John J. Parker Award Nominations Due March 1

Article Date: Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Written By: Russell Rawlings

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March 1 is the deadline for submitting nominations for the Judge John J. Parker Memorial Award in 2011.

Established in 1959 by the NCBA as "the highest honor of this association bestowed in recognition of conspicuous service to the cause of jurisprudence in North Carolina," recipients are chosen as merited, not annually.

If awarded this year, presentation of the Parker Award will take place at the 2011 NCBA Annual Meeting, scheduled June 23-26 at the Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa in Asheville.

Judge Parker served with distinction on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 1925 until his death in 1958, including 27 years of service as chief judge. He practiced law in Greensboro, Charlotte and his native Monroe, and served as special assistant to the U.S. Attorney General prior to his appointment to the bench.

In 1944-45, Judge Parker served as an alternate judge on the International Allied Military Tribunal, better known as the Nuremburg Trials.

Previous Recipients of the
Judge John J. Parker Memorial Award
1959    J. Spencer Bell, Charlotte
1961    Hoyt Patrick Taylor Jr., Wadesboro                
1962    Robert Franklin Moseley, Greensboro 
1963    J. Will Pless Jr., Marion                                   
1964    Albert Coates, Chapel Hill                               
1966    David Maxwell Britt, Fairmont @
           Lindsay C. Warren Jr., Goldsboro              
1969    Raymond Bowden Mallard, Tabor City
1971    William Marion Storey, Raleigh            
1972    Carroll Wayland Weathers, Winston-Salem
1975    James Dickson Phillips Jr., Chapel Hill 
1977    Hamilton Harris Hobgood, Louisburg
1978    Susie Marshall Sharp, Raleigh
1981    Sam J. Ervin Jr., Morganton
1984    William F. Womble Sr., Winston-Salem
1986    Harry E. Groves, Durham
1987    Joseph Branch, Raleigh
1989    James B. McMillan, Charlotte
1991    Franklin T. Dupree Jr., Raleigh
1992    Carmon J. Stuart, Greensboro
1993    Russell M. Robinson II, Charlotte
1994    Julius L. Chambers, Durham
1996    William L Thorp, Chapel Hill
1997    James G. Exum, Jr., Greensboro
1999    Dr. Norman A. Wiggins, Buies Creek
2000    Walter F. Brinkley, Jr. Lexington
2002    Harry C. Martin, Asheville
2004    Robinson E. Everett, Durham
2006    Clarence W. "Ace" Walker, Charlotte
2007    Henry E. Frye, Greensboro
2008    William L. Osteen, Greensboro
2009    F. Leary Davis, Greensboro
2010    E. Osborne Ayscue Jr., Charlotte