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The Lincoln LionWinter 1990 Edition

Lincoln Previews $ 10 MillionCapital Campaign

With a gift of $500,000 from Am-bassador and Mrs. Walter D. Annen-berg, Philadelphia publishers and phi-lanthropists, Lincoln previewed a majorprivate-gift campaign at a receptionheld in Philadelphia's Hill-Physick-Keith House on December 5. The cam-paign will be officially launched inMay, at a gala event in conjunctionwith Commencement Weekend.

The $10 million campaign, entitled"Celebration and Challenge: TheCampaign for Lincoln University," isthe first such campaign in the Universi-ty's history. A three-year effort, it willstrengthen Lincoln's position amongthe nation's pre-eminent small collegesand universities. To date, $3 millionhas been raised.

"We are very proud of Lincoln's dis-tinguished past, but we are even moreexcited about its future," said PresidentNiara Sudarkasa. "Building on its tradi-tion of excellence and accomplishment,Lincoln seeks to become the model forthe small globally-centered universityof the 21st century. We will foster ex-cellence in basic science and mathe-matics. . . . We will stress training incritical languages, a multicultural ap-proach to the humanities and teachereducation, and strong programs thatlink the liberal arts with selected pre-professional programs... . The Cam-paign for Lincoln is yet another steptoward our goal of becoming the modelsmall university of the future."

Dr. Sudarkasa pointed out that Am-bassador and Mrs. Annenberg's halfmillion dollar gift is equal to 5% of the

three-year goal. "We are greatly en-couraged by this support," she said.

Dr. Joseph J. Rodgers, chair of theDepartment of Modern Languages andthe Humanities Division; Dr. RichardWinchester, chair of the History De-partment and director of the Curricu-lum Review and Development Office;and Dr. Willie Williams, chair of thePhysics Department and director of theLaser Program, each talked brieflyabout some of Lincoln's excellent andexemplary programs which are helpingprepare leaders for the 21 st century.Other speakers included Mr. Julius Ro-senwald II, National Chairman of theCampaign; Amb. Horace Dawson, oneof two national associate chairs andchair of the University's Board Devel-opment Committee; and Ms. Thelma L.Hill, president of the General AlumniAssociation.

Serving as the other associate chair isMs. Susan Taylor, editor of Essencemagazine. The steering committee ismade up as follows: Media and Enter-tainment: Roscoe Lee Browne, actor,author, Lincoln trustee; Clifton Davis,actor, singer, pastor. Alumni: Thelma L.Hill, president of Lincoln's GeneralAlumni Association; Dr. Frank "Tick"Coleman, special assistant to the Presi-dent for Alumni Giving; Dr. J. PaulStephens, director of Alumni Relations.Fine Arts: Richard Feigen, art dealer,Lincoln trustee; Sue Jane Smock, woodcut artist and printmaker, interim chairof Lincoln's Fine Arts Department.Corporations: John L. Moorhead, vice

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Ambassador Horace G. Dawson '49, associate vice chairman of the Capital Campaign,and President Niara Sudarkasa discuss "The Campaign for Lincoln " with Campaignchairman Julius Rosenwald II at the Hill-Physick-Keith House in Philadelphia.

Mr. Clyde Atwell '37, sculptor John W. Rlioden, and Dr. George Atwell '48, attended areception at President Niara Sudarkasa's home following the unveiling of the FrederickDouglass statue.

Unveiling of Frederick DouglassStatue Highlights Homecoming '89

The unveiling of a monumentalbronze statue of Frederick Douglasshighlighted Homecoming Day, October28, 1989. The 10'6" figure, which wasgiven to their Alma Mater by brothersClyde G. Atwell, '37; Selwyn R. Atwell,'41; and Dr. George L. Atwell, '48, isthe work of the eminent sculptor JohnW. Rhoden of Brooklyn, NY.

The day, which also included aGreek stepshow, parade, concert, danceand alumni meetings and reunions,climaxed a week of activities markingLincoln's 1989 Homecomingcelebration.

pus should not be minimized. Mr. Doug-lass acquired his achievements withoutthe benefit of a formal education. Heaspired to be somebody."

He continued, "It is the hope of mybrothers and me that what we havedone here today will be duplicated inmany of the African American univer-sities, communities . . . schools andchurches."

Accepting the sculpture for Lincoln,and representing the University's stu-dent body, were Rosiland Gross andVaughn Foster, both Class of 1991, the

Mr. Clyde Atwell '37 unveiled the statue of Frederick Douglass donated by him and hisbrothers, Selwyn and George, at a special ceremony at Homecoming.

The statue was officially presented tothe University and unveiled by ClydeG. Atwell, who addressed the crowd,particularly the students. Commentingon Frederick Douglass, he said, "Thesignificance of this statue on our cam-

reigning Miss Lincoln and Mr. Lincoln.Miss Gross stated, "When we look atthis statue, we should feel coerced tostrive for nothing but excellence....Once we instill that we can do all

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The Lincoln Lion 2 Winter 1990

Table of ContentsUnveiling of Frederick Douglass Statue

Highlights Homecoming '89 1

Lincoln Previews "Celebration and Challenge: TheCampaign for Lincoln" at Philadelphia Reception 1

From the Desk of the President of the General AlumniAssociation/Ms. Thelma L. Hill '71 2

From the Desk of the Director of Alumni Relations/Dr. J. Paul Stephens '68 3

Frank Coleman/Greg Davis: The Connection That HelpedSave a Life 3

The Effects of Lincoln's M.H.S. Program on My Life,by Dorothy Bookout, MHS '91 4

Philadelphia Alumni Association Chapter SponsorsChoir Concert Performance 4

Lincoln Alumni: Whereabouts Unknown 5

Dr. Amaza Lockett Honored at Luncheon 5

Commencement Weekend Schedule 5

Class Notes 6

In Memoriam 9

Homecoming '89: Auto Decoration Competition Winners 10

General Alumni Association Chapter Representatives 11

General Alumni Association National Offices 11

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Director of Alumni Relations Dr. J. Paul StephensSpecial Assistant to the

President for Alumni Giving ... Dr. Frank "Tick" ColemanAlumni Executive Secretary Dr. H. Alfred Farrell

From the Desk ofMs. Thelma L. Hill, '71

PRESIDENT OF THEGENERAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

(This address was presented by Ms. Hillat the Alumni Luncheon on Homecom-ing Day at Lincoln.)

To Dr. Sudarkasa, President of ourgreat university and my soror, tomembers of the administration, fac-ulty, staff, students, and fellowalumni—good afternoon.

It is both an honor and a privilege tostand before you today as we celebratethe annual tradition of homecoming atLincoln. For some of you this is yourvery first homecoming experience atL.U., and for others this is an eventwhich has been experienced annuallyfor some time. Whether this is your firstor one hundredth homecoming, it is stilla very exciting time. This annual activi-ty gives us the opportunity to interactwith members of the university com-munity, renew acquaintances with fel-low classmates and alumni, and tra-verse the hallowed grounds of ourbeloved Lincoln.

As I reflect upon what homecomingrepresents for me and many of younow, I can't help but remember my veryfirst homecoming just a few short yearsago. It was, for me, a great feeling ofrelief and freedom. As incoming fresh-men, we were required to wear fresh-men beanies. We were not permitted towalk on the grass, about which severalprofessors warned regularly that manyof us would not see turn green again inthe spring, and we were ordered tolearn the Alma Mater, because any up-perclassman could request a freshmanto sing it at whim, and we had to buildand protect our woodpile. These fresh-men stipulations were in effect for ap-proximately two months leading up tohomecoming.

As Pablo, er, er, I mean, Dr. Stephenscan attest, I, along with my classmates,wore my beanie faithfully, avoidedstepping on the grass, learned the AlmaMater immediately, and left the build-ing of the woodpile to my classmates. Irealized that I couldn't do everything,so I concentrated on what I felt werekey areas.

Although we freshmen complainedand grumbled, we nevertheless forged acommaraderie and a cohesivenesswhich bonded our class, as we were in-

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troduced to the Lincoln tradition.All of us here today are perpetuating

that tradition which was begun manyyears ago. Those of us who are sea-soned alumni wouldn't miss the com-maraderie and fellowship which isgenerated by Lincolnians whenever wemeet, for anything in the world. So wereturn to our Alma Mater at this timeof year, and we see the many changesand improvements which have takenplace over the years. We may be sup-portive of some, and possibly a bit crit-ical of others, but we wholeheartedlysupport the continued tradition of ex-cellence at Lincoln. We are supportiveof the administration as it guides theuniversity into the twenty-first century,and we are supportive of the faculty asits members assist students in their de-veloping a thirst for knowledge.

In conclusion, to the students of ourgreat university, we encourage you topursue excellence as you continue yourscholastic careers at Lincoln. We fur-ther urge you to pursue excellence asyou continue to study on the graduatelevel, and we encourage you to pursueexcellence as you enter the job market.

While you are pursuing variousavenues, never lose sight of the factthat your educational experience atLincoln has made you able to achieve.The support systems have been in placefor you, and you in return must be sup-portive of the university. Upon graduat-ing, become active by working with theAlumni Association and the Universityto ensure Lincoln of its rightful place asan institution of higher learning secondto none. Thank you very much.

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From the Desk of • P K S 3Dr. J. Paul Stephens,'68

DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS

I am proud to have been selected Di-rector of Alumni Relations as Lincolnapproaches the 136th anniversary of itsfounding. Over the past decade, sincemy return to Lincoln as Director of theInstitutional Aid—Title III Program, Ihave witnessed remarkable and excit-ing changes in the institution that signalgreat things for our Alma Mater as weenter the 21st century. I had the goodfortune to enter Lincoln as an under-graduate at a time when women en-tered the institution in large numbers, abuilding boom of new academic andresidence halls began and the facultyexpanded to accommodate the almostdoubling of the student body. I havesimilarly come to appreciate the mixingof old and new elements that continues

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a process of creating a dynamic Lin-coln of high purpose and distinction forsucceeding generations.

My task as Director will be to workwith you in organizing and working forour Alma Mater at several different

levels of your involvement and support.To do this I have set the followingthree broad goals for the Office, forwhich I seek your full cooperation:

1. To increase the level of volunteer-ism among alumni, with specialemphasis on local chapter activityand student recruitment forLincoln;

2. To increase the participation ofyoung alumni (one to 10 yearsout, not you who are still verymuch young at heart) in the af-fairs of the University and theGeneral Alumni Association; and

3. To educate the entire alumnibody on the need for, and varioustypes of, alumni giving that wemust commit to if Lincoln is toremain a distinguished and com-petitive school.

The goals are only achievable if youare ready to support Lincoln. No one,

or few, can do it alone whether here oncampus on in a local alumni chaptercommunity. I am deeply indebted to theyears of commitment of Dr. H. AlfredFarrell '34, Lincoln's first Director ofAlumni Relations, and enduring Execu-tive Secretary of The General AlumniAssociation; Dr. Frank "Tick" Cole-man '35, now Special Assistant to Pres-ident for Alumni Giving, who servedfrom 1980 to 1987 as "volunteer" Di-rector; and my immediate predecessor,Mr. Nathan South '78. It is my wish notonly to build on their accomplishmentsbut also to transmit to you, the alumnibody, that same spirit of devotion touphold the traditions of Lincoln's yes-terday, keep high the educationalstandards of Lincoln's today, and toprepare a way for the promise of Lin-coln's tommorrow.

Hail! Hail! Lincoln!

Frank Coleman/Greg Davis:The Connection That Saved a Life

Friendship . . . caring . . . reachingo u t . . . This is the stuff that love ismade of. And this is the stuff that playsa big part in the relationship of Dr.Frank "Tick" Coleman, '35, and GregDavis, a student at Lincoln from 1981-83 . . . the stuff that possibly saved Da-vis' life three years ago.

Dr. Coleman, who now serves asspecial assistant to Lincoln's president,first met Davis when the former wasdoing volunteer counselling at theChristian Street YMCA inPhiladelphia—advising high schoolstudents on college, helping with ob-taining financial aid, etc. (a service hehas performed for the past 17 years).Davis, a senior at Central High School(Coleman's alma mater 50 years earli-er), needed guidance; and that is whathe got.

"He needed finances and advice,"says Dr. Coleman, who, although col-lege choice was always left to the stu-dent, admits to being a fairly good "re-cruiter" for Lincoln. "We managed toget him into Lincoln the followingsemester."

It wasn't long after he began his stu-dies that Davis began to look for a job.Not coincidentally, the job turned outto be a work-study plan and in the of-fice of Dr. Coleman (then director ofAlumni Relations). Davis' co-workerwas Lisa Bacon, '85, another protege ofDr. Coleman who went on to earn amaster's degree at the University ofDelaware and return to Lincoln as Di-rector of Student Activities. "The three

of us were a real team," says Coleman."And I guess I became somewhat like agodfather to Greg. We kept in toucheven after he left Lincoln (for financialreasons) in 1983."

One day in the spring of 1986, Dr.Coleman received a call that Greg wasin Lancaster Hospital. "Lisa and I wentto see him, and I held his hand," saysColeman. "He looked bad."

Looking bad is perhaps an under-statement. Greg, who had been attend-ing Philadelphia Training Center whileholding down two jobs, was in a comawith a broken jaw, wired teeth and theright side of his body paralyzed—theresult of an auto accident that was nothis fault. "I was driving down Route 30from Lancaster when I saw this car inthe oncoming lane going fast andswerving . . . then coming right at me,"says Davis, who was delivering a vehi-cle for his employer, an automobilerental service. "That's all I rememberabout the accident."

It took a crane to get Davis out of hiscar; the doctors diagnosed severe braindamage and said he would probably diein three days. He remained in a comafor four weeks, during which he re-ceived visits from relatives andfriends—including Dr. Coleman, theonly one who evoked a response.

"I held his hand and he squeezedback," said Coleman. "The response,so slight but so important, got thenurses excited. They immediately in-formed the doctor, and I was told I wassomehow getting through to him. They

Greg Davis

asked me to return, and I did, aboutthree times a week."

"He was the only one I respondedto," says Davis. "I guess he was pray-ing . . . I guess I squeezed back to lethim know I was alive."

Davis continued to respond andeventually came out of the coma. Hesays it took months for him to gradual-ly piece everything together and regainhis memory. It also took months—as anin-patient, then as an out-patient, at theMoss Rehabilitation Center inPhiladelphia—for him to again walkand read and write. "Learning to walkagain was painful," says Davis. "I final-ly returned to work at one of my jobs—at the National Park Service in CenterCity. It was hard. I couldn't speak welland I had to write with my oppositehand."

But Davis persevered—and againbeat the odds. In September 1987, Da-vis got a job at the Defense PersonnelSupport Center in Philadelphia underits program to hire the handicapped.

Today, he works there as a supply clerkand has aspirations of moving up. "I'dsay I'm 95 percent back to normal," hesays. "I can read, write and speak, andmy once-heavy limp is hardly noticea-ble. I attend support group meetings atMoss to show others that you canbounce back."

Davis credits Coleman with helpingto get his life back together after histragic accident. For it was Dr. Colemanwho steered him to the Union BaptistChurch in South Philadelphia whereDavis is now active and says he findshis spiritual inspiration. It was Dr.Coleman who suggested he attendPhiladelphia Community College,where, utilizing his credits from Lin-coln, he earned an associate's degree.And it was Dr. Coleman who encour-aged him to buy a house in Philadel-phia's Germantown area, where Davisnow lives with his mother, to whom heis deeply devoted. ("It's very nice andmy mother's madly in love with it,"says Davis.)

Davis has fond memories of Lincoln."I'll always remember Lincoln Univer-sity," he says. "That's where I startedoff. It was definitely a learningexperience."

Dr. Coleman also gave Davis, who isactive in the Philadelphia Chapter ofthe LU Alumni Association, a used car."I'm able to drive again," says Davis,who recently drove Coleman to Wash-ington, D.C. "I'm his right-hand man.I'll always be willing to help out Dr.Coleman."

Says Coleman: "These are the kindsof things you do . . . get a person tied inwith something constructive. Greg nowmaintains positive thinking."

Davis agrees: "I don't live in the past;I look to the future . . . and I look up toDr. Coleman. He is, to an extent, a fa-ther to me and I hopefully will followin his footsteps and be helpful to othersthe way he is . . . "


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things, in our hearts and our minds,then we will win our brothers and sis-ters over to education and excellence,just as Frederick Douglass did for us."

Mr. Foster echoed these statements,saying "We see people in chains daily,bound by alcohol, drugs, low self-esteem, and apathy. As we recall thelife of this great man, we are motivatedto free ourselves from such chains andwe know . . . that we cannot be free un-til our people are free from the chainsthat bind their minds and spirits."

Concluding the ceremony, whichalso featured remarks from Mr. Roland

" . . . We cannot be free until ourpeople are free from the chains that

bind their minds and spirits."

Johnson, vice chairman of Lincoln'sBoard of Trustees; Dr. J. Paul Stephens,Director of Alumni Relations; Mr. Don-ald Pierce, Registrar; and Ms. Sue JaneSmock, chair of the Art Department,was a special presentation to thestatue's donors and artist. Lincoln'spresident, Dr. Niara Sudarkasa, gavethe President's Award to Clyde, Selwyn

and George Atwell, and John Rhoden,remarking on their significant contribu-tions to Lincoln and the community.She closed with a sonnet, "FrederickDouglass," by Robert Hayden, saying"When it is finally ours, this freedom. . . this man, this Douglass . . . vision-ing a world where none is lonely, nonehunted . . . this man shall be remem-

bered . . . not with statues' rhetoric . . .but with the lives grown out of his life,the lives fleshing his dream of the beau-tiful, needful thing."

Born into slavery, Frederick Doug-lass (1817-1895) was a leading aboli-tionist and noted journalist. After es-caping slavery and establishingrecognition in the United States andEurope for his political and educationalviews, he was eventually appointed U.S.Minister to Haiti.

At the base of the statue appears thefollowing quotation: " . . . the Hebrewswere emancipated . . . told take spoilfrom . . . Egyptians . . . serfs of Russia. . . given three scores of ground . . . notso when our slaves were emancipated."

Philadelphia Alumni AssociationSponsors Concert Choir

Performance

The Lincoln University Concert Choir

The Philadelphia Alumni Chapterrecently sponsored a performance ofthe Lincoln University Concert Choirat the Berean United PresbyterianChurch, Broad and Diamond Streets,Philadelphia. The program included asegment of "Music of AfricanAmericans."

The Concert Choir is composed of50-60 young men and women from alldisciplines of the University.

Directed by Gwendolyn Foster andaccompanied by Allen Foster, the Con-cert Choir sings at Sunday chapel ser-vices and convocations, as well as theannual Winter, Spring and Com-mencement Concerts. Off campus, theChoir performs at churches, schoolsand organizations throughout the East;each spring, the group goes on tour dur-ing the week-long interlude betweenfinal examinations andCommencement.

The Choir's interesting and challeng-ing repertoire includes the music of Af-rican American composers, the classics,popular show tunes, spirituals andgospels.

Gwendolyn Foster also directs theConcert Choir of the Pine ForgeAcademy and conducts televisionbroadcasts by the National Pulpit Choirof the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.Her husband, Allen, is the Minister ofMusic at the Pinn Memorial BaptistChurch in Philadelphia. He is also acomposer/arranger and contributingeditor to the new hymnal of theSeventh-Day Adventist Church.

Dr. Alvin E. Amos is chair of Lin-coln's Music Department. President ofthe Philadelphia Alumni Association isSharlene Roberson, '80; president of theNational Alumni Association is ThelmaHill, 7 1 .

The Effects of Lincoln'sM.H.S. Program on My Life

By Dorothy Bookout, MHS '91

There is something mystical aboutbeing a graduate student. The graduatestudent stands in a hallowed space, in-tense in purpose, dedicated to a broadgoal, yet focused in direction as ad-vanced study narrows down to a par-ticular level of learning.

I have always been in awe of gradu-ate students. The textbooks that clutterthe back seats of their cars appear om-inous and somber-looking. The coversstand out as plain and to the point, andthe print appears to shrink, over-shadowed by the many annotations thatidentify authors, theories and conceptsby a series of names and dates. Tablesand figures list columns of statisticaldata that require great concentration tointerpret; the casual reader cannot steplightly into this. The fact that graduatestudy is expensive stands as a monu-ment to the power of the graduate stu-dent as the ultimate consumer. He orshe has got to possess a superior senseof mission to work in a profession foreight hours, then fly to a classroomwhere the delivery of a high-tomed lec-ture is so swift that notetaking becomesan exercise in futility. Knapsacks seemto be replaced by sleek, leather brief-cases, sides bulging with papers, com-puter printouts, and an occasionalbrown-bagged sandwich tossed hastilyas an afterthought. The world ofillusion!

I sit here with watery eyes that stingfrom lack of sleep. My two cats areperched hungrily over their feedingdish, silently admonishing me for theirneglected state as they face the wall.They have tolerated the clicking of mytypewriter for hours and they have hadenough. My bed has been unmade sinceLabor Day, and discarded shoes anddirty socks dot litter the space beneathmy sleeping loft. The wastebasket bymy desk overflows with wads ofcrumpled paper, representing unfin-ished thoughts, all misspelled beyond

understanding. The assignment sched-ule, tacked on the wall above my desk,cries out to me of deadlines, as I glancefrom keyboard to clock and back tokeyboard. I feel tense, hungry, andstressed, thinking of the wet roads out-side that lead to the rolling, green coun-tryside of Chester County and Lincoln.I remember how that countrysideslipped quickly past last week, as I spedbleary-eyed and robot-like out Route 1.I cannot be late, I cannot be absent. Idare not eat, although my stomachloudly protests, as there remain toomany unwritten pages stacked tightlybeside me, waiting to be rolled into myOlivetti and given life.

My mother sends her love from Cali-fornia, a friend just called to talk andrequests that I call him between certaintimes, and there is the long beep of myanswering machine that indicates endof messages. This machine has re-placed the living, breathing bodies ofmy former friends and family over theweeks since I have been a student atLincoln. So little time, so much to do,so hungry! When I shut my eyes andinhale a long, deep breath, I see in mymind's eye a familiar sight; I have seenit before, when I applied for admission,and I cannot lose sight of it: I see an of-fice door, ajar. Beyond the threshold isa plant-filled office, sparsely but taste-fully furnished, hinting of professional-ism. I see myself and I look over myshoulder as I watch my working, pro-fessional self bending over a client. Theclient has just undergone an intensesession of emotional release in my of-fice, and we both look exhausted butexalted by another triumph over abrooding, malingering past. My profes-sional self softly closes the door with agentle motion of a foot. I see thebronze plate on the door, and I smile atthe engraving: DOROTHY BOOK-OUT, M.H.S. I open my eyes. I have somuch to do to get to that dream.


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"The Capital Campaign is afocused and integrated effort that requires

\ the active and enthusiastic involvement ofthe alumni.'*

president, PepsiCo; Robert E. Williams,managing director, external affairs,DuPont Company, Lincoln trustee.

The Campaign for Lincoln seeks $10million in new capital funding to helpincrease the University's endowmentand to sustain its operation.

Endowment Goals include thefollowing:

$2 Million to Recruit and Retain TopFaculty: Great teaching is theheart and soul of a Lincoln educa-tion. The University constantlyseeks to find, win and keep thebest teacher/scholars in all depart-ments and to encourage their pro-fessional growth. Faculty En-hancement endowment will beused to augment faculty researchfunds and provide for professionaldevelopment, as well as to endowpositions to attract additional high-ly qualified faculty to Lincoln.

$3 Million to Recruit Students ofProven and Potential Ability: Lin-coln historically seeks its studentsfrom among those who have prov-en their capacity as well as thosewho have not yet fully realizedtheir potential. The Universityseeks new endowment to fundboth need-based and merit scho-larships, as well as other forms ofstudent aid. Student Scholarshipendowment will attract to Lincolnmore students of distinguishedacademic and leadership quality.The endowment will allow scho-larships to be awarded on the basisof merit, as well as need.

$3 Million to Enhance Curriculumand Facilities: At Lincoln, newideas and new programs are thelife blood of the institution. Thesemust be supported by the best andmost up-to-date facilities. Amongother things, Curriculum Devel-

opment endowment will supportcourses to strengthen Lincoln'sliberal arts core curriculum, aswell as enrich programs such asthe fine arts, sciences, and socialsciences.

Operating Income Goals include thefollowing:

$1 Million to Improve the Quality ofCampus Life: Each year Lincolnmust enrich the teaching andlearning environment in whichstudents, faculty and visitors inter-act, exchange ideas and becomefamiliar with Lincoln's traditions.Student Life funds will serve toenhance new programs and im-prove physical environments, mak-ing residence halls and student lifeprograms an integral part of thecampus' total learning environment.

$1 Million to Increase Lincoln's In-ternational Impact: Research,teaching and off-campus expe-rience must be strengthened andrevitalized in order to maintainLincoln's leadership position in in-ternational studies and global un-derstanding. International and In-tercultural Affairs funds willenhance programs and develop spe-cial conferences, workshops, andseminars, to provide hands-on ex-periences for students with interna-tional affairs professionals andscholars.

Endowment support is required forLincoln to keep pace with present edu-cational demands as well as futurescientific, technological, and social de-velopment. The Capital Campaign is afocussed and integrated effort that re-quires the active and enthusiastic in-volvement of alumni.

1990 Calendar of Commencement Activities

SATURDAY, MAY 5:9:30 a.m.

10 a.m.-Noon11 a.m.11:30 a.m.

1:30-3:30 p.m.2 p.m.5-6:30 p.m.6:30 p.m.9:30 p.m. .

SUNDAY, MAY6:10 a.m.2:30 p.m.4:30 p.m.

General Alumni Association Executive Council MeetingFriends of the Library Open House50TH REUNION—Class of 1940 Brunch with the PresidentLincoln Invitational Track MeetGeneral Alumni Association Annual MeetingNational Ladies Auxiliary Annual MeetingReunion Class Pictures TakenGeneral Alumni Association Annual BanquetClass Reunions and Graduates-Alumni "Get-Together"

Baccalaureate ServiceCommencement ExercisePresident's Reception for Graduates and Guests of theUniversity

HOMECOMING DAYSaturday, October 27,1990

Dr. Amaza LockettHonored at Luncheon

Dr. Amaza L. Lockett, newsletter ed-itor for the Lincoln University LadiesAuxiliary and president of the AtlanticCity Chapter, was guest of honor at aRecognition Luncheon sponsored bythe National Sorority of Phi DeltaKappa Inc. Iota Chapter on October 7at the Radisson Flagship Resort inAtlantic City, NJ.

Dr. Lockett is a charter member of

the Iota Chapter.The luncheon program included

greetings from numerous friends andassociates of Dr. Lockett, includingGrace Frankowsky, representing Lin-coln University; and Harriet Lamkin,representing the Atlantic City Chapterof the Lincoln University Ladies Auxil-iary. Speaker was the Honorable JamesL. Usry, '46, mayor of Atlantic City.

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Members ofZeta Phi Beta presented the Ladies A uxiliary with historic photographs ofAlumni House as part of the Homecoming Day festivities.

Lincoln UniversityAlumni:

Whereabouts Unknown

Finding a former classmate can bejust like looking for the proverbial"needle in a haystack." But not any-more. Soon, an impressive directory ofour alumni will be available to help youlocate your old friends.

The new Lincoln University AlumniDirectory, scheduled for release inMay/June 1991 will be the most up-to-date and complete reference on over5,300 alumni ever compiled! Thiscomprehensive volume will includecurrent names, addresses, telephonenumbers, academic data, and businessinformation (if applicable), bound intoa classic, library-quality edition.

The Alumni office has contracted theBernard C. Harris Publishing Com-pany, Inc. to produce our directory.Harris will soon begin researching andcompiling the information to be printedin the directory by mailing a question-naire to each alumnus/a. If you prefernot to be in the directory, please con-tact the Office of Alumni Relations inwriting as soon as possible.

The new Lincoln University AlumniDirectory will soon make finding aLincoln University Alumnus as easy asopening a book. Look for more detailson the project in future issues.


Class Notes

Lincoln's oldest living graduate, WIL-LIAM M. ASHBY, celebrated his100th birthday on October 15 at theNewark Public Library in New Jersey.More than 100 friends and familymembers attended the event, and nu-merous speakers—friends andpoliticians—lauded his selflessachievements throughout his life.

A proclamation designated the dayWilliam Ashby Day in Essex County,and congratulatory letters from Presi-dent Bush, Gov. Thomas Kean and Sen.Frank Lautenberg were read.

Ashby, who is also the oldest livinggraduate of the Yale School of Divinity,is the first African American to have astate building named in his honor (theWilliam M. Ashby Department ofCommunity Affairs Building in Tren-ton); New Jersey's first African Ameri-can social worker; a founder and firstdirector of the Newark Negro WelfareLeague (now the Urban League); andthe author of three books. He now livesat the Brookhaven Health Care Centerin East Orange and remains active in anumber of organizations, includingFrontier International, a 1,000 membernational fraternal organization; and theNewark Preservation and LandmarksCommittee, which he helped found in1973.

'32GEORGE W. GALLOWAY, a residentof West Grove, was recently the featureof a local newspaper article. A retiree,he grows a remarkable vegetable andfruit garden and frequently travels toCanada, Scotland, and all over theUnited States. The latter are a favoritesubject for his talks at the Oxford Sen-ior Center, of which he is an activemember.

Prior to Lincoln, Galloway attendedthe University of Delaware on a base-ball/soccer scholarship. After college,he taught school in California, then re-turned east where he worked as a dis-trict sales manager for the NVF Com-pany in Kennett Square. He retiredfrom the Brandywine Fibre Companyin 1976.

Galloway is married to the formerBernice Johnson. The couple has foursons, Ronald, Vaughn, Glenn, and Er-rol, all of whom live in the southernChester County area.

Lincoln's oldest livingalumnus, William M.Ashby 7 /, shared col-lege experiences atHomecoming 1988 withJefferson Jones '88 andCrystal Cubbage '89.

Dr. H. ALFRED FARRELL, executivesecretary of the LU Alumni Associationsince 1962, co-chaired the 1989 Ox-ford Civic Association's fund drive.

Dr. Farrell retired from Lincoln in1984, after 32 years of service— 17 aschair of the English Department. In1987, he was awarded an honoraryDoctor of Laws degree.

'34, '37sThe Rt. Rev. QUINTIN EBENEZERPRIMO JR. recently attended servicesand the parish picnic of the SayreChurch of the Redeemer in Towanda,PA, where he preached, baptized, con-firmed, received and reaffirmed. Ac-companied by his wife Winifred, the re-tired Bishop Primo, who lives inWilmington, DE, joined the congrega-tion at Mt. Pisgah State Park, substitut-ing for the Bishop of Bethlehem, the Rt.Rev. J. Mark Dyer, who was onsabbatical.

One of the first Black bishops to beconsecrated in the American EpiscopalChurch, Bishop Primo graduated fromVirginia Theological Seminary with aMaster of Divinity Degree in 1941. Therecipient of several honorary degrees,he was ordained deacon in 1941 andpriest in 1942 and served parishes inFlorida, North Carolina, New York,and Delaware before being elected Suf-fragan Bishop of Chicago in 1972. Hewent on in that capacity until 1984,when he retired. He served as InterimBishop of Delaware from 1985 to 1986and remains busy filling in for bishopsin various locations.

'35Dr. FRANK "TICK" COLEMAN,Special Assistant to the President forAlumni Giving at Lincoln, calls on hisclassmates to make a special effort toattend their 55th reunion on Saturday,May 5, 1990 during CommencementWeekend.

'39Rev. Dr. LEROY PATRICK, an LUtrustee and former president of thePittsburgh Board of Education, recentlydebated Homer Floyd, executive direc-tor of the Pennsylvania Human Rela-tions Commission, on the merits ofPropositions 48 and 42 at a NAACP-sponsored public forum held at PennState Fayette Campus. Dr. Patrickspoke as a proponent of the rules,which require incoming freshmen ath-letes to Division I schools to have aminimum 2.0 high school grade pointaverage in an academic core curricu-lum and earn at least 700 points on theScholastic Aptitude Test (ACT).

The Reverend LeRoy Patrick '39

'46Dr. EDWARD S. COOPER—a profes-sor of medicine at the Hospital of theUniversity of Pennsylvania, a 24-yearmember of its medical staff and an in-ternationally recognized expert onstroke and hypertension—recently re-ceived media attention as the personaldoctor of Mayor Goode of Philadel-phia, who was hospitalized for a possi-ble heart attack.

Dr. Cooper came to Philadelphia in1949 from Columbia, SC, to join thestaff of the old Philadelphia GeneralHospital and soon became president ofthe medical staff and co-director of itsStroke Research Center. He is now amember of the Policy Board of the Na-tional Institute of Health and of the ex-ecutive committee of the Stroke Coun-cil of the American Heart Association,only two of dozens of titles andmemberships.

Dr. Cooper stated that being Goode'sdoctor has given him a forum to pro-mote his "favorite causes"; namely, let-ting people know the severity and fre-quency of hypertension amongminorities, particularly African Ameri-cans, and making it known that minori-ties need more access to medical

treatment. "Two-and-a half times moreAfrican Americans have hypertensionthan whites," he said, "And among Af-rican American males between the agesof 25 and 55, the rate is four times thatof whites."

Admitting that genetics is a largefactor, Dr. Cooper advises people tohave their blood pressure and choles-terol checked, quit smoking, and watchtheir diet. He also advocates some formof government sponsored medical in-surance for the poor and urges minorityyoung people to aspire to careers inmedicine. "We constitute only 2 or2.17 percent of the physicians in Amer-ica, yet we are 12 percent of the popu-lation," he said.

Dr. Cooper's daughters both holdM.D. degrees from the University ofPennsylvania. Lisa Cooper-Hudgins isa pediatrician at Rockefeller Universityin New York City, and Jan Cooper-Jones is an endocrinologist at TulaneUniversity in New Orleans. His son,Charles, is a psychologist practicing onthe West Coast. Dr. Cooper and hiswife, Jean Wilder Cooper, live in theMount Airy section of Philadelphia.

'49RAYMOND BUTLER retired last yearfrom his long-time job as director offield services for United Teachers ofLos Angeles but has twice been calledback for consultation to offer his exper-tise on district/school relations and or-ganization of strike activities. A WorldWar II veteran, he attended graduateschool at the University of Pittsburghand taught science for 14 years beforetaking on the directorship. The LosAngeles School District, which utilizesthe schools year-round, is 422 squaremiles in area and serves a large, diversepopulation. According to Butler, prob-lems related to bussing, crowding, pov-erty and drugs are enormous andcomplex.

Butler resides in Los Angeles withhis wife JoAnne and vacations in hishometown of Sewickley, PA.

Philadelphia Common Pleas CourtJudge CALVIN T. WILSON received aPresidential Citation from the NationalAssociation for Equal Opportunity inHigher Education. Presently assignedto the Orphans' Court, he is secretaryof the Board of Judges for the Court ofCommon Pleas.

ex'52Dr. SAMUEL L. WOODARD has beennamed chair of the Department of Ed-ucational Leadership at Howard Uni-versity in Washington, DC.

Recently, he conducted a Self Es-teem Workshop for 96 elementarychildren at Lewisdale Summer Schoolin Prince George's County, MD. Lew-isdale's administrator is Dr. Woodard'swife, Dr. Linda Waples.


Class Notes

Nathan Waters, '54

'54NATHAN H. WATERS JR. has beenappointed to the Board of Trustees ofThe Dickinson School of Law in Car-lisle, PA, of which he is a graduate.

Waters is a native of Harrisburg, PA,where he is now a partner in the lawfirm of Rhoads & Sinon. He has longbeen involved in law and education incentral Pennsylvania, serving as actingcity solicitor for Harrisburg, solicitorfor Neighborhood Day Care Centers,Inc., and currently as counsel for theState Board of Claims. Prior to attend-ing Dickinson, he taught and served asan assistant high school principal inHarrisburg.

'57The Honorable LEVAN GORDON,Judge of the Philadelphia Court ofCommon Pleas, was elected Chairmanof the Board of the National Associa-tion of Blacks in Criminal Justice(NABCJ) at the group's annual confer-ence held recently in Los Angeles, CA.The election was for a three-year period.

Based in Washington, DC, NABCJ isa non-profit, non-partisan, multi-ethnicprofessional association of individualscommitted to the goal of improving theadministration of justice at the local,state and federal levels.

A resident of the Mt. Airy section ofPhiladelphia, PA, and a graduate ofHoward University Law School, JudgeGordon was elected by the generalmembership of NABCJ in 1986 toserve as a member of the Board for athree-year period. In his new capacity,he will have general charge of the af-fairs of NABCJ to insure the implemen-tation of the organization's goals andobjectives.

'61DAVID W. JAY has been appointedassistant superintendent for social andrehabilitative services at AllentownState Hospital in Pennsylvania. A na-tive of Bethlehem, PA, Jay holds a mas-ter's degree in social work from theUniversity of Pennsylvania. He beganat Allentown State as a caseworker(1965-71), became a social work su-pervisor (1971-73), served as directorof Social Services for Children (1973-85), and then as director of Adult So-cial Work Services from 1985 to hiscurrent promotion. He also served asacting superintendent of Fairview StateHospital (1982-83) and is currentlypart of the management team oversee-ing the closure of Philadelphia StateHospital.

Jay and his wife, Regina, reside inBethlehem Township and are the par-ents of one child, Kevin, 25, who is sta-tioned in Honshu, Japan, with the U.S.Army.

Judge Levan Gordon

'62Dr. JAKE MILLIONES, a clinical psy-chologist with Western Psychiatric In-stitute and Clinic in Pittsburgh, PA, hasbeen elected a Pittsburgh citycouncilman.

Holder of a Ph.D. from the Universi-ty of Pittsburgh and president and 11-year member of the Pittsburgh SchoolBoard, Dr. Milliones was the subject ofa four-page feature article in a recentissue of Pittsburgh Magazine. He wascited for his community activism, in-cluding the organization of a Pitts-burgers Against Apartheid protest at aconcert which cited the musician'smonetary gains in South Africa; chair-manship of a task force on drugs andalcohol in the schools; and numerousaccomplishments of the School Board.

Dr. Milliones was married to Mar-garet Dobbins, a Mississippi FreedomRider, Pitt graduate and former Pitts-burgh School Board member who diedin 1968.

'66A sports feature on Rich Schinholsterwritten by HAROLD FREEMAN re-cently won a first place award in thenationwide Ingersoll Editorial Excel-lence competition. A sports, featuresand news writer for the GermantownCourier in Philadelphia, PA, Freemanholds a master's degree in educationfrom Temple University and has stu-died broadcast journalism at ColumbiaUniversity's graduate school.

Film critic and historian DONALDBOGLE's illustrated encyclopedia,Blacks in America Films and Television(1988. New York: Garland Publishing,Inc.), was reviewed by one critic as"thorough, enlightening and, as is al-ways true with Bogle's work, arresting-ly written." The book contains syn-opses and analyses of Black-orientedfilms and television programs, inde-pendently made "race" movies andprofiles of Black stars. There are rarephotographs, a valuable index, andcommentary that puts in historicalperspective the Black media image as ithas been portrayed through the years.

Bogle recently presented a program(sponsored by the Lectures and RecitalsCommittee), "Blacks in Film," in Lin-coln's Ware Center Little Theatre. Healso wrote Toms, Coons, Mulattos,Mammies and Bucks, an InterpretativeHistory of Blacks in American Films,and produced and wrote "Brown Sugar:80 Years of America's Black FemaleSuperstars," which appeared as a four-part Public Television special.

Bogle recently served as specialguest on a WHAT live radio broadcastof a symposium "The Role of BlackTelevision, Film and Video in Ameri-ca." The program was held in connec-tion with Philadelphia's Afro-AmericanHistorical and Cultural Museum-hostedTenth Anniversary Celebration of"City Lights," a KYW-TV show hostedby Elleanor Jean Hendley.

'68Dr. J. PAUL STEPHENS, director ofAlumni Relations and former senior as-sistant to the president, was featured ina Freedom Theatre/Moe Septee presen-tation of the Langston Hughes (LU '29)stage hit, "Simply Heavenly," at theShubert Theater in Philadelphia. Heplayed the dockworker in the produc-tion which starred Tony Award-winning actress Melba Moore. Free-dom Theatre is nationally acclaimed asthe oldest continuously operating, pro-fessional African American theatrecompany in the country.

A resident of Swarthmore, PA, Dr.Stephens formerly served as an assist-ant dean at Dartmouth College and amath teacher in Philadelphia schools.He holds a doctorate from IndianaUniversity and is married to Dean JanetDickerson of Swarthmore College.

'71DOROTHY JACKSON, administrativeassistant to Representative EdolphusTowns (D, New York), is heading up a20-member Council of Black Adminis-trative Assistants and Associates, re-cently organized as a Democratic coun-teroffensive on Capitol Hill to Pres.Bush's drive to "star" young Blacks inadministrative policy-making roles.Comprised of the House of Representa-tives' highest ranked Black profession-als, the group will focus attention onjob opportunities and careers in gov-ernment service, and encourageyounger people to aspire to legislativepositions and learn the legwork neces-sary for political careers.

A graduate of Seton Hall LawSchool, Jackson is a former New YorkCity public school teacher and hasworked in law firms and headed Dem-ocratic groups.


Class Notes

'73LAURA A. NELSON-TURNER is ateacher in the Reading, PA, School Dis-trict's Bilingual Program. She holds amaster of arts degree and credits to-ward a Ph.D.

'74WILLIAM M. BARBER, former as-sistant director of financial aid at Lin-coln, has assumed the position of asso-ciate director of financial aid at NorthCarolina Central A&T University inGreensboro. Originally from Westbury,NY, Barber was employed by Lincolnfor seven years. In 1989, he receivedthe Presidential Award for OutstandingDedication and Service.

William M. Barber, '74, at Lincoln in1985.

GERALD H. FOEMAN II has joinedthe faculty of Philadelphia College ofTextiles and Science as an instructor inthe Humanities Department. Formerly,he served as a part-time instructor atTemple University in Philadelphia.

Foeman holds a doctorate in politicaland urban sociology from Temple anda master's degree in criminal/social so-ciology from Ohio State University.

'75University of Southern California LegalAffairs attorney DENISE SPEAKSwon campus-wide acclaim with a high-ly innovative seminar, "Sports andLaw." Designed to teach sports law toaspiring professional athletes and pros-pective sports attorneys, it featured asguest lecturers athletic superstars andbusiness executives. It is anticipatedthat the seminar will prove to be amodel for other universities.

Speaks, whose LU degree is inFrench, holds a J.D. degree from theUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Law.A member of the Pennsylvania, Cali-fornia and Federal bars, she has servedas chief counsel for Celebrity Profes-sional Services, an entertainment man-agement firm which also representsprofessional athletes; as a Mellon Banktax attorney; and as a French teacher.She has been included in several prom-inent listings, including "Who's Who ofAmerican Women," "Who's Who inCalifornia," and "Outstanding YoungWomen in America."

SHARON CHILDS JAMISON is theassistant director of admissions andminority recruiter for Columbus Col-lege in Columbus, GA. She is creditedwith developing three successful pro-grams; namely, the Minority Recruit-ment Task Force, which consists of col-lege and community representativeswho have established a resource bank,community meetings, etc.; the BlackApplause Banquet, where Columbushonors African Americans who havemade contributions to the community;and the Columbus College TeenAchievers, which involves eighth andninth grade students' participation inmonthly activities at the College. Shealso does SAT workshops for students.

Jamison was recently honored for hercommunity service by the Black Entre-preneurs and by Columbus administra-tor Merryll S. Penson, who said that"Sharon goes about all this in a quietbut enthusiastic way . . . it is the SharonChilds Jamisons that truly exemplifythe values of an institution."

'77DONALD HUNT, who is employed bythe Philadelphia School District in itspublic relations office, free lances forThe Philadelphia Inquirer. His recentlypublished article, "Lincoln U. has har-vested blue-chip basketball crop," fea-tured Lincoln coach Bob Byars, whohas signed a number of outstandingplayers for the 1989-90 season.

'82Master of Human Services Programgraduate FRANCES E. DAVIS, assist-ant vice president for community af-fairs at Drexel University in Philadel-phia, has been elected president of theWest Philadelphia Chamber of Com-merce. She took office on July 1 andwill serve a two-year term; her dutiesinclude the responsibility for promotingbusiness and economic development inthe West Philadelphia area, where thechamber represents about 180 memberbusinesses and institutions. One of twoChamber members representing Drexelfor the past six years, Davis previouslyserved as first vice president responsi-ble for programs.

Davis joined Drexel in 1966 as a se-cretary to the dean of admissions. In1970, she became administrative as-sistant to the vice president for com-munity affairs and government rela-tions, and served as special assistant tothe vice president before being nameddirector of community affairs in 1981.She was named assistant vice presidentin 1984.

Active in civic affairs, Davis is alsofirst vice president of the PhiladelphiaClub of the National Association ofNegro Business and ProfessionalWomen; a member of the board of di-rectors of the Southwest BelmontYWCA; and a director of the CrimePrevention Association. She is also amember of the Association of BlackWomen in Higher Education, the WestPhiladelphia Partnership, the WestPhiladelphia Branch of the AmericanRed Cross, and the Lancaster AvenueCommunity Fund.

'86Master of Human Services graduateJUANITA A. HADDAD has beennamed assistant affirmative action of-ficer in Penn State's Office of Affirma-tive Action. She is responsible for en-suring that the University is incompliance with federal and state legis-lation and other laws and regulationsgoverning equal employment and af-firmative action.

Haddad served for two years as di-rector of youth services for the Phila-delphia Housing Authority and eightyears as a police officer in the JuvenileAid Division.

Master of Human Services graduateSUSAN ZEHEL and her husband Mi-chael Zehel own and operate Progres-sive Living Units and Systems (PLUS),a company founded on Mrs. Zehel'smaster's thesis: a strategy for rehabili-tating victims of brain injury. The firmhas a staff of 50 serving 19 clients infive homes and three townhousesthroughout Bucks County in Pennsyl-vania and plans to be serving 30 in 15facilities by the end of 1989. Itsrevenues of $16,000 in 1985 grew to$1.4 million in 1988. Clients are fromthroughout the country, and calls arereceived from as far away as Paris,France, and Warsaw, Poland.

DEBRA C. GEORGE, OTR, received abachelor of science degree in occupa-tional therapy from the Dominican Col-lege of Blauvelt in New York. An LUmagnum cum laude graduate who ma-jored in therapeutic recreation, Georgealso holds an A.A. degree from LehighCommunity College in Allentown, PA.

A native of Oxford, PA, George suc-cessfully completed the certificationexamination with the American Occu-pational Therapy Certification Boardand is a registered Occupational Ther-apist. She is currently employed as thedirector of activities for the OxfordManor Nursing Home and does consul-tant work for several nursing home fa-cilities. She is the wife of Lewis H.George Jr. and has two children: Josh-ua, 8, and Joseph, 2.


In Memoriam

'27HENRY LAWRENCE SUMMERALLdied on June 20,1986, following a longillness.

Born in 1901 in Baxley, GA, Mr.Summerall taught school and thenserved as a principal in Virginia. He issurvived by two foster sons, BenjaminArkward of Troy, VA, and RichardArkward of Pennsylvania; a brother,Scotia M. White of St. Simons Island,GA; seven nephews; seven nieces; and agreat uncle. Mr. Summerall's FinalTribute was said at Greater St. JamesA.M.E. Church in Blackshear, GA, fol-lowed by interment in BrunswickCemetery.

'33Dr. WENDELL L. PRICE died on July13 in Trenton, NJ, where he practiceddentistry for a number of years.

'36DAVID COLLINS SR. died on August30 at the Southern Chester CountyMedical Center in West Grove, PA, af-ter a long illness. He was 74.

A retired meteorologist and formergift shop proprietor, Mr. Collins was aresident of Pocomoke City, MD. Heowned and operated the Collins Ba-zaar, an Oxford, PA, gift shop, beforebeginning a career in 1962 as a mete-orologist with the National Oceanogra-phic and Atmospheric Administrationin Wallops Island, VA. He retired asdeputy station manager in 1979.

Collins did graduate work at theMassachusetts Institute of Technologyand served in the U.S. Army Air Forceduring World War II and the KoreanWar. He remained in the Air Force Re-serves, retiring with the rank of lieuten-ant colonel. A charter member of theNassawango Country Club in SnowHill, MD, he was also a member of theRetired Officers Association, OxfordLodge 353, Free and Accepted Masons,Benevolent and Protective Order ofElks Lodge 1624, Alfa-Romeo OwnersClub, and Pitts Creek PresbyterianChurch in Pocomoke City.

He is survived by his wife, JuliaGolden Collins; a son, David L., Jr.; adaughter, Margaret C. Westfall; fourgrandchildren; and a sister, Laura C.Todd.

'41Dr. WILLIAM (BILL) MACKGARDNER died peacefully in his sleepon June 26, following an extended ill-ness. He was 70.

Born in Union, SC, and raised inPottsville, PA, Dr. Garner was a gradu-ate of the Medical School of Howard

University and practiced medicine for41 years in Baltimore, MD, where heresided. He retired in 1987 and was amember of numerous medical andcommunity organizations as well as theOmega Fraternity and the Guardsmen'sSocial Club.

Dr. Gardner is survived by his wifeof 46 years, Wilhelmina CorneliaAllen, who is the daughter of the latepresident of Virginia Seminary, Dr.Madison C. Allen; and two daughters,Wilhelma and Patricia. A memorial hasbeen established for the building fundof the Madison Avenue PresbyterianChurch in Baltimore, in care of JeanneCummings.

'46MILTON E. BANTON died on No-vember 18, 1988, after an extended ill-ness. Originally of the Class of 1942,he returned to Lincoln after his educa-tion was interrupted by service inWorld War II. In his memory, a checkwas presented to the University by NewYork dentist Dr. ALTON L. WARE-HAM, '42.

'53Dr. SIDNEY H. ESTES died in July atthe age of 57.

Born in Atlanta, GA, he graduatedfrom Booker T. Washington HighSchool and, after Lincoln, earned adoctorate in education from AtlantaUniversity. His career, mostly spentserving the Atlanta Public School Sys-tem, included the following positions:assistant superintendent for Instruction-al Planning and Development forAtlanta Schools, director of the doctor-al program in educational administra-tion at Atlanta University, executive di-rector of the Education ImprovementProject, principal of the Ralph Robin-son Elementary School, a teacher atThomas H. Slater Elementary School,adjunct professor at the University ofGeorgia and Georgia State University,visiting professor of education at Spel-man College, instructor for the UpwardBound Program at Indiana University.

A noted speaker, Dr. Estes travelledthroughout the country and served as aconsultant for workshops, laboratories,and conventions. His writings werepublished in several educational jour-nals and studies.

Dr. Estes was a member of the Na-tional College Board, the Associationfor Supervisors and Curriculum Devel-opment, Phi Delta Kappa ProfessionalFraternity, Boy Scouts of America(BSA), Leadership Atlanta, the Mayor'sTask Force on Education, and AlphaPhi Alpha Fraternity. He was a directorof the Gate City Nursery Association

Board of Directors, an elder of theRadcliffe Presbyterian Church, andchairman of the Atlanta Clean CityCommission. Listed in Who's WhoAmong Black Americans, Dr. Esteswas a recipient of the DistinguishedAlumni Service Award from IndianaUniversity, and the BSA Silver BeaverAward.

Dr. Estes is survived by his wife Bar-bara; children Sidmel Estes-Sumpter,Edward M., Cheryl and Christopher;mother Fannie W. Estes; and grand-children, nieces and cousins.

ex '68, 73RICHARD A. DAVIS, 43, of Rich-mond, VA, and formerly of Harrisburg,PA, died on September 16, 1989.

A public health administrator for theU.S. Department of Health and HumanServices, Mr. Davis was a VietnamWar veteran. He was a member of St.Paul's Episcopal Church, Omega PsiPhi fraternity, the Naval Reserve andthe Virginia Public Health Association,and a former member of Rotary Inter-national. Surviving are two sisters,Carol A. Gamble and Phyllis Martinez,both of Harrisburg.

'68DONALD BRANCH died on August10 in a Philadelphia restaurant, the in-nocent victim of bullets intended for aleader of the Junior Black Mafia, anorganized crime group.

A native of New Bedford, MA,Branch did graduate work at the Uni-versity of Pennsylvania. He worked forUnivac, RCA and Analytics, Inc., as ananalyst and software expert beforestarting his own firm, Software Man-agement Associates, Inc., which spe-cialized in government contracts andwas based in the Wyncote section ofPhiladelphia.

A sports enthusiast, Branch was amember of the Charles Young PostSoftball Team for over 12 years, aswell as an accomplished tennis playerwho won several tournaments. He issurvived by his wife, Diane; son, Da-mon, 14; daughter, Danielle, 10; hismother, Carrie Branch; a sister, KarenBranch Floyd; and his grandmother,Maggie Cooper.

Donald Branch, '68, left forefront

'77RANDY LEWIS BRYANT died onSeptember 5, following a long illness.

Mr. Bryant attended PhiladelphiaPublic Schools and graduated fromLincoln Cum Laude. Holder of a JurisDoctor degree from the University ofPittsburgh School of Law, he was en-gaged in private practice in Philadel-phia as a criminal lawyer.

A recipient of the 1982 OutstandingYoung Men of America Award and aformer history teacher in the Philadel-phia Public School System, he served asdirector of the High School LegalTraining Program. He was an activemember of the Holy Temple Church ofGod in Christ and of the Pennsylvaniaand Philadelphia Bar Associations, alife member of the Philadelphia AlumniChapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity,Inc., and a member of Barristers Asso-ciation of Philadelphia and Phi AlphaDelta Fraternity International.

Mr. Bryant is survived by his mother,Peggy A. Monk; a sister, Stacy L.Monk; grandmother, Anna W. Bryant;three uncles; and four aunts.

'85CRAIG STARKS died in October inAtlanta, GA.

A public affairs major at Lincoln,Mr. Starks was active in the ConcertChoir and Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.He did graduate work at the Universityof Pittsburgh.

Mr. Starks is survived by his motherand brother. A memorial service washeld for him in Lincoln's Mary DodBrown Memorial Chapel on October29.


Homecoming 1989

The Homecoming Parade featured floats by many campus organizations, including theInternational Club which placed third in the float competition.

AUTO DECORATION COMPETITIONWINNERS

First Place: Computer Science Club

Second: Chemistry Club

Third: International Club

Fourth: Biology Club

Fifth: Russian Club

Mi: Lincoln, Vaughn Foster '91, and MissLincoln, Rosiland Gross '91, reigned overHomecoming 1989.

President Niara Sudarkasa, Dr. H. Alfred Fan-ell '34, Ms. Thelma Hill '71, and Dr.Frank "Tick" Coleman '35, at the Homecoming Alumni Luncheon.

Homecoming 1989 featured the annual Greek Step Show at the Student Union Building.


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Anita L. Hawkins '856613 Seventh Place, NWWashington, DC 20012

Joseph V. Williams, Jr. '684009 Byron RoadBrandywine HillsWilmington, DE 19802

(302) 762-5225

Jeran E.Butler'7125406 Tatnall StreetWilmington, DE 19802

(302) 762-0864

General Alumni Association National OfficersPRESIDENT

ThelmaL. Hill '713956 North Ninth StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19140

(215)228-0312VP-EAST

Bruce M. Benson '751032 Duncan AvenueYeadon, PA 19050

(215)284-6975

VP-SOUTHWilliam M. Jordan, Jr. '371327 Beatties Ford RoadCharlotte, NC 28216

(704)376-2368VP-CENTRAL

Peter P. Cobbs, Jr., Esq. '491540 First National BuildingDetroit, MI 48226

(313)259-2670

VP-WESTMaurice H. Brewster '788561 Saturn Street, #4Los Angeles, CA 90035

(213)652-6524TREASURER

Joseph V. Williams, Jr. '684009 Byron RoadBrandywine HillsWilmington, DE 19802

(302)762-5225

HISTORIANDr. Calvin S. Morris '633000 Seventh Street, NWWashington, DC 20017

(202)635-8535EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

Dr. H. Alfred Farrell '34(215)932-2013


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