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2013 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS
Ward Nye ’81 to Receive Durham Academy’s Distinguished Alumni Award
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urham Academy will honor Ward Nye ’81 as its Distinguished Alumni recipient on April 12 at the Spring Alumni Reception. Nye attended Durham Academy from seventh through 12th grades. He graduated from Duke University with honors in 1984, and in 1987 he received his law degree from Wake Forest University. Nye is president, chief executive officer and a board member of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., the nation’s second-largest producer of construction aggregates. Prior to joining Martin Marietta in 2006, Nye spent 13 years with London-based Hanson PLC’s North American aggregates, hot mix asphalt, ready mixed concrete, cement and construction group headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Hanson is one of the world’s largest suppliers of heavy building materials. At Hanson, Nye held a series of increasingly responsible positions, including executive vice president. Nye has been a gubernatorial appointee and is currently vice chair on the North Carolina Mining Commission, and he also serves on the executive committee of the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association. He has been a member of the board of directors of the American Road Transportation Builders Association and the National Association of Chief Executive Officers. He has served numerous other state, community and charitable organizations, including the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, the Duke University Alumni Association Board of Directors, Wells Fargo/Wachovia’s Central Regional Advisory Board and Rex Healthcare, Inc.’s Board of Trustees. Nye was recognized by Aggregates Manager magazine in 2006 as its AggMan of the Year. Nye will speak at an Upper School assembly on April 12 and will be honored that evening at the alumni reception. For more information on the Distinguished Alumni event, please visit www.da.org/alumni.
SPRING ALUMNI RECEPTION Friday, April 12, 6 p.m. Upper School Learning Commons
distinguished alumni ABOVE: Ward Nye ’81 is president and chief executive officer of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
Join us as we recognize
Distinguished Alumni Award winner Ward Nye.
Email Tim McKenna,
associate director of alumni
affairs, at tim.mckenna@da.org for more information.
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