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Washington State Bar Awards Top Honor to Lem Howell '58
Attorney has won justice for African-Americans and the injured in groundbreaking cases
Blowing the Whistle on Corruption
Mychal Wilson '89 exposed fraud and helped bring about $515 million in settlements between pharmaceutical giant and state and federal governments
Covering Hip-Hop Culture and More at The Source
Michael Ahene '08 writes for influential NYC magazine as well as alternative publication
M.K. Asante '04 Receives Langston Hughes Award
Also, his Kwanzaa film earned top honors at Africa World Documentary Film Festival
Purpose Found
Lenora Johnson '81 is director of National Cancer Institute's Office of Communications and Education
A Transcendent Life: The Story of David K. McDonogh 1844
Lafayette's first African American graduate rose from slave to student to highly esteemed doctor
Offering Hope to the Young
Angela Neal '01 helps abused children and researches healing solutions
From the Gridiron to the Bank
Former football standout Quincy Miller '97 oversees over 130 Citizens Bank branches in Massachusetts
A Passion for Providing Care
Dr. Cynthia Paige '83 meets needs of patients and students
The Tireless Judge
Thomas W. Sumners Jr. '80 sees role on bench as way to serve public
Boosting People Power
Stuart Clarke '80 helps nonprofits protect the future
Team Player
Terrence Byrd '74 thrives in providing access to quality health care
A Warm Heart Behind an Open Door
Alma Scott-Buczak '74 improves lives of NJ Transit workers, children in New York, and the underprivileged
Remembering 'The Greatest Game They Never Played'
Sixty years ago, Lafayette said no to football's Sun Bowl because the Sun Bowl said no to African American David Showell '51
Family Jewels
Latest work of artist Maya Freelon '05 spans three generations
Video: Art Students Focus on Transcendence
Campus sculpture honors David Kearney McDonogh 1844
M.K. Asante Jr. '04 Films The Black Candle, Publishes Third Book
Documentary on Kwanzaa will be screened in U.S. and Africa
McDonogh Network Brings Together African American Alumni
Steering committee comprised of 27 members
Thinking Green
Jacki Wilkins '77 develops programs to make transportation more earth-friendly in Boston
'You Do These Things Because Lafayette was There for You'
Frank Campbell Jr. '74 serves College in student mentoring, admissions, fundraising, and alumni events
A Helping Hand for African-American Men
Rev. Landon Adams '02 works to decrease numbers of those dropping out of school and incarcerated
Closing the Deal
Rawle Howard '96 transitioned from law to real estate at Lehman Brothers
Two Alumni Elected to Board of Trustees
J.B. Reilly '83 and Sylvia Daniels Weaver '75 were elected May 23 and will begin five-year terms July 1
Trustee Riley K. Temple '71 Elected to Emeritus Status
He will be recognized at the 173rd commencement
Berrisford Boothe '83 Encourages 'Artmaking' in All Forms
Professional artist and professor enjoys helping others stretch boundaries
Healing Patients, Mending Disparities
Physician Ernest Levister '58 has dedicated himself to helping communities lacking accessible medical care
First Lafayette African American Graduate Featured in National Media
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education spotlights David Kearney McDonogh, Class of 1844
Shining in the Business World
Jarrett Shine '96 raises capital for startup companies and founds own ventures
Fund Honors Gerald Gill '70
Established by Joseph Cox '68, Gill's Lafayette roommate, it will support campus programs related to diversity
Plan Well and Execute
Cornell Wright '74 helps businesses realize their goals
Marcia Bernicat '75 to Serve as Ambassador to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau
White House has announced President Bush's intention to nominate her to join Administration
A Helping Hand for Hollywood
Armed with acting, writing, directing, and producing experience, lawyer Mychal Wilson '89 assists actors and others
Career Path Leads Home
Natasha Strother '96 is executive vice president of her family's business
Dedicated Dentist
Alfonzo B. Owens III '75 cares for those less privileged
360 Degrees of Gratitude
Simone Chaddan '04 chairs the Alumni Association's Young Alumni Committee
Thousands of Lives Touched
Paul Eugene Thurston '60 inspired generations of students as a professor of chemistry at Texas Southern University
More Than Just a Job
Renee Becton Strickland '82, former Air Force officer, launches a consulting firm - and more
Helping Cancer Survivors Overcome Infertility
Winston Thompson '86 heads Cooperative Reproductive Science Research Center at Morehouse School of Medicine
Beating Goliath
Lawyer Lem Howell '58 is champion of minority workers, the poor, and the injured
Headhunting for Corporate America
Kenneth Rich '67 amasses wealth of experience in executive search field
Changing Lives through Poetry
Yolanda Wisher Palacio '98 impacts her community as poet, teacher, and organizer
Crystal Taylor '03 to Discuss Policy Making in the State Government
Mathematics graduate will talk about her role in California's Legislative Analysts Office
Nkrumah Pierre '06 Interviewed on NPR's News & Notes
Discusses value of career networking for students and young professionals
Fine Art Print Honors Lafayette's First African American Graduate
Produced by master printmaker Curlee Raven Holton, it celebrates and supports the creation of a campus sculpture commemorating the granting of a degree to David Kearney McDonogh, a slave, in 1844
Remembering David K. McDonogh 1844
Experimental Printmaking Institute engages renowned artist Melvin Edwards to create a campus sculpture commemorating the College's granting of a degree to McDonogh, a slave, in 1844
Yolanda Wisher '98 Writes On
"Poetry gets to the root of what it means to be human," she says. She'll be keynote speaker at Honors Convocation in April
Britney McCoy '05 Seeks Environmental Justice
She's a second-year doctoral student in engineering and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University
Buffie Longmire '02 is Racing Ahead
Set to receive her Ph.D. from NYU's Steinhardt School of Education, she's making a difference in the lives of minority teens and young adults
Constant Struggle
Award-winning Tufts University professor Gerald Gill '70 has conducted groundbreaking explorations of the history of African Americans at Tufts and of race relations in Boston
Pioneers and Leaders
From their undergraduate days to their current lives in business, George Weaver '72 and Sylvia Daniels Weaver '75 have been pioneers and leaders
"Great Wisdom and Good Hunting"
Nangula Shejavali '06 is the first woman of African descent to receive the Pepper Prize
Legacy of Leadership
Attorney Jeffrey D. Robinson '80 achieves career success and encourages others to follow by establishing student award at Lafayette
Getting in Position
"I get the most satisfaction out of being up close and personal," says Otis Ellis '89. "Talking with students really makes it worthwhile."
Globe Trotter
Foreign Service officer Marcia Bernicat '75 represents U.S. at home and abroad
Coming Full Circle
Crystal Taylor '03 joins California Legislative Analyst's Office after earning dual master's degrees at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School
Passion for Law, Passion for Helping Others
Now in her final year at Cornell Law, Leslie Saint '04 is an accomplished leader
Amazing Impact
Molefi K. Asante Jr. '04 says, "I don't want there to be negative associations in people's minds about African Americans."
Unique Fusion
"The objective for my artwork is to evoke thought, questioning and discovery," says Maya Freelon '05
Change Agent
Jacobi Cunningham '03 is pursuing a doctorate at Boston University's School of Medicine
Crossing Borders
After seven years with Merck, Renaldo Trancoso '99 goes for an MBA at Purdue's Krannert School
Smooth Transition
Reco Collins '05 represented his firm, M&T Bank, at Lafayette's fall Career Fair
On the Cutting Edge
Leroy Nunery '77 is president of Edison Charter Schools
Committed to Networking
Nkrumah Pierre '06 helps others find career opportunities
A Woman of Many Firsts
Darlyne Bailey '74 takes on new challenge as dean at University of Minnesota
Gay '96 Reads from His New Book
Former Pepper Prize winner is assistant professor of English at Montclair State University
My Lafayette Experience: Maurice Bennett '06
"My Lafayette Experience has included everything I could have asked for and 100 times more"
Celebrating the Legacy of Aaron O. Hoff
Two scholarships and a community grant are being awarded, and a library in Portlock Black Cultural Center is being established in Hoff's name
Song Celebrates '48 Football Team's Stand Against Racism
David Showell '51 was barred from playing in the Sun Bowl
Trustees Salute the Late Roland M. Brown '49
"As an alumnus and trustee, he was an inspiring pioneer and an exceptional role model for the African-American students who followed him to Lafayette"
We Were Pioneers
Amanda Roth '04 and Kamaka Martin '04 wrote and produced an original play telling the story of Lafayette's transition to coeducation in 1970
Flying for Freedom
Roland Brown '49 and David Showell '51 served with the Tuskegee Airmen
A Cloud over the '49 Sun Bowl
Game's organizers barred David Showell '51
 
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