RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) Executive Director Allan Head was presented the James Iredell Award on Wednesday, March 18, by Campbell Law School’s Phi Alpha Delta (PAD) law fraternity. The NCBA’s chief executive since February 1981, Head received the award at a reception and dinner held at The City Club in downtown.
A photo gallery of the evening is available on the Campbell Law School Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/campbelllawschool.
Dean Leonard and Allan Head
Head earned his undergraduate degree (1966) and juris doctor (1969) from Wake Forest University. Upon graduating from law school and being admitted to the bar, he moved to Germany in 1970 where he served as a lawyer for the United States Army Security Agency Europe for three years. Head then moved back to North Carolina and became the executive secretary of the NCBA until 1981. Since then he has served as the organization’s executive director and treasurer. Head is an active member of the American Bar Association and an ABA-Bar Leadership Institute speaker.
Since 1980 the James Iredell Award has been presented each year by Campbell Law’s PAD chapter to an individual who has made significant contributions to the legal profession and to Campbell Law. The award, inspired by the life and writings of Justice James Iredell, the namesake of Campbell Law’s PAD chapter, honors the recipient’s accomplishments, tenacity and effort.
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