Clark Atlanta University Magazine Fall 2014

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The Amazing

DNA of CAU A Deeper Look at the Pedigree of Panther Nation

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An Unshakable Evolutionary Model Deoxyribonucleic Acid, or DNA, is the molecule containing the genetic coding that makes each species unique. Packaged in chromosomes in the nucleus of each cell, DNA replicates itself in the most fundamental of biological processes to ensure that over the course of a species’ evolution, every living creature retains its distinct organic makeup. Comprised of four chemical building blocks — adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine, DNA determines the instructions necessary for an organism to develop, survive and reproduce.

And so it is with institutions, certainly Clark Atlanta University.

We often refer to the heritage and legacy of universities. Few pedigrees are as distinguished as ours. Whether you graduated from Clark University, Atlanta University, Clark College or Clark Atlanta University, our alumni share a remarkable organizational genealogy that, similar to the four elements of DNA, combines intellectual prowess, social activism, entrepreneurship and profound creativity. For nearly 150 years — or 294 years, if you consider the dual histories of our parent institutions Atlanta University (1865) and Clark College (1869) — our students, faculty, staff and alumni have manifested these institutional attributes through expansive personal, professional, civic and social channels. As generations have entered the gates of Alma Mater, each ensures that the CAU pedigree continues to develop, survive and reproduce.

In this issue of Clark Atlanta magazine, we will examine microscopic evidence of each of these attributes through the lens of their geneses: the Phylon in the 1940s; the Atlanta Student Movement in the 1960s; the School of Business’ rise to prominence during the late 1970s and early 1980s and beyond; and the prevailing arts movement in today’s CAU. We also will meet alumni who have proven essential to the development, survival and reproduction of CAU’s “Spirit of Greatness.” Two in particular, Trustee Delores Aldridge, Ph.D., and Judge Marvin Arrington, have modeled approaches to giving that affirm the strength of our lineage. Our strength also is fortified by the generosity of alumni, corporate and foundation partners and friends, and this issue gives us the opportunity to simply say “thank you” for your continued and loyal support.

Scientific research tells us that, if unwound and tied together, the strands of DNA in one cell would be only 50 trillionths of an inch wide. Yet, in humans, the total DNA molecules unwrapped, would likely reach the moon 6,000 times. Here again, the most fundamental laws of nature apply to CAU. Our collective reach, measured through the impact of our alumni in communities around the world, far exceeds mere numbers. When you consider all that we have accomplished in such a short window of time, we can safely assert that Panther Nation is a sterling, original model of institutional evolution. Hence, we continue to envision our future with confidence, conviction and unshakable pride.

Happy Homecoming!

Carlton E. Brown, President

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PRESIDENT Carlton E. Brown VICE PRESIDENT FOR INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT Trisa Long Paschal

FEATURES The Amazing DNA of CAU A Deeper Look at the Pedigree of Panther Nation.

CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS & UNIVERSITY RELATIONS Donna L. Brock EDITOR Joyce Jones CONTRIBUTORS David Lindsay, Matthew Scott, Jae Koo Yoo

The Intelligentsia Strain Unfolding the Phylon Files

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The Activist Gene If These Streets Could Talk

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The Maverick Mindset The Business of Being Number One

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Creative Genius A Creative Force Washes Over CAU

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Replicating Excellence

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Double the Investment, Double the Reward Trustee Delores P. Aldridge, Ph.D.

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Investing in the Next Generation of Leadership Judge Marvin S. Arrington, Sr.

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ON THE COVERS: Inside this issue, you’ll see how the Long sisters, Carolyn and Wilma, took the Clark College motto, “Find a way or make one,” to heart during their days on campus. What you see on the cover is how their amazing family has embraced the University — at every stage of its evolution — as part of their own family legacy. Representing seven generations of loyal alumni are (left to right): Ralph Long (B.S., Physics; CC, ‘66); Rolanda Blanding Fowler (B.S, Mathematics; CC, ‘88); Ahamad Q. Henry (Supply Chain Management; Class of 2015); The Honorable Carolyn Long Banks (B.A., English; CC, ‘62); Mary Beth Blanding (B.S., Computer Science; CC, ‘88); Wylma Long Blanding, (B.S.H.E., minor in physics and chemistry; CC, ‘62); Ouida Potts Randle (B.S., Sociology/Social Welfare; CC, ‘77); April Banks Wyatt (B.S., Allied Health; CC, ‘87); and Amir Shaheed Henry (B.A., Commercial Composition/Music; CAU, ‘14).

The family also honors its forebears and relatives in framed photos. Ralph Long’s framed photo shows the Long Family in front of their home (circa 1930, then located at Fair and Webster streets, across from the former Atlanta University campus. In the top row are the banks sisters’ grandfather William Boston Long (left) and grandmother, Blanche Decatur Long (right), with Uncle Norman Long, Father Ralph Long and Uncle William Decatur Long in the center. In the middle row are the sisters’ great grandmother, Olivia Decatur, an uncle, Francis Isaac Long, with their Aunt Gladys Long Holmes on the right. On the first row are deceased Aunt Blanche Long, Uncle Howard Long and Elizabeth Long Potts, late mother of Ouida Potts Randle. Rolanda Fowler’s framed photo shows her father, the late Roland Blanding (CC, ‘62). Wylma Long Blanding’s photo shows parents, Ralph Long Sr. (CU, ‘35 ) and Ruby Hall Long (AU, ‘47). April Banks Wyatt’s framed photo shows James H. Banks Jr., who studied criminal justice at Clark College from 1984-86.

On the back cover is Gladys Long Holmes (nee Gladys Lillian Long), pictured in Ralph Long’s framed family photo. She attended Clark University and graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1937. Today, she lives with her daughter, Shiela E. Holmes (“a Clarkite at heart”) in Kansas, City, Mo. Still radiant at the tender age of 98, she proudly displays her graduation photo on the back cover.

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UNIVERSITY NEWS Professor Ronald E. Mickens Lauded in New Publication for His Contributions to the Field of Mathematics Ronald E. Mickens, Ph.D., Distinguished Callaway Professor of Physics, was honored on the occasion of his 70th birthday by the publication of a research monogram, “Mathematics of Continuous and Discrete Dynamical Systems,” Volume 618, in the Contemporary Mathematics Series from the American Mathematical Society (July 2014). The volume comprises a series of papers inspired by Mickens’ research or extensions thereof.

Mickens, who turned 70 in 2013, has made numerous stellar contributions to the mathematical sciences, particularly in the areas of computational mathematics and nonlinear oscillations. The book is a collection of 15 papers, some containing new results and methods, as well as a collection of open problems to shape the direction of future work in these areas.

The papers also were presented in two American Mathematical Society symposia convened in January 2013.

“Research is done not only for its aesthetic and intellectual significance, but

also for its intrinsic value to others in their work,” said Mickens. “This book illustrates the impact of one of my research activities, and I thank my colleagues and friends who have used and generalized my results. I am honored and humbled by this gesture, an affirmation of my life’s work.”

Mickens received the bachelor’s degree in physics from Fisk University and a Ph.D. degree in theoretical physics from Vanderbilt University. He’s held postdoctoral positions at the MIT Center for Theoretical Physics, Vanderbilt University and the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics and was a physics professor at Fisk University. He began his tenure at CAU’s parent institution Atlanta University in 1982.

Mickens has published more than 300 peer-reviewed scientific/mathematical research articles and written and/or edited 15 books. He serves on editorial boards of several research journals, including the Journal of Difference Equations and Applications and the International Journal

of Evolution Equations. His scholarly writings have appeared in reference works such as African American Lives (Oxford University Press), American National Biography (Oxford University Press), and the Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists (Marshall Cavendish).

Honors include fellowships from the Ford, Woodrow Wilson, and National Science foundations and election to Phi Beta Kappa. He was an American Physical Society Centennial speaker as part of the activities to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the organization’s founding.

Mickens also has served as a distinguished national lecturer for Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.

Chevron Awards CAU $231,000 to Help Fund Scholarships and Enrichment Programs Chevron and CAU have established without the assistance of our corporate Chevron Corporation made a significant long-standing ties and have each made partners, and Chevron has been one of investment in CAU students this fall with their mark in their respective industries. the most generous” said Charles Moses, a gift of $231,000 to fund scholarships and “As wonderful as our history is, interim dean of the School of Business enrichment programs for business and engiwe would not have much of a future Administration. neering students. The company has invested more than $750,000 in CAU’s students and academic programs since 2007.

Joe Laymon, CAU Trustee and Chevron vice president of Human Resources, Medical and Security, said that the students who benefit from the corporation’s largesse go on to make great contributions in their communities and to corporate America.

“To support them in their matriculation is an investment that assures immeasurable return,” he said.

CAU students join with Chevon representatives to celebrate the renewed partnership.

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CAU Educator Named a Vulcan Teacher of the Year Trevor A. Turner, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership, was recently named Clark Atlanta University’s Vulcan Teacher of the Year by Vulcan Materials Company. The veteran educator has spent nearly 30 years at CAU as an administrator and professor.

A highly published international consultant, Turner holds a bachelor’s degree in history, economics and Spanish from the University of the West Indies, a master’s degree in educational supervision from the University of New Brunswick, Canada, and a doctorate in educational history and planning from the University of Toronto, Canada.

The CAU-TV News Team Covers First Lady Michelle Obama The pool of journalists, photographers and cameramen who trail First Lady Michelle Obama rarely, if ever, includes college students. But in a stroke of good fortune, four members of the CAU-TV news team were cleared by the White House to cover the first lady and Education Secretary Arne Duncan during their September 8 visit to Atlanta’s Booker T. Washington High School.

The CAU crew, led by station manager Murdell McFarlin, included Shakeenah Benjamin and Tyera Braud, who were joined by A’Lexus McCollum and Samuel White, who attend Spelman and Morehouse, respectively.

The first lady traveled to Atlanta to launch her “Reach Higher” education initiative, an effort to inspire students to pursue post-secondary education opportunities.

In her remarks she cited CAU as one of the paths they can take to take charge of their futures.

“You have to understand that completing high school is not the end but the beginning of your life’s journey. In today’s world, in order to compete in an ever-globalizing economy, you’ve got to continue your education after you graduate from high school,” Obama said. “And fortunately, there are many paths that you can take — whether that’s a professional training program, a four-year school like Georgia State or Emory or Clark Atlanta, or a community college like Atlanta Metro State College. But no matter where you go, the important thing is that you go somewhere.”

The CAU crew’s coverage aired on the nightly news program, The Source. At a separate event, Duncan participated in a question and answer session with CAU, Morehouse and Spelman students about the need for committed teachers.

Princeton Review Names CAU on its “Best in the Southeast” List for 2015 The Princeton Review has once again named Clark Atlanta University one of the best schools in the Southeast, based on its academics and majors, campus life and facilities. It is one of 139 institutions in 12 states on the education services company’s “Best in the Southeast” list as part of the online feature, “2015 Best Colleges: Region by Region.”

“This recognition is coupled with another recent accolade as one of the top 20 historically black colleges and universities as ranked by U.S. News & World Report,” said CAU President Carlton E. Brown. “Despite a challenging economic climate for our students and their parents, CAU remains a school of choice with a mission as important today as ever.”

According to Robert Frank, the Princeton Review’s senior vice president and publisher, the list is based on institutional data the company collects directly from several hundred colleges in each region, staff visits to the schools and recommendations from college counselors and advisors.

“Our selections also take into account what students at the schools report to us about their experiences on our 80-question student survey for this project,” Frank added. “We ask every question that a prospective applicant might want to ask on a campus visit. Only schools that permit us to independently survey their students are eligible to be considered for our regional best lists.”

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UNIVERSITY NEWS CAU Receives Atlanta Phoenix Award for Participation in President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative CAU President Carlton E. Brown (left) on June 16 received the City of Atlanta Phoenix Award from Mayor Kasim Reed (right) and his mother, Ms. Sylvia Reed, during a City Hall reception commending the University as a host school for President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative. Clark Atlanta was cited for playing a vital role in facilitating cultural, educational and economic exchanges between the United States and Africa. This summer, 25 young African leaders, representing more than 10 nations, studied business and entrepreneurship at the University. The program was spearheaded by Mesfin Bezuneh, Ph.D., professor of Economics in the CAU School of Business Administration.

CAU’s School of Business Hosted YALI Former President Jimmy Carter takes a moment to pose with members of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) during a tour of the Carter Center. The YALI Fellows spent six weeks in Atlanta during July and August, hosted by CAU’s School of Business.

Educator Steve Perry Delivers Keynote Address at the School of Social Work’s Annual Conference Innovative educator Steve Perry delivered the keynote address during the Whitney M. Young Jr. School of Social Work’s Annual Conference on June 26. The speech was rebroadcast on C-Span in August.

Perry is the founder and principal of what U.S. News & World Report has cited as one of the top schools in the country, the Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Hartford, Conn. The school has sent 100 percent of its predominantly low-income, minority, first-generation high school graduates to four-year colleges every year since its first class graduated in 2006.

Featured on CNN’s Black in America series, Perry, a native of Middletown, Conn., says he is in a hurry to transform his community. He was born on his mother’s 16th birthday, and it would have been easy to languish as part of the family’s third generation of poverty. Instead, Perry became a living example of how success is determined by where you end up, not where you start. It is this philosophy that inspired him 4

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to transform the lives of poor and minority children by providing them with opportunities to pursue college educations.

Perry is a vocal advocate of personal and civic responsibility in all aspects of life. He emphasizes the social issues that aim to build up both the individual and the community so that successive generations will be contributing members of society. His secrets of success and calls to action are explained in his new book, Push Has Come to Shove: Getting Our Kids the Education They Deserve – Even If It Means Picking a Fight.

The educator is a contributor to CNN and MSNBC, an Essence magazine columnist, best-selling author, and host of the #1 TVONE docudrama, Save My Son. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Rhode Island, a master’s degree in social work from the University of Pennsylvania and an Ed.D. in educational leadership from the University of Hartford.

Grammy Award-Winning Vocalist Lalah Hathaway Headlines CAU’s Annual Jazz Under the Stars Benefit Concert Vocalist Lalah Hathaway headlined the 21st Annual Jazz Under the Stars Benefit Concert on May 3 on the Harkness Hall Quadrangle. Born to R&B/soul music royalty, the late Donny Hathaway, the three-time Grammy Award nominee and recent Grammy winner is a trained pianist and vocalist whose voice possesses a rich warmth that soothes your ears and holds you close.

Hathaway is a graduate of the renowned Berklee College of Music. Her career has spanned more than two decades. Twentythree years after the release of her first LP, Hathaway’s career continues to thrive.

Her work includes multiple solo releases, guest collaborations and a steady stream of unforgettable live performances. She has recorded and toured with several legendary acts, including George Benson, Joe Sample, the late George Duke, Take 6,

Marcus Miller, Rahsaan Patterson, Mary J. Blige, The Winans, Kirk Whalum, Gerald Albright, David Sanborn, Carl Thomas, Angie Stone, Robert Glasper, Donald Lawrence, Eric Roberson, Grover Washington, Esperanza Spalding and Prince.

In addition to headlining the concert, Hathaway conducted a private master class for selected CAU music majors.

Hosted by the CAU Guild, with UPS as the presenting sponsor, Jazz Under the Stars benefits CAU students in the performing arts. Delta Air Lines and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution were the platinum sponsors of the event. Other highlights of the evening included performances by the CAU Jazz Vocal Ensemble and the Jazz Orchestra, and live and silent auctions.

Since 1992, the CAU Guild, which includes some of Atlanta’s most influential women, has raised nearly $2 million in scholarships.

CAU Receives UPS Foundation Grant Clark Atlanta University on Aug. 25 received a $50,000 grant from the UPS Foundation, the charitable arm of UPS. The grant will be used to fund 10 $5,000 scholarships and requires each recipient to perform 150 hours of community service per semester.

“We are grateful for a long relationship with the UPS Foundation and for its continued support of the university since this program was initiated in 1995,” said Trisa Long Paschal, vice president for Institutional Advancement and University Relations.

“The grant is now approaching the $1 million mark and for nearly 20 years has helped many students engage in community service, which enlivens one of Clark Atlanta’s mottos, ‘Culture For Service’.”

Established in 1951, the Atlanta-based foundation identifies specific areas where its support clearly impacts social issues and has identified the following focus areas for giving: nonprofit effectiveness, encouraging diversity, community safety and environmental sustainability.

In 2011, it distributed more than $45.3 million worldwide through grants that benefit organizations or community service programs such as this one and provide support for building stronger communities.

“The UPS Foundation is honored to support Clark Atlanta University’s efforts in community service,” said the organization’s president, Eduardo Martinez. “Our goal is to fund powerful programs that make a lasting difference to the global community.”

SGA President Faron Manuel Wins Prestigious National Essay Contest Student Government Association president Faron Manuel is the first winner of a national contest sponsored by the Center for Community Change and The Nation magazine titled “Being the Change.” Young people were asked to submit a photo illustrating courage or resilience in confronting economic hardship in their life and community and a 500word essay about what that means to them.

In his poignant entry, Manuel, who has worked as a docent in the Clark Atlanta University Art Galleries for two years, talked about how he has used art to “spark conversations about resilience, anger, rage and hope tapping into long-buried feelings” with students visiting the Galleries on field trips.

“Teaching the youth by using art as a tool to evoke constructive dialogue about pressing issues like racism and poverty in our society has renewed my hope for positive change. Many of the young people that visit the Galleries leave with a new outlook on life,” Manuel wrote. “They become inspired or hopeful by a connection they have made with a piece of art or with someone who was similarly moved by the artwork. My job as docent afforded me the opportunity to play a key role in inducing these types of experiences and interactions and it is in this type of work that I find the most significance.”

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UNIVERSITY NEWS Clark Atlanta University Awards Honorary Degree to Trustee Juanita Baranco At its 25th commencement convocation on May 19, Clark Atlanta University awarded the Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa to University Trustee Juanita Powell Baranco, J.D. “Mrs. Baranco is a sterling model of progressive, strategic, entrepreneurial leadership. She has invested her tremendous legal acumen, expertise in corporate governance and vast experience in public and private higher education to guide CAU through myriad challenges, ushering in a decade-long record of achievement,” said CAU President Carlton E. Brown.

Baranco, daughter of Clark University alumna Evelyn Evans Powell (CC ‘38), joined the University’s board of trustees in 1997 and was elected chair in 2003, a position in which she served for 10 years. During that period, she played a key role in enhancing the quality of

University life, assuring seamless, uninterrupted progression of its mission. She led the board and the institution through two critical leadership transitions, two successful regional and professional program accreditations and two strategic planning processes.

Under Baranco, the University also made significant improvements to its physical plant, including the completion of the Carl and Mary Ware Academic Building, renovations to Holmes, Merner and Pfeiffer residence halls; and renovations to several academic buildings.

Baranco, who continues to serve as a University trustee, is executive vice president and COO of the Baranco Automotive Group, a company she founded in June 2003 with her husband, Gregory Baranco, and Ambassador Andrew Young. She previously served as a Georgia assistant attorney general, chairman of the DeKalb County Education Task Force and a member of the Georgia State Board of Education. After being appointed to serve on the Georgia Board of Regents in 1995 she subsequently became the first AfricanAmerican woman to chair that board.

Veteran TV Journalist T.J. Holmes Delivers Keynote Address at CAU’s 2014 Commencement Award-winning journalist and internationally recognized television personality T.J. Holmes delivered the keynote address during Clark Atlanta University’s 25th anniversary Commencement Convocation on May 19.

“We were excited to have Mr. Holmes, a charismatic communicator with vast experience on the international stage, share his experiences with our students, many of whom are mass media arts majors,” CAU President Carlton E. Brown said. “His work before a global audience underscores the possibilities that exist for students to engage with international initiatives and global opportunities.”

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Arkansas, covered numerous national and fast-breaking stories.

He reported from the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and covered the historic recall election of California Gov. Gray Davis that resulted in the election of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the widely covered double-murder trial of Scott Peterson.

In 2006, Holmes became a news anchor and correspondent at CNN and for four years, he hosted CNN Saturday & Sunday Morning. He dominated breaking news events, reporting on the ground about some of the nation’s most riveting news events, including the devastating tornadoes in Joplin, Missouri; the Deepwater

Horizon oil spill in New Orleans; and the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech.

He secured some of the first accounts from the survivors of the US Airways Flight 1549 that crash-landed in New York’s Hudson River in January 2009 and covered the first presidential debate between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama. Holmes also anchored from Ground Zero on the emotional 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

His coverage of the oil spill and the presidential campaign earned him prestigious Peabody Awards, which recognize distinguished and meritorious public service by radio and television stations, networks, producing organizations and individuals.

He made history with his long-awaited foray into night-time television on Viacom’s BET Network. In October 2012, he signed to host a new late-night talk show, DON’T SLEEP!, which earned him an NAACP Image Award nomination shortly after its premiere. Holmes is currently a contributor at MSNBC.

It is always a great time to…

Just Come Home  Homecoming 2014

Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014  Founders Week 2015

March 16-20, 2015  Founders Day Convocation

March 19, 2015  Baccalaureate Service

May 17, 2015  Commencement Convocation

May 18, 2015

For additional information on CAU events, visit our brand new website, www.cau. edu. You can also find information on Clark Atlanta University on these social networks:

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FACULTY FORUM J. Robert Adams, Ph.D., associate professor of vocal studies, toured with New York Harlem Productions during July 2014. The tour took him to Linz, Austria, and Wiltz, Luxembourg, where he performed in the ensemble of Porgy and Bess.

Philip M. Dunston, Ph.D., chair and assistant professor of the Department of Religion and Philosophy, authored the chapter W. E. B. Du Bois: A Sociologist of Religion: The Negro Church and Morals and Manners among Negro Americans in CAU Du Bois and the Wings of Atlanta, Volume II. He also has secured a grant from the American Academy of Religion to research the impact of religion majors across the United States. In addition, Dunston was asked to serve as a member of the Advisory Council for the AUC Woodruff Library for the Spreading the Word grant project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Stephanie Y. Evans, Ph.D., chair of African American Studies, Africana Women’s Studies & History, is a recent contributor to Black Passports: Travel Memoirs as a Tool for Youth Empowerment, SUNY Press, July 2014; Inner Lions: Definitions of Peace in Black Women’s Memoirs, A Strength-based Model for Mental Health.

Peace Studies Journal, vol. 7, no. 2. She also was a featured panel speaker at August National Book Club Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, and delivered a keynote address at the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Atlanta’s Annual Staff and Executive Director Institute.

Jaime M. Ferran, assistant professor of Spanish, Department of Foreign Languages, delivered the paper titled “The American Postmodern University: Benefits and Challenges” at Georgia’s 16th annual American Association of Public Administration, Chapter Academic Conference in March at the University of West Georgia.

Siriyama Kanthi Herath, M.B.A., Ph.D., co-authored “Auditor Independence: A 8

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Kandace Harris, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the Department of Mass Media Arts, participated in the Palestinian American Research Center’s Media Development Seminar in June 2014. Harris was among 10 U.S. professors of media, film, journalism, and communications chosen to visit media centers at four different Palestinian university campuses, media outlets, and to meet with staff at various Palestinian NGOs. The program included three roundtable discussions, dinners with Palestinian colleagues in media, and tours of historic sites in West Bank cities. She is using her experience in collaboration with Palestinian colleagues and scholars to develop a Media Activism and Social Movement course for spring 2015. Harris also was a co-contributor on “Cloud Computing and Citizen Privacy” in the Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics (March 2014).

Review of Literature”, Int. Journal Economics and Accounting, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp.62– 74, and “Corporate Governance, Board Characteristics and Firm Performance,” South Asian Journal of Management, Vol. 21.1, 2014. She also co-authored the book chapter “Environmental Management Accounting: An Overview,” in People, Planet and Profit, Socio-economic Perspectives of CSR, pp 237:248.

F.S.J. Ledgister, Ph.D., associate professor, Political Science Department, presented a paper entitled “From Walter Rodney to Michael Manley” as part of the Walter Rodney Lecture Series in April.

He also presented the paper at the Caribbean Studies Association Conference in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, in June. His most recent book, Michael Manley and Jamaican Democracy, 1972-1980: The Word is Love, was published by Lexington Books in June.

Randal LN Mandock, Ph.D., Earth System Science Program director and an associate professor of physics, in August began work on a new $18,000 project with the Georgia Space Grant Consortium. He also served as chief scientist on a stratospheric balloon flight in central Georgia in July, which attracted scientists, engineers, university students, high school students and high school teachers from across the country.

Bansari Mitra, Ph.D., assistant professor, English Department, published the article “A Triumvirate: Kaleidoscopic Patterns and Thematic Links in Satyajit Ray’s Fairytale Trilogy” in the peer-reviewed journal Kinema, in Spring 2014; volume 41. She also delivered a lecture on Anne Bronte’s novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, at Northumbria University, Newcastle, England, in June.

Charles W. Richardson Jr., M.S., assistant professor, Marketing Department, co-published “Love Them Or Hate Them: Contrasting Emotions In Foreign Product Purchase Are More Similar Than Not”, Journal of International Business Research.

He also presented “Impact of Assigned Reading on Students’ Current Event knowledge and Academic Performance” at the International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines Spring Conference, in Dallas, Texas, and “Sustainability Across the Curriculum: A Strategic Initiative to Support Faculty Development” at the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education Annual Conference in Atlanta, Ga. Alice E. Stephens M.F.A., Ph.D., Department of Mass Media Arts, in June presented a research paper on visual literacy at an international conference in Paris, France. She also represented Clark Atlanta University at the International Conference on New Horizons in Education with a research paper on teaching visual literacy titled, “Beyond the Literal: Teaching Visual Literacy in the 21st Century Classroom” that she co-authored with Mass Media Arts colleagues Professor April Lundy and Chairwoman Kandace Harris, Ph.D. The paper focuses on the power of visual imagery and composition to shape our comprehension and interpretation in a visual contemporary culture that is increasingly dependent on the capacity for instant and universal communication across a wide range of formats.

among Juvenile Offenders in Georgia,” International Journal of Adolescence Medical Health; 26 (1): 137–143, 2014; “Correlates of Sexual Outcome Expectations and Risk of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) Among Male Inmates in the United States,” International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Vol. 6 (3), pp. 92-96, 2014. He also authored the book Brilliant Dumb: Politics, Culture and Jactitation in the Age of Obama.

Corinne D. Warrener, MSW, Ph.D., assistant professor and interim chair of the MSW program, is co-author of the following articles that are in print or have been accepted for publication: The Complex Nature of Serving Divorced and Separated

Women: A Qualitative Analysis of Needs and Service Provision in Families in Society; Community Attitudes About Sexual Violence in Affilia; Utilizing Peer Education Theater to Encourage Bystander Intervention With Sexual Violence in the Journal of College Student Development, 55(1), 78-85; Exploring the Challenges Faced by Latinas Experiencing Domestic Violence in Affilia.

Fang-Yi Flora Wei, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Mass Media Arts, published an experimental study of online chatting and note-taking techniques on college students’ cognitive learning from a lecture in Computers in Human Behavior, 34, 148-156.

Torrance Stephens, Ph.D., adjunct professor, Department of Psychology, is the co-author of: Self-Reported Ecstasy (MDMA) Use and Past Occurrence of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) in a Cohort Juvenile Detainees in the USA,” Journal of Community Health; “Sexual Transmitted Infection (STI) Risk Associated with Beliefs about Virginal Sex and Perceived Social Norms among Inmates in KwaZulu Natal,” International STD Research and Reviews, Vol. 2(2), 135-144, 2014; “Suicide Ideation and Risk for HIV CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY

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Commencement  The graduates enter Panther Stadium for their long-anticipated commencement convocation.

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 Legacy alumnus Raymond “Tweet” Williams ( CC ’49; AU ’73)

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 Members of the 2014 Reunion Classes’ Golden Sons and Daughters and Legacy Alumni await their commencement caravan to Panther Stadium for the graduation ceremony.

 Clark Atlanta University’s Board of Trustees this year voted its approval for the awarding of the Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa to immediate past Board Chairwoman Juanita P. Baranco, J.D. In this photo marking the occasion, she poses with University mace bearer Laurent Monye, Ph.D., current board chairman Alexander B. Cummings Jr., (MBA, AU ‘82) and President Brown (right).  President Carlton E. Brown looks out over the graduates as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs James A. Hefner (AU, ‘63) officially presents them for the conferring of degrees.

 Raybum Lawrence and Leon Davis approach the stage to be hooded upon the conferring of their doctoral degrees in political science and humanities, respectively.  CAU First Lady T. LaVerne Ricks-Brown, President Brown, CNN executive producer alumna Tenisha Bell and Commencement Speaker T.J. Holmes pose after the commencement convocation.  CAU Grand Marshal Timothy Askew, Ph.D., officially presents the graduates to the University’s Board and Administration, beginning the day’s program in earnest.

 Valedictorian Abria Hollinger (right) and Salutatorian Kiyana Hunt (left) were the first undergraduates to receive their diplomas.

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The Intelligentsia Strain Unfolding the Phylon Files

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he phrase “publish or perish” is not the quite the threat it used to be for faculty looking to get on the tenure track or maintain high academic credibility. Indeed, the Internet has given birth to a number of credible academic journals eager to use their writing. But what type of challenge does a university face when it tries to launch an authoritative, academic journal in an already crowded field?

In January, Clark Atlanta University hired sociologist Obie Clayton, Ph.D., to find that out. His task? Resurrecting The Phylon, the dormant academic journal that W.E.B. Du Bois founded while teaching at Atlanta University in the 1940s.

On the heels of the University’s internationally acclaimed 2012 Du Bois International Conference, co-chaired by President Carlton E. Brown, who commissioned the University’s bronze bust of the iconic scholar, and Stephanie Y. Evans, Ph.D., Graduate Dean Shirley Williams-Kirksey accelerated her efforts to revive the journal, which was last published in 2006. After spending two years promoting the proposed re-launch, she believes Clayton’s appointment, which comes after teaching stints at the University of Georgia and Morehouse, means all of that effort will finally pay off.

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1940s “Dr. Clayton is a sociologist who knows the disciplines and themes Du Bois excelled in,” she says, “so he is the best person to bring back The Phylon.”

James Hefner, Ph.D., CAU’s provost and vice president for academic affairs, knew that bringing Clayton to campus was essential to the Phylon effort.

“I intentionally recruited Dr. Clayton to revive The Phylon,” he says. “As a distinguished professor of sociology at Morehouse and the University of Georgia, he will continue Dr. Du Bois’s role as a scholar/activist.”

Clayton, who is president-elect of the Association of Black Sociologists and a professor of sociology and criminal justice in CAU’s College of Arts and Sciences, taught at Atlanta University in the 1980s. He remembers the journal fondly, but recognizes that the new Phylon will require a slightly different approach, including an online component, if it is going to be a relevant and accessible forum for ideas.

According to Clayton, there has been a great proliferation of academic journals in the last 25 years, spurred in part by the Internet. In sociology alone – an academic field Du Bois helped create – the choices are numerous. The American Sociological Association, which once published just two major journals, now produces eight.

But Clayton is undeterred and unafraid of a little competition. After all, he’s been given a gem in the world of academic discourse.

“There will always be a demand to be published in The Phylon because of its founder’s legacy and reputation,” he says.

Du Bois looms large in the field and is the namesake for the lifetime achievement award that the American Sociological Association presents each year. CAU and the Woodruff Library house some of Du Bois’s papers and there are research centers devoted to his work in Ghana, West Africa, and at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

But it is in Atlanta where the New England-born Du Bois found his most enduring intellectual home, publishing his best works while serving on the Atlanta University faculty.

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Du Bois’s arrival in 1897 put AU at the forefront of American sociology. The Philadelphia Negro, a book he published two years after joining the faculty, is considered the country’s first scientific sociological study.

While departments at other universities that eventually gained renown were just getting started, Du Bois was busy breaking new ground in the type of scientific, rigorous research that would come to define modern sociological thought.

“He was doing research in AfricanAmerican life in terms of religion, education, crime, health and more,” says Clayton. “Everything we look at now, Du Bois was doing at the turn of the 20th century.”

When Du Bois founded The Phylon in 1940, it captured some of the finest black intellectual discussions of the day. The new Phylon, according to Clayton, will focus on sociology, political science, psychology and African-American studies.

The first issue, to be published this year and guest edited by Stephanie Evans, Ph.D., chair of CAU’s Department of African American Studies, Africana Women’s Studies and History, will feature articles based on the seminars and conferences about Du Bois that CAU has hosted for the past two years.

“The papers selected for the first issue are in three categories: Du Boisian Ideas, Du Bois and Historical Figures and Du Bois in the World,” Evans explains. “Some papers cover issues like education, gender and memory, as well as geographic consideration of Du Bois’s interactions with India, China and Africa.”

“We definitely want to make it international,” says Clayton, who believes Africa will be a particularly important focus area. “Du Bois died in Ghana, so why not open it up to the continent?”

CAU will initially publish The Phylon twice a year. As its momentum grows, Clayton plans to produce a special edition between regular issues to highlight the scholarship of CAU students.

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Clayton is also establishing a new W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at the University. Designed to be a modern-day version of Du Bois’s Atlanta Sociological Laboratory, it will research social issues affecting local and national communities. For example, the institute will sponsor a conference examining the impact of Shelby County v. Holder, the 2013 U.S. Supreme Court decision that eliminated key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The discussions the institute fosters on this and other topics will help inform and direct future Phylon editions.

As the academic world comes to learn more about CAU, its students and its scholarship through The Phylon, the journal will create another strong, southern connection with one of America’s most prominent black intellectuals.

The Du Bois seminars and conference CAU convened in 2012 and 2013, “demonstrated the imperative to read Du Bois from the [perspective] of the American South,” according to Evans. The Phylon, she adds, builds on “the legacy of excellence initiated by concentrated studies based out of Atlanta as a critical site, but touching on comparative regional, national, and international contexts.”

For Clayton, resurrecting The Phylon is an opportunity to connect CAU’s sociology program with one of the most brilliant sociologists of all time.

“AU never got the credit it deserved for being one of the country’s oldest and most innovative sociology departments under Du Bois,” he says. “That privilege always went to the predominately white institutions, but the techniques and methodologies he employed were far superior to what was being turned out at other institutions at the time.”

Fortunately, Du Bois’s intellectual greatness did not die when he passed away in 1963, nor has it been forgotten on CAU’s campus. The University, its sociology department — and now the journal, that are his academic legacies — will continue to advance the essential Du Boisian discourse on race, class, religion and politics that started right here more than a century ago. n

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rowing up in segregated Atlanta, Lydia Tucker never gave much thought to separate facilities for whites and coloreds, as African-Americans were called back then. It’s just the way things were.

“When my mother took us downtown, I saw the water fountains with the Colored and Whites Only signs, but she would never let us drink from any fountain because as a nurse she was concerned with germs,” Tucker recalls. “We had to get water before we left home and we also couldn’t use public restrooms.”

Her political awakening came in February 1960 during her senior year at Clark College when Lonnie King, a student activist over at Morehouse College, invited the top three student government officers from each of the Atlanta University Center institutions to attend a meeting. Tucker, secretary of Clark’s student body, had no idea that she was about to become part of a revolution to desegregate Atlanta’s public facilities.

When King explained their mission, “I was stunned and said, ‘We’re going to do what now?’” she recalls. “But I listened and my appetite was whetted enough to attend a second meeting and that’s how I got involved. I had no idea that we were going to make history. The only thing I could think about was that there was a need to bring awareness to the problem and solve it and I wanted to be a part of that.”

Student government leaders joined with other activists from the AUC campuses to form the Atlanta Student Movement. The presidents of their respective institutions challenged the group to create a document that ultimately became known as “An Appeal for Human Rights,” which called for an end to unjust racial segregation and highlighted various issues, from education to voting rights. The document was published as full-page ads in Atlanta’s daily newspapers, the New York Times, the Congressional

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Record and other major publications.

They also planned sit-ins at lunch counters and other public facilities, which, with the exception of Clark College’s Dr. James B. Brawley, the presidents did not support.

America’s history is filled with icons who sacrificed their safety and in some cases their lives in the fight for civil rights.

Martin Luther King Jr., Medgar Evers, Julian Bond and Georgia Congressman John Lewis are among the best known. But they undoubtedly would not have been able to make such an indelible mark without the thousands of students on HBCU campuses across the south who were willing to make the very same sacrifices, some of them also at a cost.

After three sit-ins, Tucker felt ready to be arrested, a move that her widowed mother fervently opposed and an issue on which they never reconciled, to Tucker’s dismay.

“You have to be ready to give up your life when you start this and we were. Nothing else mattered except achieving this goal and you have to get there psychologically. I got to that point and it didn’t matter if I was killed,” Tucker says. “My mother wasn’t where I was mentally with this whole movement and that disturbed me a lot.”

It was such a force to be reckoned with that some students were pressured to drop out because their parents’ employers had threatened to fire them. In some cases, the local newspapers published the names of the children who’d participated in sit-ins and other demonstrations to shame them.

Carolyn Long Banks had initially planned to accept a scholarship to UCLA or Pratt Institute to study fashion design, but agreed to spend at least one year at Clark College, to continue a family tradition. Her parents, educators who were very involved in their Atlanta community, knew their daughter would get swept up in the civil rights movement and stay – and they were right.

When there was talk that Ralph A. Long Sr. should be fired if the elementary school principal couldn’t get his activist daughters Carolyn and Wilma under control, the

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threats fell on deaf ears. Indeed, the Longs opened their home to student organizers and it became a hub where they could plan their activities.

“We were determined that we were going to make a difference. For the very first march, conducted on May 17, 1960, we assembled at the CAU quadrangle about 4,000 people,” which included AUC students and others from Georgia Tech, Agnes Scott and the University of Georgia, Banks explains. “It was a pretty great gathering considering we didn’t have social media.”

What they did have was a determination that has not yet been replicated since given, as Banks notes, the irony that African-Americans are fighting some of the same battles for equality today in such areas as employment and voting rights.

“We left home in our Sunday best, high heels and the whole bit, which is probably why I have bad feet now,” laughs Banks, who subsequently was arrested four times.

In addition to demonstrations at places like City Hall, the Greyhound bus station and other public places, the young activists targeted Rich’s Department Store, which wouldn’t allow blacks to dine in its restaurants. In response, the student activists led a boycott of the store during which consumers stopped using their charge cards to demonstrate the local black community’s economic power. In October, many students, alongside leaders like King, were arrested and, refusing bail, spent two weeks in jail. The movement grew to include concerned whites and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee opened an office on a street that ran through Clark’s campus.

It took nearly two years and a loss of millions of dollars, but Rich’s eventually gave in to the students’ demands. In May 1962, owner Dick Rich invited Banks to be the first to integrate the store’s elegant Magnolia Room. The black restaurant workers beamed with pride and clapped when she arrived to enjoy afternoon tea with Lucille Scott, whose family owned the Atlanta Daily Mirror.

How did it feel to make history?

Interestingly, Tucker and Banks didn’t feel like they were special, just doing their duty.

“It wasn’t something you sought glory for, just something that had to be done and it was our time and place to do it,” Banks says.

The AUC Woodruff Library is a highly respected repository for historical documentation of the Atlanta Student Movement. The collection contains newspaper and journal articles, flyers, reports and correspondence by and about students from the AUC schools. It includes photographs and a copy of the “An Appeal for Human Rights” signed by student government officers from each of the AUC schools, and anniversary commemorations from each decade are also documented in the collection.

“These are among our most highly researched collections.

People are very much interested in the civil rights movement and what students of the Atlanta University Center were doing,” says head archivist Andrea Jackson. “They were so well

known for writing the ‘Appeal on Human Rights’ and featured in publications like Look magazine that had national reach.

People are still very interested in how they came together across all of the campuses and worked collaboratively with people like King and other prominent individuals.”

Atlanta City Council member Michael Bond, son of Julian Bond, spent much of his childhood witnessing history as it took place. The AUC campuses were part of the landscape of his life and leaders like King, Evers and Lewis, and Andrew Young were uncles, not luminaries. It wasn’t until his teenage years that he realized how extraordinarily fortunate he and his siblings were.

In 2010, Bond sponsored legislation to rename Raymond Street, where the SNCC was headquartered, after the organization. Fair Street, where CAU’s student center sits, was renamed Atlanta Student Movement Boulevard. “‘When you think about the Atlanta Student Movement and what they were able to accomplish in a very, very short time, with students literally heading the movement, with the advice of some of the college presidents, some of the local legal folks and of course being advised from time to time by King and Rev. Boone, it is a tremendous accomplishment,” Bond says. “And when people come to the community and students matriculate in the AUC, they know that something major took place there.” n

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The Maverick Mindset The Business of Being Number One

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hrough the 1970s into the mid-1980s, the Atlanta University School of Business rose to national prominence, holding the distinction of producing more black MBAs than any other MBA program in the United States.

Many of AU’s graduates were part of the first significant wave of black professionals to carve out careers on Wall Street and in the financial services industry, and still others became successful corporate executives across all industries or innovative entrepreneurs who created jobs in fields in which blacks had not previously been represented.

One faculty member, Edward Irons, DBA, played a key role in establishing AU’s early dominance in producing successful MBA graduates and then helped maintain the school’s tradition of excellence as it continued to produce top-flight graduates after AU merged with Clark College in 1988 and formed the Clark Atlanta University School of Business. Irons, a wellestablished business executive, was more than equipped to lead the business school during the 30 years he was a professor and the five years he served as its dean.

When he first joined the business school as the Mills B. Lane Professor of Banking and Finance in 1971, Irons had already co-founded and served as president of the black-

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1980s owned Riverside National Bank in Houston; helped establish and run Atlanta Life Insurance Corporation, the second largest black-owned life insurance company in the nation; and played a role in launching Howard University’s first business school in 1967. Those experiences armed him when the time came to build the AU finance department into the University’s largest. His financial services industry ties enabled him to help many graduates get hired at major banks throughout the nation.

Irons left AU in 1985 to become the District of Columbia’s first commissioner of banking and financial institutions. He was lured back to Atlanta to serve as dean of the CAU School of Business in 1990 and to work on gaining post-consolidation accreditation for the undergraduate and graduate programs.

“My challenge was to recruit enough professors with doctorates to get accreditation for the CAU undergraduate division within five years,” Irons recalls. “We were able to get the graduate school reaccredited, because it had been accredited since 1974 and then get the undergraduate school accredited for the first time ever. If I hadn’t been successful in getting the undergraduate division accredited, we would have lost the accreditation of the graduate school as well.”

That effort made CAU the first HBCU to earn both graduate and undergraduate accreditation in business.

“That became the catalyst for attracting the best and brightest students,” he says. “Today we can compete with the major universities that give big scholarships, which is [a fiscal] challenge for HBCU business schools.”

Irons stepped down as dean in 1995 but stayed on at the business school for the next 15 years as the Distinguished Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship.

“I enjoyed that very much because I was able to stimulate young men and women to go into business, which I feel is the only way we will be able to build a wealth base that will enable us to sit at the table with the decision makers in this country,” says Irons, who retired in 2010.

The benefits of receiving an MBA from the CAU School of Business are evident in the success of its graduates. Darryl Dr. Edward Irons, DBA

Cobbin, a 1991 graduate, says he owes a number of his major accomplishments to his CAU experience. Cobbin, president of the brand strategy firm Brand Positioning Doctors, says that he not only secured his first job in brand management through an internship he got while a student at CAU, but what he learned at the business school propelled him to become one of the youngest people to be recognized as Brandweek’s Marketer of the Year in 1997, when he worked on Coca-Cola’s Sprite campaign.

In addition, CAU graduates have provided an array of networking opportunities that helped him establish his current firm.

“There are [alums] in other fields who can either put you in a position [pursue different opportunities in business], or if you are on the entrepreneurial side as I am, put you in position to possibly get more work,” says Cobbin. “I have been introduced to business opportunities just by virtue of someone knowing that I went to CAU.” Dr. Glenda Glover, president of Tennessee State University and a 1976 School of Business graduate, credits her relationships with CAU professors with accelerating her professional development. She is especially grateful for the mentoring she received from Johnnie Clark, the lead accounting professor at the time, for igniting her passion for accounting and guiding her to become a CPA. Glover, who is one of only two black women in the United States to hold the economics Ph.D.-JD-CPA combination, also has benefitted from the professional counsel she received from Irons.

“After I graduated, he and I had conversations and discussed issues in finance and business,” she says, adding that her relationships with Irons and Clark and the Clark MBA experience laid a foundation that gave her a springboard onto corporate and nonprofit boards.

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By Joyce Jones

Creative Genius

A Creative Force Washes Over CAU

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helton Jackson Lee may be a Morehouse man, but the celebrated director, screenwriter and actor, known to audiences as Spike, is most definitely a CAU production. For it is in Clark Atlanta University’s Mass Media Arts department, under the tutelage of then-professor Herbert Eichaelberger, that Lee learned how to execute his craft.

He is perhaps the most famous but by no means the only person to see his or her name in bright lights after studying film at the University. Other success stories include Bryan Barber (CAU ‘96), who directed the film Idlewilde and several music videos for artists like Outkast, Destiny’s Child and Kelly Clarkson, and Nnegest Likké, director of the movie Phat Girlz.

At one point, Eichelberger, now interim chairman of the department, recalls, Idlewilde, Phat Girlz and Lee’s Inside Man simultaneously held a spot among the top ten films.

“I felt like I’d won an Oscar because I had an influence in their lives and they’d gone that far,” he said.

For the past few years, Alicia Daniels (CAU ’2006), a former assistant director of BET Networks’ The Game, has worked on several Tyler Perry productions, most recently The Single Moms Club. Word on the street, says Eichelberger, is that Daniels has an office with her name on the door, which is a major sign of how much faith Perry has in her directing skills.

Long before Atlanta became the Hollywood of the South with its burgeoning film and television industry, CAU was nurturing talent in various areas in the arts in ways that simply aren’t possible at larger, better-known institutions.

“Clark Atlanta gives you the ultimate freedom to explore the avenues of communication that you desire and there are no limits. If you want to try something that’s visually exciting and

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expressive, you get the opportunity to do that,” Eichelberger says. “The faculty here wants the students to be better than we are, even with all of our years of learning.

We want them to achieve mightily.”

Gary Yates, who chairs the Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts, agrees that CAU is uniquely positioned to nurture creative genius in ways that other schools don’t. He was attracted to CAU because unlike at a lot of other colleges and universities, academicians in the performing arts continue to work in their respective disciplines outside the classroom, which provides a bridge for students to internships and professional opportunities.

Performing arts students want to attend CAU, he adds, because it offers a holistic approach to education that engages the mind, body and spirit. Students are taught that developing their craft is about more than the physical performance; they must also learn how to sustain themselves mentally and spiritually. Yates says this gives them an advantage in graduate school and the professional world.

“We tend to custom design journeys for our artists to help them develop their special skill. We are a small institution, but a very active one, and can do a lot more hands-on to guide them on their creative path,” says Yates.

According to Yates, not a day goes by when he turns on his television and doesn’t see someone he’s trained performing in a television show or commercial. Many graduates also work

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in professional theater or have entered prestigious graduate school programs.

Clark Atlanta’s decades-long tradition of churning out graduates who are masters of their artistic domains is something that doesn’t get enough recognition, says James Patterson, director of the University’s Jazz Orchestra. But that history, he asserts, is what draws some of the nation’s most talented students to its campus.

“I think history is responsible for this creative environment and the people who’ve attended the University,” says Patterson, who graduated from Clark College in 1957.

Patterson is a veritable encyclopedia of influential people who CAU counts among its alumni, like James Weldon Johnson and Fletcher Henderson, as well as artists like Dizzy Gillespie, Lou Rawls and Quincy Jones, who’ve been awarded honorary degrees.

“If you spread the word to others, then you bring in others with the same enthusiasm and those who really want to excel in their chosen fields. You plant seeds out there,” Patterson says. “It’s like you’re part of the wind. You wonder why something sprouts up way over there that originated somewhere over here. It’s like the wind blows people out of here and plants seeds around the world.”

Patterson is extraordinarily proud of all the musical seeds he has planted in the nation’s orchestras. One shining example is Sherman Irby, a musical prodigy he recruited from Tuscaloosa, Ala. when the acclaimed bandleader and saxophonist was just 17. He went on to become a lead reed player in the famed Lincoln Center’s jazz program in New York City, working under the leadership of the extraordinary musician Wynton Marsalis.

“He is phenomenal and I’m proud to have brought him to Clark Atlanta,” Patterson says. “He is now on top of the world in terms of being an artist.”

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tion from widely exhibiting their works, the Atlanta University faculty held an annual, juried show. During a period of 29 years, nearly 900 artists sent their work to be judged and sold. Those deemed the most talented, explains CAU Art Galleries Director Tina Dunkley, were paid between $15 and $250 for their work. Many of those pieces are now integral parts of the University’s impressive art collection.

“In time, with the civil rights movement in the sixties, many of the artists became very well known and represented in major museums across the world,” she says.

One need not be an artist to benefit from the collection, Dunkley adds.

“Institutions that have major art collections are using them across disciplines,” she explains. “It’s about becoming visually literate and having an understanding of what you’re looking at and being able to articulate it, which is applicable across many different disciplines and sparks a creative way of thinking.”

CAU senior Faron Manuel, whom she met when he was in high school, came to the University to study communications and film, but switched majors after falling in love with history.

Working in the Galleries, he also discovered he loved to talk about the artwork and what it meant to him, interpreting the pieces for audiences that included students his age and younger and adults on tour, explains Dunkley.

Last year, he curated an exhibition on Négritude, which she suspects inspired a local museum to do the same.

Manuel was chosen to participate in a prestigious fellowship sponsored by the Mellon Foundation that offered a weeklong introduction to museum studies and curation. He was the only student in the group who had curated an exhibit, Dunkley crows.

It doesn’t matter whether he becomes a museum curator because what he’s learned is so much larger than that and will put him in good stead no matter what field he ultimately enters.

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s a top student and valedictorian of her high school class, Delores P. Aldridge had what for some would have been an embarrassment of riches in terms of college acceptances and scholarships.

But for the Florida native, Clark College was an easy choice, reinforced by strong recommendations from teachers, family members and alumni.

“It was the best decision I could have made for Clark was a warm, nurturing environment with an excellent faculty,” she says. “As a testimony of the faculty’s nurturing and dedication, I received all of my class assignments and never fell behind while incarcerated as a participant in the civil rights movement in Atlanta.”

Aldridge thrived at Clark and delivered the same excellent academic performance as she had in high school, including being named valedictorian of the class of 1963. She then attended Atlanta University’s School of Social Work, which was considered one of the finest in the nation.

That graduation ceremony also was a truly memorable event, Aldridge recalls. As she walked across the stage to receive her diploma, suddenly, there was an “utter silence,” followed by camera flashbulbs and the announcement that Aldridge was the School of Social Work’s 100th graduate.

She describes her relationship with Clark College, Atlanta University and now Clark Atlanta University as a “long love affair” that she cherishes.

“I was anchored at this institution with warmth and many lifelong friendships. More important, the quality of education prepared me to go forward to become a citizen leader and a scholar striving to be a problem solver in a global society,” Aldridge says.

Aldrige went on to become the first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in sociology from Purdue University and the first African-American woman to serve as a faculty member at Emory University, where she was the founding

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director of the first degree-granting African American and African Studies program in the South. Aldridge is currently the Grace Towns Hamilton Distinguished Professor Emerita of Sociology and African American Studies at Emory.

She is considered to be a trailblazer in the fields of race and ethnic relations and the development of African-American studies. In addition to receiving numerous honorary degrees and other awards, she is the author of more than 160 books, monographs, articles and book chapters.

The history maker attributes that success largely to her “beginnings” at her beloved alma mater, to which she has shown a deep devotion for more than five decades through financial gifts and service on Clark College’s and CAU’s boards of trustees.

Most recently, Aldridge donated $150,000 to the University. The funding will be used to encourage giving. She also has donated her coveted academic papers to the University’s archives.

“I feel I have no choice but to be an ardent supporter of this great institution and to continue to promote it through financial gifts and services,” she explains. “This recent small gift of $150,000 is just one of the many ways in which I can give back, for I can never fully repay Clark Atlanta.”

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ecalling the famous Langston Hughes poem titled “Mother to Son,” Judge Marvin S. Arrington, Sr., says that growing up in an Atlanta public housing project “was no crystal stair.” But as in the poem, his parents, who worked as a truck driver and a domestic worker, encouraged their five children to rise above the metaphorical tacks and splinters of their difficult circumstances to reach landings and turn corners.

And climb they did: Arrington and his siblings each earned undergraduate degrees and three became lawyers.

“If not for Clark, I don’t know where in the world I would be today,” says Arrington.

When he first arrived on campus, he worried about whether he was prepared to survive his new environment. Some good old-fashioned advice from football coach L.S. Epps helped.

“Good babies don’t cry, you just do what you have to do,” was his advice, but Arrington’s fears were not totally unfounded.

The early sixties was one of the most exciting periods in Atlanta and national civil rights history. Suddenly Arrington, who at the time considered himself to be “just average,” found himself surrounded by student leaders like Carolyn Long Banks, Lonnie Davis, Charlayne Hunter, Cynthia Tucker, Delores Aldridge and others who were fearlessly at the forefront of the charge to end segregation in the South — no matter the personal cost.

Benjamin Brown (CC, ‘61), a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and a future Georgia state representative, was a particular inspiration and his hero and role model, Arrington says. Brown and many people at Clark pushed Arrington to realize his own leadership potential.

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giants and they made you just want to be the best you could,” he says.

After graduating from Clark in 1964 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology, Arrington went to Howard University’s School of Law. After one year, he and Clark classmate Clarence Cooper transferred to Emory University and became the first two African-Americans to study law fulltime at the institution. After several years of service, including as president, on what is now the Atlanta City Council, Arrington was in 2001 appointed a superior court judge for Fulton County, a position he held until 2011 when he retired from the bench.

He has for many years been a general and consistent annual benefactor to the University, whose giving has totaled nearly $75,000.

Arrington also shares his time and wisdom with CAU students, and is a longtime supporter of Law Day, during which alumni in the legal professions counsel and mentor students aspiring to pursue careers in the field.

“I take the position that to whom much is given, much is required, and I would not have accomplished what I have if I hadn’t gotten a good education at Clark College,” Arrington says. “So I give because I want to help the next generation become great leaders.” n

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Thank You to Our 25th Anniversary Scholarship Donors!

Aaron, Billye S. Adams, Caroline G. Adams, Vanessa L. Agard-Newton, Lisa, E. Aldrich, Harold, R. Allen, Jayan S. Dr. Allen, Malcolm Gerard Anderson, Tonicia Kristian Anochie, Phillip K. Sr. Anonymous Atkinson, Melvis E. Augustus, Briana K. Austin, April Austin, Harry Rosell Bacote, Joseph B. Bakon, Fannie P. Balfour, Shelley A. Bell, Clyde James Jr., C.M. Bellamy, Angela L. Benjamin, Tatiana K. Bentley, Inez Billingsley, Merryl Edrice Bivins, Gloria A. Boateng, Virginia Goolsby Bolton, Carolyn S. Bowman, Celestine L. Braswell, Mikkon Dimarko Broadus, Jacqueline, Jr. Brock, Donna L. Bromfield, Lorene Dorsey Brooks, Sondra G. Brown, A’Bril Elon Brown, Courtney T. Jr. Brown, Kwajalyn Dominique Brown, Sheneka Alephia Brown, Thornton Thomas Bullock, Terrisha Cheneile Buskey-Martin, Cynthia Maria Butcher, Adore Renna’ Callaway, Dorothy Burton Callender, Jennifer Angeline Callier, Christine P. Cameron, Lakisha, S. Campbell, Toissa Chardonay Carnegie, David Catlin, Quandarious M. CAU Alumni Association CAUAA New York Chapter CAUAA-Atlanta Chapter Ceesay, Cerah A. Chandler, Debra H. Chary, Krishna K.

Chisholm, Wanda Ann Christon, Magnus Glen Clark, Vonetta Denise Clarke, Christen Nicole Clay, Augustus L. Clem, Carlton M. Clem, Cynthia W. Auzenne Cobb, Wendy Cohen, Eula M. Cole, Brenda Hill, The Honorable Coleman, Tromelle Vaughn Conley, Ivory Chanel Cost, Harold L. Cray, Brigitte Denise Crosby, Canielia R. Cunningham-Harlan, Francesca Cyphers, Myriah Ashley Daniel, Shirley Elaine Daniels Vaughn Taneah D. Danner, Arthur W. Davis, Amanda M. Davis, Raymond Davis, Trevon Rapheal Davis-Reed, Latoria Michelle Debose, Jacquelyn A. Deeds Not Words, LLC Demande, Miriam J Dennis, Lakeisha Y Devine, Alexus Seniqua, Eunique Diggs, William Eugene Dobard, Wynette G Dobbins-Huff, Angela Marie Dobbs, Jamese Marie Donohue, Sha’Nice A. Dorsey, Angelique Patrice Dorsey, Pamela N. Duhart, Susan Lorraine Dunlavy-Walker, Kim Denise Dunnings, Lance P. Edwards, Cynthia K., Sr Egwuatu, Nneka A. Elias, Betty Palmer Energy Systems Group, LLC Engelage, Deidre Renae Epps, Leondria Kathleen Estesen, Ann, Etson, Timothy D. Everett, Valerie T. Rev Dr. Finch, Clinton, Everett Fletcher, Kandis Alese

Foster-Smith, Cheryl V. Foxwell, Michele Freeman, Allie H. Gaines, Harriet Ann Gardin, Valerie A. Gardner, Robbie L. Germain, Brea Alexandria Golden, Pamela A. Golphin, Barbara M. Golphin, Charles Goodwyn, Robin H. Gordon, Eugenia Gordon, Harriet West Graham, Catherine E., Jr. Grayson, JoAnn Green, Carlton Jerome Grigsby, Lashante Dominique Gumbs, Vancito Emanuel Hagans, Gwendolyn, Hamilton, Angela Renee Hamilton, Charles Spencer Hamilton, Roxane D. Hampton, Tommy L. Harrell-Ellis, Dorothy F. Harris, Deonte Rashad Harris, Linda M. Hayes, Karen Nickelle Haynes, Edmund B. Headd, Jeremy Anthony Hefner, James Arthur Hemmans, Eve Martin Henderson, Lakeisha Nicole Henry, Horace C. Hill, Dejon M. Hill, Ermina Veronica Hillmon, Phinda Hines, Michael W. IV Holloway, Tammi T. Baker Holmes, Louise Holmes, Richard L. Hopson, Cynthia Bond Houston, Shakayla Felice Houston Chapter/CAUAA Hubert, Charles E. Hudson, Tyeshaa Symone’ Hughes, Trevon Malcolm Hunt, Kiyana M. Ingram, Janaye Michelle Ingram, Raymond Ray Inniss, Brandon G. Isom, Wendy Gena Jackson, Richard A. Jasho, Gay-linn E. Jeff, Wilma S. Jenkins, Anne Noland Jenkins, Isabella T.

Jenkins, Jonathan Corrion Jennings, Linda Marie Johnson, Amia S. Johnson, Bianca C. Johnson, Carol Ann Johnson, Jahna Bonet Johnson, Kenya Marsae Jones, Anita Joseph, Tracey Keaton, Mollie M. Kilpatrick, Pauline S. Kimbrough, Ann L. King, Robert Earl Kinsey, Amber N. Kittredge Magnet School For High Achievers Koen, Shamya Cherise Koger, Edward Woodrow Lacefield, Sandra Patricia Langford, Stacye Yvette Lee, Sherrie Nicole Lemon, Latorria Tonnette Lett, Valerie Denise Lewis, Lauchon Ivoryonne Lewis, Virginia T. Lewis-Fernandes, Danielle Suzette Lindsey, Harry Luther Little, Delisha M. Lloyd, Maria A. Lowe, Bennie O. Malin, Leelannee Kay Mapp, Mance Mauge, Lucille H. Jr. McCray, Kenja Royce McMahon Echols Deawna, R. McMillan, Elridge W. McQueen, Tiffany Nicole Melton, Michael E. Middleton, Tobi Dionne Modeste, Cassandra C. Montgomery, Edward Jr. Morgan, Derneshia Morrow, Alexis Lachelle Moses, Lenaa J. Muhammad-Mason, James H. Murrell, Myrah M. Myers, RaeChelle Myles, Shanique Shadei Nagappan, Periakaruppan, Nash, Yvonne Olivia Nolan Mitchell, Karen A. Norman, Moses C. Norrington, Felisha L. Norris, Shaunte Monique, Esq

Norwood, Briana N. Nunley, Maya Renee Ogletree, Dorothy Lett Orange, Candace Elise Orphe, Martha M. Pack, Kelmethia L. Page, Harold A. Page, Maurice F. Parker, Briggitte Parker, Katherine G. Parker, Samaria Brianna Parks, Lola E. Parvin, Morteza Paschal, Trisa Long Paxton, Carolyn D. Pender, Meggan Georgette Perkins, James Phillips, John C. Phillips Brown, Kasey L. Pierre, Jameel Ramazan Plowden, Martha W. Priestley, Nneka J. Pugh, Elsie B. Quashie, Annissa Patris Rackley Hinton, Christine G. Radcliffe Presbyterian Service Guild Raine, Theresa A. Redding, Jean W. Reid, Al B. Richardson, Zakiya Eshe, III Ricks, Tversa Patricia Ann Robinson, Calvin LaMarte Robinson, Latanya Rochelle Robinson, Rick Daron Rochester, Atira Kei Rowser, Morris Anthony, III Roy, Hillary Gayle Rucker, Leon Rush, Kentrice Shafon Samuels, Carolyn Evangeline Sanders, Kenard Sanford Realty Co., Inc. Scales, Theresa Treadwell Scott, Wynelle Seele, Pernessa C. Shedrick, Shuntray Marie Shepherd, Latrice C. Slack, Paul T. Smith, Angela Denise Smith, Doris J. Smith, Katie,Lea Christian Smith-Shomade, Beretta Eileen

Solomon, Zandra T. Springer, Mercendez C. Starks, Ann Foster Stuart, Kiance’e Secoya Sutton, Michelle Nancy Taggart, Marshall Joe Talukder, Niranjan K. Taylor, Amber Monique Tellis Cooper, Joy Lynette The Nellie W. Gaylord Estate Thomas, Lisa M. Thomas, Rachel Victoria Thomas, Remy Najee Thomas, Tori A. Thompson-Wiley, Travonna Yvonne Tshibangu, Sherry Turner, Angela Denise Tyler, Imani E. Tyson, Arthur Samuel Udoh, Henry Ededem Uzzell, Denise V. Valera, Viky S. Vance, Walter H. Vaughn, Ruth E. Vidal, Leonetta B. Villaire, Cynthia D. Wade, Jasmine M. Walker, Charles Jerome Walton, Anthony A. Ward-Groves, Barbara L. Warner, Rae Michelle Warrener, Corinne D. Washington, Clement James Washington, Pamela Marie Watson, B., Michael Bishop Webb, Melvin White, Brandilynne C. White, Devin P. Wiggins, Adria N. Wiggins, Kimberly LaKisha Williams, Alaisha Williams, Cynthia D. Williams, Kristi Nicole Williams, Leticia S. Wilson, Andrea L. Wilson, Ashley Renee Wilson, Jazmine Esther Womack, Canei F. Womack, Ytasha Lenae Wynn, Cory A. Yancey, Elleen M. Young, Annessa Elaine Young, Shaunda Ometria

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE CAU 25TH ANNIVERSARY SCHOLARSHIP DRIVE!

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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS President’s Circle $25,000 + Aldridge, Delores P. CAU Alumni Association Colon, James H. Cummings, Alexander B. Cummings, Teresa Estate of Theresa B. White Gittens, Eleanor R. Gittens, Lyle E. Nelson, Sophia Phillips* Shack, William E. Ware, Carl Ware, Mary C.

Leadership Society $10,000 – $24,999 Aaron, Billye S. Aaron, Henry Anonyous Anonymous Baranco, Gregory Baranco, Juanita P. Hight, William S. Morrison, Debra Morrison, Gregory B. Reid, Jacqueline Elaine Slaughter, Cynthia Slaughter, Maurice D.

Heritage Club $5,000 – $9,999 Alexander, Tramell Ridgell Alexander, Michael B. Bolden, Michele A. Bronson, Thelma R. Brown, Carlton E. Burks, Johnnie Lay Carlson, Kathleen W. CAUAA Washington, DC Chapter Cole, Brenda Hill Cole, Thomas W. Dubose, Cheri D. Jackson,Theodore R. James, Lucia Bacote Lawrence, Taryn Louise Melton, Michael E. Nellie Gaylord Estate Trust

Plowden, Martha W. Powell, Andrea Gwyn Powell, Julian Tyrone Reid, Al B. Shackelford, Renee N.* Shackelford, William G. Spring, Christine Clark Walker, Brenda Wynetta Walker, Leonard Young, Andrew J. Young, Carolyn McClain

Sustaining Society $1,000 – $4,999 Adams, Irene Satterwhite* Allen, Sarah M. Amaki, Amalia K Amey, Juliette Tallulah Anonymous Arnold, Shirley R. Arrington, Marvin S. Bailey, Mary J. Batist, Johnnie Mae Perry Beaver, Juanita S. Bethea, Juliette Blanding Henry, Rolanda Maria Blount, William Maurice Bosby, Leon Brathwaite, Seku Akwesi Brooks, Eric Wayne Bunch, Mamie Dell CAU Athletic Boosters CAU Dekalb County Chapter CAU New York Chapter CAUAA Atanta Chapter CAUAA Houston Chapter Callaway, Constance Arritta Callier, Christine P. Castillo, James E. Chaney, Reginald James Clark, Robert N. Clem, Carlton M. Clem, Cynthia W. Auzenne Cohen, Eula M. Cohen, Rudolph R. Colbert, Trista Laurelle

Cooper, Clarence D. Cooper, Shirley E. Cosby, Bruce Cost, Ethel W.* Cost, Harold L. Dashiell-Mitchell, Rebecca O. Davis, Leon Davis, Santhalyn Davis, Trevon Rapheal Dickerson, Lowell F. Dodson, Huley B. Dove, Pearlie Craft Epps, Elze Fielder, Anthony Dewayne Fuller, Myrna Anderson Garrett, Craig M. Gerard, Marjorie Hobson Gissendanner, Bonnie Bohannon Goldston, Nathaniel R. Goldston, Valerie Montague Grant, James E. Grant, Laura D. Greenwood, Jacqueline Stocks Greenwood, Leroy Grimes, William T. Grissom, Gwendolyn B. Grissom, Thomas P. Harris, Michael D. Hayes, Allene Farmer Haygood, Lisa Patrice Hefner, James Arthur Hemmans, Eve Martin Hemmans, J. Maxie Henry, Matthew R Heyward, Evelyn S. Hill, Barbara Naylor Holmes, Richard L Hubert, Charles E. Hudson Randall, Kristal R. Hughley, Young T. Ide, R. William Jackson, Rudolph S. Jenkins, Isabella T. Johnson, Calvin H. Johnson, Elizabeth A.

Johnson, Shirley Ann Jones, Carl E. Jones, Ingrid Saunders Jordan, Linda Joyce Jordan, Vernon E. King, N. Judge King, Reatha C. Leon, Kenny Lewis, Clarence Lewis, Virginia T. Lincoln, Lucy Cook Lindsey, Harry Luther Long, Ernest Long, Reba Lowe, Barbara Harper Lowe, Bennie O. Lowe, Robert Lyle, Lauretta Smith Lyle, Richard Malone, Rubie Smith Marsden, Patra Mauge, Errol R. Mauge, Lucille H. Mayfield, Felicia Moss Mayfield, Gwendolyn Mahone McCain, Carolyn McIntosh, Carolyn Y. McMahon Echols, Deawna R. McMillan, Elridge W. Meadows, Marsha H. Merritt, Verna Mintz, Eric A. Monroe, Bessie Mae Viola Moore, Mia G. Morris, Daniel G Morrow, Emily D. Nalls, Warnice Erika Nelson, Jane C. Nolan Mitchell, Karen A. Norman, Moses C. Norton, Theordis L. Ogletree, Dorothy Lett Olatidoye, Olugbemiga A. Page, Harold A. Page, Maurice F. Paramore, Barbara P.

Parks, Kenneth D. Parks, Lola E. Perkins, James Reynolds, Flores G. Robinson, Lakesha Robinson, Rick Daron Russell, Stephanie M. Sanders, Kenard Sanford, Bobbie Kennedy Sanford, Porter* Satcher, David Satcher, Nola R. Scott, Francenia Hall Scruggs, Booker Talifarro Smith, Alma Sherfield Smith, Angelean Vandora Smith, Tonya Danielle Smith Dodson, Alyce S. Sullivan, Walter W. Taylor, Henry Woodrow Thompson, Brenda A. Trotter, Alvin T. Trotter, Barbara J. Turner, Bertha Williams Twyman, Maudette H. Vance, Walter H. Vaughn, Ruth E. Vinyard, Alma D. Vismale-Morris, Terri R Walker, Hattie R. Walker, Mark Washington, Isaiah Watkins, Ann Watkins, Bradley F. Webb, Brenda B. Webb, Melvin R. Welters, Martha Ann West, Roderick Jay White, Juanita Williams, Ann W. Williams, Charles Williams, Cynthia D. Williams, Ernestine W. Williams, Reginald W. Williams, Wendy F. Winchester, Paul W. Woodruff, Barnard Oliver

Worthy, Mable Wheeler Wyatt, Alfred D. Wyatt, Carla W. Young, James C. von Blasingame, William P.

Loyalty Club $500 – $999 Adams, Irene Satterwhite* Adams, William Thomas Aldrich, Harold R. Allen, Barbara J. Allen, Christopher Allen, Tracey A. Anaya, Charles E. Anaya, Joyce Arrington, Marilyn J. Austin, April Bacote, Joyce Bailey, Louella J. Bakon, Fannie P. Bamiro, Ademola Francois Banks, Vanessa R. Barnes, Annie Shaw Barnes, Norma Bell-Arnold Black, Dan Thomas Brown, Michael H. Buie, Tirzah L. Caldwell, Audrey Wilson Cammon-Sanders, Julia I Campbell, Gwendolyn J. Cannon, Sandra Dennis Carnegie, Steve Raymond Carter-Turner, Tracye L Cash, Floris Barnett CAUAA Chicagoland CAUAA Detroit CAUAA South Forida Coleman, Toni Vaughn Counts-Spriggs, Margaret S. Crowder, Tanjanica L. Crute, James David Crute, Mary A. Davis, Bettye A. Davis, Robert O. DeLong, Kelly B. Debose, Jacquelyn A. Dennis, Valerie Williams *Deceased

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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS Dove, Ingrid B. Eber, Juanita M. Ellis, Gwen Boyd Evans, Alfreda B. Foster-Smith, Cheryl V. Fouch, Deborah S. Gaines, Teresa Ann Glass, Ernestine W. McCoy Gottfried, Joan Grant, Leila T. Grayson, JoAnn Gunter, Randolph Scott Harper, Bessie Mae Harris, Mary S. Harris, Winfred Henderson, Alexa B. Henry, Horace C. Hightower, Anthony Hodge, Rhonda Bellamy Holloway, Tammi T. Baker Hood, Angela Marie Dawson Hopson, Cynthia Bond Hopson, Roger A. Houston, Ramona Allaniz Howell, Lillian W. Hudson, Delores H. Ivery, Joyce Washington Jackson, Jamere Jackson, Monica Felicia Jackson, Richard A. Jackson, Rodney L. Jackson, Rudy Jacobs, Margaret A. Jeff, Wilma S. Johnson, Gene Johnson, Mary Ann A. Jones, Warren H. Keaton, Loras

Long, Juanita M. Lumpkin, Maria Arvelo Luster, Tina R. May, Willie E. McKinney, Sharletta B. McLurkin-Harris, Kimberly E. McNair, Beverlye Fleeta Meeks, Clifford S. Meeks, O’Livia Brown Moorer, James W. Morgan, Jonathan Quentin Moses, Charles T. Nelson, Renee A. O’Sullivan, Leighton Patterson, James H. Patterson, Lois G. Pedescleaux, Desiree Pollard, Mildred B. Pollard, Randle E. Potsic, Roberta K. Ravnell, Ella E. Reed, Sameelah Michelle Reeves, Cecil Reid, Pamela P. Rouse, Rebecca Foote Rouse, Warren* Ruff, Sullivan Reginald Scott, Tennille D. Shields, Jade Le`Vi Shopshire-Rolle, Addie P. Simpson, W. J. Singleton, Janet P. Smith, Angela Denise Smith, Jonathan Lambert Smith, Marv Lamonte Smith, Mika D Hynson Smith, Tony Smothers, Magnoria E

Keaton, Mollie M. Keepler, Dannie Hornsby Kendall, Anthony S. Kilpatrick, Pauline S. Kilpatrick, Wylie J.* Kimbrough, Ann L. Kirksey, Gary J. Knight, Samuel L. Little, Joe Louis

Smothers, Robert L. Snype, Isaac J. Stokes, Kimberly Ann Taggart, Marshall Joe Taggart, Sherri L. Tate, Rachanice Candy Patrice Terrell, Marian N. Terrell, Sr., Render O.

Thomas, Michelle Thomas, Stevie Thompson, Douglas Eugene Thompson, Ruby L. Tolliver, Brenda J. Tomlinson, Norris Leroy (Tommy) Tomlinson, Rosa J. Turner, Effie Patrick Tyler-Head, Tina Marie Tyson, Arthur Samuel Warner, Sean Sebastian Washington, Corene S Watkins, Alicia Cullens Watkins, Vicki A. Watts, Gayle K. Weems, Vickie Smith White, Devin P. White, Joy L. White, Tiffany N. Wicker, Gloria Jenkins Wilkerson, Robert L. Wilkerson, Rosa Williams, Barbara H. Williams, Jonnie Sherrill Williams, Raymond Williams, Vanessa Letitia Williams-Kirksey, Shirley A. Wilson, Patricia A. Withers-Hanson, Judith Wynn, Cory A.

Supporting Club $100 – $499 Ackerman, Charles S. Adams, Danette D. Adams, Louise B. Adams-Fairley, Harriet Yolanda Agard-Newton, Lisa E. Al-Amin, Karima Alberino, Cristi Albergottie, Gail J. Alexander, Waxie D. Allen, Jayan S. Alli, Kasim L. Alridge, Lovie R. Anderson, Basil Anderson, Darrel J.

Andrews, Linda S. Antoinin, Henrietta Arthur-Andoh, Rosalind E. Artis, Antoine Ramon Ashekun, Lateef Lanre Askew, Raymond Atkinson, Melvis E Atwater, Henry Taylor Austin, Harry Rosell Austin, Patricia Battle Bacote, Andrea Laster Bacote, Joseph B. Bagley, Raquel Bailey, Lugene Bailey, Todd Baker, Natalie Balfour, Shelley A. Bankston, Henry H. Bankston, Yvonne E. Barkley, Mark E. Barksdale, Betty S. * Barksdale, Robert Barrett, Jan Baskerville, Jesse Baskerville, Vivian S. Batey, Dorothy A. Beasley, Marvin Bentley, Inez Bernhardt, Katherine Bernoudy, Geneva Chenine Bezuneh, Mesfin Billingsley, Merryl Edrice Bingham, Porter Bingham-Hamilton, Marjorie L. Bivins, Gloria A. Blackwell, Dennis Lee Blanton, Alberta Blayton, Ethel Jinks Blount, Nicole Jennifer Bolden, Wiley S. Boone, William H. Bordonaro, Joseph Bordonaro, Rebecca Boruchow-Arnette, Peggy D Bostick, Herman F. Boston-Florence, Priscilla L Boswell, Pamela Lynn

Bowden, Mary J. Bowen, Angela M. Bowles, Dorcas D. Bowman, Celestine L. Bowman, Jennie Young Boyce, Natasha S. Boyd, Raphael O’Hara Boyd, Valerie Boykin, Edna L. Brewer, John Wesley Bridges, Brenda Myatt Bridges, Michael Anthony Bridgewater, Herbert J. Briggs, Calvin Briggs, Samantha Ellis Broadus, Jacqueline Brock, Donna L. Brooks, Sondra G. Brothers, Clara Nelson Brown, Doris Evelyne Brown, Hasell D. Brown, Kimberly E. Brown, Kimoji Rahsaan Brown, Vivian L. Bryant, Gertie Jean Buchanon, Vivian Stevens Burl McLemore, Leslie Bush, Annie Phillips Buskey-Martin, Cynthia Maria Butler, B. Laconyea Butts, Pauline F. Butts Thornton, Jacquelyn Leanora Cain, Lionel V. Caldwell, Frances Joseph Callender, Jennifer Angeline Calloway, Eugenia J. Campbell, Evelyn Carlton, Leon Carnegie, David Carter, Ora M. Carter, Peggy Elmore Chandler, Veda Luciana Chappell-Wright, LaShun Sheria Clark, Crissa Genese Clark, Johnnie L.

Clark, Vonetta Denise Clarke, Christen Nicole Clay, Augustus L. Clay, Ruby Cleveland, Anne D. Cleveland, James R. Cleveland, William H. Cloud, Caren Clowney, Earle D. Cobb, Tanya Mitchell Cobbins, Jade Marica Cobbins, Learnold Leon Cochran, Dorothy Y. Coleman, Floyd W. Collins, Felicia Conley, Denise E. Cooper, Anne Cooper, Carla R. Covington, Richardine Carter Cox, Sandra Craig, Sylvia Grant Creque-Harris, Leah J Crosby, Canielia R. Crounse, Laura C. Crump, Thomas J. Cummings-Johnson, Charlene Renita Cunningham, Phillip S. Dancy, Dorothea Merkerson Daniels, Robert E. Daughtry, Gloria A Davis, Amanda M. Davis, Carol Johnson Davis, Christopher Alan Davis, Dorothy Clemmons Davis, Edward L. Davis, Marian A. Davis, Minnie N. Davis, Raymond Davis, Robert O. Day, Audrey Owens Day, Sallie Stokes De Pesa, Barbara L. DePriest, Tomika M. Demande, Miriam J Densler, Mable W. Diggs, William Eugene

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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS Dinkins, Freidia June Dixon, Candace Nicole Dobbins-Huff, Angela Marie Dobbs, Deborah Donaldson, Jerry Lee Doughty, Harry James Douglas, Jane Douglas, Willard H. Downey, Tosha Denise Drake, Bridgette Blaire Dryden, Marymal M. Dukes, Bonita Dunlavy-Walker, Kim Denise Eaddy, Rukiya S. Easley, Paul H Edwards, Barbara Egwuatu, Nneka A. Ellis, Ernest Ellis, Sylvia Blackmon Epps, Leondria Kathleen Esmond, James H Esmond-Adams, Kimberly M. Estesen, Ann Estesen, Larry James Evans, Stephanie Yvette Fagan, Ronald Finch, Clinton Everett Fletcher, Brady J.* Fletcher, Donald G. Flowers, Sandra Hollin Foney, Samuella G. Fontaine, Beverly Ford, Sandra Elizabeth Foster, Alice B. Foster, Brian T. Foster, Lynette Marie Frazier, Darilyn Freeman, Allie H. Gaines, Harriet Ann Garrett, Betty Joyce Garrett-Walls, Evangeline Gatewood, James C. Gatewood, Wanda L. Giddings, Crystal Gilmore, Rufus Glover, Hubert D.

Godfrey, Grier Goldenberg, Alan Golphin, Barbara M. Golphin, Charles Goodwin, Jerry Goosby, Joyce M. Gordon, Eugenia Gordon, William* Graboff, Jay C. Graham, Catherine E. Gray, Sarah Nell Green, Carlton Jerome Green, Helen A. Green, Michael N. Green-Joseph, Denise L. Grier, Sallie M. Griffin, Charlotte Marie Griffin, Karin L. Guydon-Bingham, Donna Kay Hale, Mae Williams Hale, Wimbley Hall, Basil Bernard Hall, Michael Ronald* Hall, Sabrina Tucker Hamilton, Angela Renee Hamilton, Roxane D Hamilton, Willis James Hammonds, Charles A Hanshaw, Anita R. Hanson, Avarita L. Harden, Christopher Harley, Aquaria T. Harrell-Ellis, Dorothy F. Harris, Barbara A. Harris, Herbert Harris, Ila M. Harris, Lonnell Keith Harris, Nikita Y. Harris, Rosa W. Harris, Tiffani Shannon Harris, William M. Harrison, Joann McCloud Harrison, Terrance T. Harrison, Yolanda M. Hatcher, Juanita B. Hatcher, Karen G. Hatchett, Clemmie B.

Hatchett, Paul L. * Hawk, Lloyd S. Hayes, Betty B. Haynes, Edmund B Haynes, Louella Fortson Hayward, Albert W. Hayward, Alma B. Heath, Donald Lewis Herring, Kanata A. Herrington, Perry L. Higgins, Wilfred Paul Hill, Etta J. Hill, Marilyn B. Hill, Mary S. Hines, Michael W. Hodges, Hiram E. Hodges, Juanita M. Holmes, Charles H. Hope, Cathy B. Hope, Marvin Hopkins, Collette M. House, Laurie E. Houston, Vince M. Howard, Kenneth D. Howard, Mattie W. Hughes-Darden, Cleo A. Hunter, Marcia Woods Hyche, Felton Ingram, Janaye Michelle Ingram, Raymond Ray Irby, Willine C. Jackson, Shivon D Jackson, Veda Kimber Jacobs, Darrion T. Jefferson, Karen L. Jelks, Lorenzo Jennings, Michael M. Jennings, Tresa M. Jester-George, Cheryl D. John, Joi Johnson John, Kevin J. Johnson, Alverneece Johnson, Audrey M. Johnson, Darryl P. Johnson, Davida Johnson, Gene Johnson, Eddie Johnson, Henry C.

Johnson, Kenya Marsae Johnson, Lizzie Bacon Johnson, Yvonne L. Johnson-Delsarte, Dorothy J. Jones, Anita Jones, Bomani Babatande Jones, Jennie J. Jones, Lennie Jones, Steven L. Jones, Tiffini E. Jordan, Elizabeth Jordan, Gale Evon Jordan, Saheed B. Jordan, William T. Joseph, Cassandra Valeria Josey, J. Patrick Kelley, Helen Perkins Kelley, William Jeffery Kelso, Kenneth Kemp, Irvin O. Kimbro, David Brad Kimbrough, Wendell E. Kinard, Sherry L. King, Robert Earl King, William P. Kirk, Douglas A. Kirton, Sandra Knight, C Courtney Knightner, Larry Knox, Alfred L. Kourouma, Michelle D Lacy, Shirley R. Larkins, Wendolyn H. Lassiter, Brian LaDare Lawhorn, Phyllis F. Lawson, Edward D. Lee, Eva M. Lee, Gerald James* Lee, Hilliard M. Lee, Sherrie Nicole Lee, Vivian Few Lewis, Charles Frank Lewis, Jean W. Lewis, Rogers L. Lili Marleen LLC Lisbon, Adiel C. Locke, Brenda

Lockhart, Alfred D. Lockhart, Verdree Long, Ralph A. Loud, Emma Johnson Lubo Fund, Inc Mackenzie, Jan Maddox, Amber P. Majett, Charlye D. Marah, Valerie A. Marbury, Herbert Robinson Martin, Althair H. Martin, Myrtle C. Matthews, Hewitt William Matthews, Marlene M. Mauriocourt Moss, Lisa Leigh May, Jessie Glanton McClendon, Denise Smith McClendon, Kari Patricie McCluskey, Audrey T. McCoy, Michael McCrary, Amos McCrary, Juliette Knowles McCullough, Linda U. McCullough, Ronald T. McDaniel, Cynthia Knight McDaniel, M. Akua McGhee, Johnnie M. McGhee, Robert A. McGruder, Juan Andr McIntosh, Janice E. Melton, Shalonna Y Merritt, Rosalyn Middleton, Tobi Dionne Miles-Parris, Cindy Elaine Mills, Donna L. Mims, Gloria J. Mitchell, Joyce Marie Mobley, Kathy Elizabeth Modeste, Nia Ayo Montgomery, Edward Moody, Karen D. Taylor Moore, A. Philanda Karee Moore, Ernest Moore, Janis P. Moore, Mondrell T. Morris, Emma Jean Morris, Phenecia Cannon

Morris-Lampert, Judy Morse, Denise Vivian Mosby, John Marcus Moss, Brenda W. Motley, Eleanor Jewell Muhammad-Mason, James H. Mullen, Margaret H. Murphy, Rosalyn Denise Murray, Janice Marie Myers, Johnetta E Nelson, Derick A. Njoku, Josephine Ibari Nolen, Miles Jefferey Norman, Joan Norris, Shaunte Monique North, David W. North, Kimberlee A Nunley, Maya Renee O’Riley, Mark C Oglesby, Heather Oliver, Belinda A. Osinubi, Viktor O. Owens, Cassandra Yvette Owens, Catrinia L. Palmer, Barbara H. Palmer, Thomas J. Parker, Cass D. Parson, Sherna Alicia Paschal, Trisa Long Paxton, Carolyn D. Payne, Janet Peterson Pearson, Debra Boddie Peebles, Dwight Alexander Pennyman, Carla I. Peoples, Laura R. Perkins, Marc Anthony Perry, Arlene B. Perry, Nettie B. Perry, Tremayne A. Peterson, Sylvia J. Phillips, Alicia Dionne Phillips, Jeffrey J. Phillips, John C. Phillips, Marion Phillips, Mary Jones Phillips Brown, Kasey L. Pittman, Melanie Simmons *Deceased

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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS Pitts, Joan Linsey Pleasant, Jamie Tyrone Pleasant, Kimberly S. Ponder, Connie D. Pope, Ann Dennard Pope, Annie R. Pope, Webster R. Potts, Kersa D. Poythress, Katie B. Prewitt, Kevin T. Priestley, Nneka J. Pruitt-Annisette, Brenda Faye Pugh, Elsie B. Rackley Hinton, Christine G Ragsdale, Lincoln J. Rainey-Euler, Jamesa M. Rantin, William Ray, Joan W. Redd, Lucile Redding, Jean W. Reese, Sandra J. Reid, Ernette F. Reid, Gail P. Reid, Shirley A. Rhodes, Michelle Denise Ricard-Finch, Melissa Diane Rice, Anthony Richard, Cierra M. Richards, Delano Lamar Richardson, Kimberley D. Richmond, Lerome C. Richmond, Myrian Patrica Ricks, Tversa Patricia Ann Rigsby, Twana Anitra Riser, Vera L. O’Neal Roberson, Stephanie F. Roberts, Donetta Monique Roberts, Earl M. Robinson, Carmen M.

Robinson, Lamont Jeffery Robinson, Latanya Rochelle Rodgers, Diane Griggs Rogers, Kenyatta Rogers, Michelle Romero, Raymond F. Rose, Jacqueline Wilson Rose, Richard S. Roshell, Theo McLester Rouse, Deirdre Rowser, Morris Anthony Ruffin, Raymond Sanders, Alvelyn J. Sanders, Alvin J. Sanders, Irma Smith Sanders, O’Leary L. Sanders, Sherrie N. Scales, Theresa Treadwell Scandrett, Adrienne E. Scipio, Karla M. Scott, Harold Asburn Scott, James F. Scott, Katrina B. Scott, Wynelle Searvance, Adelaide M. Seldon, Carl Sellers, Dorothy Worthem Sellers, Robert Lee Shabazz, Daaim Ahmad Shack, Vincent W. Shelling, Bettye H. Shepperson, William Henry Sherrill, Alex Keith Shields, Gail W. Shipman, Camille D. Shockley, Doris T. Shropshire, James M. Simmons, Marsha S. Simon, Nolanna Simpson, Angela A. Simpson, Marva B. Sims, Rowena D.

Smith, Apryl L. Smith, Cheryl M. Smith, Constance F. Smith, Doris J. Smith, Wilson S. Smothers, Lynn Thomas Solomon, Mesale Spann, Cynthia H. Srinivasiah-Jtwros, Jayanthi Stafford, Mae Dora Stanley-Jones, Robin Joanne Stephens, Lucy S. Stevens, Meryl L. Stinson, Charles S. Stinson, Emily D. Stinson, Patricia Ann Stokes, Miriam M. Swain, Ayanna N. Sweeney, Joan L. Tabor, Julie Brisco

Tucker, Samuel J. Tucker, William L. Tuggle, Ossie S. Turk, Charlotte Willis Turner, George M. Turner, Gladys T. Tutt, Aurelia Olivia Twining, Mary A. Uzzell, Denise V. Vason, Carolyn B. Vason, Douglas M. Vernon, Harry L. Vidal, Leonetta B. Villaire, Cynthia D. Wadley Newman, Delsey L. Walker, Janet Walker, Marian S. Walls, Robert Walthall, Locie Johnson Walton, Harriett Rose Junior

Talukder, Niranjan K. Tate, Jahnisa Pasha Tatum, Tony H. Taylor, Carole R. Taylor, Sandra E. Taylor-Bell, Tenisha N. Taylor-Thompson, Betty E. Teasley, William Tenney, Sheila Levette Terry, Elbert Thomas, Constantine P. Thomas, Delois F. Thomas, Lisa M. Thomas, Reesie A. Thomas-Green, Gail M. Thompkins, George W. Thornton, Darren Lorenzo Thornton, Perry Thorpe, Annette P. Toory, Jeanne J. Townsend, Carlethia Trimble, Alfred S. Trumbo, Shasta Denise Tshibangu, Sherry

Ware, Joseph W. Warner, Rae Michelle Washington, Stanley E. Watson, Da Anne B. Waymer, Robert W. Webb, Walter D. Webster, Donald G. Wesley, Carol C. Whatley, Clemmie B. Whitby, Dexter Bernard White, Barnetta McGhee White, Cornelia R. White, Evelyn Ellis White, Jeanette Whitfield, David A. Whiting, Shelley W. Whiting-Pack, Denise E. Wiggins, Kimberly LaKisha Wilkes, Bettye L. Williams, Avery W. Williams, Bismarck S.* Williams, Carl M.

Williams, Deidre McDonald Williams, Edwin T. Williams, Geoffrey Robert Williams, Glenda Williams, Leticia S. Williams-Namboodiri, Carla Denise Willis, Arnell Willis, Evelyn Wilson, Archie R. Wilson, Faye J. Wilson, Jacquelyn C. Wilson, Joseph A. Wilson, Linda Hull Wilson, Samuel M. Wing, Bobbie Thompson Wise, William Abram Withers, Margaret R. Wittingham, Quisa Foster Woldemusie, Maaza Wollert, Eva Wollert, Gretchen Woodruff, Lynda D. Worley, Alfred E.B. Wright, Susan Prothro Young, Leydon A. Young, Samuel A. Young, Shaunda Ometria

Red, Black & Grey Club – Under $100 Adams, Caroline G. Adams, Vanessa L. Aderemi, Yoyin Alhassan, Mustapha Allen, Georgia W. Allen, Kandra Allen, Malcolm Gerard Allen, Nia Jonnelle Allen, Tanya F. Allen, Thaddius S. Allie, Melonie Allie, Sulieman Alston, Lynette K.

Anderson, Althea F. Anderson, Lois A. Anderson, Shawnika A. Anderson, Tonicia Kristian Anderson-Fuller, Haidee Myrna Anjanogha, Fred Anthony, Linette Delouth Ashley, Shirley B. Ashmore, Gwendolyn Kornegay Augustus, Briana K. Bailey, Robert Mboya Baird, Keith E. Baker, Jacqueline Laverne Baker, Sylvia C. Bakon, Jocelyn E. Banks, Carolyn L. Banks, R Maynard Barclay, Regina Turner Barnes, Cindy S. Barnes, Ruby Jewel Baroody, Michael N. Baskett, Michele Bass, Christopher K Bates, Annie J Bates-Davis, Daphney Beaty-Hilton, Carolyne S. Beaudette, Philip B. Bell, Clyde James Bellamy, Angela L. Benjamin, Tatiana K. Beverly, Sylvia E. Birkes-Grier, Angela Y. Black, Kimberly M. Blake, Harold Blake, Kelliann Bland, Phyllis Diane Boateng, Virginia Goolsby Bolton, Carolyn S. Bone, Keiron Boozer, Mark E. Bowen, Fred Bowens, Patricia C.

Boyd, Camillia Bradberry, Judith S. Bradshaw, Catherine Brady, Marissa L. Braswell, Mikkon Dimarko Brinson, Reginald W. Broadus, Jessica Bromfield, Cleverton Bromfield, Lorene Dorsey Brooks, Claudette D. Brooks, Juanita E. Brooks, Steve Brooks, Vincent K. Brown, A’Bril Elon Brown, Andrea Keith Brown, Chanel E. Brown, Chelyn Brown, Courtney T. Brown, Danny Brown, Eloise K. Brown, Gary Brown, Kwajalyn Dominique Brown, Larry D. Brown, Linda C. Brown, Sheneka Alephia Brown, Thornton Thomas Buggs-Williams, Areca C. Bullard, Nannette E. Bullock, Terrisha Cheneile Burchfield, Gay Burd, John S. Burrows, Iris A. Butcher, Adore Renna Butler, Sandra Tyson Caddell, Tonneka Monet Callaway, Dorothy Burton Cameron, Lakisha S. Campbell, Dexter Campbell, Melinda S. Campbell, Toissa Chardonay

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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS Carnegie, Brandon Carnegie, David Carroll-Cooper, Francene Elois Carter, Shiekgo Darica Cash, Lee Catlin, Quandarious M. Ceesay, Cerah A. Chandler, Debra H. Chary, Krishna K. Cheatham, Deloris James Cheesborough, Ingrid Chisholm, Wanda Ann Christon, Magnus Glen Chung, Gary H. Clark, Kim Deneen Clark, Raymond E. Clark, William H. Clayton, Obie Clemmons, Larry R. Clemmons, Mary Jones Clemson, Kysh Robinson Coleman, Elise G. Coleman, Shirley H. Coleman-Crossfield, Latangela Lajuan Combs, Claudia Conley, Ivory Chanel Cooper, Darren Cornelison, Charles E. Coxon, David R. Craddick, Michael Cray, Brigitte Denise Crusor, Sondra J. Cummings, Ayanna R Cunningham, Brooksie W. Cunningham-Harlan, Francesca Cyphers, Myriah Ashley Dadzie, Evelyn W. Daniel, Shirley Elaine Daniels, Winfred C Daniels Vaughn, Taneah D. Danner, Arthur W. Dargan, Ophelia Taylor

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Davis, Annette Cheri Davis, Antonia W. Davis, Breone Nicole Davis-Reed, Latoria Michelle Dennis, Barbara Singleton Dennis, Byron Craig Dennis, Lakeisha Y. Derby, Doris A. Devine, Alexus Seniqua Eunique Diggs, Sharon K. Dixon, Betty M. Dixon, Jacqueline D. Dobbs, Jamese Marie Doneghy, Marther T. Donohue, Sha’Nice A. Dorsey, Angelique Patrice Dorsey, Pamela N. Duhart, Susan Lorraine Dunnings, Lance P. Dunston, Philip M. Eaddy, Roosevelt Easley, Deana Easley, Willie F. Easley-Parker, Vivian Edwards, Cynthia K. Egerson, Lynn L. Egerson, Stanley M. Elias, Betty Palmer Evans, Mary S. Everett, Valerie T. Faison, Mae H. Fannin, Toni L. Farrell, Betty Ann Felder-Nesmith, Dida D. Fields, Cheryl L. Figaro, Diane R. Flanigan, Camellia J. Fletcher, Kandis Alese Flournoy, Ahmad L. Flournoy, Bonita E. Flowers, Cheryl Flowers, Curtis Virgil

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Flowers-Glasco, Kathryn Land Ford, Bruce Ford, Loveda Fortson, Xernia Foxwell, Michele Francis, Tamara Nichole Fulton, Cecilia Furman, Felicia Gardner, Robbie L. Garner, Marcus Kevin Gates, Bermira Geer, Victor Eugene Germain, Brea Alexandria Glass, Margaret J. Golden, Clarence Golden, Pamela A. Goodwyn, Robin H. Gordon, Harriet West Gordon, Leslie H. Gore, Barbara West Graham-Mitchell, Revonna Green, Tonya Fay Greenslade, Vanessa M. Greggs, LeRoy Gresham, Emma H. Griffin, Clarence Grigsby, Lashante Dominique Grover, Aretha Hagans, Gwendolyn Hailstock, Annie Hamilton, Charles Spencer Hamilton, Dana Leigh Hammonds-Odie, Latanya Hampton, Tommy L. Hansbrough, Gayle Harbin, Kim M. Harris, Deonte Rashad Harris, Hattie G. Harris, Linda M. Harris, Marie C. Harris, Richard M.

Harrison, Karyn A. Haskell, Ashlei B. Haskell, Brian Delaney Hatney, Tammar R. Hayes, Jocelyn Hayes, Karen Nickelle Hazzard, Cheryl M. Headd, Jeremy Anthony Heard, Deborah J. Heard, Rosalyn Law Heatley, Kenneth S. Henderson, Lakeisha Nicole Hendricks, Ethel L. Henry, Elizabeth Jones Herring, Gail Hewlett Packard Hill, Angela Hill, Dejon M. Hill-Fields, Helen Ruth Hillmon, Kavien A. Hillmon, Phinda Holmen, Phyllis J. Holmes, Louise Hood, Joan Nelson Hooker, Billie J. Houston, Shakayla Felice Hudson, Tyeshaa Symone Huff, Ivy S. Hughes, Trevon Malcolm Humphrey, Frederick L. Hunt, Kiyana M. Hunte, Angela Hutcherson, Dimitrius Hutcherson, Dimitrius Hymes, Kenneth D. Inniss, Brandon G. Isom, Orlando D. Isom, Wendy Gena Ivunanya, Okoro Ngozi Jackson, Clemon Tyrone Jackson, Jacqueline Jackson, James Warren

Jackson, Jeff Jackson, Keith Jackson, Pamela Jackson, Robert Louis Jairrels, Veda Jamison, Clyde M. Jamison, Davie C. Jankins, Jennifer Jasho, Gay-linn E. Jenkins, Anne Noland Jenkins, Jonathan Corrion Jenkins, Lorraine Cecelia Jennings, Linda Marie Johnson, Amia S. Johnson, Bianca C. Johnson, Carol Ann Johnson, Catherine Shirline Johnson, Clarence R. Johnson, Jahna Bonet Johnson, Jeanette Johnson, Sonya Leigh Johnson, Terron Tory Johnson, Tony Renard Johnson, Vickie G. Jones, Alice L. Jones, Hattie Jones, Helen Marie Jones, Joyce J. Jones, Oliver Byrd Jones, Robert L. Jordan, Kimberly Joseph, Tracey Jupiter, Del E. Kelley, Lesa Elaine Kidd, Claudia Kilgallen, Peter A. Kilgore, Robbin D. Kimbrough, Gena M. Kimes, Darlene Kinsey, Amber N. Knight, Hattie A. Knight, Robert E. Knox, Wayne Koen, Shamya Cherise

Koger, Edward Woodrow Lacefield, Sandra Patricia Lambert, Hortense Jeanetta Lane, Sandra Dianne Langford, Stacye Yvette Lary, Jason Wallace Laster, Lamar Frederick Lawrence, Derrick A. Lawrence, Wanda M. Ledford, Evelyn C. Lee, Joan P. Lee, Tori Lynn Leland, Blake T. Lemon, Latorria Tonnette Lett, Valerie Denise Lewis, Dolphus G. Lewis, Lauchon Ivoryonne Lewis, Rudolph B. Lewis, Valeria Denita Lewis-Fernandes, Danielle Suzette Liao, Liang Little, Delisha M. Lloyd, Carol H. Lloyd, Maria A. Lloyd, Rosa L. Logan, Rodrick T. Louder, Sheila Love, Cecelia A. Mack, Regina A. Macmillan Malin, Leelannee Kay Mandock, Randal Mapp, Mance Martin, Trina Mathews, Casie Adele Mayo-Perez, Linda M McCants, Natalie J. McCollum, Mark B. McCray, Kenja Royce McFallin, Shawn McNeal, Margaret E. McNeal, Meryl S.

McPhaul, LaRhonda McQueen, Tiffany Nicole Mckeither, Lessia Mckeldin, Lyda Y. Means, Sheryl Felicia Michael, John Malbourne Mickens, Maria K. Mickens, Ronald E. Millender, Marlon J. Miller, Annette Powell Miller, Gwendolyn Miller, James D. Minnis, Tia Aniska Mitchell, Fred D. Mitchell, Frederick Otto Mitchell, Gregory Lavon Mitchell, Gwendolyn D. Mitchell, Rasheedah Mitchem, Dawn M. Mitra, Bansari Ray Moffett, Noran L. Montgomery, Evangeline J. Montgomery, Willie Moore, Opal J. Moore, Shelia M. Moore, William K. Morgan, Derneshia Morman, Lillian Sanders Morman, Marc J. Morris, Vivian G. Morrow, Alexis Lachelle Morrow, Joann Morrow, Monica Nevelle Moses, Lenaa J. Moss, Khandra Munlin, Gloria Murrell, Myrah M. Myers, RaeChelle Myles, Gloria Mathews Myles, Shanique Shadei

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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS Nagappan, Periakaruppan Nalls, Willard E. Nash, Yvonne Olivia Neal, Mollie Wagner Nellams, Andre L. Newble-Turnley, Katherine Renee Norman, Lana D. Norrington, Felisha L. Norwood, Briana N. Norwood, Donald E. Nunnally, Loretta H. O’Brien-Parham, Loretta O’Neal, Alana Odom, Angela L. Okere, Chukwuma O. Oliver-Spencer, Bernestine Ollison, Siatta Matilda Orange, Candace Elise Orphe, Martha M. Pack, Kelmethia L. Parker, Katherine G. Parker, Samaria Brianna Parker, Tonya D. Parks, Denyse M. Parland, Charleszetta Parvin, Morteza Patel, Narendra H. Patten, Lynne A. Pender, Meggan Georgette Perry, Janese K. Peters, Kathleen Joy Peterson, Walter H. Phillips, Damiana N Pierre, Jameel Ramazan Pope, Denise Power, Wanda K. Prather, Monique M. Price, Robert E. Price, Zoana Oletha Priester, Janice Putnam, Barney Riley

Quarterman, Almedia S. Quashie, Annissa Patris Rackley, Jamelle Ragsdale, Angela Denise Raine, Theresa A. Reed, Leola Faith Reese Golden, Robin Nicole Reeves, Carl V. Rehder, Jill Renford, Lamar Rhodes, Eugene Rhodes, Roberta E. Richards, Caroline B Richardson, David W. Richardson, Zakiya Eshe Rigby-Simmons, Tamala Tamara Robinson, Calvin LaMarte Robinson, Cynthia R. Robinson, Mary Sims Robinson, Saundra Maass Rochester, Atira Kei Roy, Hillary Gayle Royal, Lisa Rush, Kentrice Shafon Russell, Charles R. Sams, Darryl Samuels, Carolyn Evangeline Sanders, Valencia A. Sanderson, Alice Sands, Murdell Satchell, Mary A. Saul, H. Carol Saul, Robert M. Savage, Junita Sayles, Michele Scarlett, Debra Doreen Scott, Stewart F. Seelke, Francis S. Sewell, Monique Walker Shaw, Louise E.

Shedrick, Shuntray Marie Shepherd, Latrice C. Shields, Vincent Shomade, Salmon A. Simmons, Shirley Yvonne Simpson, A Denise Simpson, Diane R. Simpson, Patricia W. Sims, Jasu Sade Sisk, Bill Slack, Paul T. Slater, Michael Smith, Carol Lynn Smith, Katie Lea Christian Smith, Katrina W. Smith, Rae Lavonne Smith, Steven Allen Smith, Terri Lynne Smith-Shomade, Beretta Eileen Solomon, Zandra T. Sommerville, Kevin D. Sommerville, Sherrie R. Spear, Heather Spriggs, Edward S. Springer, Mercendez C. Stacia, Kevin M. Staples-Horne, Michelle J. Steede, Nhoj-Trebor Ande S’Ven Stephens, Alice E Stephens, Jacqueline Laughlin Stewart, Catherine Stewart, Darcel Stewart, Jack E. Stewart, Lynore H. Stinson, Valencia Sylvain Stokes, Oscar Story, Kendra Louise Stovall, Alfred J. Stover, Angela Street, Katrina N. Strong-Young, Veronica

Stuart, Kiance’e Secoya Sullivan, Mattye Leatherwood Sullivan, Thomas Sutton, Eleanor B. Sutton, Michelle Nancy Swann, Dorothy Swann, Rudolph Valentino Swilley-Burke, Gwelda Q. Talpade, Medha Taylor, Amber Monique Taylor, Bessie M Taylor, Robert G. Tellis Cooper, Joy Lynette Thomas, Anita Thomas, Beverly D. Thomas, Deloris L. Thomas, Rachel Victoria Thomas, Remy Najee Thomas, Stevie Thomas, Tori A. Thompson, Cedric J. Thompson-Wiley, Travonna Yvonne Thornton, Kimball Fitzgerald Thornton, Willie M. Tinsley, Taffine D. Tolson, Gerald Kenneth Tophia, Elaine R. Totis, Cathy N. Turner, Angela Denise Turner, Raymond E. Turner, Sheree` Denese Turner, Whitney K. Tutt, Veronica Laverie Tyler, Imani E. Tyree, Clifford A. Udoh, Henry Ededem Upshur, Janet Williams Valera, Viky S. Vaughn, Eloise S. Wade, Jasmine M. Wade, Pamela M.

Wade, William Anthony Walker, Celia D. Walker, Charles Jerome Walker, James Walker, William K. Wallace, Lorenzo A. Wallace, Melvia Lynn Walton, Anthony A. Ward, Naomi T. Ward-Groves, Barbara L. Wardley, Erica Ware, Hattie Ware, Mary A, Warrener, Corinne D, Washington, Clement James Washington, Pamela Marie Washington, Pauline B. Waters, Edna Denise Watson, B. Michael Watson, Shawn C, Watts, Stephanye Rebecca Weaver, Deborah Y, Webb, Melvin Webb, Raekisha B, West, C. S’Thembile White, Brandilynne C, White, Dana F. White, Ernest L. White, Patricia E. White, Tiffany Whitner, Gwen Wiggins, Adria N, Wiggins, Henry A. Wilcox, William B. Williams, Alaisha Williams, Cynthia E. Williams, Donald Williams, Jean Wright Williams, Kristi Nicole Williams, Michael D. Williams, Neffeteria Makeeba Williams, Shelina S.

Williams, Sherese Latrelle Williams, Stephanie Lynn Williams-Hicks, Donna E. Williamson, Amanda Paulynne Williamson, Margaret L. Wilson, Andrea L Wilson, Ashley Renee Wilson, DeLloyd Wilson, Jazmine Esther Wilson-Hurey, Carolyn Wingfield, Sarah Morgan Wise, Jennifer Jela Womack, Canei F, Womack, Ytasha Lenae Wood-Harden, Saritha Elgene Woodard, Fannie B, Woodruff, Carla Yvette Wooldridge, Tara Vanessa Yan, Yan Young, Annessa Elaine Young, Stuart Carter Young, Virginia Alexander

Corporations/ Corporate Foundations 755 Restaurant Corporation A Taste of Health Inc Abbott Fund Ambar Realty Corporation American Express Foundation American Honda Arthur Culpepper Enterprises AT&T AT&T Foundation Atlanta Human Performance Center Inc Augusta Street Dental Associates P.A

Barnes & Noble Booksellers Brown & Moore Associates Catholic Foundation of North Georgia Inc Century Systems Inc. Chevron Products Company Chick-Fil-A, Inc. Colgate-Palmolive Co. Computershare Inc. Conoco Phillips Creating Better Client Assets First Daimler Chrysler Deeds Not Words, LLC Delsarte Printmaking Studio EPA Tee Ball Educational Dynamix Inc Encore Transportation & Language Services Energy Systems Group, LLC ETW Real Estate Investors, LLC Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Furery Terriy Reid Photography General Mills Foundation Georgia Power Company Gray Foundation Inc Hawthorne Graphics & Production LLC Hewlett Packard Horace Henry’s Photography Human Touch Palliative & Hospice, Inc Image Crafters Invictus Producation, LLC Jabara Records, LLC Johnson & Johnson Kelsick Real Estate Corporation

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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS KLS Accounting Services KO Tax & Financial Inc KPMG Foundation L. Robinson & Associates Laboratory Corporation of America LaGrange Art Museum Mercedes Benz of Buckhead Michael Ashe Inc Michael Gamble Enterprises Norfolk Southern Foundation Northwestern Mutual Foundation Pamola Powell Studios Pfizer, Inc. Phillips Medical Services PLLC PNC Foundation Renaissance Charitable Foundation, Inc. Restaurant Corporation Robinson Automotive Group Sanford Realty Co., Inc. Southern Company SSSI State Farm Companies The Castillo Charitable Foundation The Clorox Company Foundation The Kroger Company The Mays Group, LLC Touchstone Service Station Toyota Matching Gifts To Education Turner Foundation United HealthCare Services, Inc. Vanguard Group Foundation Verizon Foundation Weldon & Associates, LLC

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Private Foundations Andrew Young Foundation Inc. Erroll & Elaine Davis Charitable Gift Foundation of the Ayco Joseph A. Bailey Charitable Lead Trust Judith Alexander Foundation Inc. LPL Financial Charitable Foundation LUBO Fund, Inc. McKesson Corporation Philadelphia Foundation Grant Distribution The Community Foundation For The National Capital Region United Supreme Council, A.A.S.R., S.J. Charitable Foundation

Organizations American Academy of Religion Bethel United Methodist Church Inc. CAU Alumni Association Center for American Progress Century Systems Inc. Community Council of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. Copper Hills Homes Copper Hills Homes Creating Better Client Assets First Cumming First United Methodist Church Delta Sigma Theta Sorority-Sigma Chapter General Board of Higher Education & Ministry of the UMC General United Methodist Commission on Higher Education

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Georgia Association of Physical Plant Administrators, Inc Georgia Independent College Association, Inc, Heartspring Methodist Foundation Jack and Jill of America Incorporated Atlanta Chapter Kittredge Magnet School For High Achievers LaGrange Art Museum Metro Atlanta Learning Center Mount Welcome Baptist Church National Collegiate Athletic Association North Decatur United Methodist Church Radcliffe Presbyterian Service Guild Southern Association of Colleges and Schools SSSI The Atlanta Club Frontiers International, Inc. UMC-Women’s Division United Church of Christ United Negro College Fund, The Warren Memorial UMC Watkins, Garrett and Woods Mortuary Zion Hill Baptist Church

Sponsored Programs Agencies and Organizations OMTO-Conference of Minority Transportation Officials Zion Hill Baptist Church Army Research Office (ARO) Clarkston Aerospace Corporation

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Department of Education (DOEd) Department of Energy (DOE) Department of Defense (DOD) Emory University - Subcontract Florida A&M University - Subcontract Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) Georgia State University - Subcontract International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Hampton University Morehouse School of Medicine - Subcontract National Aeronautical Space Administration (NASA) National Institute of Health (NIH) National Institute of Health/NIMHD National Science Foundation North Carolina A&T State University -Subcontract Ray Anderson Foundation The Regents of the University of California at Berkeley - Subcontract United Negro College Fund (UNCF) University of Georgia University of Nebraska Medical Center -Subcontract Urban Leauge of Greater Atlanta - Subcontract USDA Forest Products Service Vorhees College - Subconract

Corporations/ Corporate Foundations Abbott Fund Boeing Company Hawthorne Graphics & Production, LLC LPL Financial Charitable Foundation 755 Restaurant Corporation A Taste of Health Inc Abbott Fund American Honda Motor Company, Inc. AT&T Atlanta Life Financial Group Avon Products Foundation Bank of America Corporation Barnes & Noble Booksellers Capital City Bank and Trust Company Chevron Products Company Chevron Products Company City of Atlanta Community Council of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. Cox Enterprises, Inc Dallas White Corporation Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote Duke Energy Foundation DTOO, LLC Estate of Theresa B. White Fresh Rain Music LLC Fuller E. Callaway Professorial Trust Furery Terriy Reid Photography GCI Services, Inc

General Board of Higher Education & Ministry of the UMC Georgia Pacific Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. Georgia United Methodist Commission on Higher Education Glass, Ernestine W. McCoy Harvest Rain Church International Inc House Arrest II IBM Corporation IBM International Foundation Kresge Foundation Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Mondelez International Foundation Primary Fitness LLC Regions Bank Reid Media Group, LLC Restaurant Corporation Silver & Associates Sodexo, Inc. & Affiliates Southern Assn of Colleges & Schools The Coca-Cola Company The Coca-Cola Foundation The M Resort Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. UMC-Women’s Division UNICCO Service Company Union Pacific Railroad United Negro College Fund (The) UPS Foundation, Inc. Verizon Wireless Wells Fargo A Taste of Health Inc Ambar Realty Corp.

Augusta Street Dental Associates P.A Fresh Rain Music, LLC GCI Services, Inc. Hawthorne Graphics & Production, LLC LPL Financial Charitable Foundation Macmillan Metro Atlanta Learning Center Inc Palmetto Hair Systems, LLC PepsiCo, Inc. Target Corporation Wholistic Stress Control Institute Inc.

Private Foundations Andrew Young Foundation Inc. Erroll & Elaine Davis Charitable Gift Foundation of the Ayco Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Inc. Irene H. Hills Estate Trust Joseph A. Bailey Charitable Lead Trust Judith Alexander Foundation Inc. The Community Foundation For The National Capital Region United Supreme Council, A.A.S.R., S.J. Charitable Foundation

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