MARY FRANCES ALL FORRESTER PAST PRINCESS SCHOLARSHIP
The Past Princess Endowment fund has been made possible by the vision and contribution pf Mary Frances All Forrester, the 1956 North Carolina Azalea Festival Princess. She recognizes from her own experience the value and the impact such a scholarship can have on a student's life.

Mary Frances Forrester's generous gift to the North Carolina Azalea Festival is the initial donation to an endowment fund established to assist with the scholarship for the future North Carolina Azalea Festival Princesses. The Festival is honored to name the endowment the "Past Princess Scholarship Fund, founded by Mary Frances All Forrester." The Azalea Festival Board of Directors and the more than 1,000 Festival volunteers are very thankful for this contribution. It is because of generosity like Mrs. Forrester's that the Azalea Festival continues to be an event that Wilmington, and all of North Carolina, are proud to call our own.

Mary Frances All Forrester earned the title of North Carolina Azalea Festival Princess in 1956. She graduated from New Hanover High School in 1957, and went on to Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, Wake Forest University, and Bowman Gray School of Cytotechnology. She has worked as both a professional model and cytotechnologist. Mrs. Forrester lives in Stanley, North Carolina with her husband of 42 years, Dr. James S. Forrester, who is a family physician and North Carolina State Senator. She is the mother of four children and has five grandchildren. Mrs. Forrester has been a Sunday School teacher for more than 25 years and has been involved in numerous community organizations including the American Red Cross, Heart Association, St. Jude's Children's Hospital, Girl Scouts, North Carolina Medical Society, MADD, and League of Women Voters. She was a principle dancer and artistic director for the Winston Salem Ballet, a choreographer for the Winston Salem Little Theatre, and a preliminary pageant director and judge for Miss. America. She is involved in various medical societies and associations including the North Carolina Medical Society Alliance. She is a life member and past president of the Sir Walter Cabinet and has been a Regent for the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution. Among her numerous awards, honors and distinctions, she was named 2001 Woman of the Year in Gastonia, North Carolina. Mrs. Forrester's dedication to her community and this state is apparent, and the North Carolina Azalea Festival is proud to be able to call her one of our Past Princesses.

MARY FRANCES ALL FORRESTER PAST PRINCESS SCHOLARSHIP
The Past Princess Endowment fund has been made possible by the vision and contribution pf Mary Frances All Forrester, the 1956 North Carolina Azalea Festival Princess. She recognizes from her own experience the value and the impact such a scholarship can have on a student's life.

Mary Frances Forrester's generous gift to the North Carolina Azalea Festival is the initial donation to an endowment fund established to assist with the scholarship for the future North Carolina Azalea Festival Princesses. The Festival is honored to name the endowment the "Past Princess Scholarship Fund, founded by Mary Frances All Forrester." The Azalea Festival Board of Directors and the more than 1,000 Festival volunteers are very thankful for this contribution. It is because of generosity like Mrs. Forrester's that the Azalea Festival continues to be an event that Wilmington, and all of North Carolina, are proud to call our own.

Mary Frances All Forrester earned the title of North Carolina Azalea Festival Princess in 1956. She graduated from New Hanover High School in 1957, and went on to Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, Wake Forest University, and Bowman Gray School of Cytotechnology. She has worked as both a professional model and cytotechnologist. Mrs. Forrester lives in Stanley, North Carolina with her husband of 42 years, Dr. James S. Forrester, who is a family physician and North Carolina State Senator. She is the mother of four children and has five grandchildren. Mrs. Forrester has been a Sunday School teacher for more than 25 years and has been involved in numerous community organizations including the American Red Cross, Heart Association, St. Jude's Children's Hospital, Girl Scouts, North Carolina Medical Society, MADD, and League of Women Voters. She was a principle dancer and artistic director for the Winston Salem Ballet, a choreographer for the Winston Salem Little Theatre, and a preliminary pageant director and judge for Miss. America. She is involved in various medical societies and associations including the North Carolina Medical Society Alliance. She is a life member and past president of the Sir Walter Cabinet and has been a Regent for the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution. Among her numerous awards, honors and distinctions, she was named 2001 Woman of the Year in Gastonia, North Carolina. Mrs. Forrester's dedication to her community and this state is apparent, and the North Carolina Azalea Festival is proud to be able to call her one of our Past Princesses.