Richard Caswell Award The Richard Caswell Award Program was established in January 1998 for state employees with 45 or more years of service. The award acknowledges and expresses appreciation for noteworthy, extended dedicated service. An appropriate statewide or agency-level ceremony is conducted annually for eligible employees. The Office of State Human Resources administers the program. The Employee Recognition Committee serves in an advisory role to the OSHR Employee Recognition Program staff. Richard Caswell was a Maryland native who dedicated most of his adult life to North Carolina. He was the first Orange County clerk of court before taking up arms during the Revolutionary War. He later became a member of the colonial assembly, where he was a champion for free public education. With our young nation’s independence from Britain, Caswell became North Carolina’s first governor, serving from 1776-1780. He next served as state controller, returning to the job of chief executive from 1784-1787. Caswell also was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, then served again as a state senator. In 1789, at age 60, he suffered a fatal stroke while presiding over a senate session in Fayetteville. Caswell Award Policy Past Winners 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2020 Department of Administration Jerry S. Rogers Judicial Branch Robbin R. Creech Mabel H. Lowman Richard McCollister Linda L. Thorne Nell F. Wiggins Department of Justice Phoebe H. West Department of Health and Human Services Joyce W. Gardner Judith Isom Elaine Kistler Melvin Lynch Lynn Pressley Department of Transportation Deborah Jernigan Donald King James Michael Jerry A. Parker 2019 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Timothy A. Batten Kay Glenn Harris Department of Commerce Raymond E. Grace Leonard T. Tyson Department of Health and Human Services James L. Butler Andrew L. Coward Steven Freedman Tom Leeder Barbara Roseboro Myers Rosalie A. Pugh Susie Sherrod-Sanders Robert V. Young III Judicial Branch Frederick G. Lind Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Martha Battle Jackson Office of State Human Resources Ronald C. Condrey Department of Public Safety Cleveland Allen Graham Patricia C. Jackson Department of Public Instruction Governor Morehead School: Frederick McEachern Department of Transportation William L. Faulk Stephen W. Jackson Douglas Sossamon 2018 Department of Administration Vernon Shelton Administrative Office of the Courts Barbara Graves Betty Kelso Amelia Linn Christine Smoot Department of Environmental Quality Bill Moore Roger Thorpe Department of Health and Human Services Arlena Jones Janice Martin John Miller Gerri Nash Carl Privette Clementine Pulliam Charlotte Rouse Department of Revenue Alice Creech Department of Transportation Clayton Evans Wildlife Resources Commission David Allen 2017 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences Noah Smith Department of Environmental Quality Roy Byrd Department of Health and Human Services Carole Allen Barbara McDonald Charles Philbeck Vivian Williams Judicial Branch William Baggs Cora Billups Rebecca Gambill Fred Hatley Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Deborah Coley Department of Public Instruction Betsy West Department of Public Safety Grace Dilda Department of Transportation Judy Heath David Moss 2016 Department of Health and Human Services William Johnson Andrea Morgan Frances Nichols Department of Insurance Francis Di Pasquantonio Judicial Branch Shirley Brooks Patsy Jordan Department of Labor Shelby Stephenson Department of Public Safety Willis Fowler Sarah Wilder Department of Transportation Faye McCullen 2015 Office of Administrative Hearings Judge Fred Morrison Department of Agriculture Linda Franklin Betty Griffin Department of Commerce Helen Dalzell Donald Hoover Ruby Hodge Vena Jester Jerry Pickett Department of Environmental Quality Linda Blalock Department of Health and Human Services Judy Abbott George Allen William Allen Gale Bullard Judith Charles Wanda Freeman Smokey Garcia Judith Harris Velma Hicks Bessie Jernigan Daniel Morgan Carol Rados Brenda Smith Jean Spruill Department of Insurance Robert Wade Judicial Branch Betty English Marlene Fields Barbara Hawkins Rachel Joyner Mary Phillips Patricia Way Department of Justice Judy McLamb Department of Public Safety Myrna Eakes Nora Hunt Sandra Prichard Harold Webster Department of Transportation Wayne Atkins Fred Barkley Clarence Cameron Owen Cordle Elisha Isaacs James Lane Grady Shepard John Shoemaker Johnny Southard
Richard Caswell Award The Richard Caswell Award Program was established in January 1998 for state employees with 45 or more years of service. The award acknowledges and expresses appreciation for noteworthy, extended dedicated service. An appropriate statewide or agency-level ceremony is conducted annually for eligible employees. The Office of State Human Resources administers the program. The Employee Recognition Committee serves in an advisory role to the OSHR Employee Recognition Program staff. Richard Caswell was a Maryland native who dedicated most of his adult life to North Carolina. He was the first Orange County clerk of court before taking up arms during the Revolutionary War. He later became a member of the colonial assembly, where he was a champion for free public education. With our young nation’s independence from Britain, Caswell became North Carolina’s first governor, serving from 1776-1780. He next served as state controller, returning to the job of chief executive from 1784-1787. Caswell also was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, then served again as a state senator. In 1789, at age 60, he suffered a fatal stroke while presiding over a senate session in Fayetteville. Caswell Award Policy Past Winners 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2020 Department of Administration Jerry S. Rogers Judicial Branch Robbin R. Creech Mabel H. Lowman Richard McCollister Linda L. Thorne Nell F. Wiggins Department of Justice Phoebe H. West Department of Health and Human Services Joyce W. Gardner Judith Isom Elaine Kistler Melvin Lynch Lynn Pressley Department of Transportation Deborah Jernigan Donald King James Michael Jerry A. Parker 2019 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Timothy A. Batten Kay Glenn Harris Department of Commerce Raymond E. Grace Leonard T. Tyson Department of Health and Human Services James L. Butler Andrew L. Coward Steven Freedman Tom Leeder Barbara Roseboro Myers Rosalie A. Pugh Susie Sherrod-Sanders Robert V. Young III Judicial Branch Frederick G. Lind Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Martha Battle Jackson Office of State Human Resources Ronald C. Condrey Department of Public Safety Cleveland Allen Graham Patricia C. Jackson Department of Public Instruction Governor Morehead School: Frederick McEachern Department of Transportation William L. Faulk Stephen W. Jackson Douglas Sossamon 2018 Department of Administration Vernon Shelton Administrative Office of the Courts Barbara Graves Betty Kelso Amelia Linn Christine Smoot Department of Environmental Quality Bill Moore Roger Thorpe Department of Health and Human Services Arlena Jones Janice Martin John Miller Gerri Nash Carl Privette Clementine Pulliam Charlotte Rouse Department of Revenue Alice Creech Department of Transportation Clayton Evans Wildlife Resources Commission David Allen 2017 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences Noah Smith Department of Environmental Quality Roy Byrd Department of Health and Human Services Carole Allen Barbara McDonald Charles Philbeck Vivian Williams Judicial Branch William Baggs Cora Billups Rebecca Gambill Fred Hatley Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Deborah Coley Department of Public Instruction Betsy West Department of Public Safety Grace Dilda Department of Transportation Judy Heath David Moss 2016 Department of Health and Human Services William Johnson Andrea Morgan Frances Nichols Department of Insurance Francis Di Pasquantonio Judicial Branch Shirley Brooks Patsy Jordan Department of Labor Shelby Stephenson Department of Public Safety Willis Fowler Sarah Wilder Department of Transportation Faye McCullen 2015 Office of Administrative Hearings Judge Fred Morrison Department of Agriculture Linda Franklin Betty Griffin Department of Commerce Helen Dalzell Donald Hoover Ruby Hodge Vena Jester Jerry Pickett Department of Environmental Quality Linda Blalock Department of Health and Human Services Judy Abbott George Allen William Allen Gale Bullard Judith Charles Wanda Freeman Smokey Garcia Judith Harris Velma Hicks Bessie Jernigan Daniel Morgan Carol Rados Brenda Smith Jean Spruill Department of Insurance Robert Wade Judicial Branch Betty English Marlene Fields Barbara Hawkins Rachel Joyner Mary Phillips Patricia Way Department of Justice Judy McLamb Department of Public Safety Myrna Eakes Nora Hunt Sandra Prichard Harold Webster Department of Transportation Wayne Atkins Fred Barkley Clarence Cameron Owen Cordle Elisha Isaacs James Lane Grady Shepard John Shoemaker Johnny Southard
