The Thomas Wolfe Society awards Citations of Merit for exceptional creative or scholarly work on Wolfe.
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Recipients of the TWS Citation of Merit
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1980 Frank E. Eastes Jr., for his film Luke: A Tribute to Fred Wolfe.
1981 John O. Fulenwider Jr., for his creation of the Thomas Wolfe Collection, St. Mary’s College, Raleigh, North Carolina (posthumous).
1981 Myra Champion, for her creation of the Thomas Wolfe Collection, Pack Memorial Library, Asheville, North Carolina.
1981 C. Hugh Holman, for his Wolfe scholarship.
1983 Richard Walser, for his Wolfe scholarship.
1983 Paschal Reeves, for his Wolfe scholarship.
1984 Duane Schneider, for his efforts in forming the Thomas Wolfe Society.
1984 Andrea P. Brown, for her work in organizing seven annual Wolfe Fests at St. Mary’s College, Raleigh, North Carolina.
1985 John S. Phillipson, for his editorship of the Thomas Wolfe Review, his Wolfe scholarship, and his dedicated service to the Thomas Wolfe Society.
1986 Richard S. Kennedy, for his Wolfe scholarship.
1986 Paul Gitlin, for his devotion to protecting the rights of the Wolfe Estate and for his numerous acts of kindness to the Thomas Wolfe Society.
1988 Aldo P. Magi, for his unmatched service to Thomas Wolfe and for his Wolfe scholarship.
1990 John L. Idol Jr., for his dedicated service to the Thomas Wolfe Society and for his Wolfe scholarship.
1990 William B. Wisdom, for his creation of the William B. Wisdom Thomas Wolfe Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University (posthumous).
1991 H. G. Jones, for his distinguished work as Curator of the North Carolina Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill and for his dedicated service to the Thomas Wolfe Society.
1992 Ted Mitchell, for his work in organizing the annual Thomas Wolfe Festival in Asheville, North Carolina.
1992 Morton I. Teicher, for his dedicated service to the Thomas Wolfe Society and for his Wolfe scholarship.
1996 James W. Clark Jr., for his dedicated service to the Thomas Wolfe Society and for his Wolfe scholarship.
1996 Frank C. Wilson, for his creation of an honors undergraduate course at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
1998 David Strange, for his many years of outstanding service to the Society and its members.
1999 Suzanne Stutman, for her dedicated service to the Society and to Wolfe studies.
1999 Alice R. Cotten, for her dedicated service to the Society and to Wolfe studies.
2001 Deborah A. Borland, for her dedicated service to the Society and to Wolfe studies.
2005 Carol Ingalls Johnston (posthumous), for her outstanding contributions to Thomas Wolfe scholarship.
2006 Louis D. Rubin Jr. in recognition of his Wolfe scholarship.
2008 Matthew J. Bruccoli, for his notable contributions to Wolfe studies and for his dedicated service to the Thomas Wolfe Society.
2008 Arlyn Bruccoli, for her important contributions to Wolfe studies and for her dedicated service to the Thomas Wolfe Society.
2008 R. Dietz Wolfe, M.D., for his constant advocacy of his uncle’s literary achievements and for his support of the Thomas Wolfe Society.
2012 Jan G. Hensley, for his many contributions to the Thomas Wolfe Society and to Wolfe studies.
2013 Anne R. Zahlan, for her distinguished editorship of the Thomas Wolfe Review, and her dedicated service to the Thomas Wolfe Society.
2015 Joseph M. Flora, for his Wolfe scholarship, conference planning, and dedicated leadership in furthering Wolfe’s legacy at the University of North Carolina and beyond.
2016 Robert G. Anthony, Jr., for his significant furthering of the literary legacy of Thomas Wolfe by facilitating research and publishing and through faithful stewardship of the Wolfe archives.
2016 Bob R. Powell, for his decades of stewardship as Thomas Wolfe Society Treasurer, and for his numerous other contributions.
2017 J. Todd Bailey, for his dedicated service to The Thomas Wolfe Society and his significant contributions to Wolfe studies.
2017 Leslie Field (posthumous), for his many contributions to the Thomas Wolfe Society and to Wolfe Studies.
2019 Lucy Conniff, for her many contributions to the Thomas Wolfe Society and to Wolfe studies.
2022 Janice McCullagh, for her distinguished scholarship and her extensive contributions to two Thomas Wolfe Society special publications.
2022 Joanne Marshall Mauldin, for her lifetime of distinguished service in all aspects of Thomas Wolfe studies and her service to the Thomas Wolfe Society