Distinguished Service Hall of Fame Award Inductees

BLACK IN GOVERNMENT, INC. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE HALL OF FAME AWARD INDUCTEES

2021 The Honorable Paula E. Davis The Honorable Alice Mercer The Honorable Johnita Pitts

2020 2019

The Honorable Ms. Katherine L. Cage The Honorable Ms. Regina D. Kennedy The Honorable Mr. Calvin Stevens The Honorable Ms. Mary J. Watkins 2018 The Honorable Mr. Harold E. Atkin The Honorable Dr. Ethel L. Crisp

2017 The Honorable Ms. Cassandra Jones * The Honorable Mr. Philip B. Atwell The Honorable Ms. Shirley A. Jones, Esq The Honorable Dr. Hezekiah Braxton III, Ed. D The Honorable Ms. Norma J. Samuel

2016 The Honorable Hazel Calhoun Hays * The Honorable Farnese J. Hicks The Honorable Trekeshelia Britton Powell 2015 The Honorable Ms. Lillian M. Barnett The Honorable Mr. Alter L. Cochran The Honorable Mr. J. David Reeves The Honorable Mr. Anthony Rhodes The Honorable Mr. Terrance William

2014 2013

The Honorable Ms. Alma Garlington The Honorable Mr. David Groves The Honorable Ms. Felicia Shingler The Honorable Ms. Mary K. Thomas 2012

The Honorable Mr. Ramsey Alexander, Jr. The Honorable Mr. Gary L. Blackmon The Honorable Ms. Beverly B. Johnson The Honorable Ms. Marion L. Stevens * The Honorable Mr. Oscar Williams, Jr. * 2011 The Honorable Mr. Melvin Davis* The Honorable Ms. Jacque Ballard The Honorable Ms. Ellen G. Dyson The Honorable Ms. C. Jacquie Beatty-Sammons The Honorable Ms. Mary Peoples The Honorable Ms. Deborah Dawkins* The Honorable Mr. Leonard T. Stone * The Honorable Dr. Doris Sartor The Honorable Ms. Darlene H. Young The Honorable Ms. Faye Stewart-Henderson 2010 2009 The Honorable Mr. Julius Crouch * The Honorable Mr. Oscar Eason, Jr. * The Honorable Ms. Rubye Fields * The Honorable Ms. Ramona McCarthy-Hawkins* The Honorable Mr. Lamont Johnson The Honorable Mr. Gerald R. Reed The Honorable Ms. Toni Martin The Honorable Mr. Thomas M. Walton * The Honorable Mr. Gregg Reeves

Deceased *

THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE HALL OF FAME (DSHOF) is the highest honor which can be bestowed upon any single member of Blacks In Government (BIG). This honor is reserved for active and financial members who have been active in BIG for a minimum of fifteen (15) consecutive years. These individuals shall have distinguished themselves as making exceptional contributions at the national, regional, and/or chapter levels of BIG. 35

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