Mrs. Alice B. Bennett

Mrs. Alice B. Bennett established this scholarship in an effort to acknowledge the accomplishments and life’s work of her husband, Mr. Roy R. Bennett. Mr. Bennett was born in Stokes County, NC and graduated from North Carolina State University in 1934. He served as assistant Extension Agent in Rowan County and the Extension Agent in Pitt County. After World War II, he joined the Agronomy Department at NC Sate where he provided the leadership for what became the best tobacco extension program in the world. Alice B. Bennett has since passed away and this scholarship is now managed by their daughter, Mrs. Barbara Furmanski.