Southeastern Food Processor’s...

Mr. Vance C. Dalton, Ms. Judy Hewitt

Mr. Vance C. Dalton, Ms. Judy Hewitt

Carolina Farm Credit is part of the Farm Credit System, which services credit needs of agriculture related endeavors. Carolina Farm Credit’s directors are also farmers and the bank has 54 branches throughout the state of North Carolina.

Mr. Van S. Watson, III

Mr. Van S. Watson, III

Mr. Van S. Watson, Jr. was a prominent Rocky Mount businessman who also made many significant contributions to agriculture. He was born in Nash County, the son of the late Van S. Watson and Ruth Benedict Watson. His father served as the mayor of Rocky Mount and also...

Mr. Wendell H. Murphy

Mr. Wendell H. Murphy

Wendell H. Murphy of Murphy Farms, Inc., was born in Rose Hill, N.C. Mr. Murphy was President and Chairman of the Board of Murphy Farms, a 1960 graduate of NC State University, and a former Senator in the NC General Assembly. Murphy Farms was North Carolina’s largest...

Mr. Wilbur Leroy Roberts

Mr. Wilbur Leroy Roberts

Mr. Wilbur Leroy Roberts is a 1950 Soil Science/Agronomy alumnus originally from Winston-Salem, NC. He taught vo-ag in Murphy High School in Cherokee County until he retired in 198. He has won awards for amateur radio, collects model trains, buys and sells motor...

Mr. William C. Creel, II

Mr. William C. Creel, II

Mrs. Creel and family established this scholarship in 1978 in memory of W. C. “Billy” Creel. Mr. Creel is an alumnus of NC State, holding a degree in High School Teaching Education, class of 1936. He worked for five years as a teacher and coach at Garner High School....

Mr. William D. Poe, Jr.

Mr. William D. Poe, Jr.

This scholarship was established in memory of Dr. Benjamin W. Kilgore, Sr., Mr. Benjamin W. Kilgore, Jr., Mr. Clarence Poe, and Mr. William D. Poe who were all former editors or officers of The Progressive Farmer. This fund was created by the Kilgore and Poe families...

Mr. William J. Barton

Mr. William J. Barton

The Barton and Calder Industry Forestry Scholarship Endowment was established in 2001 by the late Mr. William J. Barton, in honor of his mentor, Alexander Calder, Jr. William Barton was born in Canton, North Carolina. He received his bachelors in Forestry...

Mr. William M. McLawhorn, Jr.

Mr. William M. McLawhorn, Jr.

This annual scholarship was established by Billy and Martha McLawhorn of New Bern, NC in an effort to encourage young people to enter the field of Agricultural Consulting and as a means of expressing their love for NC State University.

Mr. W. J. Adams

Mr. W. J. Adams

The scholarship was established by the family of J. Carlie Adams Sr. to honor his memory. Scholarships are intended for incoming freshman from Fuquay-Varina High School (or another Wake County high school if no student from Fuquay Varina High is identified). an...

Mr. W. Parker Edwards, II, Ms. Cecile Edwards Mooney

Mr. W. Parker Edwards, II, Ms. Cecile Edwards Mooney

Mr. William Parker Edwards was a native of Wake County, NC, attending the Wake County Public Schools and Fishburne Military School in Waynesboro, Virginia. He was a 1956 graduate of NC State’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Agronomy program.

Mr. Zach Nicholson

Mr. Zach Nicholson

I was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina but have established roots and a growing family in East Texas. After graduating from NCSU as a Chemical Engineer in 2009 I went directly into industry. I found climbing the corporate ladder to be exhausting and empty....

Ms. Anne Fleming Coghill

Ms. Anne Fleming Coghill

Ms. Coghill graduated from high school in 1951, and married Roger Fleming of Manson, NC. Anne worked for Carolina Power & Light Company while Roger attended NC State College. When Roger joined the Air Force and was transferred to Washington, D.C. Anne joined him;...

Ms. Anne G. Manning

Ms. Anne G. Manning

This scholarship was established through the will of T. Newton and Josephine Cook to recognize graduate and undergraduate (with preference to undergraduate) students who are pursuing a course of study in agricultural and resource economics.

Ms. Ann L. Cobb

Ms. Ann L. Cobb

This scholarship was established by the Raleigh Hemerocallis Club to provide an annual scholarship for undergraduate students in the Department of Horticultural Science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at NC State University. It is awarded to...