Willie Lanier
Leroy Kelly
Len Ford
Images courtesy of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Roosevelt Brown
Morgan Football Hall of Famers!
Between 1929 and 1973, Morgan had one of the most storied programs in black collegiate football history. The Bears have produced 18 All-Americans and scores of pro football players, including the four Pro Football Hall of Fame members pictured here. Now in its Sesquicentennial year, Morgan State University has fielded a football team since 1898.
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY • ALUMNI NEWS • Fall 2017 2017 Life Members....................... Front Cover Director’s Message......................................... 2 MSUAA President’s Message......................... 2 Homecoming 2017......................................... 2 MSUAA Executive Officers.............................. 2
CONTENTS Chapter and Class News................................. 3 In the News.................................................... 4 Alumni on the Move....................................... 5 Football Schedule........................................... 7 Necrology....................................................... 7
Basketball Schedule........................................ 7 Alumni Calendar............................................. 8 Homecoming Calendar................................... 8 Carl Murphy Fine Arts Center Calendar......... 8 MSU Choir Schedule....................................... 8
Morgan Joins ‘10,000 Small Businesses’ Initiative in Baltimore Morgan State University is excited to announce its partnership with The Johns Hopkins University, the Community College of Baltimore County and Goldman Sachs to bring the 10,000 Small Businesses Program to the Baltimore region. Led by its co-chairs — Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO Lloyd Blankfein; Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder, President and CEO of Bloomberg L.P. and 108th Mayor of the City of New York; Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway; and Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter, Ph.D., Board Member and Founder of the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City — Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses provides entrepreneurs with a practical business and management education, business support services and access to capital.
Through the program — a public-private partnership — small businesses will receive the tools and support to develop a customized growth plan that will take the business to the next level. Small business owners will also gain practical skills in topics such as negotiation, marketing and employee management that can immediately be put into action. Eligibility is based on having a business in operation two years or more with at least two employees and with $100,000 in annual revenue. The program, designed by Babson College, the nation’s top-ranked entrepreneurship school, is available at no cost to selected applicants. Interested business owners are invited to register or get more information at https://www.10ksbapply. com/baltimore.
2017 Life Members
This list includes members who completed their Life Memberships between May 7, 2016 and May 7, 2017. 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. Doreen M. Adams-Bostic, ’15 Adekunbi T. Adeyemo, ’05 Mary F. Ambush-Evans, ’72 Stacy L. Anderson, ’99 Janet Queen Bacon, ’72 Phyllis M. Wainwright Berger, ’74 Dr. Taurance N. Bishop, ’99 Angela Cage Blackwell, ’85** Dwayne A. Blackwell, ’85** Melvin W. Bolden, Jr., ’64 Col. (Ret.) John C. Boston, ’71** Marie A. Boston, ’68** Jacqueline D. Bowser, ’72 and ’79 Dr. Cynthia B. Bragg, ’68 Sandra Brown Bridges, ’66 Rita H. Jones Brooks, ’66 LaVerne L. Brooks-Gaither, ’67 Arthur I. Brown, ’67 Dr. Gerald W. Burton, ’62** Gloria Gordon Burton, ’63** Bruce J. Caraway, Jr., ’72 Milton Carroll, ’83 Dr. Wenzell E. Carter, Jr., ’75 Veronica M. Case, ’68 Delores Bobian Cassell, ’68 Beryl Sampson Clark, ’71 Glenda M. Cole-Bobo, ’93 Michelle D. Collins, ’11 Dr. Khalilah L. Cox, ’99
Jennifer Lee Crenshaw, ’91** William C. Crenshaw, ’78** Michael Charles A. Cross, D.D., ’79 Evelyn Olivia Addison Darden, ’67 Linda Susan Davis, ’72 Rosalind N. Davis, ’88 Thais Y. Davis, ’86 Sharon M. Dennis, ’82 Kevin Dixon, Jr., ’14 Ms. Erin R. Fannings, ’06 Helen D. Fields, ’65 Col. (Ret.) Alfred C. Fisher, ’58 Darnell Fisher, ’03 Tanya M. Ford, ’86 Lois G. Forrester-Frye, ’70 Brian K. Frederick, ’97** Celeste J. Frederick, ’96** Giles E. Gibson, ’64 Gloria Anderson Gilliam, ’67 Dr. Ellestine J. Grant, ’72 Gerry Grant, ’72 Corisa D. Gray, ’58 Tamara W. Greenhill, ’67 Joanne E. Grimsley, ’62 Paulette McCray Hall, ’67 Randy L. Hampton, ’90 Brenda Smith Harriel, ’66 Rosa Cunningham Harris, ’72 Kadija Amina Brown Hart, ’01**
Maurice Warren Hart, ’02** Dr. Debra S. Hayes-Hughes, ’78 Desmond U. Hazel, ’12 Samuel F. Henry, Jr., ’10 Alison D. Hillen, ’91 Brian C. Holloway, ’01 Michael J. Howard, CPA, ’90 Veronica Lee Isaac, ’95 Janeen O. Jackson, ’87; MBA, ’98 Oliver S. Jackson, ’62 Yvonne A. Jackson, ’57 Maurice Leon Jennings, ’78 Marlene A. Johnson, Esq., ’95 Dr. Paulette Walker Johnson, ’73 Shevona Johnson, ’98 Ernestine Jones Jolivet, ’67** Russell W. Jolivet, ’66** Dwight H. Jones, ’74 Karissa B. Jones, ’03 Barbara Johnson Jordan, ’67 Christina B. Quince Kelly, ’01, ’09 Yvette D. Kelly, ’76 Pearl A. Kirby, ’70** Richard W. Kirby^** Alton B. Lacks, ’74 Milton U. Langley, ’54 Alphonso A. Lee, ’04** Chinor M. Lee, ’98** Cynthia A. Gipson Lee, ’99**
Deena L. Ealy Lee, ’95 Stacey G. Lee, ’01** Lt. Col. Kyle B. Leggs (Ret.), ’89 Aisha M. Lewis-McCoy, Esq., ’04 Dara Belton Lindsay, ’96* Don C.D. Lindsay, ’83 Jermisha E. Lynch, ’99** Dr. Maurice A. Lynch, ’99** Dr. Salima Siler Marriott, ’64 Oprah L. Martin, ’14 Michelle L. McClearn, ’06 Bethtrina D. Griffin McCray, LMSW, ’80 Lynn Knight Middleton, Esq., ’79 Daphne J. Neal, ’80 Vera Abrams Newton, ’67 McCarroll Nole, ’70 Lynell C. Nunn, ’73 Steven C. Oakman^ Dr. Rodney A. Orange, ’76 Harriette Myles Page, ’78** Raymond N. Page, ’67** Leticia V. Parquer, ’98 Claude R. Parran, ’70 Floyd C. Patterson, Jr., ’62 Colin Eglan Peart, ’89 Dolores Atkins Pendergrass, ’65 Brenda Brown Perry, ’79 Erwin D. Polk, ’74 Dr. Jamie Elaine Pope, ’08
Marie A. Proctor-Green, ’73 James F. Queen, ’77 Constance E. Ragsdale, ’70 Donald F. Rainey, ’76 Camilla M. Raymond, ’75 Tiffany M. Reed, ’97 The Hon. Thurman H. Rhodes, Sr., ’72 Anita E. Richmond, ’72 Valerie Clark Ricketts, ’72 Valerie E. Robinson, ’83 Celestine C. Scott, ’72 David L. Seebold, ’99 Keisha D. Shepherd, ’03 Michael T. Sims, ’83 Annie Jordan Sinclair, ’72 Capt. (U.S.P.H.S., Ret.) Michaele R. Smith, ’77 Cereta D. Spencer, ’89 Wanda A. Spencer-Lucas, ’88 Jimmie L. Stanton, ’66 Rochelle Stevens, ’88 Willie C. Stewart, ’69 Gloria Matthews Still, ’62 Susan R. Sturtevant, ’14 Linda Sweatt-Freeman, ’77 Ronald M. Swift, ’70 Marsha Anderson Taylor, ’70 Natalie T. Thomas, ’99 Robin D. Thomas, ’78 Barbara A. Tiller-Ferguson, MBA, ’93
John W. Turner, ’63 Dietra O. Tyler-John, ’83 Carrie W. Vick, ’75 D’Andrea L. Walker, ’94 Crystal L. Warren-Foster, ’87 Robert D. Washington, ’73 Bryan S. Watson, Esq., ’00 Dr. Ron L. Watson, Jr., ’91 Rosing D. White, ’67 Rita Bennett Whiting, ’66 Derrick D. Williams, ’16 Eric Anthony Williams, ’93 Sidney V. Williams, ’71 Emmanuellé P. Willis, ’13 Anjanae L. Wilson-Brown, ’11 Rodney D. Witherspoon, ’89 Nicole K. Wooten, ’06 Floyd Briscoe Wright, ’82
^Associate *Deceased **Family Life Member