TSU Alumni Life Magazine 2019

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Traci Otey Blunt

Dr. Levi Watkins

Letter from the President

Dear TSU Alumni and Friends,

It is my pleasure and my honor to share the accomplishments of our talented alumni, students, and employees of Tennessee State University. As we work together to achieve our common vision, I take this opportunity to thank you for your support. We continue the proud legacy of providing an excellent education to all who enroll at our institution, a legacy that has stood for 105 years, and one that will continue past 105 more. One of the cornerstones of our success is the contributions of outstanding alumni. Inside this edition of the Alumni Life, we witness the spirit and passion for TSU. Tirelessly, our alumni continue to give their time, talent, and financial resources to their beloved alma mater. Tennessee State remains a premiere HBCU setting the example for others to follow. With the recent launch of our National Center for Smart Technology Innovations and the HBCU C2 Innovation Academy, we continue to lead from the front. We are an exceptional institution, producing students who are well prepared for the global marketplace.

Let us all continue to live the TSU motto of think, work, serve. As alumni, you remain the backbone of the University and are vital to our success. The next generation of Tigers are depending on you.

Again, thank you for your support of Tennessee State!

Sincerely yours,

President Glenda Glover Tennessee State University Class of ‘74

TSU, Apple Host National Coding Academy

By Lucas Johnson

Tennessee State University has launched a national initiative that seeks to bring coding experiences to historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and underserved communities.

TSU hosted the inaugural HBCU C2 Presidential Academy July 14-19 through its newly established National Center for Smart Technology Innovations. HBCU C2 will bring coding and creativity opportunities to students across HBCU campuses and to a broad group of students across Nashville.

Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted following the launch: “Anything is possible when people come together with a shared vision. Thank you to @TSUedu for your leadership and enthusiasm in bringing coding to your community and HBCUs nationwide!”

Leaders of 14 historically black colleges and universities – including Tennessee State –from across the country came away from the Academy with knowledge and skills in coding and app development from Apple’s comprehensive coding curriculum, which utilizes its popular Swift programming language.

“Tennessee State University is proud to host this great initiative as we give HBCU students and Nashville public schools access to this opportunity to expand their knowledge and gain important workforce development skills,” said TSU President, Dr. Glenda Glover. “Coding and app development are a growing part of the global workforce, and we want to help make sure people of color, especially our students, are equipped with the knowledge and skills to be competitive, and successful.”

The HBCUs that were part of the first cohort include: Arkansas Baptist College, BethuneCookman University, Dillard University, Fisk University, Fort Valley State University, Lincoln University-Missouri, Morehouse College, Norfolk State University, Prairie View A&M University, Southern University Shreveport Louisiana, Texas Southern University, Wilberforce University and Xavier University of Louisiana.

Participants at the Academy included HBCU presidents, faculty members, IT staff and STEM students interested in becoming app developers.

TSU is also working with Apple, Metro Nashville Public Schools, Motlow State Community College and the Metropolitan Nashville Chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., to expand coding opportunities to other students in the community.

“We want students of all ages and background to have the opportunity to pursue coding and creativity,” said Dr. Robbie Melton, TSU’s Interim Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies, and the initiative’s main facilitator. “That’s why TSU is working side-by-side with Metro Nashville Public Schools to empower students from Pre-K through workforce and align curricula to make it even easier for students to learn to code and get credit for that effort.”

Dr. Douglas Renfro is executive director of learning technology and library services at MNPS. He said coding provides “opportunities for students that they had not seen before.”

“We’re also showing students you don’t have to necessarily have a fouryear degree to get started in life,” said Renfro. “This can become a way that you can boost yourself up, find your interest, and then maybe go get your four-year degree, or your two-year degree.”

Campus booming with new construction, including Health Sciences Building

By Lucas Johnson

Tennessee State University’s campus landscape is changing with the construction of several new buildings.

TSU President Glenda Glover says the structures will enhance students’ living and improve their learning environment.

“The new projects are part of a long-term plan to improve academic programs and increase our residence hall inventory, while enhancing the overall status of the university,” says Dr. Glover.

“We are extremely excited about the future and the new look our campus will take on with the construction. It’s been a long time coming for our students, faculty, staff and alumni.”

Currently under construction is a new Health Sciences Building. The company responsible for building the facility has installed a camera that allows alumni and constituents to monitor the 18to 24-month project.

TSU National Alumni Association President Joni McReynolds says providing a link for alums to monitor the construction is a wonderful idea.

“I would encourage all alumni to look at the link and see how progress is being made, and I will do my best to send it around to my executive board, and to all alums we have the ability to contact,” says McReynolds.

TSU Nashville Alumni Chapter President Dwight Beard agrees.

“I think it’s a great initiative,” says Beard. “I am excited about it. It’s going to bring in new students, and it’s going to create new opportunities.”

Also on slate for construction are two new residence halls, a food science building, Gateway Arch Entrance, and an Alumni House and Welcome Center.

Dr. Curtis Johnson, TSU’s chief of staff, says it’s an exciting time at TSU.

“President Glover and her leadership have been working very hard with the various constituents to enhance TSU,” says Johnson. “We’re excited about all the things that we’re going to bring for the students, the faculty, and the alumni.”

By Michael McLendon

Dr. Kimberly Smith secured more than $7 million in grant funding during her first year as director of the Center of Excellence for Learning.

The Tennessee Early Childhood Training Alliance (TECTA), a statewide professional development system that provides assistance for employees at licensed child care facilities, is funded by the center through a contract with the Tennessee Department of Human Services.

“TECTA provides training for those in the early childhood field. Also, once they complete the 30-hour training, each participant is available to receive academic support up to a doctorial degree,” Smith said. “We pay a portion of tuition, as well as books for academic support or credentials.”

Smith said trainees can be employees who work in family child care, at a child care center or a school age program. She said funding for the program, which has eight sites across the state, allows her to hire 15 new employees.

John Barfield, director of engagement and visibility in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, said much of Smith’s success can be attributed to her leadership, as well as the research and grant writing focus of her management team, which is housed on campus.

“She has built a team in the short amount of time that she has been over the center that is fully staffed. They have been able to grow the amount of funding for the center in an unprecedented fashion,” Barfield said.

TSU was recently designated as a Carnegie R2 research institution, one of only 139 in the nation, and one of only 11 among all historically black colleges and universities.

College of Engineering Receives $1M Award For Scholarships Smith Secures Over $7 Million In First Year As Center Director

By Lucas Johnson

The College of Engineering is using a one million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation to recruit and retain graduate students.

Dr. Frances Williams, the project’s Principal Investigator (PI) who was recently appointed associate vice president for Research and Sponsored programs, said the “measures are crucial in providing for recruitment, retention, and graduation of graduate students.“

“This is imperative as the United States is faced with a human resource challenge in its need to produce more domestic scientific and engineering talent with advanced competencies,” she said. The award, “Scholarships To Attract and Retain Students (STARS) in

Graduate Engineering and Computer Science Programs,” will provide 30 scholarships to students who are pursuing master’s degrees in engineering or computer science over five years.

As part of the college’s strategic plan, the goal is to increase graduate enrollment by at least 25 percent in areas of research.

In addition to financial support, the program will include cohort-building activities, graduate student support services, seminars, summer internships, and mentorship.

Dr. S. Keith Hargrove, dean of the College of Engineering, said the scholarship program will support the college’s effort to recruit and grow the graduate programs in engineering and computer science. He said applicants will be evaluated on their grade point average (at least 3.4), research interest, and discipline.

To learn more about TSU’s College of Engineering, visit http://www.tnstate.edu/engineering

Big Blue Claims Home Depot’s Retool Your School Top Honor

Tennessee State University took home “Campaign of the Year” honors in Home Depot’s Retool Your School - HBCU Campus Improvement competition. This was the first year for the award, which was created to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Retool Your School program. TSU beat out 60 other institutions for the grant award. “We are extremely proud to have won this top honor for campaign of the year, and are

TSU alumni were motivated by National Alumni Association President Joni McReynolds, who led the charge for her alma mater on social media. McReynolds even posted a video outside of her local Home Depot store urging fellow alumni to vote.

“The TSU family, including students, alumni and friends, came together to allow us to win,” McReynolds said. “It’s good to see the Tennessee State University Tiger spirit.”

everyone come together for this great cause.”

Curtis Johnson, chief of staff and associate vice president for administration, said the Retool Your School Award will be used to enhance the school’s exterior lighting in areas students frequent.

“Outside of the project, Retool Your School, we have earmarked $275,000 for exterior lighting. We want to make sure

just as proud of our students, staff and alumni that mobilized efforts for TSU to have such a strong showing to get the entire university family involved,” said Tennessee State University President, Dr. Glenda Glover. TSU finished second in voting for the large institution category, but walked away with the campaign of the year award. Judges cited the overall performance of the campaign that was able to engage students, alumni and the community, as well as digital media strategies to promote voting.

TSU has participated in the Home Depot program since 2014. Kelli Sharpe, assistant vice president for Public Relations and Communications, said getting the word out early and often was crucial.

“Staff put together a comprehensive social media campaign and worked to make sure students, employees, alumni and the TSU community as a whole were included on all communications regarding our campaign,” Sharpe said. “It was truly a team effort to see

that persons on the campus at night are moving about safely,” Two locations specifically targeted for lighting in the Retool Your School proposal include the TSU Amphitheater and the Floyd Payne Campus Center. Home Depot will have the final approval of the projects, which will start in the fall.

Johnson said better lighting on campus will also benefit alumni when they visit TSU.

Watkins Commitment To Students Continues with New Institute

By Emmanuel S. Freeman

Tennessee State University continues to honor the life and legacy of world-renowned medical luminary, Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr., with an institute named in his honor.

Watkins, a 1966 alumnus of TSU and the first African - American to be accepted into and graduate from the Vanderbilt School of Medicine, revolutionized the medical world with the creation and implantation of the Automatic Implantable Defibrillator (AID), which detects irregular heart rhythms and shocks the heart back to life.

The Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr. Institute, which was established in 2018, has four components, the Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr. Society, the Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr. Pre-med Society, the Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr. Lecture Series, and the Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr. Endowed Scholarship.

The Society is a student organization for STEM majors who are high academic achievers and Presidential Scholars. The Pre-Med Society is for students who are high achievers interested in attending medical school. Both organizations include periodic seminars, service as research assistants, a living learning community on campus, and training for personal health and wellness.

At the inaugural Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr., Homecoming Lecture in October of 2018, TSU President Glenda Glover thanked the Watkins family for donating $500,000 to fund the institute, and shared her enthusiasm about the initiative.

“We established this institute to assist students who aspire to attend medical school. We established this institute for students to join the pre-med society. We established this institute to provide leaders from around the world,” she said. “We established this institute to provide scholarships for students for their education here at TSU.“

Watkins, Jr., M.D. Professor in Medical Education Chair at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, shared an inspiring message at the inaugural lecture. TSU Assistant Dean of Students Erica Gilmore said preserving Watkins legacy with the institute is important because of his work recruiting students to pursue

“He was involved in STEM and the promotion of STEM before it was really cool,” said Gilmore, who graduated from TSU in 2007 and has served as a member of the Metro Nashville Council for 12 years.

Watkins enrolled at Tennessee State in 1962, majoring in biology and graduating with honors. He was also elected student body president at TSU. In 1966, following graduation, he attended Vanderbilt’s School of Medicine. Watkins went onto become the first black chief resident in cardiac surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital after medical school. Watkins fought for equal opportunities in education throughout his career, increasing minority enrollment at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine by 400 percent in

Dr. George C. Hill, who formerly served as head of the Levi

Barbara Murrell, a 1960 alumna of TSU, was the director of Student Activities in 1965 when Watkins served as president of the student

“Levi started his preparation for his journey here at Tennessee State University in the ‘Land of Golden Sunshine by the Cumberland fertile shore,’” she said. “To us he was Levi. To the world he became a renowned cardiac surgeon, a gamechanger, an unrelenting advocate for the disenfranchised, a drum major for justice and a history maker.”

To support the Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr. Scholarship, please contact Dr. Lonnie Sharpe at (615) 963-5501 or e-mail sharpe@tnstate.edu.

University marks historic milestone with inaugural Executive MBA Program graduates

Tennessee State University added another page to the institution’s historical achievements when its first Executive MBA class walked the stage at the 2018 fall commencement ceremony.

The significance of the 22-member group’s achievement was highlighted when TSU President Glenda Glover acknowledged the class and asked them to stand.

“It was extremely exciting and gratifying to see the first cohorts of the TSU executive MBA culminate this historic journey by participating in fall commencement,” said Dr. Glover. “TSU is Nashville’s only four-year public institution and it just made sense that we have a business program tailored for the corporate community, the working professional. Our executive MBA has national and global appeal, as evident from some of the students that were from as far away as Colorado, and also internationally, representing Italy.”

The 12-month program, which started last fall, was delivered in a hybrid format consisting of both inperson and online course offerings.

Business professors and seasoned professionals with industry and business background, such as current and former company executives, taught the program. Among them was President Glover, a certified public accountant with a high level of experience in the corporate world. Program participants also had the opportunity to spend 10 days studying outside the United States to broaden their understanding of global leadership. The inaugural class went to Japan. A second class, which is scheduled to graduate in December, went to Japan and South Korea.

David Pelton, a member of the inaugural class, has been in the business world as an independent consultant in marketing and government relations for more than 20 years. However, he needed a brush-up in accounting and how to deal with personalities in the workplace. He said the TSU MBA program was just what he needed.

“This program helped me gain knowledge and develop better skills and understanding of things I thought I knew in serving my clients,” said Pelton. “I travel quite a lot in my business and the program design worked perfectly to do class work, as well as serve clients.”

Dr. Millicent Lownes-Jackson, dean of the College of Business, said the goal of the EMBA program was to offer an affordable, convenient, accredited, business curriculum for busy business professionals.

“In one short year, EMBA program participants have acquired critical business knowledge, along with readily applicable global business and leadership strategies that will enable them to make an immediate and profound impact.”

Anis Mnif, director of graduate programs in the College of Business, agreed.

“The Executive MBA provided participants a strong foundation for a thriving career,” Mnif said “It combined cutting-edge research results and theory provided by our renowned faculty and real-life practical examples made available through the rich executive-level experiences of the program’s Executives in Residence.”

DIRECTION NEW CHOIR

By Emmanuel S. Freeman

They have performed for the Pope, and have been called the best college choir in the nation. But Tennessee State University’s New Direction Gospel Choir is more than just songs and sounds.

“New Direction is a FAMILY,” said Justin Lovance Butler in an interview a few weeks after the group was tapped to appear as featured performer on BET’s hit show “Sunday Best,” a reality television gospel music singing competition series. Butler has directed the choir for 10 of the nearly 12 years since he came to TSU as a transfer student in 2008. He earned a bachelor’s degree in health science in 2010, but has remained connected to TSU and New Direction.

“Some of the most genuine people I have ever met have come through this ‘aggregation,’ at one point. We sing together, pray together, cry together, or whatever else needs to be done – we do together,” said the Memphis native. “These students I lead give me a sense of purpose, which is what I feel I fulfill every time I step in front of them.”

This fall, the choir will appear in an episode of ‘Sunday Best,’ Butler said. That episode was recorded May 9 in the Tyler Perry Studio in Atlanta. Butler called the invitation from BET a “total surprise and a wild moment.”

Sunday Best,” said Noel. “It was just a blessing how everything worked out. The school was one hundred percent behind us, the choir was one hundred percent behind us.”

Last winter, New Direction spent 31 days touring and performing in different cities across Europe. The group held 24 concerts, including an appearance in the Vatican, where they met and performed for the Pope.

“That was another wild moment,” said Butler. “The people were so excited to see us. They treated us like we were rock stars. The red carpet was laid out for us everywhere we went.”

One of the show’s producers (Torrance Glenn) “called us out of the blue,” recalled Butler, and said he had been following New Direction for a long time, and when he needed a choir to perform behind the contestants, the TSU group “instantly” came to mind.

“It was a wild moment. We didn’t know we had impacted someone all the way in New York,” Butler said. “He just said, ‘I need you all as guest performers for this episode and I need you here’ by this time. He said he felt we would be the best to perform on the show behind the contestants.”

Kedrick Noel, a junior music education major from Memphis, is president of New Direction Gospel Choir. He said he got the call from Butler about the opportunity to appear on BET.

“It was just amazing. We are beyond grateful and blessed to have this opportunity to perform on BET

In 2015, New Direction was voted the “Nation’s Best Gospel Choir ” with a $15,000 prize, when they took their final bow at the National College Choir Explosion in Louisville, Kentucky.

Terrance Izzard, associate vice president for enrollment management and student success, is one of three advisors for New Direction. He and his fellow advisors provide academic, musical, spiritual and social guidance to the group, which Izzard describes as “one of the premier collegiate gospel choirs” in the United States.

“I have always respected the work of Justin Butler and his team of excellent singers and musicians,” said Izzard, who came to TSU about two years ago. “The energy, the sound, the choreography, and the creative edge are characteristics that distinguish New Direction as an exceptional choir.”

New Direction ranked among the best collegiate gospel groups

TSU celebrates former football players

By Lucas Johnson

Tennessee State University celebrated its rich football history with a special tribute to TSU players who competed in the pros, including 21 in Super Bowls.

“Salute to Greatness-Excellence on the Gridiron” took place at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel on April 12. The event lead up to the NFL Draft in Nashville, and was part of TSU’s annual Coming Home-Legends Weekend, which featured the Blue and White Game.

“Our history of sending students to play on the professional level of football is special,” said TSU Athletics Director Teresa Phillips. “Those who competed on the highest level were and are great representatives of the university and should be recognized.”

Over the years, more than 150 TSU players went on to compete in the National Football League, Canadian Football League, and other professional leagues.

Those players who attended the event include Pro Football Hall of Famer Richard Dent, MVP of Super Bowl XX with the Chicago Bears; Ed “Too Tall” Jones, who appeared in three Super Bowls as a member of the Dallas Cowboys; and twotime Pro Bowler Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, who played in Super Bowl XLVIII with the Denver Broncos.

“When I first learned of the event, I was very excited,” said Jones. “Tennessee State has always had a rich athletics program, even before I got here.”

Grant Winrow, special assistant to TSU President Glenda Glover, was the event’s chairman. He said the reunion was an emotional celebration because of the brotherhood the players share.

“I have never seen more grown men cry in one room, than I did that night,” said Winrow, who is also director of special projects. “It was truly a night of celebration.”

Chris Hope, a former Tennessee Titans Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champion safety with the Pittsburgh Steelers, was the event’s keynote speaker. The master of ceremony was Emmy Award-winning sportscaster Hope Hines, considered a Nashville legend in sports coverage.

“For over six decades, players from Tennessee State University have been cornerstones of the National Football League,” said Hines, who covered TSU sports extensively. “In fact, only a very few colleges and universities have sent more players to the NFL than TSU. The ‘Salute to Greatness’ night is the perfect opportunity to celebrate over 60 years of the brotherhood of Big Blue players who have made Tennessee State University synonymous with the NFL.”

Traci Otey Blunt, a TSU alum and senior vice president of corporate communications for the NFL, agreed.

“I think it’s so dynamic what TSU has done for the sports community, business community, and beyond,” said Blunt. “I scream from the mountaintops that I’m a proud Tennessee State University graduate.”

In 2016, TSU was recognized at the John Wooten Leadership Awards in San Francisco for the number of players who competed in Super Bowls. The university’s football legacy dates back to Super Bowl I in 1967, when former TSU Tigers Willie Mitchell and Fletcher Smith made their appearance as teammates with the Kansas City Chiefs. More than 20 players have followed them over the years.

(l to r) Alvin Griffin, Anthony Pleasant, Ben Brown, TSU football coach Rod Reed, Osorio Jackson, Bernard Wilson, Chris Hayes, and (kneeling in front) Melvin Waters and the TSU mascot.

James Shaw Jr. uses ‘Waffle House Hero’ notoriety to champion social causes

By Emmanuel S. Freeman

Like many people, James Shaw Jr. ran into a Waffle House on April 22, 2018 to get a quick bite. But what happened next on that morning changed his life and thrust the humble gentleman into the national spotlight.

“I am not a hero,” Shaw told reporters after wrestling an assault rifle from a gunman at the restaurant in the Antioch neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee.

“I want people to know that I did that completely out of a selfish act. I was completely doing it just to save myself. Me doing that, I did save other people, but I don’t want people to think I was the terminator or superman or anything like that.”

Four people died in the incident, and police and law enforcement officials believe many more would have been killed or injured if not for Shaw’s intervention.

Regardless of what he thinks about his actions, what Shaw did, brought him notoriety he never imagined. From Hollywood to the White House, Shaw has earned himself a place and a name in history as the “Waffle House Hero.”

TSU President Glenda Glover hosted a special event to honor Shaw, which included a scholarship in his name and a Special Presidential Recognition. TSU’s Farrell-Westbrook Building was filled to capacity as the Nashville community, state and local elected officials, as well as TSU students, faculty and staff joined the university for the special event.

“The TSU family is extremely proud of alumnus James Shaw Jr. for his bravery and courage,” Glover said before the ceremony. “James epitomizes the core values and mission of our institution, which is think, work and serve. His genuine concern for the well-being of others is a tribute to his parents, who are also TSU alumni.”

And then came the endless list of activities, events, special appearances, recognitions and appreciations from across the nation for Shaw.

The Tennessean editorial board named him one of its 2018 People of the Year. He appeared on the “Ellen” show, received the Courage Award from the US Justice Department, was honored at the NBA All-Star game, named Special Presidential Honoree at the 2018 TSU Homecoming, honored at the Nashville Christmas Parade, named BET Humanitarian Hero, and received “Best Hero” MTV award from Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman. In June, Shaw was also honored with a joyride in a Blue Angels jet.

In all, Shaw has remained humble, using his newly gained fame to help the needy, champion social causes, and put light on some of the things he sees as ills in society, such as illegal possession of firearms and gun violence. He invited Waffle House shooting victims’ relatives to TSU and presented them with more than $240,000 he had received from a GoFundMe campaign he launched after the shooting.

“Had you not been there, everybody in that building would have been killed,” said Renee Hampton, the aunt of 24-year-old Sharita Henderson, who was wounded in the shooting. “I just want to say thank you.”

Shaw also chose TSU to launch the James Shaw Jr. Foundation and a new charity. Called “Come Together Day,” the event kicked off at Hale Stadium with vendors and activities for kids before moving into Kean Hall, where there was a celebrity basketball game that included TSU alum and then Philadelphia 76ers star Robert Covington.

Shaw said the mission of The James Shaw Jr. Foundation is to work with other like-minded organizations and community advocates to eradicate violence and address mental health issues, as well as provide support, tools and resources for individuals and families who have experienced severe violence and trauma.

“It’s about accountability and caring for one another,” he said.

Jazmin Ghent Continues to Soar With NAACP Image Award

By Michael McLendon

Deborah Ghent says when she and her husband Carl went on their first date, they hit it off so well that they discussed naming their first child Jazmin to honor their mutual love for jazz music.

The couple had no idea they would have twins, but their decision to name their daughter Jazmin seems almost prophetic considering the recent success and recognition she has garnered as a smooth jazz artist.

Jazmin Ghent, who received an NAACP Image Award earlier this year in the Outstanding Smooth Jazz Album category for “The Story of Jaz,” said winning the award came as a complete surprise.

“I was playing on a jazz cruise with the amazing jazz musician Dave Koz,” recalled Ghent, “And that’s when I found out, and I am beyond thankful, blessed and humbled to have won.”

Jazmin, also named Best New Artist of 2017 by the Smooth Jazz Network, earned a master’s degree in music from Tennessee State University in 2014 after securing a bachelor’s degree in Music Education/ Jazz Studies from Florida State University.

“If I didn’t have music, I know I wouldn’t be where I am today,” she said. “Music distracted me from getting off track and being something I’m not. It really allowed me to express myself and find my way in life.”

Currently an elementary school music teacher on weekdays and a traveling smooth jazz phenom on weekends, Jazmin speaks fondly of her time at TSU.

She said Dr. Robert Elliot, head of the Department of Music at TSU, her residence life coworkers Gregory Williams and Brent Dukhie, and various members of the TSU family, provided direction and support during her time at the university.

Elliot, who served as chair of Ghent’s thesis committee, said that as a musician, Jazmin brings the “total package.”

“She is very much a modern saxophonist, but she is well-grounded in the music of those greats who came before her, and she has built upon that legacy,” he said.

A great deal of Jazmin’s love for education comes from her mother Deborah, who worked as a special education teacher for 38 years. According to Deborah, Jazmin honed a lot of her leadership skills and musicianship in church.

“At the age of 8, she started playing in church, and she and her twin sister alternated weeks and they became the church Sunday school pianists,” Deborah said. When she was older and the church pianist was out, she

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Christion Abercrombie A Walking Miracle

by Michael McLendon

Christion Abercrombie is a walking miracle. For almost a year in corridors throughout Big Blue Nation, his name has become synonymous with grit, perseverance, and determination.

After collapsing from a life-threatening injury on the sidelines during the Tennessee State-Vanderbilt game on Sept. 29, 2018, paramedics rushed the 20-year-old linebacker to Vanderbilt University Medical Center Hospital for emergency surgery.

Doctors reported that Christion suffered numerous strokes, along with a severe brain injury, and by that Monday morning, TSU Head Football Coach Rod Reed reported to media that Christion remained in “very critical condition.”

News of the unfortunate incident spread throughout the nation, as his family, and TSU officials — including TSU President Glenda Glover, Athletics Director Teresa Phillips, and Coach Reed — sat at his hospital bedside.

Amidst the uncertainty of Christion’s condition, TSU students, faculty and staff held a prayer vigil in the TSU Courtyard on Tuesday, Oct. 2. Dr. Glover asked for continued prayer for Christion and his family.

“We want the entire family to know that we’re standing with them,” she said. “Christion is a fighter. We will continue to support him and his family.”

On Oct. 3, Christion’s mother, Staci Abercrombie, updated the media on her son’s condition at a press conference held at VUMC. She encouraged friends, family and concerned viewers with her words of faith.

“We’re expecting a miracle,” said Staci

Abercrombie, who appeared on ‘The Today Show’ the next morning.

battle. But he’s a strong young man. He’s fighting. We just have to continue to pray.”

On Oct. 17, VUMC discharged Christion, who was transported to the Sheperd Center,

one of the nation’s top 10 rehabiliation hospitals for brain injuries, located in Atlanta. President Glover paid special tribute to Christion at the TSU Homecoming game on Oct. 20, with family members, including Abercrombie’s aunt, Shawn Neason, and uncle Kevin Richardson – sporting the player’s No. 6 jersey – joining her for the

Not too long afterward, reports emerged of Christion speaking, taking small steps and sharing with his parents his goal to once again suit up and play football as a TSU Tiger.

As Christion’s mobility increased, it became apparent that his love for football remained. He went home briefly on Dec. 16 to watch NFL games with his family, and a few days later attended a special day in his honor at Westlake High, his alma mater. He also reportedly attended church, and by January 8, had returned home to live with his parents at their residence in Atlanta.

prayers, our son is here today. He is a miracle. This is a journey, and it’s not over. But we’re very grateful to God for what He’s already done, and for what He is going to continue to do.”

In late January, Staci, calling Christion’s progress a “miracle,” said he planned to return to TSU to complete his degree in sports management, but she did not say exactly when. Christion returned to TSU in February to visit his teammates and coaches, and on April 13 made a special appearance at the TSU Big Blue 5k Run, where he fired the starting gun and took photographs with winners.

“We are very grateful for each and every one of you,” Staci said. “Because of God and your

In late April, while millions of viewers watched him on television and over the internet, Christion announced the fifth-round draft pick of the Tennessee Titans during the NFL Draft, calling his friend’s name -- Georgia LB D’Andre Walker.

During an interview with WSB-TV in Atlanta, Christion offered these words of advice to injured athletes across the globe fighting to recover:

“Believe in God, because without Him nothing is possible. He made everything happen for me.”

In October during this year’s homecoming festivities, Christion will be honored as the Special Presidential Grand Marshal.

A GoFundMe has been set up to help Christion and his family. To donate, visit www.gofundme. com/tennessee-state-univ-athletics-dept.

Serving Up Slices and Scholarships with Franchise Expansion

By Michael McLendon

With a vision of fusing pizza, hip hop and art, Clinton Gray III, Derrick Moore and Emmanuel “E.J.” Reed, have created a thriving restaurant business that has expanded from 911 Buchanan St. in North Nashville to locations in Antioch, Tennessee, and Atlanta.

The three 2007 graduates took their vision, passion and the almost $3,000 they had between them, and paid a visit to the Nashville Business Incubation Center at the TSU Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development. Within seven years, they had built a multimilliondollar moving company that set the stage for their most popular venture to date, Slim & Husky’s Local Pizza Beeria.

The fast-growing pizza chain recently served up slices of their “Got 5 On It” pizza to “Good Morning America” hosts Michael Strahan and Robin Roberts as part of National Cheese Pizza Day and walked away with the top honor of having the best cheese pizza.

Plans have been made to extend their unique array of pizza to new

Derrick Moore, Clinton Gray and E.J. Reed appeared on Good Morning America as part of National Cheese Pizza Day.

locations in Memphis, Chattanooga, Birmingham, Austin, Houston, Louisville, and additional locations in Atlanta and the Nashville International Airport.

Gray said part of Slim & Husky’s uniqueness stems not only from its food, but its engaging atmosphere.

“We just want to bring everybody together over some good pizza,” he said.

The location in North Nashville is a hotspot for neighborhood residents and area business people, as well as a preferred hangout and place of employment for students.

“Our experience with hiring Tennessee State University students specifically has been excellent,” Reed said.

Some of their signature pizzas at Slim & Husky’s include the RONY, RONI, RONE!, the CALIFORNIA LOVE and the NOTHING BUT A “V” THANG, which comes with veggies only and vegan cheese. In fact, the restaurant’s cinnamon rolls were such a hot item, that they led to the opening of a new spin-off business across the street at 1006 Buchanan St., called The Roll Out.

“What we found was that there was so much demand for the cinnamon roll that people were coming in and ordering four pizzas and four cinnamon rolls, and it got so busy in the kitchen

that we couldn’t work at the speed level we wanted,” said Gray. The Roll Out provides space to sell their popular cinnamon rolls, as well as focus on their carry-out and catering services for corporations and large events. Slim & Husky’s also has its own lifestyle brand and clothing boutique located within The Roll Out.

As Slim & Husky’s continues to grow, the trio has extended it’s staff to include CEO Betty Marshall who, according to their website, has more than 25 years in the hospitality industry. The owners have also increased their efforts to promote education by continuing to provide jobs for area youth, as well as scholarships to students who “excel through academics, athletics and community service.”

“It’s just something we want to do, because to us, we just don’t want to be one of those companies that come into the community and don’t contribute,” Moore said.

All three of the rising entrepreneurs credit TSU with giving them vision and direction.

“The professors, the coaches and just the whole staff made it a family environment, and that’s helped us continue to be a family and become good businessmen.”

Fore more information about Slim & Husky’s, visit www.slimandhuskys.com.

Traci Otey Blunt Reaches New Heights As NFL Exec

By Michael McLendon

Traci Otey Blunt loves football. For four years, she marched across the field in Hale Stadium at every Tennessee State University football game as a proud member of the Aristocrat of Bands. In April, she returned to Nashville as senior vice president of corporate communications for the National Football League, a position she describes as her “dream job.”

“In this role, I am the day-to day communications executive who leads everything but football communications on the field,” she said. “I have four verticals under my portfolio,— I oversee rapid response, public affairs, player health and safety, business operations, and work closely with the social responsibility and community relations team and football communications team.”

Traci, who majored in criminal justice at TSU, said in her twenties she planned to become a police officer with the dream of eventually becoming an FBI agent. All of that changed after a conversation with her father following a career fair at the university.

“As a criminal justice major, I was required to fulfill a 40-hour a week internship (or senior practicum as it was called back then). The only internship available through the criminal justice curriculum was at the prison. My dad said, ‘You’re not going to work at the prison.’ And I said, ‘I’m trying to be a cop, of course I’m going to work at the prison.’ And he, was very clear. ‘No. You’re not going to work at the prison.’”

That day changed the trajectory of Traci’s career, as she would go on to do a legislative internship at the Tennessee State Legislature, which led to a succession of political opportunities and promotions, until years later she was recruited to serve as a deputy communications director and director of African American media for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign.

“Lorraine Voles, who was formerly Vice President Al Gore’s press secretary, informed me that then-Senator Hillary Clinton was staffing up for her 2008 Presidential Campaign,” Traci said. “ ‘She said, ‘We know you do more than black media, but they are hiring an AfricanAmerican media director, so I recommended you for the position.’”

Traci’s strong work ethic eventually led to a career working with African American media mogul and founder of Black Entertainment Television, Bob Johnson.

“My first six years with Bob were a turning point –I started his corporate communication and public affairs division at The RLJ Companies and had the opportunity to work across the 16 business entities he had under the RLJ portfolio,” she said.

“At that time, Bob was the first African American to be a majority owner of an NBA team, the Charlotte Bobcats.”

Johnson appointed Traci executive vice president for Corporate Marketing and Corporate Affairs at RLJ Entertainment, as well as tapped her to launch the first African American streaming service -- Urban Movie Channel (UMC.tv). Traci, in 2017, was

Traci Otey Blunt with former Vice-President Joe Biden.

promoted to President of UMC, “taking her out of her comfort zone” prepared her for her current role with the NFL.

“I could do the corporate communications, public relations and public affairs in my sleep,” she said. “What Bob did was put me in a working environment where I had to learn how to run a business, and if you think about it, it was a start-up.”

“At the end of the day, if I didn’t have the opportunity to be in the role I was in at RLJ Entertainment/UMC, I wouldn’t be prepared for the position I have today.”

Traci’s leadership skills and ability to stay cool under pressure are qualities her former TSU Band Director, Edward Graves, said she possessed as a student at TSU.

“Traci was a fine student, very dedicated to the band and to everything she did,” Graves said.

“She was an excellent musician, a great leader, and just a very fine young lady. I’m not surprised at whatever she might decide to do or get chosen to do. She is very professional.”

Grant Winrow, special assistant to TSU President Glenda Glover, served as a drum major when Otey Blunt performed as a flutist with the Aristocrat of Bands. He said Traci did a great job balancing the demands of being a student and a member of AOB.

“Traci excelled throughout her matriculation at TSU by being a great student and flute player in the Aristocrat of Bands, as well as being a runner-up candidate in the Miss TSU pageant,” Winrow said.

Traci credits her husband, and their 6-year-old daughter, with being her anchor.

“My husband is so supportive. I couldn’t do what I do now if it weren’t for him,” she said.

Some of Traci’s fondest memories of Tennessee State involve the Aristocrat of Bands.

“What I loved most about being in the band was the commitment, camaraderie, and sense of family the band brought. If the football team was scheduled to play FAMU, Jackson State, or Southern, we’d finish band practice around 10:00 p.m., and after Prof. Kirk and Prof. Graves left, we’d be right back out there in the hole practicing at 1:00 a.m.,” she said. “While Prof. Graves and Prof. Kirk weren’t there, the drum majors – Grant, Quanda, Joe, Rod (depending on which year) –were there, and the band members were there in full force doing what we needed to do to ensure that our halftime show was all that!”

Those memories have remained with Traci, and when she returned to Nashville in April to attend and work during the NFL Draft, she made sure TSU and the Aristocrat of Bands were front and center.

“I told my colleagues (and anyone who was listening), that the Aristocrat of Bands would represent on the red carpet! What everyone experienced was just a taste of the band – only about 20-to-25 members were on the red carpet. Imagine if the entire band was here. Imagine!’” she said.

Former President Bill Clinton, Traci Otey Blunt, EVP, The RLJ Companies and President Barack Obama at a Democratic Fundraiser in McLean, VA (2012)

Traci Otey Blunt during her days as a student at TSU when she played flute for the Aristocrat of Bands.

40UNDER FORTY HONORS

The Young Alumni Network of Tennessee State University National Alumni Association is proud to present the 2019 inaugural class of 40 under 40 Honorees. The Honorees were nominated based on their accomplishments and commitment to excellence in their respective fields. The fields include: medicine & public health law, advocacy & social justice, athletics, entrepreneurship, business & communication, government & armed forces, music & the arts, education, and engineering & science.

Amy Bryant

Brandon Williams

Dwane “Key Wane” Weir

James Bland, III

Alicia Cottrell

Christiane Buggs

Emerald Mitchell

Jerri Evans

Ashford Hughes, Sr

Cheron Corbett

Emanuel Reed, Clinton Gray, & Derrick Moore

James Shaw, Jr

Anthony Levine, Sr

Christopher Smith

Gerald Onuoha

Krystal Bonner

Anthony Pitts

Dominque RodgersCromartie

Hodari PT Brown

Kristen T. Cook

Kendric Dartis

Lonnell Matthews Jr.

Michael Jones, Jr

Nathan Fluellen

Sterling Coleman, Jr

Kenneth J. Taylor

Larry McGee

Michelle Pegues

Quad Webb

Spencer Glover

Larry Jenkins Jr.

Lakisha Simmons

Markeith Price

Robert Covington

Spencor L. Hall

Lanial Maden

LaTasha Taylor Starr

Marcus Shute, Jr.

Robert Higgins Jr.

Terrence G. Caldwell

La’Darius Madison

Martesha Johnson

Melvin L. Williams

Rakeem Sprinkle

Zekeya A. Harrison

Quad Webb Serves Up The Perfect Recipe For Success As TV Host, Entrepreneur and Author

By Kelli Sharpe and Michael McLendon

Putting a multifaceted high-energy self-proclaimed “daddy’s girl” like Quad Webb in a box would be impossible.

The TSU alumna, fondly referred to as Miss Quad, was simply the beautiful reality TV star featured on Bravo’s hit reality show Married To Medicine.

Today, the best-selling author and entrepreneur, says working as a talk show host beside three talented African American women gives her the opportunity to bond with sisters and give her fans a holistic view of her vibrant personality.

“The catty part of reality TV, I don’t like, and sometimes it’s even a turn off for me, and I’m in it,” she said. “But again, God has allowed me to use that platform to be able to advance myself onto another platform like Sister Circle where it’s definitely a very positive environment, and I am very pleased and blessed to have that opportunity because people are now able to see me in my totality.”

“Homecoming was just always amazing. To see the homecoming court. I actually participated in a couple of those, and a couple of my friends ran during the time that I was there,” she said.

“Just the pride that the alumni have in the school. To come back to the school, to walk the ground, to hear people tell stories about how TSU was when they came up, and how TSU had helped to change their lives. Everything surrounding it. The football game. It was just great. It’s magnetic, even to this day.”

Although she had a great time at TSU, she says students should remember to focus on the purpose of being in school.

“Definitely enjoy the moment, but always remember, focus over fun. It’s great to have a good time, but there’s nothing like carving out what you want to be and who you want to be, what you see for yourself and your life, and remaining focused on that,” she said.

Sister Circle, which airs weekdays on TV One at 12 Noon EST, features the Memphis-native along with Grammy-nominated singer Syleena Johnson, TV and radio host Rashan Ali and singer, actress and reality TV personality Trina Braxton.

“We help each other through hardships. I recently just went through a divorce, and there were times when I would come into the makeup room and my sisters would just pray over me, and that was huge,” she added.

A 2005 graduate of TSU, Quad majored in Biology with a minor in Chemistry. She says her fondest memories at TSU involve homecoming.

Quad says a lot of her success can be credited to growing up in a home filled with love from her parents, especially her father. The only girl in the family, she says having a loving father with a vision for her life made all the difference.

“I remember him talking with me all the time about the importance of being smart and rolling up my sleeves to work hard. Often times these talks would include a car ride. He would say, ‘Just get up and throw your coat on real quick.’ And we would drive in the car and go to some of the most expensive areas that Memphis had at the time,” she said. “And he would tell me, ‘You too can have this. There is no difference between you and the people

behind those doors, but you have to be willing to do the work when necessary and make sacrifices.’”

Those talks didn’t fall on deaf ears. In addition to owning a pet clothing line called Picture Perfect Pup, Quad recently released her new book, Cooking with Miss Quad: Live, Laugh, Love and Eat, which is ranked #7 on the Amazon Best Sellers list in the Soul Food Cooking category. She says her goal is to continue to expand her brand.

“I want to be a household name and that’s why you see me venturing off into a multitude of different things, not only for the streams of income, but I feel if I get into other avenues of entertainment, then my reach is a lot further and my impact will be a lot stronger”

Quad says she wants to use her influence to help others.

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“I am a very positive person, a very resourceful person. I want to see my people win. I want to see my people celebrated, and if I can do anything to aid and assist, it is done,” she said. “I’m very happy that I attended an HBCU, and I am most certainly happy that that HBCU was Tennessee State University.

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TSU President Glenda Glover on set of Sister Circle with TV and Radio host, Rashan Ali (l) and TSU Alum, Quad Webb (r)

Vintagers still a mainstay of financial support

Classes of ’39, ’44, ’49, ’54, ’59, ’64, ’69, ’74, ‘79 present

$300,000 at Spring Commencement

By Emmanuel S. Freeman

Mary Carver Patrick believes that with a strong commitment and dedication from fellow alumni to support their alma mater, no capable student seeking an education at Tennessee State University should be turned away for financial reasons.

“Some of us are in our 70s now, but all of us didn’t make it through Tennessee State on our own; somebody helped us along the way to get to where we are,” says Patrick, a 1969 graduate of TSU. “Just like people helped us, we too should reach back and help somebody else.”

Patrick, a retired educator, is a member of the Tennessee State University Vintagers Club, which continues to make a strong presence at the institution. The members of this exclusive group are former students who graduated from the institution at least 40 years or more ago. They return to their alma mater each spring, get reacquainted, hold different functions, and on graduation day, those members who graduated 50 years ago, don matching gold caps and gowns, and join the commencement ceremony to relive their graduation from the institution.

Call it a class reunion, but Patrick and her fellow Vintagers are more than about just rekindling

fond memories. They come bearing gifts for their beloved institution – money and endowments for scholarships and long-term sustainability. And that spring 2019 commencement was no exception. About 170 showed up representing the Classes of 1939, 1944, 1949, 1954, 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, and 1979. One-hundred-year-old Mary (Gentry) Dameron was in the group as the sole representative of her Class of 1939, to celebrate her 80th year of graduation. But before donning their gold caps and gowns to walk on stage for a special recognition from President Glenda Glover, the Vintagers presented a combined $300,181 to the university Foundation to help keep needy students in school.

Of that amount, Patrick’s Class of 1969 fulfilled a $100,000 endowment commitment. About 70 members of the class returned for their 50th anniversary celebration. At their 45th anniversary in 2014, after pondering ideas on how to give back in a way that would have lasting impact, the group settled on creating an endowment. They made a commitment to fulfill the $100,000 obligation in five years – on their 50th anniversary celebration. They realized it would take work to mobilize members, and raise the funds in time.

Patrick, as the lead class agent, along with four others - Mary Seagrave Boyd, Dr. Judith Presley, Col. Kenneth Dollar (Ret.) and Wanda Brown –sprang into action.

“Mary Carver really energizes the team,” says Boyd. “She has been a very strong and passionate alum who understands our objective. We believe in the importance of continuing the legacy of HBCUs, and to do so there has to be funding for the students.”

Just to be clear, the endowment is in addition to regular individual and group contributions to the university each year. The endowment was also intended to coincide with the celebration of the Class of 1969 as the Vintagers Club’s Golden Year Anniversary Class.

Cassandra Griggs, director of Alumni Affairs and Annual Giving, describes members of the Class of 1969 as “feisty and bold.” That spirit, she says, was a big help in getting them to reach their goal.

“They had a dynamic group of class agents headed by Mary Carver Patrick,” says Griggs. “They worked very hard to fulfill their commitment from five years ago.”

Patrick says it took commitment, dedication and communication to fulfill their goal. “We did it because we saw the benefit in it. We set benchmarks to check each year, maintained continued communications, we were vigilant with the Foundation to know that we were on target. We were committed and by having a goal and being committed, as well as communicating regularly, made all of this happen. We all made a commitment by giving at least $5,000 a piece over the five-year period. I had to make sure that everybody was following that goal,” says Patrick. She says with the cost of education getting higher each year, TSU graduates and former students can make the difference.

“When I came here the teachers that I had were just an extension of my home,” adds Patrick. “They are not here anymore, but they gave so much to this university in terms of what they did for us. So, we just want to leave a legacy, and we want to inspire every class that followed us, and those ahead of us, to do as much as they can to do better than us.”

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Dameron ‘39

101 Years!

Amos & Brenda Otis

Amos and Brenda Otis pave the way for others to succeed through giving

By Lucas Johnson

Growing up on the mean streets of Detroit, Amos Otis’ future looked bleak. But then he was directed to the “land of golden sunshine,” and the now multimillion-dollar entrepreneur realized his potential.

“My dreams started to materialize,” recalls Amos. “Tennessee State University set me on this course, and I will forever be indebted to them.”

He meant it. Over the years, Amos and his wife, Brenda, have given generously to the university. Their biggest contribution so far came in 2018 when the couple gave $1 million for the construction of an Alumni Welcome Center.

“It is a privilege and a pleasure to be able to do something for the university that pulled me out of the streets of Detroit and gave me an education and an opportunity to be a productive citizen,” said Amos at a groundbreaking for the center during Homecoming 2018.

Amos came to thenTennessee A&I in 1959. He says it was an uncle, Jack Feagins, an Army officer and Tennessee State alum, who had the greatest influence on him attending the university.

honesty that led him to change his major from electrical engineering to industrial arts.

“You got to find something else to do,” Amos recalls Clark telling him when he wasn’t doing too well in her trigonometry class.

He’s glad he listened. Amos, also called “Sco or Scoman,” a nickname given to him as a child, joined TSU’s Advanced Air Force ROTC, Detachment 790. He began to excel, not just

Amos says he was running with the wrong crowd, getting into trouble, and his uncle feared the worst.

“He said, ‘Boy, I’m going to take you and put you in school before you kill yourself,’ recalls Amos. “He drove me to Tennessee State.”

Through his uncle’s relationship with the director of security at the university, Mr. Eddie Williams, Amos was enrolled. He says those who helped nurture him, and provided tough love, included Dean Robert N. Murrell and Engineering Professor Yvonne Young “Y.Y.” Clark. It was Clark’s brutal

academically, but socially as well. He became a member of the Alpha Theta Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, and later the chapter’s president. He also met his future wife.

“TSU had some outstanding ladies, and I was fortunate enough to find my life’s partner there, 53 years now and counting,” says Amos, smiling. Brenda gifted the family with three beautiful children: Soma’ Kismet, Taj Ieesha, and Noel Brandon. When the former majorette reflects on her early years with Amos, she says he eventually

won her heart, but acknowledges she had to get his attention first.

“He had a sports car, and he use to slow up and look over at us (practicing),” recalls Brenda. “One day, I said, I’m going to mess with him. So I kind of stood in the middle of the lane, and when he came by, I did a little pose with my hand on my hip. He stopped. We started dating.”

After he graduated in 1965, Amos went into the U.S. Air Force. He and Brenda married, and the two moved to Arizona where Amos was a missile combat crew commander of the Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. Brenda completed her degree at the University of Arizona and pledged Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. However, she never forgot her TSU roots, nor experiences she had there for three years.

An English major, she says some of her fondest memories were being under the tutelage of Dr. Crawford Lindsay, who was head of Tenn State’s English Department at the time.

“He just had that extra interest in me, as a student,” says Brenda, who arrived in 1963. “I got

a lot of nurturing from Tennessee State. It was like a big family, an extended family.”

Amos served 21 years in the Air Force and attained an MBA at California State University. This led to him stepping out on faith and starting his own business, SoBran, Inc. Using some of the principles he learned in the military, and the belief in one’s self, as stressed at TSU, Amos has led the business from a lean start-up in the basement of his Fairfax County, Virginia, home in 1987 to a nearly $70 million international company. SoBran serves government, commercial and academic clients with the following specializations: Bioscience – partnering in preclinical research and drug discovery; SafeMail® - keeping businesses running and employees safe from chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats; Logistics –handling critical warehousing and inventory functions; Security – reducing theft in inventory supply chain; and Engineering – providing specialized skills for sensitive projects.

The company has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest growing

Amos and Brenda Otis with their children, N. Brandon Otis (left) and Soma’ Martin (right) at TSU in 2018.

private companies and ranked among the top 100 industrial/service companies by Black Enterprise Magazine. In addition to running SoBran, Amos is also a member of the Dayton Art Institute, and had a six-year tour as a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Ohio.

Brenda, a member of SoBran’s board of directors, worked with her husband to make SoBran a success, and also found time to make her own mark. With a second degree in broadcast journalism, she won several awards as a producer at major network-affiliate stations, before being asked to help start a news show at Black Entertainment Television, or BET.

“I thought it was fascinating,” says Brenda. “I’m going to go in to create a news show from scratch. It was a labor of love being the show’s debut producer in October 1986 and its senior producer for three years. BET News was nominated for an ACE Award 11 months after we had been on the air.”

Brenda would later take a job with the Public Broadcasting Service at Howard University, where she eventually became director of programming and production, and a member of the PBS National Programming Committee.

While they’ve had their share of success, it has not come easy, which is why the Otis’ try to do all they can to give students an advantage. Part of that is mentoring, they say, but a larger part is giving

money back to the university for scholarships that aid anyone who qualifies to attend.

Every amount helps, says Amos, who is currently vice chairman of the TSU Foundation Board and chair of the Research and Community Development Committee.

“You don’t have to be wealthy,” he says. “I think it’s important we publicize that blacks are stepping up and contributing to their institutions, helping others to cross the bridge from the underclass to the heights of their aspirations and abilities. The fruits of this nation belong to each of its citizens, and we have been citizens of this great nation since 1619. However, we must be knowledgeable of the opportunities, we must know our rights, the means to attain these rights, and how to utilize them to benefit our families and the greater society. And, simply, education is the key.”

*Photos taken in the Otis home provided by Johnny Shryock

For more information on naming opportunities in the Alumni Welcome Center, contact Ms. Cassandra Griggs, Director of Alumni Relations & Annual Giving cgriggs@tnstate.edu or 615-963-5763

Florida Proclaims First Saturday In April Chandra Cheeseborough Day

By Michael McLendon

Olympic Gold Medalist and Tennessee State University Tigerbelle Chandra CheeseboroughGuice received yet another accolade for her historic career as a sprinter on April 6 when the state of Florida and the city of Jacksonville honored her by proclaiming the first Saturday in April Chandra Cheeseborough Day.

“That’s something that just doesn’t happen on a regular basis, so I’m excited,” said Cheeseborough-Guice, who won Olympic gold medals with the 4×100-meter relay and 4×400-meter relay teams in 1984 and a silver medal in the 1984 Olympics in the 400-meter.

The proclamation was delivered by Jacksonville Rep. Kimberly Daniels at the Florida state house. Cheeseborough-Guice and Daniels were teammates at Jean Ribault High School in Jacksonville where they won back-to-back state championships in 1976 and 1977.

Cheeseborough-Guice, who currently serves as director of track and field at TSU, coaching both the women’s and men’s track teams, has been named Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year on nine occasions.

Since the day will fall on a different date each year, the day will run concurrently with the Cheeseborough Invitational in Florida. CheeseboroughGuice said she is humbled and grateful for the proclamation.

Tennessee State, she has stayed there,” said Lewis, who served as editor of The Meter during his time at TSU and worked as a journalist with The Tennessean for over 40 years.

Cheeseborough-Guice, who served as an assistant coach for Team USA at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in March 2018 in Birmingham, U.K and at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, and was the women’s Head Coach at the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Berlin, has been involved at the international level since winning gold at the Pan American Games as a 16year old sprinter.

Lewis said Cheeseborough-Guice was actually the first student to receive a full scholarship at TSU in women’s track.

“I believe that dreams do come true. Hard work and dedication, all of those things are something that we can’t get away from,” she said. “It’s not a quick fix. You have to put in the hard work, and it will pay off.”

Dwight Lewis, a 1972 alumnus of TSU and author of Temple’s Tigerbelles: An Illustrated History of Women Who Outran The World, said Cheeseborough-Guice’s career as a coach at TSU reflects her dedication and commitment to the university.

“One of the things I think you have to admire Coach Cheeseborough for is, I think she could have gone elsewhere and become the women’s track coach. But I think because of her love for

“The others were either on work-aid or work-study. Some had to work in the post office and other places, and she was the first one to get a fullscholarship for track,”

Cheeseborough-Guice said TSU alumna Wilma Rudolph, the first American woman to win three gold medals in one Olympiad in Rome in 1960, was like a second mother to her during her days as a student at TSU.

“I met her in 1976, and that relationship kept growing. I would go to her house during spring break. We kept in contact every Christmas holiday. At her death, I was there at the bedside, reading Scriptures to her until the day she passed away.”

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Tiger Briefs

Kiera Allen-Craig

Class of 2014

Kierra Allen-Craig is the assistant program director of Shield of Hope, the nation’s first emergency homeless assessment and rapid response center which was created as a result of The Salvation Army’s partnership with the City of Chicago.

Steven L. Barnes

Class of 1979

Steven L. Barnes, CEO and Founder of Bryson Constructors, Inc., recently received the 2019 National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC) Hall of Fame Award.

Stephen Barnett

Class of 1991

The United States Navy selected Stephen Barnett for the rank of Rear Admiral (lower half) and he will become Deputy Commander, Navy Installations Command this summer.

Irene W. Bean

Class of 2001

Irene W. Bean is the first African American elected as the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Tennessee State Representative for Nurse Practitioners (2019). She owns Serenity Health Care, PC, Weight Loss, and Behavioral Health Clinic in Madison, TN.

Edward Derrick Bell Class of 1962

Edward Derrick Bell received the Legacy Legend Award on May 5, 2018 for his ground-breaking work and significant contributions to the students and mission of the Educational Opportunity Program at SUNY New Paltz.

Jessica Bell Blackshear

Class of 2004

Jessica Bell Blackshear, a School Social Worker, received the 2018 Field Instructor of the Year Award (WKU). She is founder of Jess Chimere, a mentoring organization for young women.

Hodari P.T. Brown

Class of 2008

Hodari P.T. Brown serves as co-chair of the National Business League Detroit Chapter. The National Business League, formerly Michigan Black Chamber of Commerce (MBCC), is Michigan’s first statewide Black chamber of commerce.

Gary Burke

Class of 1990

The Civil War Times Magazine published a story featuring Gary Burke in its February Edition. Burke found that members of his family fought in every war starting in the Civil War.

Gwannette Claybrook

Class of 1986

Gwannette Claybrook was recently named Director of Field Collections in the Gulf States Area for the Internal Revenue Service.

Dr. Christina M. Cobb

Class of 2007, 2009, 2017

Dr. Christina M Cobb was awarded the 2018-2019 Outstanding Teaching Award. She currently works at Middle Tennessee State University as an assistant professor, teaching Prescribed Mathematics courses.

Juandale Cooper

Class of 2003

Juandale T. Cooper recently became the first AfricanAmerican and youngest person to be named Director of FastTrack Programs for the Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development.

Anthony E. Cox

Class of 1992

Anthony E. Cox was recently named ASWA 6A Softball Coach of the Year for the State of Alabama. Cox was also honored this year for his 400th win.

Mack E. Crayton

Class of 1992

Dr. Mack E. Crayton, III recently released his first book, “Brain, Mind, Soul and Spirit: The Interface Between Science and Scripture.”

Alfred Degrafinreid, II

Class of 2006, 2008

Alfred Degrafinreid II was recently named associate vice chancellor for Community Relations within the Division of Government and Community Relations at Vanderbilt University. Degrafinreid recently served as deputy campaign manager for former Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen’s U.S. Senate race.

Tonika Dew Evans

Class of 1996

Tonika Dew Evans recently published her first children’s book, “When I Grow Up!” Evans is a licensed professional counselor with a private practice in Stockbridge, Georgia.

Hugh Fentress

Class of 1999

Hugh Fentress was recently promoted to associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at TSU. He recently received the National Science Council on Diversity and Community (CDC) Award.

Wonzie L. Gardener, Jr.

Class of 1983

Wonzie L. Gardner Jr. recently became the office head and chief human capital officer of the Office of Information and Resource Management at the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Alexandria, Virginia.

Howard Gentry, Jr.

Howard Gentry, Jr. was reelected as Davidson County’s criminal court clerk in May 2018. Gentry was a Metro Council member-atlarge before being elected Metro Nashville-Davidson County’s first African American vice mayor.

Sonya Williams Gilkey

Class of 1982

Sonya Williams Gilkey, who invented the revolutionary dual hair styling tool Wrap-ALoc, was recently bestowed and honored with the “Manufacturer of the Year” award by the Beauty Supply Institute.

Brenda Gilmore

Class of 1984

Brenda Gilmore was elected Tennessee State Senator for District 19 in November 2018. She served as Tennessee State Representative for District 54 from 2007 until 2019.

Frankie Goolsby

Class of 1998

Frankie Goolsby recently opened Oasis Eyecare,an optometry practice, in Smyrna, Tennessee.

Delbrita L. Greene

Class of 2006

Delbrita L. Greene recently founded the Premier Funeral & Cremation Services, a boutique style funeral service provider located in Nashville,Tennessee.

Marsheila Joy Hayes

Class of 2008

Marsheila Joy Hayes was recently promoted to vice president of Diversity and Inclusion at Fox Corporation. Fox Corporation serves as the parent company for Fox News, Fox Sports, Fox Television Stations (Local) and Fox Entertainment.

Deontae Henderson

Deontae Henderson recently released a children’s book, honoring the life and legacy of fellow TSU Alum, Buffalo Soldier and Medal of Honor Recipient Lt. William McBryar. Young William is illustrated by TSU Alum and visual artist Brandon Van Leer.

Mabra Holeyfield

Class of 1965

Mabra Holeyfield recently released his book, “Use What You Got.” Holeyfield applies his fifty years of business experience to offer strategies to address poverty in the black community.

Sybil L. Ingram

Class of 1982

Dr. Sybil L. Ingram released her children’s book “Weesie and the Wha-el” in 2018. Ingram, whose second book will be available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Books A Million later this year, is a former TSU cheerleader.

Felicia Carter Johnson

Class of 1983

Felicia (Carter) Johnson was recently elected National President of The American Business Women’s Association (ABWA).

Karen Johnson

Class of 2010, 2016

Karen Johnson became the first African-American and the first woman to be elected Davidson County Register of Deeds in May 2018. Johnson was honored by the TSU Women’s Center in March at the Women of Legend and Merit Awards.

Martesha Johnson

Class

of 2005

Martesha Johnson was sworn in as the first AfricanAmerican Metropolitan Public Defender for Nashville-Davidson County on August 28, 2018.

Tequila Johnson

Class of 2009, 2013, 2014

Tequila Johnson, co-founder and vice president of The Equity Alliance, was a featured presenter at the 2018 Healthy and Free Tennessee Reproductive Rights Summit, in 2019 at the National Unrig Summit, and in 2019 at the Muslim Women’s Conference in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Jonathan E. Watkins

Class of 2001, 2003

Jonathan E. Watkins was named chief executive officer of Broward Health Imperial Point (BHIP) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in April of 2018. He was also selected as one of South Florida’s Top 40 Under 40 and one of South Florida’s Most Powerful and Influential Business Leaders.

Robert E. Jones

Class of 1984

Robert E. Jones was recently promoted to Engineering Manager of Cognitive Signal Processing Branch for NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

Harold Moses Love

Class of 1994, 2017

Dr. Harold Moses Love, Jr. who has been a member of the TN House of Representatives for the 58th Legislative District since 2012, recently helped Tennessee State University secure $800,000 for its agricultural research station in McMinnville, and $1.1 million for food science research at its Nashville campus.

Leah Dupree Love Class of 2005

Leah Dupree recently launched Dupree Consulting Group, a values-based consulting firm specializing in government relations, political consulting, and legal issues.

Lonnell Matthews Class of 2002

Lonnell Matthews was elected Davidson County’s juvenile court clerk in May 2018. Matthews served an 8-year term with Nashville’s Metro Council, representing District 1. At age 27, he became the youngest African-American elected to the council.

Jenine Robinson MaClaney

Class of 1996

Jenine Robinson McClaney was recently awarded the African American Business Leader of Excellence Award by The Arlington, Texas Foundation for Excellence in Education.

Kavon Seay

Class

of

2015

Kavon Seay was recently named 2018-2019 Teacher of the Year for Eakin Elementary School.

Dr. Byron Thompson

Class

of 1984

Dr Byron Thompson was recently named lead dentist at the Chicago Family Health Center supervising six dentists and five dental hygienists as well as providing care to patients and administrative duties.

Rossi Turner Class of 1986

In partnership with Nashville’s African American Cultural Alliance, TSU Alum Rossi Turner celebrates the completion of building a new home for a family in Limpopo, South Africa.

Brandon Van Leer

Brandon Van Leer, a visual artist, recently opened Rezilient Media, a graphic design company. He has also produced portraits of TSU luminaries Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr. and Tuskegee Airman Lt. Joseph White.

Shelbi Webster Class of 1996

Shelbie Webster recently became the national employment director for the National Federation of Independent Business.

Bethany King Wilkes Class of 1998

Dr. Bethany King Wilkes recently received the 2019 Think.Work.Serve. Alumni Award from the TSU College of Engineering. She is currently director of the Seamless Alignment and Integrated Learning Support (SAILS) Program at the Tennessee Board of Regents.

Brenda Wynn

Brenda Wynn was reelected as the country clerk for Davidson County in May 2018. Wynn has served as the Davidson County Clerk since August of 2012 when she was appointed by the council.

Apple

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As part of the new initiative, students who complete a Swift coding course at Motlow State Community College will be able to seamlessly transition to TSU or other four-year degree programs.

Apple is supporting TSU with equipment, scholarships and professional development to help the university launch its HBCU C2 initiative.

“Students of all backgrounds should have the opportunity to learn to code,” said Lisa Jackson,

New Direction

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Deborah Chisom, who along with Tammy Taylor, advised the choir before Izzzard came on board, said that as a TSU student and a graduate, she often walked the campus searching for ways to give back and help students. And New Direction filled that void.

“I found my journey with the New Direction Choir,” said Chisom, executive director of Graduate Online Professional Services, who has been an advisor with the choir for more than 10 years. “Although I do not sing with this choir, I am undoubtedly a member of it.”

Ghent

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As she continues to find success as a professional musician, Jazmin also relishes in the opportunity to continue working as a music educator.

“Education is such a big part of my life and what I do,” she said. “My goal is to get my doctorate and teach on the collegiate level, so I’m going to try to juggle them both for as long as I can.”

Jazmin said she looks forward to sharing new music inspired by her travels and various life experiences. She hopes to one day collaborate

Apple vice president of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives.

“We are thrilled to be working with Tennessee State University to support their new initiative to bring coding and creativity to underrepresented groups across the broader Nashville community and to HBCUs nationwide.”

To learn more about HBCU C2, visit http://www.tnstate.edu/hbcuc2

The “New Direction family unit,” added Taylor, has become a safe haven for many of the students on their first time away from home.

“They lean on us for many things, and we work diligently to be there for them while making sure that they follow university policies,” she said. Success for the choir has been a blessing to its members, the university family and supporters, said Butler.

More information on the TSU New Direction Choir is available at https://bit.ly/2HaP6TS.

with artists such as Rick Braun, Jonathan Butler, John Legend and India Arie.

“Never give up because there are so many great and amazing people out here who have just been determined and never took no for an answer,” Jazmin said.

Jazz lovers from around the world can experience Jazmin’s unique musical gift and find out more about attending her performances and obtaining her music, by visiting www.jazminghentmusic.com.

In Memorium

The following is not an exhaustive list of members of the Tennessee State University Family who have passed since our last publication. It is a small representation of the many TSU Tigers who are no longer with us physically, but continue to be with us in spirit. To the families of the alums, faculty, staff and administrators who have passed, we offer our deepest condolences. These individuals will forever be a part of Big Blue Nation, and they will always hold a special place in the Land of Golden Sunshine.

Dr. Darlene H. Huddleston Anderson

Eugene Baker, 80 March 27, 2019

Virginia Bernice Bailey, 92 December 16, 2018

Lorene Lewis Robinson Baldwin, 84 November 20, 2018

Henry William Bradley, 81 April 30, 2019

Johnny Elbert Bray, 76 November 3, 2018

Helen Marie Brown, 82 December 14, 2018

Dr. Reginald Brown Jr. May 26, 2019

Regina Morris Bryant, 58 Class of 84 January 1, 2019

Bennie Burrell Jr.

Dr. William Blaine Butle, 71 Class of 1969 January 11, 2019

Jacquelyn Sweetner Caffey Class of 1959 February 8, 2019

Margaret Elizabeth Everett Carter, 89 November 26, 2018

Marian Cato, 56 December 19, 2018

Joseph Clair Class of 1961 • April 19, 2019

Rachel Helen Stinnett Cleveland, 95 Class of 1955 December 30, 2018

Joe Lee Coffee July 6, 2018

Clarence Thomas Conner, 71 November 13, 2018

Marie Cotton, 72 Jan 19, 2019

Mary Frances Couch December 14, 2018

Sidney K. Cummings Sr., 83 January 18, 2019

Ronald Demonbreun, 70 May 16, 2019

Joseph Walton Douglass January 10, 2019

Lewis Lea Edmunds, 75 Class of 1990 January 15, 2019

Dr. RiIey William Elliott Class of 1955, 1961 January 30, 2017

Geraldine Ivy Spriggs Everett, 94 May 25, 2019

Sylvia Easterling Freeman, 71 Class of 1968 December 11, 2018

Louise Fitts-Robertson, 82 December 17, 2018

George Edward Ganaway April 30, 1946

Rena D. Godbolt, 87 January 9, 2019

Arthur J. Griffa May 2, 2019

Carolyn J Grimes Class of 1967

December 13, 2017

Dr. Eric Wade Guy, 65 December 19, 2018

John F. Haeuptle, 73 Class of 1983

November 4, 2018

Isabelle Daniels Holston Class of 1959 September 8, 2017

Charles James Hunter, 73 Class of 1966 December 26, 2018

Elizabeth Johnson, 88 April 15th, 2019

Robert L. Kimbrough, 81 January 25, 2019

Howard Gore Knight, 76 January 5, 2019

Michele (Mikey) Lee, 95 December 29, 2018

Ethel Louise Lightbourne, 92 May 28, 2019

Aaron Jerome Luckey Jr., 47 May 4, 2019

Carlotta Shelton Mahone, 61 March 04 2019

Freda Mae Cherry Manigo, 80 June 11, 2019

Mary Maxwell, 82 December 31, 2018

Jonathan Robert Lane Sr. Class of 1956 Passed – 1998

Janice Moore, 75 May 19, 2019

Mary Louise Moore, 75 March 23, 2019

Elizabeth Morgan, 81 May 25, 2019

Walter Lee Nolan, 91 November 9, 2018

Arlantha M. Lane Class of 1956 March 31, 2016

Elois Thornton Nicholson, 87 May 20, 2019

Charles Franklin Johnson

Ngabuen Johnson (Ngong) Nshom, 63 Class of 1978 January 13, 2019

Richard Nathaniel (Nick) Ordway, 81 June 10, 2019

Lancelot William “Lance” Owens, 95 February 14, 2019

Ernest Wallick, 91 June 4, 2019

Sandra G. Nealof Paducah, 69 April 16, 2019

Celina- William R. Page, 73 May 17, 2019

Ashli Nicole Parke, 39 Class of 2003 February 3, 2019

Mitchell S. Parks, 81 April 17, 2019

Marilyn Parker Class of 1971 September 04, 2017

Mrs. Myrtice Dean Peavy, 75 February 12, 2019

William Price, 90

Rodney Raburn Smith, 71 February 07, 2019

Ruthie Campbell Strong, 84

Dr. Richard Earl Richard Stephenson, 89 November 12, 2018

Tyrone C. Sumner, 60 March 9, 2019

Dr Carmelia G Taylor, 66 Class of 1973 August 1, 2018

Ernest H. Wallick, 101 June 4, 2019

Margaret Ann Watley, 93 March 2, 2019

Deton Ward

Caryn Ann White, 56 May 5, 2019

Edward Louis Whitmore, Sr., 86 March 9, 2018

Dr. Wilbert Carl Whitney Jr., 80 August 13, 2018

Ercell F. Williams, 88 October 9, 2018

James Posey Williams, 83 May 27, 2019

Dr. Julie “San” Brown Williams, 69 October 8, 2018

Marshall T. Williams, 78 October 2, 2018

Professor Vicki Maria Camilla Gardine Smith Williams, 73 March 1, 2019

Elizabeth Lee Pit Wortham, 50 Floyd Yelling Jr., 72 March 2019

Jane E. Young, 69 January 31, 2019

Remembering Our Tiger Family

Dr. Calvin Atchison Sr., 97

November 5, 2018

Evelyn Elizabeth Robinson Hardin, 102 October 26, 2018

Calvin O. Atchison performed in various roles at the university, including professor of psychology, director of development, and vice-president for research and development. In 1958, Atchison was appointed Coordinator of Graduate Studies and Research for the School of Education. In 1968-1969, Atchison conducted the first self-study for accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In 1972, Atchison was appointed Vice-President for Research and Development, and served in this capacity through 1986. Atchison wrote the charter for the Tennessee State University Foundation, and served as Executive Director until 1989. He retired from the University in 1986.

Burnice Brunson, 102 January 26, 2018

As a member of the TSU Alumni Cheerleader Association, Burnice Brunson was a fixture at Homecoming parades and football games. A retired school teacher and prolific writer, Brunson spread her wisdom in one of about a dozen books she wrote, including Food for Thought: Nourishment for the Soul, which gives tips on how to navigate life’s challenges. Brunson returned and performed with the TSU Alumni Cheerleading Team at age 87 during the 2003 Homecoming, and did so nearly every year after. In 2017 she was featured as ABC World News Tonight’s “Person of the Week” for her longevity and TSU team spirit.

Y.Y. Clark, 89 January 27, 2019

Evelyn Elizabeth Robinson Hardin was one of six young ladies who established the Alpha Chi Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta on the campus of Tennessee A & I State College in 1936. She worked as an educator for over 30 years, and enjoyed membership in the TSU Vintagers Club and the Legacy Club. She was also one of 13 Charter members of the Beta Epsilon Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, which later became known as the Chattanooga Alumnae Chapter. She established the Evelyn Robinson Hardin Delta Sigma Theta Endowed Scholarship, which is awarded to an annually active member of Alpha Chi Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. for tuition.

William “Bill” Thomas, 70 January 18, 2019

William “Bill” Thomas was an assistant football coach under the legendary Big John Merritt and served as head coach from 1984-88. He was the first alumnus to lead the university’s football program and athletics department. He led TSU to an 11-0 record in 1984 and guided the Big Blue to a 10-2-1 finish and to the second round of the NCAA Championships during his tenure. Under the leadership of renowned Coach Joe Gilliam, he was part of the historic TSU Black College Championship teams in 1966 and 1970.

Dr. Cynthia Thompson, 96 March 8, 2019

Professor Yvonne Young “Y.Y.” Clark became the first female faculty member in the College of Engineering in 1956. At TSU, Clark distinguished herself as an outstanding teacher in a male-dominated workplace and became a champion for students by ensuring that they received the appropriate help they needed to better understand the material. Clark retired from TSU in 2011 after 55 years of service. Affectionately known as the “TSU Lady Engineer.” She left a legacy that continues on through the many students she influenced.

King Dunlap IV, 71 February 23, 2019

King David “Big Guy” Dunlap IV played professional football for the Baltimore Colts and the Los Angeles Rams, but had his career cut short by a back injury. He was a Central High School basketball and football standout who played football at Tennessee A&I State University. At Tennessee A&I, Dunlap earned NCAA Little All-American honors as a defensive tackle on Tigers teams that won Black College National Championships in 1965 and 1966. Dunlap worked for 22 years as a supervisor for Roadway Express.

Former Tigerbelle and Jamaican Olympic Champion Cynthia Thompson was one of four women on the first Jamaican Olympic team in 1948. The deft runner and long jumper qualified for the 100m finals and 200m semifinals, making her Jamaica’s first female finalist in an Olympic event. She set an Olympic record in the 200m heats, which was broken by the eventual gold medal winner Fanny Blankers-Koen of the Netherlands. After the 1952 Olympics, Thompson, a member of the Tennessee State Sports Hall of Fame, was a part of the then small Tennessee State Track and Field team coached by the late Ed Temple.

Dr. McDonald Williams, 101 August 11, 2019

McDonald Williams was the first director of the University Honors Program. He served in the position for 23 years before retiring in 1988. He also spent 30 years at the university serving as a professor of English. Williams and his wife, Dr. Jamye Coleman Williams, who spent 14 years as the head of TSU’s Department of Communication, were honored at the Scholarship Gala during Homecoming in 2014. In tandem, the Williams’ co-edited the 1970 publication, The Negro Speaks: The Rhetoric of Contemporary Black Leaders. They have also been co-recipients of numerous accolades and awards, including the 2002 Joe Kraft Humanitarian Award by the Community Foundation.

Giving Societies

July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018

THE LIFETIME SOCIETY

Recognition of persons who have given $100,000 or more to the university (Based on documented giving since 1999)

William Hale Club $1,000,000+

Bobby L. Jones,1959

1912 Club $500,000 - $999,999

Alfred (1957) and Rosa (1967) Coleman Amos-Leon’ (1965) and Brenda Wills (1967) Otis

Century Club $100,000-$499,999

Alan L. Collins

William H. Freeman

George E. (1968) and Janie Ruth (1970) Ganaway

Glenda Baskin Glover, 1974

Alfred H. (1972) and Lawanda Gordon

Charles F. Hamilton,1959

Samuel H. and Karan Howard

John T. Johnson Jr.

Damon Lee Jr. (deceased)

Damon Lee III, 1967

Kimberly R. Lee-Lamb

Alvin W. Marley,1968

Roosevelt Reese Jr., 1975

Cathy Ross

Leonard Stephens, 1968

Laura TeasleyFarwell,1946

THE PRESIDENT’S SOCIETY 2017-18

Recognizes persons who contributed $1,000 or more between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018. Names with * have been President’s Society members for six or more consecutive years.

Founders Club

$50,000 or More

Alfred E. Coleman,1957*

Rosa H. Coleman,1967*

Stephen Corbeil

Alva Jean Crawford,1961*

Alvin Howell Crawford,1960*

Alvin W. Marley,1968*

Leadership Club

$25,000 - $49,999

Anthony E. King,1959*

Delorse Lewis,1966

Richard A. Lewis,1966

Anthony Mack,1965

Rita Brooks Mack,1966

Vice Presidents Club

$10,000 - $24,999

Andrew Bond,1948*

Curtis Collier,1971*

Alan L. Collins*

Jackie Crusor*

Sondra J. Morris Crusor,1958*

William H Freeman*

Annie Marie Garraway

Alfred H. Gordon,1972*

Lawanda Gordon*

Madelyn M. Grant,1977*

Reginald O. Grant,1976*

Charles F. Hamilton,1959*

Linda B. Harris*

Steven C. Harris,1971*

John T. Johnson Jr.*

Ruby G. Key,1956*

Annie R. Kinzer,1992*

Connie M. Martin

Amos-Leon’ Otis,1965*

Brenda Wills Otis,1967*

Delores J. Parrish-Burrus,1958*

David G. Patterson

Joy Reed,1983

Theo C. Rodgers,1964*

Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie,2009

Cynthia G. Snyder,1979

William T. Snyder

Audrey Stradford,1966*

Deborah Barnes Thomas,1975*

Gregory Thomas,1972*

Carmen Y. Tucker,1980*

Dwayne H. Tucker,1980*

Monte D. Watkins,1970*

James A. Webb

Deans Club

$5,000 - $9,999

Autry Alexis

Eloise Abernathy Alexis

Dwight L. Beard,1974*

Darleene Beard,1998*

Arthur Benjamin Jr.,1959*

John T. Betterton

Clyde W. Bolds,1959*

Rosie M. Brewster-Crowder,1966*

Jean W. Brown,1968

Joseph W. Buffington II,2005

James W. Caden

Mary Carver-Patrick,1969*

Lawrence F. Collins Jr.,1966*

Jeffrey A. Crawford

Esther M. Crowell*

Joe Crowell Jr.,1966*

Frank Davis,1971*

Joseph C. Davis

Georgette C. Dixon,1983

Brenda Fennell,1976

Everett C. Fennell,1974

Leatrice Conley Gradford,1970*

Robert L. Green,1966

Carletta J. Harlan,1969*

William B. Harris Sr.

Pamela S. Hewitt

C. Fred Higgs III,1995

Terese L. Higgs

Ada J. Jackson,1959

Gloria C. Johnson,1970*

Raquel Luster*

Roosevelt Luster III,1997*

Jacqueline F. Merritt,1987*

Jamye M. Merritt,1985*

Vera P. Merritt,1956*

Delmar K. Mitchell,1969*

Edith Peterson Mitchell,1969*

Martez D. Moore,2001

Dennis E. Obregon

Alfonza J. Patrick,1966*

Margaret M. Rawls,1970*

Roger W. Rawls,1970*

Lawrence N. Redd,1964*

Ray M. Robinson

Thea M. Robinson,1977*

Ann Marie Roush*

Thomas Clifton Roush Jr.*

Janet L. Seay

Bruce V. Spiva

Laura Teasley-Farwell,1946*

Charles A. Traughber,2003*

Juanita Traughber*

Bharat Vennapusa,1994

Priya Devaraj Vennapusa

Mary Bright Walker,1955*

Tony W. Walls,1985

Deirdre Yolande White,1987

Arlene Pope Williams,1984*

Kevin W. Williams,1983*

A & I. Club

$2,500 - $4,999

Barbara Ann Shaw Akins,1966*

William R. Akins,1973*

Gary Atwater,1974*

Janice B. Atwater,1976*

Thomas A. Bell,1971

Clyde Louis Bond Jr,1987*

Mary S. Boyd,1969*

William M. Boyd,1968*

Paul D. Busby

Bobby L. Cain,1961

Margo H. Cain,1961

James F. Clayborne Jr,1985

Terry R. Clayton,1980

Dorothy H. Cleaves,1979

Jerry L. Cleaves

Edmond J. Collier,1963*

Lesia Crumpton-Young

Billy Ray Dillard Jr.,1990

Marilyn Wilson Dillard,1991

Ray Dillard

Morris A. Elam Jr.,1972*

Gerald L. Ellis,1958*

Angela L. Etter

Jeffery T. Etter,1989

Jacquelyn A. Fail,1979*

Delphine E. Ford,1980*

Charles Glover,1971*

Glenda Baskin Glover,1974*

Paul T. Griffith,1992

Doris Bond Henderson,1952*

Franklin J. Henderson,1960*

Andrea Moore Herenton,1991

Logan M. Hill,1966

Michael G. Holmes,1973*

Artherrine G. Hoskins,1987*

Harvey E. Hoskins,1973*

Carl E. House,1963*

Debbi Felice Howard,1994

Richard E. Jackson Sr.,2005

Janet M. Jamison,1989

William Eric Jamison,1988

Mercedes Jenkins

Felicia D. Carter Johnson,1983*

Marcelite D. Johnson*

Melvin Johnson*

Martha T. Judge,1969*

Ervin L. Kinsey,1967

Stephanie C. McCladdie*

Willie McCladdie III,1972*

Leroy McDavis Jr.,1988

Joni McReynolds,1979*

Willie A. Moore Jr.,1956*

Martha Crosby Mosley,1990

Deena K. Neason,1995

Lillie Richardson

Raymond E. Richardson

Kistreia M. Robinson,2000

Jeanette R. Shannon,1970*

Robert L. Shannon,1970*

Eugene Simmons

Leonard Stephens,1968*

April L. Taylor,2002*

Carmelia G. Taylor,1973*

Harry W. Taylor Jr.,1965*

Michael D. Thornton Sr.,1979

Florence Alexander Townsend,1963*

Charles M. Traughber,1968

James Ussery,2001

Chandra Y. Vasser,1995

Kimberly Denise Vaughn-Coleman,1990

Eugene West

A. C. Wharton Jr.,1966

Ruby R. Wharton

Homer R. Wheaton,1948*

Jamye C. Williams*

McDonald Williams*

Janice Hoffman Willis,1968

John L. Willis

Roslyn Yarbrough Wilson,1973

Evelyn Robinson Yeargin,1971

Cupola Club

$1,000 - $2,499

Emanuel J. Abston,1962*

Patricia Adams-Graves,1974*

Milton S. Albritton Sr,1964

Debra G. Alexander Fisher,1979

Brenda Alford,1969

Carrie Harris Allen,1966

Helen M. Anderson,1959

Joseph L. Anthony,1954*

Marjorie J. Anthony,1955*

Dennis U. Askey,1970

Dereje Teshome Bahiru,2006

Patricia Bailey,1976

Stephanie B. Bailey *

Willie T. Bailey,1972*

Clementine Baker,1968

Peggy Noreen Baker,1982

Augustus Bankhead,1957

Kimberly V. Banks

Sharon Smith Banks,1973*

Barry Dwayne Barlow,2005

Joe E. Barlow Jr.,1973

Merlene Barlow

Loran G Barnes,1975*

Sarah Barnet

Beverly G Bass,1965*

Everett Bass*

James Inman Bass,1962*

Velvet Carter Bass,1983*

Tamara L. Batey

Henry Edward Beach,1959*

Margaret Smith Beach,1959

Danielle Y. Bell,2005

Eunice Logan Bell,1969*

Jennifer Bell,2005*

Woodrow Bell,1967*

Kenneth Benion,1981

Bob W. Betterton

Marjorie Abston Billups,1961*

Robert E. Blalock,1993

Gladys S. Bond,1956*

Thomas L. Bonds,1993

Richard M. Bonner,1965

Thomas Boone

Aryian Carpenter Boswell,1972

Samuel E. Boswell,1970

Anita Mcgruder Bourne,1981

Phillip H. Bourne,1971

Harvey W. Bowles,1973*

Everett L. Boyer,1969

Shirley Marbury Boyer,1969

Bruce D. Bradford,1970

Patricia Bradford,1971

Rhonda A. Bradley,1987

Cedric G. Branch,1992

Joerald D. Branch,1981*

Johnetta C. Brazzell *

Cynthia Brooks*

Faye Sutton Brown,1958

George A. Brown Jr,1971

Reginald Brown,1955

Mark Bruchas

Della G. Bryant,1964

John M. Bryant,1968

Lashawnda Bryant

Renita G. Bufford-Jones

Donald M. Buford,1973

Marcella Buford

Robert Lamarr Buggs Jr.,1993

Anthony E. Burke,1969

Valinda Burks

Vickye R. Byron

John Cade,1998*

Keith R. Caine,2001

Nikhol C. Caine,2001

Eugenia J. Calloway,1952

Richard H. Calloway,1967

Clifton T. Campbell,1961

Jacquelyn W. Campbell,1970*

Jessie G. Campbell,1962

Carolyn Carney

David E. Carney,1966

Gary Phillips Carney,1967

Samuel L. Carney,1973

Rosalyn Darcelle Carpenter,1988

Anthony R. Carter

Dennis C. Carter,1977

Karen E. Carter

Jack Cawthon

Eugene B. Champion,1991*

Felicia Ann Champion,2006*

Melvin H. Chaney

Austin E. Chatman,1973*

Sarah Minor Chatman,1980*

Thelma Clanton,1943

Clydell Clark,1972

Thomas A. Clark Jr.,1971

Barbara J. Claybon,1974

Joseph Claybon,1975

Beverly K. Clayton,1985*

Lashun Clayton,1981*

Evelyn Cleveland,1969*

Joseph R. Cleveland,1968*

Donald E. Coffey

Sophia E. Coger Atkins,1960

Bevelyn A. Coleman

DeLise M. Coleman,1982*

Michael Collier,1998

Sammy Comer,1972*

Andrea Conte,1983

Ralph D. Cook Sr,1964*

Helen P. Cooke,1952*

Longino A. Cooke Jr.,1951*

James E. Copeland,1971

Jewell B. Cousin,1958*

Jewel Crawford Sr,1968*

Charles E. Croney,1971*

Patricia A. Crook,1973*

Sharon R. Cross,1997

Mary Inez Gibbs Crutchfield,1947*

Ronald Cunningham,1986

Charles A. Curry,1969*

Pamela Murray Curry,1972*

Thomas E. Daly,1968

Jesse L. Dansby Jr.,1964*

Elizabeth Davis,1964

George L. Davis Jr.,1981

Ivan R. Davis Sr.,1964

Jo Ann Davis Davis,1976

John Deane

Natasha Deane

Waldine Deberry,1968*

Raymond L. Delk,1965*

Willie G. Dixon,1956

John R. Dodds,1962*

Carol Dollar*

Kenneth L. Dollar,1969*

Nicole L. Dunigan,1995

Gerry M. Dupree,1982

Charles Duvall *

Edith M. Duvall,1966*

Peggy A. Earnest,1973*

Juanita L. Edwards,1981

Constance W. Elliott,1955*

Riley W. Elliott,1955*

Wilson E. Ennis Jr.,1982

Kevin D. Fairbanks,2005

Chunxing Fan

Kristal J. Fears,2006*

Janet M. Finch,1972*

Charles K. Flack,1984*

Brandon E. Foley,2008*

Teresa Foley-Batts

Faye M. Ford,1957

Isabelle Ford,1983

Tracey D. Ford

Kimberly T. Fowler,1994

Harrison S. Foy,1971*

SanYvette Foy*

Eddie G. Frazier,1974*

Ben Freeland

Kimm M. Freeman,1996

Richard E. Freeman,1997

James Gailey Jr.,1960

Perpetua M. Gaiter*

Thomas E. Gaiter,1979*

Frederick Reggie Gallant,1981

George E .Ganaway,1968*

Janie Ruth Ganaway,1970*

Carrie M. Gentry,1958*

Brian L. Gladney Sr,1997*

Ernestine Pickens Glass,1958

Gwendolyn D. Glovers,1991

Judy Conley Goldthree,1976*

Kelly Gourdin

Vaughn Gourdin

Henry S. Graham Sr.,1968

Marie M. Graham

Dorothy Granberry,1966

Edward Leroy Graves,1962*

Sheldon M. Graves,1970*

Anita C. Greene,1976

Robert Greene,1975

Cassandra L. Griggs,1993*

Kelly Morgan Gunn,2001

Charles E. Haley II,1972

Joseph A. Hambrite,1969*

Greta J. Hamilton,1965*

Jane Beatrice W. Hannah,1962

Augusta L. Hardy,1951

Janice J. Hardy,1973

Samuel Keith Hargrove Sr.,1985*

Andrew D. Harlan Jr.,1967

Robert Forsyth Harris

William B. Harris Jr.

Darlene G. Harris-Vasser,1980*

Stephen C. Harvey,1977

Corey C. Harwell,2000

Ruth Jean Haston,1976

William T. Haston,1970

Lois M. Hawthorne,1956

Robert D. Hayes

William F. Hayslett Sr.,1973*

Lynne Henning

Rafael Hernandez Jr.,1963

Brenda C. High

Melvin C. High,1966*

Albert Hill*

Carl Ray Hill,1967

Jacqueline E. Hill,1968

Phyllis Maxey Hill,1967

William T. Hill,1971*

Kasheena P. Hollis,2005

Kevin D. Hollis,2004

Sandra Holt,1971*

Naila Shana Howell,2001

Dennis Howie

Freeman Hrabowski

Ola G. Hudson,1951*

Sheila Renee Hudson

Sandra D. Hunt,1971*

Ann T. Irvin,1972

Russell Irvin,1976

D’Andra N. Isabel,2008

Jamie D. Isabel,1989

Terry M. Iverson,1949

Arthur Jackson*

Frederick Rance Jackson,1982

Jane Shaw Jackson

Larita White Jackson,1958

Thomas A. Jackson,1951*

Betsy Jackson Mosley*

Roderick L. James,1973

Charles Jennings Jr.

Toni Jerald-Alexander, 1987

Andrea Bond Johnson,1989

Anthony B. Johnson

Curtis C. Johnson

Dwight Johnson,1989

Edward B. Johnson Jr,1984*

Fred D. Johnson Jr.,1954*

Gearldean Johnson,1967*

Harvey Johnson Jr.,1968*

George Jones III,1965*

John Robert Jones

Ralph Jones,1971

Rosalind M. Wilkins Jones,1971

Shana L .Jones,2002

Lewis Jordan Jr.,1967

Chandrasekhara Reddy Kamireddi

Beatrice Keel,1959

Donna M. Kenerson,2001

Murle Edward Kenerson,1997

Delores Kennerly

Barbara G. King,1968

George A. King,1967

Gregory Orlando King,1996

Hoyt A. King

Vivian L. Kirkland,1994

Ken Lass

Kevin Lavender

Gladys H. Lawrence,1962

Teresa Lawrence-Phillips,1999*

Arthur Roy Lawson,1963*

Burrell L. Lee Jr.,1959*

Damon Lee III,1967

Arlean Leland

Melissa F. Lewis,1966

Frederick Jordan Liggin,1989

Marcia A. Liggin

Dorothy D. Lockridge,1968*

Leandrea C. Lockridge,1999

William B. Lockridge,1967*

Elmo R. Logan,1967

Harold Moses Love Jr.,1994

Valerie R. Love,1989

Nathan Lovett Jr.,1980*

Millicent Lownes-Jackson*

Tony R. Lyons,1980

Mary Magestro

Arrold Martin,1975

Peggy Jean Martin,1972*

Addie M. Massey,1968*

Theodis Maxey,1976

Jewel A. McCallister,1973

Michelangelo McCallister,1973

James M. McCarroll Sr.,1974

Alfonzo V. McClaney

Jenine McClaney,1996

Rosalind Renee’ McCleary,1988

Leavy A. McCoy,1972

Norma Jean Pryor McCuiston,1966*

H. Coleman McGinnis*

Bryant McKee,1985

George Felix McNeal,2000

Tarria O. McNeal,1994

Shirley C. McVey,1964

Countess N. Metcalf,1959

Fred Metcalf,1960

Tamara Y. Lee Miles,1987

Terry Wayne Miles,1987

Fannie B. Miller,1972

Jacqueline W. Mitchell,1992*

Logan T. Mitchell,1957

Clara Spence Moore,1958*

Henderson M. Moore Sr.,1969

James Leroy Moore,1967

Marshall Moore,1966

Mary L. Moore,1967

Keith E. Morgan,2004

Theodore R. Mosch

Alisa L. Mosley

Ivan Mosley

Barbara S. Mullins,2001

Marchellas L. Murphy,2005

Sharon Murphy

Ernest Burchie Newsom,1961

Nolia B. Newsom,1961

Chlora Patrick Nicholson,1960

Hoyt Nunnally Jr.,1972

Lesmer Morton Orr,1981

Johanna Kenese Outlaw,1998

Donald Page

Violet R. Parker,1969

David L. Parks,1979

Carla H. Patton,2002

Wendell P. Patton Jr.,2003

Andre Peek,1979

James J. Pelletier

Shawn Betterton Pelletier,1986

Carl Peoples

Charles Perinchief,1964

Deddrick A. Perry Jr.,2003

Henry T. Perry,1974

Janis Conley Perry,1979

Joseph L. Perry,1974*

Monica R. Perry

Sharon D. Peters,2008*

Phil W. Petrie Sr.,1959

Winifred Pettis, 1977*

Kelvin M. Pillow,1984

Jameece Latimer Pinckney,1994

Gary Pinsly

Reginald A. Pope,1978*

Lawrence E. Porter,1958*

Shirley A. Laster Porter,1958*

Kimberly Hornbuckle Powell,2003

Judith A. Newbern Presley,1969*

Oliver W. Presley,1970*

Daniel F. Provine Jr.,1967

Janice A. Provine,1967

Marquita M. Qualls,1994

Iris Rene Ramey

Leon Ramsey,1972*

Walter B. Rau

Achintya Ray

Muriel D. Ray-Taylor,1984

Ronald D. Reasonover,1990

Roderick F. Reed,1990*

Elaine D. Reese,1970

Roosevelt Reese Jr.,1975*

Ruthie G. Reynolds

Samuel E. Richardson,1965*

Lesia G. Riddick,1997*

Dejuan Ridley,1994

Evelyn C. Robertson Jr.,1962*

Hugholene Ellison Robertson,1958*

Gregory Robinson,1993

William D. Robinson,1982

Edward Michael Rouse,1983

Cierra A. Rowe,2015

David E. Rutledge,1967

Nadine Scales,1969*

Arvie Z. Scates,1968*

Bernard Scott Sr.,1971*

Michael E. Seibert,1985*

Charles E. Settle,1975*

Stephen B. Shanklin

Lonnie Sharpe Jr.

Irene M. Simmons,1959

Rozalind T. Simon,1982

Georganna Thomas Sinkfield,1978

Richard H. Sinkfield,1968

Doris H. Smith,1962

Johnnie C. Smith,2000

Rudolph D. Smith,1966

Wilbert H. Smith,1956

Scott Sohr

Kemba N. Solomon,1998

Linda C. Spears

Marvin D. Spears

Bettye Springfield,1970

Terrance Stacker,1989

Edith P. Stamps-Miller,1954

Ronald J. Stephens,1963

Sandra L. Stephens,1963

James H. Stewart,1964*

Martha Walker Stratton,1969*

Phillip M. Strayhorn,1964*

Eloise Strong

Hugh Strong Jr.,1960

Bianca J. Sweeten,1993

Eric E. Taylor,2001

James E. Taylor,1969

Kera D. Taylor,2010

Mae G. Taylor,1969

Tanya E. Taylor,2008

Valerie R. Taylor,1978

Edwina R. Temple,1978

Larry D. Thomas

Patsey Whitmon Thomas,1982

Rhonda Thomas,1980*

Betty J. Thompson*

Byron J. Thompson,1984

Evelyn Maria Thompson,1984*

Grover C. Thompson Jr.,1977*

Lillian V. Thompson,1979

Mary Lynn Thompson,1950*

Dorothy M. Thornhill,1959

Levi Thornhill

John David Tiller,2000

Charles E. Townsend,1953

Carolyn B. Tucker,1969

David M. Tucker,1987

Jesse F. Tucker,1970

Emmitt H. Turner,1972*

Richard E. Turner,1972

Stephen J. Vance,1971*

Phillis W. Varnado,1976

Danny Vestal,1974

Thelma S. Vestal,1969*

Michelle M. Viera,1982*

Charlie Bernard Wade Jr.,1993

James A. Wade Jr.,1993

Laron A. Walker,2000

Rachel Walker

Phillip G. Walton,1969

Benny Washington,1975*

Rae Hudson Watkins,1949*

Tracey J. Watson,1996

Tony Lorenzo Wells,1992*

John E. Wesley,1951

Delphine Wharton

Memorie White,2001

Georgia Dumas Whiting,1982

Kenneth B. Wiggins,1986

Winda L. Wilbert

Major Wilburn Jr.,1966

Vivian Wilhoite,1987

Arthur R. Williams,1972

Bryan R. Williams,1978

Edna J. Williams,1956*

Frances Williams

James W. Williams,1967

Novella L. Williams,1973

Patrick J. Williams,1997

Samuel W. Williams,1960*

Cornelia Wills,1992*

Angus N. Wilson,1994

Seanne Gynean Wilson,2009*

Lois O. Winston,1968

Edward Henry Wisdom III,1991

Troy Woodard,1970*

Clinton Woods,1968*

Florence K. Woods,1967

Gregory D. Woods

Velma J. Dodson Woods,1968*

Rosalyn Donaldson Word,1980*

Carolyn Bright Worthy,1970

Georgia Ann Robinson

Wright,1959

Kelli H. Wright,1980

Melvin Wright Sr.,1958

Christopher F. Wyatt*

Melissa J. Wyatt*

Linda Thompson Wynn,1970

Lucian Yates III

Betty Jo Young,1975

Harriett W. Young,1957

Sophia Young,1991

We salute the donors who have so generously provided financial contributions to Tennessee State University through the Tennessee State University Foundation during the period of July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018. Each gift is greatly appreciated and put to good use providing scholarships, enhancing academic programs and supporting university operations. If you have any questions, please contact the Foundation Office at (615) 963-5481 or foundation@tnstate.edu. Names in bold are President’s Society members. Names with ‘*’ have been supporters for five or more consecutive years.

ALUMNI ESTATE

Raleigh Wynne, Sr., 1950

ALUMNI

Sahira Abdool ,1981

Brian J. Abernathy ,1984

Samuel J. Abernathy ,1957

Emanuel J. Abston ,1962*

James Louis Adair

Frank Adams ,1952

Helen G. Adams

Jaron Quincy Adams ,2014

Kimberly J. Adams ,1997

Linika S. Adams ,1993

Patricia Adams-Graves ,1974*

George Adebanjo ,1982

John O. Agulue ,1985

Abibat Edith Ahmed ,2017

Susan J. Aimable ,1989

Barbara Ann Shaw Akins ,1966*

William R. Akins ,1973*

DeWayne Albritton ,1983

E. Dewayne Albritton ,1983

Larry Albritton ,1976

Milton S. Albritton Sr.,1964*

Nathaniel Albritton ,1975*

Rufus Albritton ,1969

James A. Alderman ,2009

Sandra J. Aldridge ,1964

Debra Alexander ,1979*

Donna Lorraine Alexander ,2013

Janice M. Alexander

Melissa Christine Alexander ,2001

Tracia Alexander ,1996

Debra G. Alexander Fisher ,1979

Brenda Alford ,1969*

Andrea Stephens Allen ,1974

Aprill L. Allen ,1995

Carrie Harris Allen ,1966*

Cloyd D. Allen

Lawrence C. Allen ,1993

Starr E. Allen ,2004

Tanya Allen ,1979

Rance Allison ,2015

Cynthia C. Alston ,1972

George L. Altman ,1955*

Helen M. Anderson ,1959

Paul E. Anderson ,1953

Ronald E. Anderson ,1970

Sharon Y. Anderson ,1979

Sherry Jo Anderson ,1989

Mary Helen Andrews

Joseph L. Anthony ,1954*

Marjorie J. Anthony ,1955*

Ogechi O. Anyatonwu ,2003

Alexis B. Armstead

Anita K. Armstrong ,2001*

Kenny W. Armstrong ,1970

Mary L. Armstrong ,1957

Thedora Armstrong ,1973

Alice M. Arnold

Harold H. Arnold II,1996

Nicole Kendall Arrighi ,2005*

Julian A. Arrington ,2007

Nadia L. Artis ,2000

Jakene J. Ashford ,1998

Ronald L. Ashley ,1980

Dennis U. Askey ,1970

Gary Atwater ,1974*

Janice B. Atwater ,1976*

Joseph Amimo Aura ,2015

Eric T. Austin ,1994

Linda B. Austin ,2005

Sandra K. Avent ,1978

Sonya Yvette Avery ,1992

Bernard Bable ,1980

Dereje Teshome Bahiru ,2006

Anita L. Bailey ,2002

Beverly Howard Bailey ,1980

Brittany M. Bailey ,2009

Frances G. Bailey ,1955*

Harold Bailey

Ralph Dubois Bailey

Willie T. Bailey ,1972*

Tunya L. Bails ,1996

Clementine Baker ,1968

Lemont Baker ,1993

Peggy Noreen Baker ,1982*

Tiffany S. Baker ,2004

Marion E. Baldwin ,1966

Frank K. Ballard ,1979

Juanita S. Ballard ,1961*

Marticia E. Banes ,2005

Augustus Bankhead ,1957

Sharon Smith Banks ,1973*

Mia M. Bankston ,2003

Gayle S. Barbee ,1971

John Jay Barfield IV,1999*

Pamela A. Barfield ,1991

Terry W. Barksdale ,1972*

Barry Dwayne Barlow ,2005*

Joe E. Barlow Jr.,1973

Audrey S. Barnes ,1994

Deborah A King Barnes ,1978

Latasha R. Barnes ,1999

Loran G. Barnes ,1975*

Joycelyn Barnett ,1985

Beverly B. Barton ,1965

Madeline L. Barton ,1961*

Beverly G. Bass ,1965*

Eleanor S. Bass ,1975*

Gilbert Freeman Bass

James Inman Bass ,1962*

Velvet Carter Bass ,1983*

Thomas R. Bates ,2008

Gwendolyn R. Battiste ,1999

Jillette D. Battle ,2005

James A. Baxter ,1982

Henry Edward Beach ,1959*

Margaret Smith Beach ,1959

Adrienne A. Beamer ,1996

Darleene Beard ,1998*

Dwight L. Beard ,1974*

James T. Beard ,1976

Patricia A. Beard ,2015

Quinten X. Beard ,1988

Valerie Gentry Beard ,1993

Carol Y. Beavers ,1991

Dale I. Beckton

Danielle Y. Bell ,2005

Edward Derrick Bell ,1962

Eric E. Bell ,2004

Eunice Logan Bell ,1969*

Howard Lee Bell ,1998

Jennifer Bell ,2005*

John L. Bell *

Perren M. Bell ,2007

Sharita Emerson Bell ,1992

Thomas A. Bell ,1971

Woodrow Bell ,1967*

Marilyn F. Bellamy ,1972

Toyeisha A. Bell-Greer ,2016

Rufus Belser ,1981

Debora Lanier Benberry ,1997

Torrance Ray Benberry ,1992

Kenneth Benion ,1981

Arthur Benjamin Jr.,1959*

Joyce M. Bennett ,1989

Maggie Nell Lee Benson ,1960

Robert E. Benson

Will F. Benton ,1960*

Angela D. Hayes Berry ,1980

Cassandra Berry

Felecia Buford Berry ,1985

Steven B. Berryhill Jr.,2011

Jara L. Best-Jones ,1994*

Chanise Bethea ,2001

Gion Scott Biggs ,1984

Vickie Lynn Biggs ,2000

Marjorie Abston Billups ,1961*

Robin T. Bingham

John A. Birdsong

Brandee D. Bishop ,2003

Lametric Bishop ,2007

Mark A. Bishop ,1971*

Audie B. Black ,2010*

Dorothy F. Valentine Black ,1958

Hattie L. Black ,2010

Jason A. Black ,2007

Melvin C. Black ,1960*

Philander S. Black ,1970

Dallas Blackman ,1965

Olivia P. Blackman ,1965*

Fred A. Blackwell Jr.,1984

Lamar D. Blackwell ,1996

Angela Renee Blakely ,1996

Janet E. Blakemore ,2013

Robert E. Blalock ,1993

Shari T. Blalock ,2003

Nakesha F. Blount ,2003

Dominique D. Blue ,2014

Arnett H. Bodenhamer II,1997

Bettye J. Bogan ,1960

Britt Bogus, Sr ,1982

James Orin Bolden ,1979

Vicki C. Bolden ,1974

Clyde W. Bolds ,1959*

Corhonda D. Bolton ,1996

John S. Bommer Jr.,1993

Allin Bond ,1971

Andrew Bond ,1948*

Bonetta J. Bond ,1976*

Clyde Louis Bond Jr.,1987*

Gladys S. Bond ,1956*

Lia N. Bond ,1999

Blanche R. Bond-Hudson ,1980

Thomas L. Bonds ,1993

Keith L. Bones ,2016

Richard M. Bonner ,1965

Tracey N. Bonner ,2001

David Boone Sr.,1963

Robert L. Boone ,1970*

Theresa R. Boone ,1962

Aryian Carpenter Boswell ,1972

Samuel E. Boswell ,1970

Mary Christina Bothwell ,1998

Anita Mcgruder Bourne ,1981

Phillip H. Bourne ,1971

William Clay Bowen,1997

Edward Savannah Bowers ,1972

Preston L. Bowie ,1966

Harvey W. Bowles ,1973*

Donzell Bowman ,1997

Marius Boyd ,2000

Mary S. Boyd ,1969*

Raymie J. Boyd ,1988

Stephanie Britton Boyd ,1994

T. B. Boyd III,1969*

Tamel Johnson Boyd

William M. Boyd ,1968*

Yvette J. Boyd ,1973*

Everett L. Boyer ,1969*

Shirley Marbury Boyer ,1969

Lakisha Sheron Boykin ,1999

Robert Louis Brack ,1966

Josephine E. Braden ,1962

Bruce D. Bradford ,1970*

Patricia Bradford ,1971*

Rhonda A. Bradley ,1987

Latrice R. Bragg ,2006

Andrea Fant Branch ,2004

April J. Branch ,2004

Cedric G. Branch ,1992

Joerald D. Branch,1981*

Sonji Branch ,1990

Merlton Brandenberg ,1965

Illeana S. Brandt ,2007

Barbara B. Brannon ,1979

Mia T. Brazelton ,1996

Monique R. Brazelton ,1991

Rosie M. Brewster-Crowder ,1966*

Sonja Gwin Brewton ,1992

John W. Bridgeforth ,1992

Valerie Hall Bridgeforth ,1984

Eleanor Franklin Bright ,1955

Pamela V. Bright ,1976

Charles H. Brinkley Sr.,1985

Frank D. Brinkley ,1963

Velma S. Brinkley ,1965

Lovice M. Brinkman ,1990*

Cherronda M. Briscoe ,2003

Derrick Ladon Britton ,1997

Patricia H. Brock ,1971

Ashlee J. Brooks ,2007*

George Evelyn Brooks ,1968

Kanesha M. Brooks ,2010*

Kyle W. Brooks ,2011*

Sidney K. Brooks ,1991

Afton D. Brown ,2007

Alean E. Brown

Audrelle D. Brown ,2004

Beverly Brown ,1968

Cassandra L. Brown ,2016

Correda Denise Brown ,1989

Dena Nicole Brown ,1988

Elbert D. Brown ,1955*

Faye Sutton Brown ,1958

George A. Brown Jr.,1971

Hodari P. T. Brown ,2008

Jean W. Brown ,1968

Kathy Brown ,1993

Larry W. Brown ,1967

Linda J. Brown ,1972

Lorethia B. Brown ,1954*

Michele Andrel Brown ,2012

Rajaul C. Brown ,2002

Reginald Brown ,1955

Terressa A. Brown ,1969

Tristian T. Brown ,2009

Victoria Williams Brown ,1969

Virgenia S. Brown ,1991*

William R. Brown ,1967

Michelle R. Brown Glover ,1998

La Kia S. Brown-Durousseau ,2003

Quoran M. Brown-El ,1997

Andrew T. Bruce ,1999

Michelle D. Bruce ,1994

Valjane Collington Bruno ,1977

Angela V. Bryant ,1986

Della G. Bryant ,1964

Gerald Le-Mon Bryant ,1969

James H. Bryant Jr.,1949

John M. Bryant ,1968

Latoyia G. Bryant ,1998*

Ottie Andre Bryant ,1966

Vincent M. Bryant ,1984

Lloyd Buchanan ,1965

Phronda A. Buckley ,1990

Joseph W. Buffington II,2005

Casandra Yvonne Bufford

Renita G. Bufford-Jones ,1984

Donald M. Buford ,1973

Latanya D. Buford ,1997

Rosalyn E. Buford ,1970

Terry Arnell Buford ,1994

Christiane L. Buggs ,2008

Robert Lamarr Buggs Jr.,1993

David Shelton Bullock

Mable Young Burchfield ,1965

Milton Burchfield II,1965

George Eugene Burgess Jr.,2014

Anthony E. Burke ,1969*

Gary Mark Burke ,1986

Glenn A. Burke ,1970

Remy Y. Burkes ,2006

Armistead Dwright Burks ,1965

David M. Burnett ,2003

Derek L. Burnett ,2007

Mary A. Burriss ,1975

Amethyst Burton ,1994

James G. Burton ,2000

James S. Burton ,1974

Kamala Devi Burton ,1992

Willodean D. Burton ,1972

John Burwell Jr.,1975

Beverly Bush

Jessie Bush ,1970

Andrew Beufus Butler ,1988

Cornelia Butler ,1988

Donnetta S. Butler ,1979

Genetta Cohen Butler ,1979

George E. Butler Sr.,1966

Jerry Butler ,1980

Joan P. Butler ,1968

Joshua B. Butler III,1965

Yasmin D. White Butler ,1994

Deedra Michelle Buxton

Marion L. Byrd ,1950*

John Cade ,1998*

Rhoda A. Cadwell ,1990

Bobby L. Cain ,1961

Margo H. Cain ,1961

Tarashaun R. Cain ,2002

Antoinette Y. Lindsey Caine ,2011

Keith R. Caine ,2001*

Kenneth R. Caine ,1996

Nikhol C. Caine ,2001

Constance L. Caldwell ,1982

Deidre L. Caldwell ,1998

Kathleen D. Caldwell ,1974

Terrence G. Caldwell ,2005*

Eugenia J. Calloway ,1952

Richard H. Calloway ,1967

Teresa Denise Cameron ,1996

Camille A. Campbell ,2011

Carla T. Campbell ,1993

Carol C. Campbell ,2014*

Clifton T. Campbell ,1961*

Desmond L. Campbell ,2008

Diane Kinnard Campbell ,1985*

Eunice Donaldson Campbell

Jacquelyn W. Campbell ,1970*

James A. Campbell ,1988

Jamie Josephine Campbell ,1998

Jessie G. Campbell ,1962*

Lee G. Campbell ,1968*

Merline N. Campbell ,1968*

Narshika Laquease Campbell ,2015

Nia N. Campbell ,2002

Patricia A. Campbell ,1964*

Stanley Campbell ,1980

Lawanda Michelle Campbell-Hall ,1993

Dorothy Campbell-McClerking

Carla A. Cannon ,1983

Davetta C. Cannon ,2000

Reginald D. Cannon ,1996

Tifinie Adams Capehart ,2004

David E. Carney ,1966*

Gary Phillips Carney ,1967

Samuel L. Carney ,1973

Gwendolyn Arleita Carney-Acklen ,2007

Ebony Carpenter ,2010

Jossie M. Carpenter ,1968

Kenneth A. Carpenter Sr.,1976

Rosalyn Darcelle Carpenter ,1988

Terrell Y. Carpenter ,1987

Denese Carpenter-Hulbert ,1973

Donnell Carr ,1965*

Elbert J. Carr ,1974*

Stone N. Carr ,1954*

Helen M. Carson ,1994

Alecia P. Carter ,1979

April Carter ,1984

Chiesa Carter ,1993

Darryl Carter

Deitra V. Carter

Dennis C. Carter,1977

Erlene Carter ,1979

Junius F. Carter III,1982

Kenneth Carter

McArthur Carter ,1966

Rubye W. Carter ,1952

Verlene Carter ,1978*

Maxine E Caruth ,1978

Brecarga R. Carver ,2003

Bobbie Jean Carver-Horner ,1964

Mary Carver-Patrick ,1969*

James O. Catchings Sr.,1962

Mara Cathey

Elaine Fisher Cato ,1990

Kevin E. Cato ,1986

Yolanda Yvette Cato ,1991

Joe Cephas Caviness

John L. Chamberlain

Eugene B. Champion ,1991*

Felicia Ann Champion ,2006*

Jeffery A. Champion ,1982

Alice Eagle Chapman ,1992

Sekou S. Charles ,1997

Ardell Al Chatman ,1970*

Austin E. Chatman ,1973*

Bernice Chatman ,1966*

Sarah Minor Chatman ,1980*

Eryka M. Cheatham ,2004*

Chandra Cheeseborough ,1982*

Elisha M. Chester ,2003

Patricia M. Childs ,1972

Deborah Mallette Chisom ,1999

Diane D. Christon ,1979

Ashanti N. Chunn ,2001

Mary Churchwell-Davis ,1971

Delphine E. Claggion ,1977*

Thelma Clanton ,1943

Arvazena E. Clardy ,1990

Thelma Sanders Clardy ,1976

Clydell Clark ,1972

Dorothye B. Clark ,1955*

Gregory A. Clark ,1987*

Michael Clark

Tamara B. Clark ,2002

Thomas A. Clark Jr.,1971

Sharon Claxton-Bommer ,1996

Glenn V. Clay ,1988

Tanisha L. Clay

Barbara J. Claybon ,1974*

Joseph Claybon ,1975

Maureen Claybon ,1970

Marcellina Claybon-Watkins ,1989

James F. Clayborne Jr.,1985

Beverly K. Clayton ,1985*

Edward E. Clayton ,2001*

Lashun Clayton ,1981*

Patricia Clayton ,1976

Terry R. Clayton,1980*

Nichelle Deann Clay-Vaughn ,1987

Dorothy H. Cleaves ,1979*

Mamie Cleaves ,1964

Valerie A. Cleaves ,2008

Kayla Danielle Cleggett ,2013

Evelyn Cleveland ,1969*

Joseph R. Cleveland ,1968*

Rachel Stinnet Cleveland ,1953

Tonya S. Cliff ,1997

Kendrick C. Cloud ,2003

Carlton Cobb ,2011

Andrea Coffey

Donald E. Coffey

Jackie Coffey ,1982

Richard L. Coger ,1970

Sophia E. Coger Atkins ,1960

Ashli B. Colbert ,2003

Arthur H. Cole ,1974

Deborah A. Cole ,1974*

Eddie R. Cole ,2007

Larry E. Cole ,1967

Alfred E. Coleman ,1957*

Amber Marie Coleman ,2015

Angela R. Coleman ,1999

DeLise M. Coleman ,1982*

Detra J. Coleman ,1997

Gloria Lett Coleman ,1970

Katari I. Coleman ,2012

Melanie J. Coleman ,1994

Rosa H. Coleman ,1967*

Roy W. Coleman ,1967

Sam Coleman ,1978

Tremaine J. Coleman ,2011

Vivian Danette Coleman ,1988

William C. Coleman

Brenda Y. Collier ,2003*

Curtis Collier ,1971*

Edmond J. Collier ,1963*

Michael Collier ,1998

Patricia A. Collier ,1978

Andrea E. Collins ,1977

Helena R. Collins ,1975

Juel Payne Collins ,1955

Lawrence F. Collins Jr.,1966*

Marlise Long Collins ,1974

Regina H. Collins ,1965

Theresa D. Collins ,2004

Walter Collins ,1960*

Cheryl M. Colvin ,1994

Colette Clark Combs ,1976

Cassandra L. Comer ,2003

Sammy Comer ,1972*

Celia Q. Conley ,2003

Hellena R. Conley ,1982

Andrea Conte ,1983

Ashley N. Cook ,2006

Ralph D. Cook Sr.,1964*

Scott R. Cook ,2011

Helen P. Cooke ,1952*

Longino A. Cooke Jr.,1951*

Amber Ackerman Cooks ,1997

Dwight Cooley ,1981

Juandale Tramaine Cooper ,2003

Ramone M. Cooper Jr.,2009

James E. Copeland ,1971*

Joe Louis Cornelius ,1968*

Evelyn B. Coston ,1975

Sally K. Cothron ,1972*

Mary B. Cotten ,1968

Semetta Coure ,1977

Jewell B. Cousin ,1958*

Gwendolyn D. Covington ,1975

Lavora Shanta Cowan ,1998

Barbara D. Cox ,1986*

Gloria J. Cozart ,1966

Julia Ma Crain ,1968*

Evelyn L. Crain Parker ,1966*

Angela L. Crane-Jones ,1996

Alva Jean Crawford ,1961*

Alvin Howell Crawford ,1960*

April Crawford ,2006

Barbara C. Crawford ,1969

James E. Crawford ,1973*

Jeffrey A. Crawford

Jewel Crawford Sr.,1968*

Lamont Crawley Sr.,2001

Eddie C. Cribbs ,2017

Cordy Crittendon ,1958

Charles E. Croney ,1971*

Patricia A. Crook ,1973*

John S. Cross ,1983

Sharon R. Cross ,1997

Josephine D. Crouch ,1959*

Joe Crowell Jr.,1966*

Evher N. Crowner ,2002

Sondra J. Morris Crusor ,1958*

Lavenia T. Crutcher ,1986

Mary Inez Gibbs Crutchfield ,1947*

Madelyn M. Culp ,1968

Darrell K. Cummings ,1990

Kendall Cummings

Deidre Lynn Cunningham ,1993

Eloise Black Cunningham ,1954*

Lee R. Cunningham ,1966

Ronald S. Cunningham ,1968

Kenneth R. Currie ,1972

Charles A. Curry ,1969*

Gerald D. Curry ,1983

Lasalle Chapma Curry

Pamela Murray Curry ,1972*

Mario Curtis ,2002

Annette Curtis-Williams ,1964

Rose Marie Cutler ,1966

Joleika M. Cuttino ,2000*

Carlo R. Dade ,1970*

Delois Dailey ,1986

Steven D. Dailey ,1964*

Mary Daise ,1992

Martha L. Dale ,2009

Angie Daley ,2002

Tiffany McEvans Dallah ,2000

Thomas E. Daly ,1968

Davetta Mills Daniels ,1974

Rhea Daniels ,1996

Jesse L. Dansby Jr.,1964*

Clifton R. Darden ,1995

Tiffany L. Dashiell ,2001

Jeremy T. Daves ,2006

Taja D. Davidson ,2007

Carla Anita Davis ,1968

Caroline D. B. Davis ,1983

Cedric Davis ,1996

Charmaine G. Davis ,1981

Christopher D. Davis

David G. Davis ,1971

Edgar J. Davis ,1970

Elizabeth Davis, 1964*

Frank Davis ,1971*

George L. Davis Jr.,1981*

George L. Davis Sr.,1958

Ivan R. Davis Sr.,1964*

Jerry Wayne Davis ,2004

Jo Ann Davis Davis ,1976*

Joseph C. Davis

Lynne M. Davis ,1975*

Mary C. Davis ,1980

Mary E. Davis ,1962

Mclisa V. Davis ,2008

Naima Davis ,2003

Norma Faye Davis ,1972

Sade’ Larisha Davis ,2011

Vincent L. Davis ,1992

Zipporah L. Davis ,1983

Vernessa L. Davis-Tharpe ,1981

Monique Everett Day ,1995

Vencial Day ,1970

Adriana Y. De Leon ,2016

Helen M. Dean ,1976

Marie Antoinette Dean ,2010

Taurus Gray Deberry ,1995*

Waldine Deberry ,1968*

Raymond L. Delk ,1965*

Fanniel L. Demarks ,1982*

Tiffani N. Denham ,2009

Donald L. Dennis

Richard A. Dent ,1965

Harold Joseph Derrickson ,1967

Deshuna Dickens ,2000

Anthony E. Dickerson

Marilyn C. Diggs ,2017

Billy Ray Dillard Jr.,1990

Marilyn Wilson Dillard ,1991

Monika Dillard ,2002

Wilfred E. Dillard ,1991

Charis Dillihunt ,1959

Curtis L. Dillihunt ,1966

Curtis M. Dilworth Jr.,1962

Wayman C. Dismukes ,1975

Vincent Bernard Dixie ,1997

Yawanda L. Dobson ,1994

Jennifer R. Dodd ,2006

John R. Dodds ,1962*

Kenneth L. Dollar ,1969*

Tony Ray Donaldson ,1998

Izella Mitchell Dornell ,1974

Larry Dorsey ,1975

Anika D. Doss ,2000

Crystal A. Doss ,2005

Regina Michelle Doss ,1994

Elvis O. Douglas ,1972

Gloria J. Hall Douglas ,1967

Ollis Douglas Jr.,1968

Alvino Douglass ,1979

Lovie Dowell-Pryor ,1972

Colton J. Dozier ,2013

Arthur Drayton ,1966*

Kimberly Elizabeth Driver ,1994

Landson N. Drummond ,1985

Leslie Y. Drummond ,1974

Deborah Drungo

Darryl D. Duke ,1998

Kara N. Duke ,2001

William Duke ,1970*

Brent Dukhie ,2014

Nicole L. Dunigan ,1995

Carolyn T. Dunlap ,1978

King David Dunlap IV,1969

Robin Shaw Dunlap ,1981

Verna Canady Dunmoodie ,1973

Mark T. Dunn ,1989

Michael L. Dunn ,1977

Rhonda Cantrell Dunn ,1980

Steven Dunn ,1984

Gerry M. Dupree ,1982*

Leah P. Dupree ,2005*

Edith M. Duvall ,1966*

James R. Ealey Jr.,1966

Granvisse L. Earl ,1992

Clara Earle ,1995

Peggy A. Earnest ,1973*

Dianne Eaton ,1973

Zikiya T. Eaton ,1995

Deborah A. Edmondson ,2001

Andre Corlandis Edwards ,1995

Davian F. Edwards ,2000

Juanita L. Edwards ,1981

Melita Albritton Edwards ,1996

Tuerra D. Edwards ,2001

Latise Searles Egeston ,1992

Clara C. Elam*

Morris A. Elam Jr.,1972*

Rodney Elam ,2001

Constance W. Elliott ,1955*

Riley W. Elliott ,1955*

Aerial M. Ellis ,2004

Gerald L. Ellis ,1958*

Marcus Deshauwn Ellis ,1994

Jennifer R. Ellis-Jackson ,1992

Leatrice L. Ellzy-McNair ,1989

Melissa J. Elrod ,1998

Wilson E. Ennis Jr.,1982*

Ralph T. Ervin

Sheila D. Ervin

Robert L. Eskew ,1970

Melvilynn Lisa Eskridge-Allen ,1997

Jimmie M. Esmon ,1968

Donyelle A. Esters ,2011

Robert P. Estes ,1968

Jeffery T. Etter ,1989

Alfred L. Evans ,1968

David L. Evans ,1962

Janice Coleman Evans ,1979

Adrienne Lenore Fancher

Fabian M. Farr ,1991*

Kimberly N. Farr ,1999

Lena P. Farrell ,1947

Anthony Farrington ,1997

Claude Isaac Farrington ,1960

Kathleen C. Fasig ,1982

Gary Maurice Faulcon ,1998

Roosevelt Faulkner ,1989*

Edwin N. Feagins Sr.,1986

Kristal J. Fears ,2006*

Michael K. Fells

Lashan K. Fells-Gougis ,1994

Brenda Fennell ,1976

Everett C. Fennell ,1974*

Diane P. Ferguson

Jameela Ferguson ,1996

Thelma Ferguson

Darren D. Fields ,1986

Deartrest Anderson Fields ,1985

Fonda Fields ,1999

Janet M. Finch ,1972*

Eugene O. Fisher ,1961

Dorea D. Fitzgerald ,2002

Jessica L. Fitzgerald

Charles K. Flack ,1984*

Olivia Flakes ,2005

Sharon Williams Fleetwood ,1979

Kenneth M. Fleming ,1974

Rita E. Fleming ,1975*

Vickie Blair Fleming

Wayne Fleming ,1978

Patricia Marie Fletcher-Breedwell ,1985

Erica M. Flimmons ,2003

Herman Flora

Brenda W. Flowers ,1966

Clarice A. Floyd

Madlyn P. Floyd

Marekus T. Fluellen

Brandon E. Foley ,2008*

Julius K. Foley ,2004

Anita Joyce Ford ,1984

Bryant K. Ford ,1991

Delphine E. Ford ,1980*

Edmund Hull Ford Jr.,2000

Faye M. Ford ,1957

Isabelle Ford ,1983

Treva Trashun Ford ,1994

Vera Ford ,1969*

Adrian-Albert Doron Foreman ,2004

Alec Fitzgerald Forrest

Anthony Steven Foster ,1985

Kimberly T. Fowler-White ,1994*

Mary H. Foxworth ,1968

Harrison S. Foy ,1971*

Yvette Cain Frank ,1986

Brian Franklin ,2003

Harry G. Franklin Jr.,1965

Marian Franklin

Roland M. Franklin ,1957

Troy A. Franklin ,1992

Angela Cook Frazier ,1995

Eddie G. Frazier ,1974*

Jacqueline L. Frazier ,1980

Carl A. Freeman ,1988*

Cornelius Edward Freeman Jr.,1967

Felicia Vestal Freeman ,1994

Isaiah D. Freeman ,2016

Kimberley M. Freeman ,1995

Kimm M. Freeman ,1996

Mary W. Freeman ,1990

Richard E. Freeman ,1997

James A. Gallacher ,1992

Barbara G. Galloway ,1970

Alonza A. Gamble ,1971

George E. Ganaway ,1968*

Janie Ruth Ganaway ,1970*

Lynda Banks Gant ,1981

Michael Garde ,2011

Felmon Gerome Gardner ,1997

Wonzie L. Gardner Jr.,1983

Gia Tara Gardner-Orr ,1999

Kelby House Garner ,2010

Grindl C. Garrett ,1987

Benny L. Gaston ,1996

Doris E. Gates ,1976

Princess S. Gatewood ,2008

Roselle K. Gause ,1973

S. Leon Gay ,1971

Cassandra L. Gayle ,2011

Carrie M. Gentry ,1958*

Howard C. Gentry Jr.,1974*

Deidre L. George ,1996

Charles H. Gibbs ,1970

Asia L. Gibson ,2011

Jewyl C. Gibson ,1999

Latrease D. Gibson ,2007

Michael E. Gilbert ,1994*

Regina Gilbert ,1987

Serina K. Gilbert ,1968

Shatonia L. Gilbert ,2003

Bernice Giles ,1969

Fannie M. Giles ,1973

Richard H. Giles ,1964*

Melvin L. Gill Jr.,1972

William A. Gill

Michael Gilliam ,2003

Brenda J. Gilmore ,1984*

Carmen N. Gilmore ,1999

Erica S. Gilmore ,2005

Jennifer L. Givens ,2013

Nettie Martell Lagrone Givhan ,1953

Brian L. Gladney ,1997*

Ernestine Pickens Glass ,1958*

Taurus D. Glass ,1999

Nicole H. Glaze ,2007

Charles Glover ,1971*

Glenda Baskin Glover ,1974*

Gwendolyn D. Glovers ,1991

Morris Goddard ,1957 (deceased)

Judy Conley Goldthree ,1976*

Willie Goodman

Eric Goodrich ,1977

Alvin R. Goodwin ,1980

Derick L. Goodwin

Gregory P. Goodwin ,1979

Calin D. Goolsby ,1996*

Frankie F. Goolsby ,1998

Alfred H. Gordon ,1972*

Edward A. Gordon ,1966

Kristan D. Gordon ,2004

Terrence Lamere Gordon

Uylondia C. Gordon ,2011

Princess E. Gordon-Patton ,1996

Dorothy J. Gore ,1964

Voncile B. Gowdy ,1966*

Leatrice Conley Gradford ,1970*

Cozetta Gragg ,1995

Terrence Lamar Gragg ,1994

Andrea Anderson Graham ,1989

Henry S. Graham Sr.,1968

Juanita R. Graham ,2006

Marie M. Graham

Stacia M. Graham ,2005

Terryl L. Freeman ,1996

Dorothy Granberry ,1966

Georgette C. Dixon ,1983

Latoya A. Dixon ,2003

Pat D. Dixon,1974

Willie G. Dixon ,1956

Demarkus Dobson

Mark Dobson ,1995

Marvin S. Evans Jr.,1983

Ashley Denise Ewell ,2011

John W. Ewell ,1991

Jacquelyn A. Fail ,1979*

Kevin D. Fairbanks ,2005

Tracey L. Falls ,2009

Doris J. Frieson ,1955*

Niah Y. Fulford ,2002

James Gailey Jr.,1960*

Kay K. Gaines ,2003*

Thomas E. Gaiter ,1979*

Charles H. Galbreath Jr.,2004

Gracie D. Grandberry ,1997

Madelyn M. Grant ,1977*

Mark A. Grant ,1989

Reginald O. Grant ,1976*

Edward Leroy Graves ,1962*

Sheldon M. Graves,1970*

Alison Graves-Calhoun

Albert D. Gray Jr.,1974

Brandon Gray

Cassandra Annette Gray ,1996

Clinton Gray III,2007

Grantland A. Gray ,2017

Ransom A. Gray ,2013

Ruthie S. Gray ,1972

Sylvia Antonia Sims Gray ,1968

Patricia S. Greathouse ,1976*

Augustine C. Green ,1967

Cheryl D. Green ,1998

Christopher L. Green ,1997

Denise D. Green ,2015*

Ervin Green ,1963*

Gene Green ,1970*

Julian S. Green ,1968

Marlah D. Green ,1994*

Melonie J. Green ,2000

Melorra J. Green ,2000

Robert L. Green ,1966*

Terrance Lamont Green ,1989

Vessie Mack Green ,1985

Anita C. Greene ,1976*

Ashley N. Greene ,2013

Delbrita L. Greene ,2006

Quentin Greene ,2000

Robert Greene ,1975*

Brenda G. Green-Ellington ,1986

Delores B. Greer ,1962

Jimmy D. Greer Jr.,1972*

Valeria Greer ,1971

Harriett Holden Gregory ,1953*

Betty Griffin ,1966

Kysa N. Griffith ,2010

Paul T. Griffith ,1992

Cassandra L. Griggs ,1993*

Doris S. Grigsby ,1968

Arena King Groves ,1960

Rebecca J. Groves ,1982*

Twinkles D. Groves ,1987

S. Monique Guilford ,2001

Kelly Morgan Gunn ,2001

Linda Redmon Guthrie ,2000

Robert B. Hackney ,1976

Charles E. Haley II,1972

Ashli M. Hall ,2014

Beverly C. Hall ,1971

Darlene Hall

George Hall Jr.,1973

Lawanda Hall ,2005

Maco Hall

Perry Hall

Perry A. Hall ,1994

Rayburn M. Hall ,1998

George A. Halliburton ,1949*

Joseph A. Hambrite ,1969*

Hubert Hamer Jr.,1980

Jeffery Hamer ,1981*

Lajuana M. Hamer ,1984*

Angelia Hamilton ,1992

Charles F. Hamilton ,1959*

Greta J. Hamilton ,1965*

Herbert G. Hamilton ,1974

Sheena R. Hamilton ,2005

Carlena Moxley Hamlin ,1971

Ashton T. Hamme ,1968*

Adrienne Jones Hampton ,1993

Eugene Hampton II,1997

James Hampton Jr.*

Richard V. Hancock *

Alvin J. Haney ,1991

Tiffany J. Hankins ,1993

Charles L. Hankla

Jane Beatrice W. Hannah ,1962

Lacresha M. Hanserd ,1995

Betty B. Hardnett ,1963

Augusta L. Hardy ,1951*

Cynthia Davies Hardy ,1981

Janice J. Hardy ,1973*

Seneta L. Hardy ,1991

Samuel Keith Hargrove Sr.,1985*

Andrew D. Harlan Jr.,1967

Carletta J. Harlan ,1969*

Charles Edward Harper ,1970

Thelma Claybrooks Harper ,1978

Benjamin R. Harrell ,1970

Allison L. Harris ,2008

Bena M. Harris ,1958

Brenda J. Harris ,1973

Brian L. Harris ,1998

Crystal Harris ,1988*

Debra J. Harris ,1997

Gwendolyn K. Harris ,1970

Howard E. Harris ,1969

James T. Harris ,1989

Jo Etta Harris ,1974

Katrina B. Harris ,1990

Kimberly L. Harris ,1994

Lee T. Harris ,1975

Lisa Brown Harris ,1987

Nathaniel E. Harris ,1974

Paula Harris ,1976

Rachel Ashanique Harris

Renita N. Harris ,1987

Steven C. Harris ,1971*

Vincent Harris ,1982

Walter L. Harris Jr.,1975

Floyd H. Harrison Jr.,1959*

Zekeya Harrison ,2004

Darlene G. Harris-Vasser ,1980*

Marjahna Vanesse Hart-Curry ,1996

Alphonso W. Harvey

Stephen C. Harvey ,1977*

Zoe Frances Harvey ,2003

Tyrone Harville ,1996

Corey C. Harwell ,2000

Katherine M. Haskel ,2003

Trishana Glover Hassell ,1996

Ruth Jean Haston ,1976

William T. Haston ,1970*

Belinda Hatcher ,1979

Gwendolyn M. Hatchett ,1967

Brittany Nicole Haugabook ,2011

Lois M. Hawthorne ,1956

Ashley K. Hayes ,2016

Daniel M. Hayes ,2010

Joyce A. Hayes ,1968

Malvin M. Hayes ,1972

Mattie E. Hayes ,1963

Robert D. Hayes

Sherrae M. Hayes ,2008

Ann H. Haynes ,1953*

William F. Hayslett Sr.,1973*

Brenda H. Haywood ,1973

Emmalyne Kendra Head ,2008

Charles Hemphill ,1965

Dora J. Hemphill ,1967

Lemarcus W. Hemphill ,2004

Aaron Henderson ,1969

Brenda G. Henderson ,1973

Doris Bond Henderson ,1952*

Ernestine Henderson ,1967

Forrest Terry Henderson ,1970

Franklin J. Henderson ,1960*

Herman Lee Henderson ,1968

Linda Henderson ,1968

Marcus T. Henderson

Carol Denise Hendricks ,1982

Audrey R. Hendrix ,1996

Lara Henley, 2016

Monyanita D. Henry ,2002

Pia A. Herring ,2000

Theresa Joyce Herrington ,1975*

Anne T. Herriott ,1972

Monica McIntyre Herron ,1994

Nykesia Somar Hess ,2013

Christine S. Hicks ,1959*

Grady L. Hicks ,1960*

Patrick Jay Hicks ,1989

Tanya Giles Hicks ,1991

C. Fred Higgs III,1995

Fred H. Higgs ,1995

Melvin C. High ,1966*

Carl Ray Hill ,1967

Carolyn M. A. Hill ,1970

Collett E. Hill ,1968

Dawn M. G. Hill ,2000

Erwin P. Hill ,2002

Fred A. Hill ,1963*

Jacqueline E. Hill ,1968*

Jamela S. Hill ,1994

Lester Mae Hill

Logan M. Hill ,1966*

Mary E. Hill ,1973

Phyllis Maxey Hill ,1967

Prentiss Hill ,2001

Subrina Carlisa Hill ,1990

Tara K. Hill ,2010

William T. Hill ,1971*

Loretta Hill-Hunt ,1973

Hazel Hines*

Debbie C. Hirsch ,1976

Renard A. Hirsch Sr.,1974

Clora B. Hixon ,1951

Tyrone S. Hoard ,1977

Natasha R. Hobbs ,2007

Herbert D. Hobson ,1971*

Tanyel K. Hobson ,2000

Marvice Denise Hodge ,1996

Derrick L. Hodges ,2004

Dolly Williams Hodges ,1998*

Robert L. Hogg ,1973

Mabra Holeyfield ,1965

Ruby D. Holeyfield ,1959

Ernesto P. Holiday ,1983

Gloria F. Holland

Sheenz Holland ,1989

Kasheena P. Hollis ,2005

Kevin D. Hollis ,2004

Nikki M. Hollis ,1994

Marilyn Champion Holloman ,1977

Wilbert J. Hollomon ,1975

Donna Holloway ,1966

Linda D. Holloway ,1978

Shantrice N. Holly ,2004

Alan Holman ,1994

Arthur Holman ,1963

Barbara O. Holmes ,1963

Cecilia Holmes

Gillie Shelton Holmes ,1971

Lynwood Holmes ,1972

Michael G. Holmes ,1973*

Ralph L. Holmes

Reatha B. Holmes ,1971

Elisha Monique Holt ,2003*

Irene Michelle Holt ,2011

Sandra Holt ,1971*

Trevor Joyce Holt ,1991

Nickole D. Holt Robinson ,2011

April L. Hooper ,2004

William R. Hoosier ,1954

Robert L. Hope ,2003

Julie A. Hopkins ,1992

Charlene E. Hopkins-Goldthreate ,1980

Artherrine G. Hoskins ,1987*

Harvey E. Hoskins ,1973*

Juanita Walker Hoskins ,1978

Michael Hoskins ,1979

William J. Hough Jr.,1966

Andrew L. House Jr.,1973

Carl E. House ,1963*

Wilbur C House ,1969

Carlos Ramon Houston ,1999

Mary Houston ,1968

Robert L. Houston ,1970

Sheryl F. Houston

Debbi Felice Howard ,1994

Ralph A. Howard Jr.,1987*

Joni R. Howard-Skipper ,1979

Chantilla L. Howell ,2005

Naila Shana Howell ,2001

Robert J. Howse ,1956 (deceased)

Thelma Fields Howse ,1957

Charles R. Hudson ,1956

Jacqueline Hudson

Nelle Clardy Hudson ,1956

Ola G. Hudson ,1951*

Sheila Renee Hudson

Terrance L. Hudson ,1989

Louie H. Huff

Ashford Rolland Hughes ,2005

Evelyn Benson Hughes ,1961

George Melvin Hughes ,1961

Kiana S. Hughes ,2014

Sandra D. Hunt ,1971*

Carl Hunter ,1989*

Walton Hunter ,1969

Michael Hurst

Sharon W. Hurt ,1979

Clara L. Hutchings ,1971

Jamal Hutchinson ,2002

Austin P. Hylick ,2014

Ella C. Hymon ,1970

William Hytche Jr.,2001

Jeffery Keith Ingram Jr.,2014

Jerry B. Ingram Jr.,1977

Luster D. Ingram ,1987*

Sterling Ingram ,1966

Sybil L. Ingram ,1982

Wilma C. Ingram ,1971

Margie Y. Inman ,1978

Rosalind Inyang

Jocelyn Lorraine Irby ,1990

Ann T. Irvin ,1972*

Russell Irvin ,1976*

Tawana N. Irvin ,2009

D’Andra N. Isabel ,2008

Frances Isabel ,1965

Jamie D. Isabel ,1989

Roy J. Isabel ,1964*

Daphne Isom ,2004

Terry M. Iverson ,1949

Barbara Ivery

Ada J. Jackson ,1959

Allen Jackson Jr.,1997

Angelique Mechelle Jackson ,2011

Emerald J. Jackson ,1967

Frederick Rance Jackson ,1982

Hugh C. Jackson ,1972*

James C. Jackson ,1965

Jeanetta W. Jackson ,1997*

Jennifer C. Jackson ,1994

Larita White Jackson ,1958

Lillian Quinell Jackson

Malcolm L. Jackson ,2014

Maleka S. Jackson ,2000* (deceased)

Mary E. Jackson ,1997

Janice H. Hopton-Cobb ,1968

Nicholas W. Horn ,2017

Nikisha Horn ,1998

Mary Epps McFadden Jackson ,1965

Michael Lloyd Jackson ,2003

Patricia L. Jackson ,2014

Jalilah Haqq

William E. Harbour ,1964

Regina C. Hardaway ,1979

Andrea Moore Herenton ,1991

Rafael Hernandez Jr.,1963

Larry Windell Herring,1967*

Napoleon Hornbuckle ,1964*

Aaron Horne ,1953

Richard Emmet Horner ,1972

Phyllis Jeneene Jackson ,1984

Richard E. Jackson Sr.,2005

Sharlotte M. Jackson ,2001

Tenisha A. Jackson ,2001

Thomas A. Jackson ,1951*

Tiran Jackson ,2002*

Tonya Lynn Jackson ,2014

Vernon Jackson ,1975

Willis H. Jackson ,2003*

Chuntiel Canady James ,2002

Georgia C. James ,1967

Michele L. James ,1987

Quinton E. James ,2000

Roderick L. James ,1973

Tia Feagins James ,2000

Gina M. Jamison ,1993

Janet M. Jamison ,1989

William Eric Jamison ,1988

Andrea E. Jarmon ,1991*

Gwendolyn M. Jarvis ,1964

Toni Spears Jasper ,1992*

Ashley N. Jeans ,2010

Acie J. Jefferson Jr.,1973

Chirelle Yvette Jefferson ,1986

Christopher N. Jefferson ,2002

Majornette Jefferson ,2010

Shauncia R. Jefferson

Oscar W. Jeffries ,1973

Rosemary G. Jeffries ,1969

Marion P. Jelks ,1972

Jewell Jones Jemison ,1983*

Ironetta J. Jenkins ,2014

Jamithia R. Jenkins ,2016

Joetter Smith Jenkins ,1972

Joseph W. Jenkins Jr.,1963

Marquita R. Jenkins ,1973

Michelle Brydie Jenkins ,1995

Tamena Jenkins

Angela L. Jenkins-Hines ,1993

Mia F. Jennings ,2004

Rosa Lee Jennings ,1995

Tommy L. Jennings ,1971

Lee Vance Jernigan ,1996*

Christopher C. Jett ,2003*

Aaron L. Johnson ,2005

Alphonso P. Johnson Jr.,1966

Amaris L. Johnson ,2003

Andrea Bond Johnson ,1989

Antwan C. Johnson ,2003

Bernadette T. Johnson ,1996

Bobby G. Johnson Jr.,2010

Bobby J. Johnson ,1969*

Brandon L. Johnson

Candace N. Johnson ,2005

Carol Gentry Johnson ,1972

Charles Johnson

Cuba S. Johnson Jr.,1965

Dwayne A. Johnson ,2011

Dwight Johnson ,1989

Edward B. Johnson Jr.,1984*

Felicia D. Carter Johnson ,1983*

Fred D. Johnson Jr.,1954*

Gearldean Johnson ,1967*

Gloria C. Johnson ,1970*

Guy Jamal Johnson ,1994

Harvey Johnson Jr.,1968*

Hickman M. Johnson ,1964

Jerzine Dobbins Johnson ,1973

Karen D. Johnson

Karen Y. Johnson ,1996

Kenneth M. Johnson

Linda Johnson ,1991

Nina Sheree Ford Johnson ,2003*

Peggie Carney Johnson ,2005

Portia M. Johnson ,2016

Preston Brian Johnson ,1997

Quanita Johnson ,1999

Richard A. Johnson III,1954

Robert Johnson Jr.,1972*

Rochelle S. Johnson ,1970*

Rodriguez Donte Johnson ,2005

Royce Edwin Johnson ,1989

Shavon N. Johnson ,2000

Shirley Lewis Johnson ,1974*

Tamara M. Johnson ,1996

Thomas H. Johnson ,1971

Torino R. Johnson ,1992

Victoria G. Johnson ,1979

Elease Jolley ,1970*

Adrian Leon Jones ,1996

Anthony K. Jones ,1975

Candace A. Jones ,2001

Carl Demetrius Jones ,2003

Carolyn B. Jones ,1974

Carolyn Cobb Jones ,1990

Corey D. Jones ,2004

Daniel Jones ,2005

Daniel I. Jones ,2015

Danny R. Jones ,1987

Dorothy P. Jones

Elana Reed Jones ,1984

Evelyn G. Jones ,1993*

Fred Jones Jr.,1996*

Gennifer D. Jones ,2002

George Jones

George Jones III,1965*

Gloria D. Jones ,1970

Gregory L. Jones ,1987

Horace T. Jones Jr.,1997

Jacquelyn G. Jones ,1989

James Bruce Jones ,1996

Joann Jones ,1963

John R. Jones

Joshua G. Jones ,2002

Judyth M. Jones

Kaneeah Latriese Jones ,1995

Kevin B. Jones ,2000

Laura E. Wright Jones ,1950

Lawanda Cooper Jones ,2001

Lorraine M. Jones ,1997

Lucille Copeland Jones ,1979*

Marlin D. Jones ,1998

Mary K. Jones ,1954

Maurice Foster Jones ,2001

Melissa Andrea Jones ,2013

Melissa G. Jones ,1996

Nathaniel J. Jones ,1990

Nora Jones ,1999

Ralph Jones ,1971

Renita D. Jones ,2017

Ricky L. Jones ,1982*

Robert Earl Jones ,1984

Roger W. Jones ,1996

Rosalind S. Jones ,1971

Rosalind M. Wilkins Jones ,1971*

Sean M. Jones ,2002*

Shana L. Jones ,2002

Stacy Anita Jones ,2006

Susan Tucker Jones ,1996

Tamika R. Jones ,2009

Toni Deirdre Jones ,1988

Tosha R. Jones ,2004

Victor Jones ,2001

Zelda Minor Jones ,1984

Benjamin Henry Jordan ,1999

Cornelious Jordan ,1979

Darlynn E. Jordan ,1976*

Dee Bledsoe Jordan ,1972*

Jewel Jordan ,1972*

Latoya Jordan ,1999*

Lewis Jordan Jr.,1967

Mary A. Jordan

Mary Luter Jordan ,1974

Maurice Jordan Jr.

Reia Washington Jordan ,2003

Valencia Lareze Jordan ,1997*

Vanessa C. Jordan ,1981

Daynise Joseph

Brandon Journey ,2010

William C. Joyner ,1990

Kenneth Judge ,1981

Martha T. Judge ,1969*

Ramon Judkins

Daniel G. Kean ,1989

Beatrice Keel ,1959

June K. Kellum ,1987

Adrennia Kelly ,1979

Keri Floyd Kelly ,1997

Sanford D. Kelsey ,1992

Marlo Dianna Kemp,1989

Donna M. Kenerson ,2001

Murle Edward Kenerson ,1997*

Alan P. Kennedy Jr.,2014

Andrella Kenner ,1976

Milton D. Kennerly ,1965

Kristie L. Kenney ,1995

Katrina M. Kerr ,1994

Ruby G. Key ,1956*

Brenda Kibbel ,2000

Florence Kidd ,1969

Latoya Kidd

Ronald Kidd ,1971

Gary M. Kiev ,1984

Ralph G. Kimbell ,2007

Brooke Kimbro-Scott ,2004

Edith Winters Kimbrough ,1959*

Myra Kirkland Kindle ,1975

Anthony E. King ,1959*

Barbara G. King ,1968

Bethany King ,1998*

Calvin Richard King ,2005

Ferdie Joyce King ,1970

George A. King ,1967*

Gregory Orlando King ,1996

Jeffery L. King ,2005

Mya C. King ,2005

Nikki Archie King ,2002

Peter King III,2007

Ruthie D. King ,1978

Shakira N. King ,2004

Bethany King Wilkes ,1998

Connie W. Kinnard ,1994

Matthew A. Kinnard ,1957

Rhea W. Kinnard ,1990

Larry Kinnebrew ,1983

Ervin L. Kinsey ,1967*

Annie R. Kinzer ,1992*

Shareedah K. Kirby ,2008

Kim M. Kirkland ,1980

Vivian L. Kirkland ,1994

Bobbie J. Knox ,1973

Xavier Stephon Knox ,2015

Edward L. Korbieh ,2003

Augustine T. Kuntz ,1983

Ernestine Kimbrough Kuykendall ,1960

Leslie Taylor Lacey ,2000

Latonya Ward-Lane Lacy ,1991

Charlotte E. Ladd ,1969

Angela E. Lake ,2003

Deborah A. Lake ,1994

Corey A. Lakes ,2000

Bridget Donnetta Lamar ,1990

Vivian S. Lamb ,1975

Jeremy Blake Lamberth ,2006

Julie K. Lammel ,1973

Angela Ruth Lane ,1994

Daniel D. Lane

Nadine Groves Lane ,1972

Mary Braden Lanier ,1958

Angelita M. Latham-Dobbs ,1990

Helen G. Lathan ,1958

Youruba Latiker ,1994

Jocelyn L. Law ,1999

Cynthia L. Lawrence ,1992

Gladys H. Lawrence ,1962*

James T. Lawrence ,1969*

Teresa Lawrence-Phillips ,1999*

Arthur Roy Lawson ,1963*

Jordan A. Lay ,2012

Allen S. Ledbetter ,1967

Andre Christopher Lee ,1992

Belinda T. Lee ,2003

Burrell L. Lee Jr.,1959*

Damon Lee III,1967*

Jeri Lynn Lee ,1994

Lynoral Lee ,1992

Michelle Sallie Lee ,1992

Sallie Michelle Lee ,1992

Shirley J. Lee ,1978

Wallace Lee Jr.,1977

Wilson Lee ,2007*

Ira Leitner ,2010

Margareta Lemon ,1965

Beatrice Renee Leonard ,1995

Mark A. Leonard ,1983

Carolyn S. Lester ,1968

Angela D. Lewis ,1978*

Bryan C. Lewis Sr.,1994

Delorse Lewis ,1966

Donald E. Lewis ,1973

Dwight H. Lewis ,1972

Endia V. Lewis ,1993

Erica L. Lewis ,2004

Felton H. Lewis ,2002

Floretta Willliams Lewis ,1960

Melissa F. Lewis ,1966

Richard A. Lewis ,1966*

Shelley Dash Lewis ,1975

Terrance T. Lewis ,2016

Tyrone M. Lewis ,1982

Frederick Jordan Liggin ,1989

Edward Lindsey

Patricia L. Lipford ,1975

Chandra Lipscomb ,1980

Thomas R. Lipscomb ,1985*

Mattie Taylor Little ,1961*

Patricia A. Livingston ,1988*

Carletta Lloyd

Robin Jones-Fuqua Lloyd ,2007

Betty J. Locke ,1969

Kenneth W. Locke ,1971

Erica B. Lockett ,2016

Angela Swinger Lockridge ,1994

Dorothy D. Lockridge ,1968*

Leandrea C. Lockridge,1999

Malcolm Allen Lockridge ,1990

William B. Lockridge ,1967*

Ollie Rae Lofton ,1961

Elmo R. Logan ,1967

Oliver E. Logan Jr.,1971

Ronald T. Logan ,1998

Mwingi Ida Lomami ,1999

Geneva London ,1986

Hillard London ,1962*

Jacqueline R. London ,1990

Arthur L. Long ,1983

Deborah Elizabeth Long ,1984*

Shirley T. Long ,1973

Thomas E. Long ,1974

Karen Long-Pritchett ,1988*

Clevetta Lott-Evans ,1966*

William H. Lou ,2008

Debra Harton Love ,1979

Harold Moses Love Jr.,1994*

Valerie R. Love ,1989

Akyia L. Love-Coe

Cheryl Love-Harris ,1987

Christian A. Lovett ,2013

Derek J. Lovett ,2007

Lueatrice Green Lovett ,1975

Nathan Lovett Jr.,1980*

Charla Lugenia Lowery ,1996

Mary Reed Lowery ,1968

Alfredda R. Lowery-Jackson ,1987

Marcus S. Lucas ,1975

Marva S. Lucas ,1999

Patricia L. Luckett ,1975

Anissa C. Lumpkin ,2001

Milo A. Lumpkin ,1998

Martha J. Lupai ,2000

Fredia E. Lusk ,1969

Roosevelt Luster III,1997*

Deborah H. Luter ,1973

Paul Edward Luter ,1982

Sheila Marie Lyle ,1996

Zuri E. Lyles

Hershel H. Lyons ,1978

Stephanie C. Lyons ,2002

Tony R. Lyons ,1980

Johnny E. Mabon ,1982

Valerie D. Mabon ,1984

Keisha Shanelle Mabry ,2014

Anthony Mack ,1965

Rita Brooks Mack ,1966

Eugene Maclin ,1972

George W. Maffett Jr.

Jeanine P. Mahone ,1998

Bettye B. Maiden ,1966

David M. Mallett Jr.,1974

Larry Montell Mallory ,1974

James Edlove Malone Jr.,1980

Kedrick L. Malone ,1995

Patricia Damron Malone ,1968

Samuel D. Malone ,1962*

Sherman Malone ,1981

Shelia R. Manear ,1986*

Gaile T. Mann ,2013*

Jason S. Manning Sr.,1990*

Jerrilyn R. Manning ,1979*

Patricia A. Manning ,1957

Tommie C. Manning ,1952*

Quaker Aaron Manuel ,2014

Karen D. Marks ,1987

Thomas E. Marks Jr.,1987

Alvin W. Marley ,1968*

Donna H. Marsh ,1980

Jennifer A. Marsh ,2005

Dennie R. Marshall ,1978

Thelma T. Marshall ,1951

Amenah A. Martin ,2003

Arrold Martin ,1975

Drusilla Lynn Martin

Hardin M. Martin Sr.,1964

Ida K. Martin ,1951*

Iona Borders Martin ,1982*

John T. Martin ,1958*

Marja N. Martin ,2000

Marquan Martin ,2008*

Michael Martin ,1980

Montoya Martin ,1997

Peggy Jean Martin ,1972*

Renee Martin

Richard Russell Martin ,1981

Tehrian Martin ,2003

Travis L. Martin ,1998*

Valencia C. Martin ,1992

Shannon M. Martinez ,1999

Lula Martin-Sanderson ,2007

James M. Mason Jr.,1971

Juliet Mason ,1973

Addie M. Massey ,1968*

Shawn D. Massey ,2002

Teresa A. Massey

Beverly M. Mathews ,1971

Cynthia Borrum Matthews ,1996

George Edward Matthews ,1976*

Jairus-Joaquin R. Matthews ,2004

Lonnell R. Matthews ,2002

Theodis Maxey ,1976

Joseph S. May ,1966

Patricia E. May ,1973

Cheryl D. Mayes ,2004

LeNaye B. Mayfield ,1963*

Damani D. Maynie ,2004

Charita D. Mayo

Rollie McAdoo ,1972

Kimberly Denise McBride ,1994

Timothy Devon McBride ,1994

Tracey E. McBride ,1994

Eula K. McCall ,1971

Jewel A. McCallister ,1973

Michelangelo McCallister ,1973

Fannie I. McCampbell ,1972

Jerel Lindsay McCants ,1996

James M. McCarroll Sr.,1974*

Matthew I. McCartney ,2006

Willie McCladdie III,1972*

Kenyetta McClain ,2009

Rekia L. McClain ,1998*

TaNikka L. McClain ,2011

James E. McClanahan Jr.,1982

Jenine McClaney ,1996*

Rosalind Renee’ McCleary ,1988*

Shirlee G. McCleskey

Timothy McClesky ,1966

Theresa A. McClure ,1972

Betty Brooks McCollum ,1966

Latoya D. McComb ,2004

Shenita A. McConis ,2004

Bridget M. McCord ,1992

Jerry Daniel McCord IV,1997

Alicia McCord-Estes ,1974*

Alvin McCowan ,1970

Leavy A. McCoy ,1972

Steven B. McCrary ,2001

Edward M. McCree Jr.,1981

Norma Jean Pryor McCuiston ,1966*

Monique L. McCullough ,1992

William J. McCurdy

Charles David McCurry ,1995

Kenneth D. McDavis ,2000

Leroy McDavis Jr.,1988

Roderick Benard McDavis ,1986

Marian R. McDonald ,1965*

Evanda A. McDowell ,1981*

Rosie L. T. McDuffie ,1966

Carol D. McGrapth ,2010

Denario L. McGraw ,2014

Evelyn J. McGregor ,1973

Lee A. McGriggs ,1969

Euna N. McGruder ,1990

Sandra A. McGruder ,1976

J. W. McGuire ,1978*

Renee D. McIntosh ,2005

Bryant McKee ,1985

Doris Lucille McKinley ,1952

Damitia Boyd Mckinney ,1975

George B. McKinney ,1994

Michelene Marie McKinney ,2016

Christopher L. McKinnie ,1979

Felecia McKissack ,1994

Gloria H. McKissack ,1965

Jeffrey McKissack ,1989

Thomas E. McKissack ,1982

Maxine Roxanne McMillan ,1989

George Felix McNeal ,2000

Paul E. McNeal Jr.,1963*

Tarria O. McNeal ,1994

Carletha P. McNeil ,1976

Johnnie P. McNeil ,1986

Mia McNeil ,2001

Judith O. McPherson ,1972*

Michael H. McPherson ,2005

Sylestine C. McQueen ,1980

Jerrold E. McRae Sr.,1978

Rosiland Harris McRae ,1975

George R. McReynolds

Joni McReynolds ,1979*

Lorene McReynolds ,1949*

Cleatrice McTorry ,1971

Shirley C. McVey ,1964*

Paul E. Meacham ,1957

Brenda A. Merritt ,1992

Helena H. Merritt ,1955*

Jacqueline F. Merritt ,1987*

Jamye M. Merritt ,1985*

Troy Merritt Jr.,1994

Vera P. Merritt ,1956*

Edward D. Merriweather ,1957

Janet Mcfarland Merriwether ,1978

Countess N. Metcalf ,1959*

Fred Metcalf ,1960*

Phillip B. Middleton ,1974

Tamara Y. Lee Miles ,1987

Terry Wayne Miles ,1987*

Cassaundra Miles-Zenon ,1979

Fannie B. Miller ,1972

Jacinta M. Miller ,2003

Lisa A. Miller ,1993

Lori Miller ,1998

Lori Lajuan Miller ,1995

Connie Nelson Millet ,1983

David C. Mills ,1987

Walter A. Milton ,1992*

Diaquetis Cheatham Mimms ,1995

Clifford Miner ,1978*

Patrena F. Minter ,1990

Brian Keith Mitchell ,1997

Delmar K. Mitchell ,1969*

Edith Peterson Mitchell ,1969*

Evelyn Ragland Mitchell ,1974

Gregory A. Mitchell ,1981

Jacqueline W. Mitchell ,1992*

Joyce K. Mitchell ,1977

Katrina Schuler Mitchell ,1992

Logan T. Mitchell ,1957*

Merdie L. Mitchell ,1974*

Valencia Mitchell ,1984

Pamela Mitchell-Clark ,2005

Anis Mnif ,2004

Frank Mondelli

Cynthia D. Montgomery ,1985*

Dillard B. Montgomery ,1962

Galen E. Montgomery ,2008

Veronica Montmarquet-Swett ,2009

Terriance D. Moody ,2011

Claude Harold Moon ,1960

Clara Spence Moore ,1958*

Courtney N. Moore ,2000

Darrell Kenneth Moore ,1982*

Derrick Moore ,2007

Felicia Boleyjack Moore ,1997

Freddie J. Moore ,1987

Harold Moore ,1973

Helen M. Moore ,1978

Henderson M. Moore Sr.,1969

James Leroy Moore ,1967

Leon C. Moore ,1969

Marshall Moore ,1966

Martez D. Moore ,2001*

Mary L. Moore ,1967

Mary Taylor Moore ,1988

Melodye P. Moore ,1982

Navery Moore II,1989

Pamela Y. Moore ,1983

Quincy Moore ,1968

Ricky R. Moore ,1994

Sandra L. Moore ,1976

Tonya Smith Moore ,1993

Tracee N. Moore ,2011

Twana R. Moore ,2001

Willie A. Moore Jr.,1956*

Mushaundra L. Moore-Williams ,1988

Sandra E. Moorman ,1990

Wanda Brown Morant ,1969*

Donna Maria Moreland ,1984

Keith E. Morgan ,2004*

Marsha Tucker Morgan ,2001

Tangy C. Morgan ,1981*

Ambre Brown Morley ,1999

Richard Morpeau ,2011*

Marva Strong Morris ,1971*

Gregory A. Morrissette ,2008

Regina C. Ross Morrow ,1976*

Simon E. Morrow Jr.,1974

Darryl D. Morton ,1998

Dorothy D. Moseley ,1970*

Kristi Craig Moses ,2001

Carl R. Mosley

Martha Crosby Mosley ,1990

Tracy L. Mosley

Brian Moss

O Dell Moss

Alfred L. Motlow Sr.,1957

Edward Muirhead ,1966

Barbra Ann Mullaney ,2006

Barbara S. Mullins ,2001*

Darlene E. Mullins ,2017

John E. Mullins ,1964

Rhonda D. Mundy ,1986*

Asia Latrice Munlin ,2000

Stacey Murdic-Summers ,2001

James Murph III,1964

Taunisha P. Murph ,2001

Henri R. Murphy ,2001

Jean Scott Murphy ,2001*

Marchellas L. Murphy ,2005

Valerie Giles Murray ,1996

Barbara Curry Murrell ,1960*

Henry J. Murrell ,1985

Chris M. Mwarabu ,2003

Danny W. Myers ,1970

Mekelia Lashawn Myers

Vannette E. Myers ,1983

Vondra N. Myers

Sarah S. Nabors ,1964

Joseph T. Nash ,1970

Dorris Neal

Jerald O. Neal ,1976 (deceased)

Richard B. Neal ,1973*

Deena K. Neason ,1995

Dana L. Nero ,2001

Evelyn E. Nettles ,1972

Virnetta Marie Nevilles

Dennis Newbern ,1979*

Thedis Carletha Newbern ,1973* (deceased)

W. Perdro Newbern

Ernest Burchie Newsom ,1961

Nolia B. Newsom ,1961

Rosa G. Newson ,1976*

Arlene M. Nicholas-Phillips ,2016

Jada A. Nichols ,1998

John W. Nichols ,1979

Chlora Patrick Nicholson ,1960

Geraldine Lyle Nicholson ,1970

Pinky A. Noble-Britton ,1993*

Thelma Norris ,1967

George A. Northern ,1957

Nicole M. Northern ,2002

Thelma H. Northern ,1956

Ben Derrick Northington ,1994*

Shelia Ann Northington ,1999

Hoyt Nunnally Jr.,1972

Uchendi O. Nwani ,1996

James D. O’dneal ,1987

Peter C. Odom ,1984

William C. Ogilvie ,1969

Erskine Oglesby Jr.,1978

Theresa Montgomery Okwumabua ,1974

Sharon V. Olden ,1984*

Bobby Leo Olive ,1968

Jessica N. Oliver ,2004

Rashidah Omar

Kempson M. Onadeko ,2015

Deirdre E. Orr ,2004

Lesmer Morton Orr ,1981

Clara C. Osborne ,1955*

Sabrina Qualls Osse

Amos-Leon’ Otis ,1965*

Brenda Wills Otis ,1967*

Elois B Outlaw ,1978

Johanna Kenese Outlaw ,1998

Betty Dowdy Overton ,1974

Betty J. Overton-Adkins ,1970

Anthony Terrell Owens ,1990

Eyunethi V. Owens ,1994

Lalita W. Pace*

Ivana R. Page ,2016

Novella M. Page ,1961

Beniquez Palmer ,1991

Clarence Palmer ,1972*

Mary Ann Pangle ,2004*

Doris Wright Parham ,1959*

Edward Parker Jr.,1961

Janet Marie Parker ,2014

Jaylyn R. Hawkins Parker ,1994

Marilyn J. Henderson Parker ,1970*

Sharon Parker ,1983

Terry C. Parker ,1970

Violet R. Parker ,1969

Connie Parks ,1977

David L. Parks ,1979

Jacquita L. Parks ,2007

Rosa Howard Parks ,1956*

Ronald G. Parr ,1972

Albert L. Parrish ,1968

Linda Parrish ,1976*

Delores J. Parrish-Burrus ,1958*

Chrystal Partridge

Gwendolyn Pasipanodya ,1974

Alfonza J. Patrick ,1966*

Gwendolyn F. Patrick ,1969

Evelyn A. Patterson

Levia A. Patterson ,2001

Lucianna Renae Patterson ,1998

Adrena Renee Patton ,1997

Carla H. Patton ,2002

Dewitt C. Patton ,1963

Martha L. Patton ,1963

Wendell P. Patton Jr.,2003

Edward J. Payne ,1985

Mario J. Payne ,2000

Georgia Smith Pearson ,1962

Regina D. Peavy ,2016

Andre Peek ,1979

Linda Pegues-Brinkley ,1965

Shawn Betterton Pelletier ,1986

Maurice C. Pepper ,1973

Charles Perinchief ,1964*

Patricia M. Perkins ,1973

Renita J. Perkins ,1989

Deddrick A. Perry Jr.,2003*

Henry T. Perry ,1974

Janis Conley Perry ,1979*

Joseph L. Perry ,1974*

Meredith Stafford Perry ,2011

Nathaniel Perry Jr.,2002

Steven Perry ,2001

Willie D. Perry ,1976

Thelma Hewitt Person ,1975

Sharon D. Peters ,2008*

Phil W. Petrie Sr.,1959

Roberta Pettis ,1991

Winifred Pettis ,1977*

Patsy Campbell Petway ,1963

Clarice E. Phelps ,2003*

James E. Phillips ,1968* (deceased)

Sherissa R. Phillips ,2014

Loretta M. Pieze ,1966

Kelvin M. Pillow ,1984

Ronald E. Pillow ,1999*

Jameece Latimer Pinckney ,1994

Barbara A Jones Pinson ,1960

Donald E Pinson ,1971

David J. Pipes ,2010

Harriet J. Pippin ,1948

Eddie Mae Pirtle ,1970

Jill Elliott Pitts ,1981

Keith Pitts ,1986

Chandra E. Pleas ,1996

Sandra D. Pleas ,1975*

Dawn D. Polk ,2002

Heather Lynette Polk ,1997

Alvin L. Pollard ,1958

Luwenda Roberts Pollard ,1963

Kenneth G. Poole ,2003

Charlie W. Pope Jr.,1963

Kianna L. Pope ,2008

Reginald A. Pope ,1978*

Walter L. Pope Sr.,1958

Emma Y. Porter ,1970

Julia V. Porter ,1972

Lawrence Porter ,1958*

Patrick Porter ,1966

Shirley A Laster Porter ,1958*

Verdell Porter ,1971

Aaron A. Powell Jr.,2004

Darrel Powell ,1995

Dewey L. Powell ,1979

John W. Powell

Johnese W. Powell ,1972

Kimberly Hornbuckle Powell ,2003

Marcus L. Powell ,2001

Shayla Powell ,2004

Shirley A. Powell ,1968

Tracie Michelle Powell ,1989

Gwendolyn Prater ,1976*

Michelle Lynn Prater ,2013

Judith A Newbern Presley ,1969*

Oliver W. Presley ,1970*

Ramondo J. Presley

Jennifer Campbell Preston ,1992

Nettie R. Prewitt ,1980

Audrey L. Price ,1999

Charlaine Finley Price ,1970

Sonsauhray C. Price-Sampson ,1993

Nathan B. Pride ,1978*

Lori Levette Prime ,1997

Lia R. Prince ,1997

Julius Proctor ,2007

Keishaun S. Proctor ,2003

Sherrica N. Proctor ,2007

Daniel F. Provine Jr.,1967

Janice A. Provine ,1967

Tara M. Prowell ,1993

Tommy Prude ,1968

Tyra D. Prude ,2017

David L. Puckett Jr.,1974

Lorenzo Pugh,1965

Raymond W. Pugh ,2005

Nakia S. Pullens ,1999

Sheneta L. Pullum ,2004

Faye Dean Pulse ,1992

Jerome Puryear Sr.,1959*

Linwood Puryear ,1971

Samantha Pyle ,2002

Marquita M. Qualls ,1994*

Phyllis R. Qualls-Brooks ,1994

Sandra L. Quash ,1977

Angela Radford ,1978

Brady M. Radford ,2004

William Radford ,2004

James Earl Ragland ,1967*

Jonathan Railey ,1984

Coley W. Ramsey ,1993

Leon Ramsey ,1972*

William L. Ramsey ,1968*

William E. Randolph ,1970*

Salome A. Ranson ,2010

Margaret M. Rawls ,1970*

Roger W. Rawls ,1970*

Brian Oliver Ray ,1979

Melvin L. Ray ,2004

Lakesha N. Rayford ,2000

Muriel D. Ray-Taylor ,1984*

Buanita Ray-Webster

Ronald D. Reasonover ,1990

Billy C. Reaves ,1974

Sandra L. Reaves ,1973

Lawrence N. Redd ,1964*

Andretta J. Reed ,2001

Bettye F. J. Reed ,1958

Dwanetta S. Reed ,2006

Emanuel D. Reed ,2007

FaTassia L. Reed ,2010

James Reed

Jennie Reed ,1964*

Joy Reed ,1983

Joyce G. Reed

Lawrence K. Reed ,2006

Roderick F. Reed ,1990*

Tiffany N. Reed ,2016

Elaine D. Reese ,1970

Kimberli K. Reese ,1995

Ladina T. Reese ,2008

Roosevelt Reese Jr.,1975*

Sonja Crutcher Revell ,2000

Carl Reynolds ,1975

Adolph E. Rhodes ,1994

Danielle S. Rhodes ,1970

Audrene D. Rhodes-Blackmon ,1993

Candace R. B. Rhodman ,1979

James C. Rice ,1958

Sandra J. Rice ,1978

Eric Walter Richardson ,2015

Komla E. Richardson ,2009

Raymond E. Richardson Jr.,1983

Samuel E. Richardson ,1965*

Marionette Richardson-Scott ,1988

Allicia J. Richmond ,2005

Brie Richmond ,1990

Phyllis W. Richmond ,1980

Roscoe N. Richmond ,1971

Lesia G. Riddick ,1997*

Jason K. Ridgel ,2003

Dejuan Ridley ,1994

Nicholas Riggins

Camelia Rigsby ,2000

Geraldine N. Riley ,1972

Jamie Ronale Riley ,2003

Sheila Wyatt Riley ,2007

Xavier Dewayne Riley ,1982

Marco S. Rivers ,1989

Denitra N. Rives ,1994

Lecia Rives

Cristal Powell Roach ,1997

Jerry I. Roach ,1993

Leon J. Roberts ,2004

Mcarthur Roberts ,1966

Ruby C. Roberts ,1972

Darnell Robertson ,1964

Evelyn C. Robertson Jr.,1962*

Hugholene Ellison Robertson ,1958*

Margaret Reynolds Robertson ,1967

Steven Haise Robertson ,1996

Da Janel Roberts-Smith ,2013

Darlene D. Robinson ,1992

Freddie Lee Robinson Sr.,1967

Gerald A. Robinson ,1981*

Gregory Robinson ,1993

Halloe O. Robinson ,1959*

Kistreia M. Robinson ,2000

Krystal Vincent Robinson ,1991*

Melanie D. Robinson ,1972

Ruby Regina Robinson ,1959

Sally M. Robinson ,1964

Samuel L. Robinson III,1963*

Susie Stewart Robinson ,1967

Tauheedah Tawana Robinson ,2001

Thea M. Robinson ,1977*

William D. Robinson ,1982

William Tell Robinson Jr.

Yolanda Price Robinson ,1989

Khortni H. Rodgers ,1998

Theo C. Rodgers ,1964*

Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie ,2009

Carl Roe ,1983

Roderick Justin Roe ,2010

Darryl D. Rogan ,1985

Decatur B. Rogers ,1967

Eugene J. Rogers,1970

Floyd C. Rogers ,1961

Jeanette M. Rogers,1970

Kimberly A. Rogers ,1999

Melvin D. Rogers ,1967

Linda S. Roland ,1979

Stephanie S. Rolle-Gilliam ,1994

Jewell L. Rollen Jr.,1972

Frenisha R. Rollins ,2012

Spencer E. Rollins ,2001

Emje J. Rolston ,1972

Shelvie Rose Sr.,1960

Arthur Rosenthal ,1999

Leo Rosman Sr.,1982

Dwayne E. Ross ,1985

Andrew L. Rosser ,1965

Edward Michael Rouse ,1983

Abdul R. Roux ,2002

Robin De’Trise Alexander Roux ,1996

Cierra A. Rowe ,2015

Deborah Rowland ,1975

Andrew G. Rucker Sr.,1956 (deceased)

Chasity Rucker

Sarah Pittman Rucker ,1958

Walter J. Rucker ,1966

Terri Ann Jones Ruffin ,1992

Walter L. Ruffin ,1970

Debra Joyce Russell ,1978

David E. Rutledge ,1967

Gayle E. Rutledge ,2002

Emily Pope Sanderfur ,1967

Emmaline Sanderlin ,1970

Calvin E. Sanders

Heather R. Sanders ,2016

Karen V. Sanders ,1982

Yvonne J. Sanders ,2010*

Monica Lynn Satterwhite

Bonitta J. Saulsberry ,1991

Joycelynette R. Saulsberry ,1975

David W. Saunders Sr.,1970

Tamala S. Savage ,1993

LaTorrace D. Sawyers ,2014

Johnetta A. Scales ,1992

Nadine Scales ,1969*

Dorothy A. Scales-Griffin ,1969

Arvie Z. Scates,1968*

Carlotta Schaffer ,1968*

Bernard Scott Sr.,1971*

Charles A. Scott ,1985

Cherelle M. Scott ,1992

Jamie J. Scott

Jonathan A. Scott ,1987*

Mack T. Scott ,1958

Saundra S. Scott ,1962*

Trevor J. Scott

Regina T. Scott-Carter ,1985

David R. Scruggs,1986

Demetra A. Scruggs ,2005

Cleophus Scrutchions Jr.,1959

David H. Scurry

Frank Seales Jr.,1974

Marianne H. Seales ,1981

Charlie L. Sears III,1970

Michael E. Seibert ,1985*

Steven E. Seibert ,1993

Marcus D. Seiferth ,1997

Vera L. Self

Vincent G. Sessoms ,1987

Charles E. Settle ,1975*

Hazel L. N. Settles ,1964

Brian E. Sexton ,2003

Frances B. Sexton ,2003

Janet A. Seymour ,1956

Jeanette R. Shannon ,1970*

Robert L. Shannon ,1970*

Helen Deresa Sharp ,2001

Veleria E. Shavers ,1967

Leroy Shaw Jr.,1964

Geraldine Shaw-Yarbrough ,1970

Otis R. Sheard ,1965

Paul Phil Shearer III,1985

Bianca J. Shelby ,1992

Russell C. Shelton ,1972

Tara L. Shelton ,2000

Christopher M. Sherman ,2015

Rosalind D. Sherrill-Fells ,1993

Terry Shields ,1987

Deborah Shipp ,1976

Angela Frierson Shirey ,2003

Janet Cozetta Shockley ,1989

Joyce Walker Shockley ,1968

Sonya R. Short ,2002

Alex J. Shuler ,2004

Rickey J. Shyne ,1983*

Deborah V. Simmons ,1977

Eugene Simmons

Irene M. Simmons ,1959

Mike Simms ,1982

Rozalind T. Simon ,1982*

Stella H. Simpson ,1965

Tiffany L. Simpson ,2006

E. Rose Sims ,1967*

Jarvis L. Sims ,2003

Jeannette L. Sims ,1961

Joel L. Sims ,2015*

Joy M. Sims ,1988

Fredrica Piphus Singletary ,2008

Georganna Thomas Sinkfield ,1978

Richard Sinkfield ,1968

Jimmy L. Slaton ,1997

Karesse L. Small ,1997

Ardon Smalls ,1983

William D. Smalls ,1984

Aaron W. Smith Jr.,1970

Ann Francine Smith ,1971

Antonette N. Smith ,1994

Bobbie G. Smith ,1982

Brian A. Smith ,1998

Carolyn Williams Smith ,1974

Christopher Smith ,2003

David S. Smith ,1964*

Deborah L. Smith ,1991*

Doris H. Smith ,1962

George L. Smith ,1971

Gwendolyn Ann Smith ,1981

Henrietta A. Smith ,1964

Joanne C. Smith ,2010

John O. Smith ,1965

Johnnie C. Smith ,2000*

Jonathan Allen Smith ,2012

Kimberly Smith ,2008

Kippine K. Smith ,2000

Lafreda Smith ,1987

Landon T. Smith ,1976

Lashawna Stokes Smith ,2001

Lizzie B. Smith ,1963*

Margaret M. Smith ,1991

Markus Darien Smith ,1994

Mary R. Smith ,1954

Mildred J. Smith ,1958

Mildred P. Smith ,1961*

Paula A. Smith ,1969

Quintella Gideon Smith ,1969*

Robert Smith

Robert E. Smith ,1965

Robert L. Smith ,1972

Ronald Gerard C. Smith ,2001

Rudolph D. Smith ,1966

Sir Osei Smith ,2002

Sonya Denise Smith ,1997*

Thelma Hunter Smith ,1979

Tina L. Smith ,2008

Wilbert H. Smith ,1956*

Dimeta S. Smith Knight ,1998

Michael Sneed ,1984

Cynthia G. Snyder ,1979

Kemba N. Solomon ,1998

Tamara L. Somerville ,2003

Esperanza Nadia Soriano-McCrary ,2011

Dezirae Michelle Spain ,2010

Shirleen P. Spalding-Wright ,1984

Abigail E. Spaziani ,2014

Teresa P. Speight ,1989

Leslie D. Speller-Henderson ,1985*

Shevonda Lynn Spence ,1996

Charmin E. Spencer ,2008

Ruth W. Spraggins ,1960

Charncey W. Springer ,2003

Antony C. Springfield ,1995

Bettye Springfield ,1970*

Terrance Stacker ,1989*

Thomas E. Stallworth Sr.,1973*

Annette Stamper ,1973*

Edith P. Stamps-Miller ,1954

Connie D. Staten ,1960*

Joe Steele Jr.,1960*

Clifford Steger ,1975

Delicia T. Stephens ,2002*

Eddie R. Stephens ,2015

Leonard Stephens ,1968*

Ronald J. Stephens,1963

Sandra L. Stephens ,1963

Staci N. Stephens ,2010

Tommi Stephens ,1966

Robert L. Stevenson ,1967*

Anderia M. Steward ,1992

Sharon Kaye Steward

Ivan W. Stewart ,1966

James H. Stewart ,1964*

JaQuita Lanette Stewart ,2015

Joy Brenee Stewart ,2014

Loretta D. Stewart ,1969

Sharon Diane Stinson ,1989

Sheryl Billups Stone ,1981

Thomas Stovall ,2004

Audrey Stradford ,1966*

Nestle’ J. Strains-Harris ,1996

Candias Joe Strange

Martha Walker Stratton ,1969*

Phillip M. Strayhorn ,1964*

Patricia K. Street ,1977

Hugh Strong Jr.,1960*

Lonia M. Strong-Davenport

Renekia Parker Strother

Wilbur Suesberry,1960*

Jarrell R. Summers ,2001

Jeremiah Joseph Sumpter ,2014

Karla C. Sutherland ,1992

Felicia C. Sweatt ,1995

Bianca J. Sweeten ,1993

Annie M. Swilley ,1965

Rosalind L. Talley ,1983

Zetta W. F. Talley ,1963

Linda Tapley-Barber ,2010

Emma J. Tapley-Stafford ,1970*

Robert J. Tapscott ,1953*

Alfred Tate ,1989

Regina Reese Tate ,1988

Allen C. Tatum ,1996*

Ali Maxwell Taylor ,1969

April L. Taylor ,2002*

Barbara J. Taylor ,1971

Billy James Taylor ,1967*

Brandi L. Taylor ,2003

Carmelia G. Taylor ,1973*

Cheryl Taylor ,1995

Eric E. Taylor ,2001*

Floyd C. Taylor ,1952

Fred E. Taylor ,1999

Gail Taylor ,1978

Geraldine K. Taylor ,1958

Harry W. Taylor Jr.,1965*

James E. Taylor ,1969

Kacy C. Taylor ,1992

Kelly A. Taylor ,2002

Kera D. Taylor ,2010

Lawrence Taylor ,2010

Mae G. Taylor ,1969*

Mia A. Taylor ,1991

Michael Donald Taylor ,1997

Tanya E. Taylor ,2008

Teresa Ann Taylor ,1988*

Thelma E. Taylor ,1961

Tiffani Taylor ,1998

Tiffany L. Taylor ,1995

Tiffany N. Taylor ,1997

Valerie R. Taylor ,1978

Harriette Taylor Hamilton ,1961

Maggie Taylor-Tharpe ,1974

Jason Teague ,1997

Laura Teasley-Farwell ,1946*

Edwina R. Temple ,1978

Marhonte Q. Tennial ,2003

April C. Terrell ,2007

Geraldine Ragland Terrell ,1971

Kevin E. Terrell ,2010 (deceased)

William H. Terrell ,1969

Traci Yvette Thacker-Bond

Darrell A. Thomas

Deborah Barnes Thomas ,1975*

Donna E. Thomas ,1994*

Doris A. Thomas

Gayla Thomas ,1974

George Thomas ,1996

Gregory Thomas ,1972*

Harriett G. Thomas ,1992

Jackie Marion Thomas ,1955*

Kenneth L. Thomas ,1968

Kim Thomas

Michael Thomas ,1980

Patsey Whitmon Thomas ,1982

Peggy A. Thomas ,1993

Rhonda Thomas ,1980*

Rosiland R. Thomas ,1975

Shirley Parker Thomas ,1960

Shunta G. Thomas ,1994

Tara L. C. Thomas ,1998

Trudie E. Thomas ,1972

William Thomas ,1966 (deceased)

Joseph Andrew Thomas III ,1978

Alicia A. Thompson ,1973

Alton E. Thompson ,2008

Barbara Worthy Thompson ,2008

Byron J. Thompson ,1984*

D. S. Thompson ,1980

Damyon J. Thompson ,2003

Deborah L. Thompson ,1973*

Donald Wayne Thompson ,1988

Evelyn Maria Thompson ,1984*

Grover C. Thompson Jr.,1977*

Hubert Thompson ,1995

John L. Thompson ,1995

Jonathan E. Thompson ,2004

Kenneth L. Thompson ,2000

Lillian V. Thompson ,1979

Marion Short Thompson ,1964

Marsha L. Thompson ,1973

Martha Smythe Thompson ,1969*

Mary Lynn Thompson ,1950*

Noel Thompson ,2006

Reno L. Thompson ,2008

Shari D. Thompson ,2006

Shawn Thompson ,1998

T’Mara T. Thompson ,2016

Tracey Thompson

Yolanda M. Thompson ,2009

Frank D. Thompson-McCleod ,1978

Dorothy M. Thornhill ,1959

Michael D. Thornton Sr.,1979

Tianna M. Thornton

Angela K. Thorpe-Harris ,1983

Amanda G. Tidwell ,2011

Kerisha Lamontrice Tidwell ,2014

John David Tiller,2000*

Julia A. Tirres ,2001

Mary Wisdom Tisdale ,1964

Erma J. Todd ,1964

Edwina H. Toms ,1978

Shayla M. Toombs-Withers ,2003

Sherrill A. Toran ,1993

Gloria Poole Towner ,1970*

Leticia W. Towns ,1985

Tish Towns ,1986

Charles E. Townsend ,1953*

Donna Rae Townsend ,1999

Eric J. Townsend ,1993

Florence Alexander Townsend ,1963*

Gena D. Townsend ,1980*

John W. Townsend ,1984

Melva J. Townsend ,2005*

Ronald V. Townsend ,1982

Christi Tracey

Charles A. Traughber ,2003*

Charles M. Traughber ,1968*

Wilma Traughber ,2008

Harris T. Travis ,1960

Ebonee S. Trice ,2010

Lonnette R. Tuck ,1978

Carmen Y. Tucker ,1980*

Carolyn B. Tucker ,1969*

David M. Tucker ,1987

Dwayne H. Tucker ,1980*

Frederick Lamar Tucker ,1994

Gina M. Tucker ,1994

James H. Tucker Sr.,1970

Jesse F. Tucker ,1970

Joe L. Tucker ,1958

Louvern G. Tucker ,1963

Marian P. Tuggle ,1970

Bettie L. Turner ,1970*

Byron Lofton Turner ,1997

Charles G. Turner ,2004

Emmett H. Turner ,1972*

Kelli Turner ,1987

Kimberly D. Turner ,2001

Marquita Lagrunda Turner

Mary E. Turner ,1967*

Richard E. Turner ,1972

Rossi B. Turner ,1986

Samuel H. Turner ,1974

Stacey Braden Turner ,1998

Patrice Y. Turnipseed

Kara B. Turrentine ,2005*

Wyomia Tyus ,1968

Ihsan F. Umrani ,2004

James Ussery ,2001

Robert Utley ,1970

James L. Van Buren ,2005

Stephen J. Vance ,1971*

Hazel W. Vann ,1968

Phillis W. Varnado ,1976

Chandra Y. Vasser ,1995

Rommie L. Vasser Jr.,1995

Bridget G. Vaughan ,1980

Charlene Y. Vaughn ,2001

Derrell Vaughn ,1994

Kimberly Denise Vaughn-Coleman ,1990

Marjorie Vaulx ,1970

Bharat Vennapusa ,1994

Danny Vestal ,1974

Thelma S. Vestal ,1969*

Michelle M. Viera ,1982*

Gwendolyn H. Vincent ,1956*

Walter Vincent ,1959

Edward S. Vinsang ,1978

Charlie Bernard Wade Jr.,1993*

Fabrienne Smith Wade ,1991

James A. Wade Jr.,1993*

Mary Cantrell Wade ,1990

Twanna M. Wakefield ,1999

Chrissanda D. Walker ,1982

Dusty R. Walker Jr.,1994

Jasmine N. Walker ,2010

Joe M. Walker Jr.,1967

Laron A. Walker ,2000

Mary Bright Walker ,1955*

Shirley B. Walker ,1958

Toiya McNeil Walker ,1997

Kendra L. Walker-Woods ,1991

Thomas A. Wall ,1973*

Betty J. Wallace

Malcolm Louis Wallace ,1970*

Benetta B. Waller ,1979

Charlene P. Waller ,1973

Zynthia Waller ,1988

Bobbie Walls

Curtis L. Walls ,1991

Elenora Andrews Walls ,1996

Tony W. Walls ,1985

Albert Walter ,1975*

Mildred T. Walters ,2001

Phillip G. Walton ,1969

Daniel Ward ,1956*

Lori M. Ward ,2000

Rhonda Ward ,1992*

Andrea Warren ,2003

Glenda Faye Washam

Benny Washington ,1975*

Brandon Washington ,1985

Jammye Washington ,2000

Karen D. Washington ,1975

Krystle T. Washington ,2005

Millie E. Washington ,1954*

Valerie L. Washington ,1985*

Verrell R. Washington ,2005

Ashley Rashunn Watkins ,2012

Franklin D. Watkins ,1977

Monte D. Watkins ,1970*

Quanda R. Watkins ,1992

Rae Hudson Watkins ,1949*

Angela Denise Watson ,1994

Gail H. Watson ,1983

Jean Watson ,1996

Jean M. Watson ,1996

Tracey J. Watson Valentine ,1996

Angela D. Watson-Mcclarty ,1994

Nancy B. Watts

Robert A. Watts ,1953

Antonio D. Weatherly ,2006

April Jane Weatherly ,2011

Whitney Nicole Weathers

Eucharist Roach Weaver ,1970

Rhynia Weaver ,1970

Ronald B. Webb ,1994

Felicia A. Webb-Mackey ,1982

Cherelle N. Webster-Payne ,2001

Leonard E. Wellington Jr.,1961

George Milton Wells ,1965

Joni N. Wells ,1999

Sheila Perry Wells ,1991

Tony Lorenzo Wells ,1992*

John E. Wesley ,1951*

Michael W. Wesley Sr.,1977

Robert L. Wesley ,1960

Venita Wesley ,1977

Dorsey C. West ,1996

Erica Morgan West ,2008

Eugene West

Martha J. West ,1953*

Stephen C. West ,2007

Christopher Westbrook ,1980

Jacqueline Smartt Westfield

Nicole Lee Westmoreland ,2008

Sophoria N. Westmoreland

Beverly Whalen-Schmeller ,2006

Lakesha Laqueen Whaley ,1997

A C Wharton Jr.,1966

Kenneth Wharton ,1969

Homer R. Wheaton ,1948*

Cedric G. Whitaker ,1980

Ambreis D. White ,2003

Bradley W. White ,1994*

Carlton D. White ,2003

Cederick C. White ,1980*

David E. White ,1969

Deirdre Yolande White ,1987

John Arthur White ,2002

Katie Kinnard White ,1952*

Kimberly D. White

Leon White Jr.,1971*

Memorie White ,2001

Phillip R. White ,1983

Whitney Menyet White ,2009

Desiree Y. White McNeil ,1977

Margaret C. Whitfield ,1955*

Tera L. Whitfield ,2011

Wilbert A. Whitfield ,1984

Georgia Dumas Whiting ,1982*

Joseph Gerard Whiting ,1973

Larry D. Whiting ,1978

Melaney C. Whiting ,2007

Ramona L. Whitworth ,2003

Kenneth B. Wiggins ,1986

Jesse Wilburn Jr.,1958 (deceased)

Major Wilburn Jr.,1966*

Margaret Wilburn ,1959

Tonya Shenea Wilburn ,1996

Ayana A. Wild ,2017

Alfreda S. Wilder ,1960

Charles E. Wilder

James B. Wilder ,1961

Vivian Wilhoite ,1987

Loynecia R. Wilkerson ,2000

Barbara C. Wilkes ,1985

Anjetta C. Williams ,2009

Anthony D. Williams

Arlene Pope Williams ,1984*

Arthur R. Williams ,1972

Bobbie H. Williams ,1970

Bryan R. Williams ,1978

Carolyn Ward Williams ,1964

Celeste C. Williams ,1995

Constance L. Williams ,1988

Dale M. Williams ,1993*

Darryel S. Williams ,1988*

Derrick S. Williams ,1987

Douglas Williams ,1987

Dyanne Mitchell Williams ,1998

Edna J. Williams ,1956*

Edward Hyburnia Williams ,1956

Eric W. Williams ,2016

Eston Williams ,1988

Gregory T. Williams ,1980

James Williams ,1987

James Marcus Williams

James W. Williams, 1967

Janet M. Williams ,1968

Jannie C. Williams ,1993*

Jimmy L. Williams ,1980

John T. Williams ,1974

Johnie R. Williams ,1956

Karen Ann Williams ,1982

Kevin C. Williams ,1980

Kevin W. Williams ,1983*

Kya T. Williams ,2012

Laura B. Williams ,1977

Linda C. Williams ,1972

Linda F. Williams ,1974

Lindsay Williams ,2006

Lisa Marshall Williams ,1981

Melissa Ward Williams ,1989

Michael L. Williams ,1991

Mira Allyne Williams ,1996

Nicole Latrelle Williams ,1994

Novella L. Williams ,1973

Onie E. Williams ,1963*

Patrick J. Williams ,1997*

Samuel W. Williams ,1960*

Scott A. Williams ,2013

Steven Williams ,2000

Thomas H. Williams

Thomas H. Williams Jr.,1982

William B. Williams

Barbara Herndon Williamson,1967

Deborah Williamson ,1978

Yolanda R. Williamson-Savage ,1993

Nicole Williams-Park

Tracy Renee Williams-Pointer ,1994

Rita Williams-Seay ,1994*

Mialika Williams-Watkins ,1995

Monica D. Willingham

Carol Chapman Willis ,1970

Janice Hoffman Willis ,1968

Patrice Faith Willis ,2002

Patricia A. Willis ,1977

Cornelia Wills ,1992*

Andrea Harper Wilson ,2002

Angus N. Wilson ,1994*

Bernard Wilson ,1982

Charles R. Wilson

Demetrius L. Wilson ,2006

Duane Anthony Wilson

Henri E. Clark Wilson ,1962

Michael J. Wilson ,2009

Roslyn Yarbrough Wilson ,1973

Seanne Gynean Wilson ,2009*

Thomas H. Wilson ,1949

Wevly M. Wilson ,1995*

Reginald Lamarr Wimberly ,1997

Carmeleita E. Winburn ,1978

Samuel Von Winbush ,1953

Charles Winfrey Jr.

Joel Winfrey ,2002

Labrina P. Winfrey ,1999

Nancy A. Winfrey ,1999

Shirley A. Wingfield ,1967

Jewell Frazier Winn ,1988

Grant Lamont Winrow ,1989

Kelvin L. Winrow Sr.,1980

Lois O. Winston ,1968*

Richard J. Winston ,1972

Robert Winston,1969

Tameka Tawanna Winston ,2006

Edward Henry Wisdom III,1991*

Emma J. Wisdom ,1991

Rolanda Michelle Wisdom

Julius R. Witherspoon ,1979

Harold A. Witt ,1966

Linda R. Witt ,1975*

Barbara Ann Wofford ,1962*

Amy Boles Wood ,1995*

John E. Wood Jr.,1962

Marcus B. Wood ,2002

Virenda D. Wood ,1996

Troy Woodard ,1970*

Donna Leonora Woodley ,1995

Linda G. Woodruff ,1985*

Claudia S. Woods ,2004

Clinton Woods ,1968*

Cynthia G. Woods ,1967

David M. Woods ,1990

Florence K. Woods ,1967

Gregory D. Woods

Jacquelyn Cherry Woods ,1964

James A. Woods ,1958

Joan A. Woods ,1967

Kizzie C. Woods ,2002

Marcus L. Woods ,1984*

Marva Blanchard Woods ,1974

Robert Woods ,1973

Robert Earl Woods ,1973

Tralonda N. Woods ,2004

Velma J. Dodson Woods ,1968*

Sheila Woods-Mcgee ,1988

Vandra E. Woolfolk ,1973

Rosalyn Donaldson Word ,1980*

Dawna F. Work ,1981

Freddie B. Works Jr.,1973

Jane M. Worley ,1991

Danielle Y. Wormley ,2009

Amy M. Woron ,2008

Deirdre J. Wortham ,1984

Elizabeth Wortham ,1950 (deceased)

Terrence B. Wortham ,1985

Carolyn Bright Worthy ,1970*

Albert C. Wright ,1984

Annie Goodrum Wright ,1954

Bobby W. Wright ,1971

Charles A. Wright ,1985

Clifford Wright Jr.,1980

Delois O. Wright ,1963

Georgia Ann Robinson Wright ,1959

Kelli H. Wright ,1980

Kelvinn Wright ,2012

Lataunya M. Wright ,2017

Maxine L. Wright ,1957

Melvin Wright Sr.,1958

Leticia Wright-Dunn, 1987

Brenda P. Wynn ,1978*

Linda Thompson Wynn ,1970

Monte T. Yancey ,2012

Dhana Mccray Yarbrough ,2000

Evelyn Robinson Yeargin ,1971

Arthur S. Yokley Jr.,1994

Cleve Yokley Jr.,1960*

Natasha Davison Yokley ,1996

Betty Jo Young ,1975*

Beverly Ann Young ,1995

Connie F. Young

Deirdre Demozel Young ,1990

Harriett W. Young ,1957

Leroy Young Jr.,2002

Leroy Young Sr.,1986*

Robert L. Young ,1970

Sophia Young ,1991

Tasha Young ,2009

Theresa C. Young ,1979

Valerie L. Young ,1986

ALUMNI ORGANIZATIONS

TSU National Alumni Association*

TSUNAA - Absolutely AX Affinity Chapter*

TSUNAA - Atlanta Chapter*

TSUNAA - Beta Omicron Chapter*

TSUNAA - Chattanooga Chapter

TSUNAA - Cheerleaders Chapter

TSUNAA - Chicago Chapter*

TSUNAA - Cincinnati Chapter*

TSUNAA - Clarksville Chapter

TSUNAA - Detroit Chapter*

TSUNAA - East Tennessee Chapter

TSUNAA - Engineering Chapter*

TSUNAA - Greater Gallatin Area Chapter

TSUNAA - Greater Indianapolis Chapter*

TSUNAA - Gulf Coast Chapter

TSUNAA - Houston Chapter

TSUNAA - Jackson TN Chapter*

TSUNAA - Los Angeles Chapter

TSUNAA - Louisville Chapter

TSUNAA - Memphis Shelby County Chapter*

TSUNAA - Miami Chapter

TSUNAA - Milwaukee Chapter

TSUNAA - Nashville Chapter*

TSUNAA - Rho Psi Chapter*

TSUNAA - South Central TN Chapter*

TSUNAA - Southeast Region

TSUNAA - Washington D.C. Chapter*

TSUNAA - Wilson County Chapter*

TSUNAA - Zeta Alpha Chapter

Lisa D. Whitaker ,1990*

Peggy J. Williams ,1973

Bryan M. Woodward ,2002

Changing the Alumni Giving Model

Joint Dues and Donations

Join the TSU National Alumni Association, a local alumni chapter and make a donation to the TSU Foundation, all with one (1) payment.

The Challenges

> TSU has contact information for nearly 60,000 alumni across the United States

>In fiscal year 2018, only 2,684 (5.3%) alumni made a charitable gift to the TSU Foundation

>The annual scholarship need is $6 million to enroll and retain more students

>Meanwhile, the state of Tennessee funded just 25% of the University’s operating budget

The Solution

The TSU National Alumni Association and alumni chapters are partnering with the TSU Foundation to change the alumni giving model through the Joint Dues and Donations Campaign. Make one payment to the TSU Foundation that covers dues to the alumni association and a donation to the TSU Foundation. This will increase alumni giving and help close the scholarship need gap.

Support the Joint Dues & Donations Campaign

Dues & Donation

1.Go to tnstate.edu/3in1

2.Choose a campaign:

>Select a local or affinity chapter from the list of onboarded chapters. Don’t see a chapter? Then . . .

>Select TSUNAA Dues and Donations Campaign (TSUNAA dues/Foundation donation). Once you join the TSUNAA, go to www.tsu-alumni.org to connect with a chapter. Give to the TSU Foundation

1.Go to tnstate.edu/3in1

2.Choose a campaign: >Give to the TSU Foundation Campaign Donation Only

Office of Alumni Relations

P.O. Box 9534

3500 John A. Merritt Blvd Nashville, TN 37209