Gala XXX Friday, October 17, 2014
VIP Reception & Gala 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. $300
General Admission
8 p.m.–12:30 a.m. Buffet Dinner at 8:30 p.m. $150
Martin’s West
6817 Dogwood Road Baltimore, Maryland 21244
For more information, call (443) 885-3535 or e-mail shonae.spence@morgan.edu
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MSU Foundation, Inc. 26th Annual Invitational Golf Tournament Friday, May 1, 2015
Proceeds support the MSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. For more information, contact Shonae Francis at (443) 885-3535 or shonae.spence@morgan.edu.
Help Fill In Our Alumni Network!
Do you know any MSU alumni who are not receiving our mailings? Please check with your MSU family members and friends, and contact the Office of Alumni Relations at (443) 885-3015, if you hear of any missed connections.
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oversee events scheduled to celebrate the 2014 Homecoming Weekend and establish a Class of 1974 endowment fund. The class presented a check for $50,653.96 at the Alumni Awards and Class Reunion Luncheon last May and has established the Class of 1974 Endowment Fund. You may make contributions to the endowment at https://donate.givetomorgan.com/page.aspx?pid=298, using the designation “Class of 1974 Endowed Scholarship Fund.” The Committee has set up a website, www. msuclassof1974.com, to communicate the Class of ’74 Homecoming activities. Classmates are asked to provide updated contact information and submit photos that reflect their time at Morgan. Please submit your photos by e-mail to Cassandra Wilkinson Lighty at cassandrawlighty@yahoo.com. For additional information about the Class of 1974 Homecoming activities, contact Angela Gaither Scott at acgaitherscott@msn.com or (410) 382-1704, or visit the MSU Class of 1974 website.
Travel Abroad with the Class of 1970
In observance of the 45th anniversary of their graduation, members of the Class of 1970 invite you to accompany them on a 12-day trip to France and England in August 2015. All adults are welcome. The trip is arranged and managed by Philadelphia’s Cultural Heritage Alliance, the nation’s oldest educational tour operator. For more information, please contact Paul Evans at (410) 728-6421 or pauliswriting@hotmail.com.
Class of 1991 Seeks 25th Reunion Committee Members
The Class of ’91 will celebrate its 25th Anniversary Reunion in 2016. If you’re interested in being part of the planning team, please contact Tisha Lynton Rose at (443) 722-8273 or msu91pres@aol.com.
Class of ’94 to Host Homecoming Hospitality Suite
As part of the celebration of its 20th Anniversary Reunion, the Class of 1994 will host a hospitality suite for class members before the 2014 Homecoming game, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the University Student Center.
Year Five Approaches for the Class of 2010
The Class of 2010 is planning the celebration of its fiveyear Anniversary Reunion, a milestone to be recognized by the MSU National Alumni Association next May 15, during the 75th Annual Alumni Awards and Class Reunion Luncheon. Classmates interested in getting involved as reunion committee members or Class Agents may contact Lyndsey Ellen Williams, Class Agent, at lywil2@morgan.edu.
Malika Barber is one Class of 2010 alumna who should have plenty to report on reunion day. Since graduating from Morgan with a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology, she has earned her master’s degree in counseling from West Chester University and started her own styling consultation company called Make Me Over Malika (MMOM). MMOM touts a unique approach: “The Psychology of Styling.” With her experience in observing human behavior, Barber gets to the “root” of each client before providing any styling services. Barber has been featured this year in the Delaware News Journal, on Philly.com and on fashion blogs and other websites. The class encourages all MSU alumni to support her in her endeavors.
I Am a Morganite
By the Late Thelma Banks Cox, ’48 and ’72 I am a Morganite, I have grown and developed under the nurturing of Morgan State University, because Morgan is the place where you can be SOMEBODY. Since its founding in 1867, Morgan has been a committed, a supporting and a giving institution. Throughout its existence, Morgan has been able to turn adversity into advantage, strife into strength, uncertainty into confidence, and shame into pride. Yes, I am a Morganite and proud of it, and I am proud of my fellow Morganites, who have graduated from these halls of learning and have gone to take their place as leaders everywhere. Leaders in education and politics Leaders in social services and law Leaders in business and religion Leaders in science and medicine Leaders in sports, art, music and dance Leaders who have excelled when given the chance. Many will continue to graduate from this great University, and they will be inspired by the good works of those who have preceded them, and they, too, will leave their mark on civilization as Morganites who realize there is still much work to do. You name it, and a Morganite has done it You point to it with pride, and a Morganite will claim it You declare that it must be achieved, and a Morganite will achieve it. Because Morgan State University, my University, is the place Where you can strive for excellence Where you can reach for the heights of glory, and Where YOU, too, can be SOMEBODY.
2014 LIFE MEMBERS
SAVE THE DATE!
MEET US AT THE MEAC BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT! NORFOLK, VA. March 9–14, 2015
Norfolk Scope Arena, 215 E. Brambleton Ave., Norfolk, VA 23510 Website: http://www. meachoops.com
CALLING ON ALL MSU ALUMNI TO SUPPORT THE MORGAN STATE BEARS DURING THE TOURNAMENT!
WEAR YOUR ORANGE AND BLUE! MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON!
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This list includes members who completed their Life Memberships between Alumni Day, May 17, 2013, and May 7, 2014. Although we have done everything possible to present a full list of Life Members for this period, we apologize should there be any omissions or other mistakes. Please contact the Alumni Relations Office for any corrections.
Denise D. Adams, ’76 Col. David L. Adderley, U.S. Army (Ret.), ’60 Adewole Akpose, ’04 and ’07 Leah Player Anthony, ’11 and ’14 Michael Artson, ’80 Richard A. Avant, ’54 & Janice Howard Avant, ’55** Cullen Banks, III, ’68 Evelyn Bennett, ’66 Walter Weldon Black, Jr., ’58 & Clairdean E. Riley Black, ’61** Phoelicia N. Blagmon, ’91 Charlene E. Bratton, ’75 Dr. Brenda Scott Brown, Ed.D., ’65 Ronald B. Brown, ’84 Maj. Jared L. Buchanan, U.S. Army, ’00 & Toi L. Buchanan, ’00** Dr. Eugene D. Byrd, Jr., ’65 & Laura Phillips Byrd, ’64** Jonathan S. Carpenter, ’91 Stephanie M. Chapple, ’93 Melissa A. Charles, ’91 Col. Patricia D. Cole, USARNG, ’83 Rodney Connor, ’91 Ronald F. Craig, ’58 Deborah L. Cupid, ’74 Delores B. Davis, ’86 Cynthia L. De Leaver, ’74 and ’76 Cystale A. Dunham, ’84 Ashley Rawlings Edwards, ’03 Roderick O. Ford, Esq., ’91
Henry Fuller, ’70 Angela C. Gaither-Scott,'74 Irma Gorham, ’74 and ’76 Ueritta Grant-Crocker, ’00 Rasheeda R. Green, ’97 Dr. Sonya L. Greene, ’97 Lt. Gen. Arthur J. Gregg, U.S. Army (Ret.)^ Azharul Haque, ’12 Maj. Israel Height, RSCP, ’57 Shaun A. Hester, ’94 Deidre Jackson Hicks, ’86 Denise S. Holley, ’78 Sylvia Wooden Holley, ’68 and ’77 Renita Holsendorff-Corbett, ’94 The Hon. Helen L. Holton Deborah J. Huey, ’66 Gwendolyn V. Johnson-Deville, ’64 Jaimee N. Jordan, ’95 Dolores Cruse Kemp, ’65 Eugene C. King, ’66 & Frances L. King, ’67** Byron Jeffrey Lee, ’87 Michele S. Lee-Cadogan, ’75 Grace E. Mack, ’64 Phoelicia N. Macon-Blagmon, ’91 Tia Malloy, ’98 Florence L. Maultsby, ’59 Lydia T. McCargo-Redd, ’73 and ’79 Cassaundra P. McClerkin, ’77 Mrs. Tonya Stepney McNeil, ’85 Lawrence D. McRae, ’80
Ernest Middleton, Ph.D., ’60 Tanya Alicia Milton, ’91 Celestine Baxter Morgan, ’67 Jacqueline Wilson Muldrow, ’85* Dr. Doris Venable Overton, ’74 Leonard R. Parks, Esq., ’70 Blanche Hudson Colbert Payne, ’54 Len Perry, ’71 Alfredy Pinder, ’70 Astrid Raquel Prieto, ’98 Rodney Redmond, Ed.D., ’08 Leonard E. Richardson, ’70, ’74 and ’80 May S. Richardson, ’77 Cynthia D. Simpson, ’72 Kenneth R. Smith, ’75 Nkeisha Maddox Smith, ’96 Joyce A. Sturgis, ’69 and ’89 Richard Thaxton, ’95 Alice L. Tinsley, ’59 W. Harold Tuck, Jr., ’74 Tamu Walton, ’99 Michael B. Wells, ’73 William H. Wells, ’69 Curtis Levy Williams, D.D.S., ’76 Dr. Alease J. Wright, ’70 and ’07 Christina Ward Young, ’73 ^ Associate, *Deceased, **Family Life Membership