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2012 Inductees
John Brantley   RDU International Airport, Manager (retired)
Raymond A. Bryan, Jr.  T. A. Loving Company, Chairman
Nancy Evans Harrington  Greenville Area Transit, Manager (retired)
Edwin Foy Pullen  Pilot, Master Mechanic, Flight Instructor (deceased)
Patrick B. Simmons  NCDOT Rail Division, Director (retired)
Charles W. Smith  Tidewater Transit, Founder, President (retired)
Gilbert S. Waters  Waters Buggy Works, Founder (deceased)
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SPONSORS: Thomas Built Buses, Old Dominion Freight Line, Teer Associates, Lochner,
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ADVERTISERS: Tap Lines (publisher of railroading photos, books and data CD's)
 
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2010 INDUCTION CEREMONY
NEWS RELEASE (pdf) dated October 5, 2010               2010 CEREMONY PICTURES
VIDEO of Inductions (hosted on YouTube)
Archie L. Honbarrier       James E. Harrington             Barbara H. Mulkey   
Carl J. Stewart, Jr.         James D. "Don" Blackburn     W.R. Bonsal     
Jerry Orr                        Kate Herring Highsmith        W.H. "Bill" Teague

● 2010 INDUCTEES
Nine individuals were inducted at the Seventh Annual Induction and Award Ceremony and Luncheon held on Monday October 4, 2010.  In alphabetical order, they were: James D. "Don" Blackburn (former director of transportation, City of Raleigh; W. R. "Rocky" Bonsal (civil engineer Durham & South Carolina Railroad, vice president Seaboard Air Line Railroad); James E. "Jim" Harrington (NCDOT Secretary, 1985-1990); Kate Herring Highsmith (NC Federation of Women's Club president 1945);
Archie Honbarrier (founder, Central Transport, High Point); Barbara H. Mulkey (founder and chairman, Mulkey Engineers and Consultants); Jerry Orr (director, Charlotte Douglas International Airport); Carl J. Stewart, Jr. (chairman, North Carolina State Ports Authority); and W. H. "Bill" Teague (executive director, NC League of Transportation & Logistics)  For more details and inductee bios, go to Inductees page
● 2010 AWARDS
The four awards presented in 2010 were as follows: The Founders Award was presented to North Carolina Operation Lifesaver; the Nello L. Teer Sr. Award for Excellence in Transportation Construction  to the NC Turnpike Authority; the Perley A. Thomas Award for Excellence in Pupil Transportation to retired transportation director of Cleveland County Schools, Don Byrnes, and the Earl E. Congdon Jr. Award for Excellence in Highway Freight Transportation to Duane and Pat Long of Longistics. The Tom Davis Award for Excellence in Aviation was not presented in 2010.
● KEYNOTE SPEAKER
NC Secretary of Transportation Gene Conti was the Keynote Speaker, a role that he also undertook in Charlotte in 2009.
● EXHIBITS and MUSIC
Between 9:30am and 11:30am, there were exhibits by our sponsors and others, as well as music by Chris Anderson and Gail Leonard.