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N. C. Journalism Hall of Fame
Robert Ruark was posthuously inducted into the N. C. Hall of Fame in Journalism on April 19, 2009. The ceremony was held in the Chancellor's Ballroom of the Carolina Inn, in Chapel Hill. His induction was part of the N. C. Halls of Fame Induction Ceremonies where William I. Morton was inducted into the N. C.Hall of Fame in Advertising and Trip Park received the Next Generation Leadership Award.

The N. C. Halls of Fame, based in the School of Journalism and Mass Communicatons at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, recognizes individuals who have made outstanding career-long conributions to their fields.  Honorees must be native North Carolinians, or must have become distinctly identified with the state.

The Robert Ruark Society of Chapel Hill nominatd Ruark for this distinguished honor. 

Below is a short slide presentation featuring a copy of the invitation and program for the induction event, held on April 9, 2009.  Just click on the large arrow point at the bottom of the first photo to run the slide presentation.

A list of honorees in the N. C. Journalism Hall of Fame follows.

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Honorees
N.C. Journalism Hall of Fame

Penelope Muse Abernathy (1998)
John B. Adams (1989)
Bob and Peggy Allen (2006)
Bonnie Angelo (1995)
Louis Austin (2006)
James K. Batten (1990)
Henry Belk (1987)
Jack Betts (2006)
Furman Bisher (1985)
David Brinkley (1989)
Jennie Buckner (2007)
W. C. "Mutt" Burton (1994)
Orville Campbell (1993)
Wallace Carroll (1986)
W. Horace Carter (1983)
W.J. Cash (1986)
Lenoir Chambers (1991)
Jack Claiborne (2001)
Reese Cleghorn (1996)
Beatrice Cobb (1985)
O.J. "Skipper" Coffin (1982)
Richard Cole (2005)
Willard Cole (1992)
Richard Curtis (1997)
Clifton Daniel (1982)
Frank A. Daniels (1991)
Frank Daniels Jr. (1996)
Jonathan Daniels (1985)
Josephus Daniels (1981)
Burke Davis (1984)
James Davis (2008)
Betty Debnam (1999)
Birdie Lee Speight Debnam (2003)
Harriet Doar (1993)
Joseph C. Doster Jr. (1993)
James Edward "Bill" Dowd (2001)
Jim Dumbell (1998)
Vivian Austin Edmonds (1988)
Simmons Fentress (1998)
J.D. Fitz (1986)
Fred J. Flagler (2005)
Ashley B. Futrell (1991)
Mary Garber (1992)
Kays Gary (1986)
David E. Gillespie (1989)
Harry Golden (1983)
James Goodmon (1997)
Ron Green (1998)
Brodie S. Griffith (1989)
Ferrel Guillory (2007)
Margaret Harper (1987)
Lou Harris (1988)
Charles Hauser (2000)
Lawrence "Jeep" Hunter (2004)
Marjorie Hunter (1992)
James F. Hurley III (1991)
R. Edward Jackson (1995)
Jay Jenkins (1990)
T.C. Jervay (1999)
Gerald W. Johnson (1984)
William Davis Jones III (1994)
Karen Jurgensen (2001)
Carl Kasell (2004)
Larry Keith (2001)
Charles Kuralt (1981)
Harvey Laffoon (2002)
Tom Lassiter (1982)
William C. Lassiter (1984)
Nell Lewis (2000)
Neil Luxon (1987)
Malcolm Mallette (2002)
Doug Marlette (2002)
Jeff MacNelly (1985)
Robert Mason (1987)
Bill McIlwain (2004)
Sam S. McKeel (1994)
C.A. "Pete" McKnight (1981)
Philip Meyer (2008)
Roger Mudd (1983)
Rolfe Neill (1988)
Herb O'Keef (1988)
Roy H. Park (1990)
Roy H. Parker Jr. (1999)
Walter Phillips (2002)
Rose Post (1996)
Erwin R. Potts (1993)
Bob Quincy (2005)
Sam Ragan (1984)
Dorothy Ridings (1997)
Peter Ross Range (1998)
Gene Roberts (1984)
Steed Rollins (1996)
Charlie Rose (1999)
Morris W. Rosenberg (1989)
Vermont Royster (1981)
Robert Ruark (2009)
Reed Sarratt (1985)
Ellen Scarborough (2004)
Andrew "Mac" Secrest (2007)
Don Shoemaker (1982)
James H. Shumaker (1989)
Claude Sitton (1987)
Irwin Smallwood (1990)
William D. Snider (1983)
A.C. Snow (1993)
Walter Spearman (1983)
Hugh Stevens (2006)
Pat Stith (2005)
Don Sturkey (1991)
Sam Summerlin (1987)
Elizabeth Gold Swindell (1994)
M.S. Van Hecke (1992)
David J. Whichard II (1995)
Tom Wicker (1981)
Jon Witherspoon (2005)
William Woestendiek (1997)
Jonathan Yardley (1990)
Ed Yoder (1985)
David A. Zucchino (1995)


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