2010 CONVENTION
College Brother of the Year
Wayne Kimball Jr.
Brother Wayne Kimball Jr.
BROTHER WAYNE KIMBALL JR., a Roanoke Rapids, N.C., native, is a senior civil engineering major at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, N.C., where he is an U.S. Department of Agriculture 1890 national scholar. Kimball served as sophomore and junior class president, treasurer of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), parliamentarian of the North Carolina Association of Student Governments and director of minority affairs for the North Carolina Federation of College Democrats. He also was elected treasurer of Beta Epsilon Chapter. An academic standout, Kimball has been a mentor in the University Honors Program for three consecutive years. Kimball also is an entrepreneur. He is the CEO of Dow Kimball Enterprise, a management and strategic development consulting firm, and is the founder of Wayne Kimball, Jr. International. While fulfilling his company’s vision and representing his alma mater, he has traveled internationally to Ghana, West Africa, Trinidad, Tobago, France and Italy to speak and render volunteer service worldwide. Along with other students, Kimball collected more than 1,500 books, school supplies and sporting equipment to furnish two street academies in Ghana, West Africa. He also led an initiative in Trinidad to help with environmental issues there. Additionally, he has received a host of awards and recognitions on all levels for his outstanding scholastic achievements, leadership and oratorical skills. One of his favorite quotes is, “success is standard for today, greatness is a goal for tomorrow!” On winning the national College Brother of the Year Award he says: “It is a great honor to have been awarded the title. This is not so much a dream come true, I like to think of it as a destiny fulfilled.”
Alumni Brother of the Year
Darren M. Morton BROTHER DARREN M. MORTON is a man of many talents. Whether it is in his community, the church, on a college campus or in the boardroom, he constantly works to enhance the lives of young people of all races and nationalities. Ordained a Baptist minister in 1997, the Reverend Morton earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. He earned a Master of Education degree at St. John’s University in New York, where he currently serves as associate vice president for student affairs. His winning the Alumni Brother of the Year Award comes after a long tenure of service in Alpha. A 23-year member, he has held numerous leadership posts, including New York district director, Eastern Region executive director, Eastern Region vice president, in which he sat on the national Board of Directors 2001 to 2005, and most recently chairman of the Membership Intake Task Force. He was a candidate for 34th general president of the fraternity. In the community, he serves as both a religious and civic leader. He has been an interim pastor, an associate and youth minister and a Sunday School assistant superintendent. He is a member of the United Black Clergy of Westchester, N.Y.; works with the local units of the Big Brothers Big Sisters; the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); and is past master of Progressive Lodge No. 64 and now president of the Third Masonic District of the Prince Hall Affiliated Free and Accepted Masons in New York. The Rev. Brother Darren M. Morton Brother Morton is the proud father of three adult children and eight grandchildren.
26 THE SPHINX H Fall 2010