Distinguished Service Hall of Fame Award Inductees

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

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE HALL OF FAME AWARD INDUCTEES

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

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

2014 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. Melvin Davis* The Honorable Ms. Ellen G. Dyson The Honorable Ms. Mary Peoples The Honorable Mr. Leonard T. Stone * The Honorable Ms. Darlene H. Young 2013

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 Ms. Jacque Ballard The Honorable Ms. C. Jacquie Beatty-Sammons The Honorable Ms. Deborah Dawkins* The Honorable Dr. Doris Sartor

The Honorable Ms. Faye Stewart-Henderson

2010 The Honorable Mr. Julius Crouch * The Honorable Ms. Rubye Fields * The Honorable Mr. Lamont Johnson The Honorable Ms. Toni Martin The Honorable Mr. Gregg Reeves 2009 The Honorable Mr. Oscar Eason, Jr. * The Honorable Ms. Ramona McCarthy-Hawkins* The Honorable Mr. Gerald R. Reed The Honorable Mr. Thomas M. Walton *

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.