Year Elected: 1980

Board Committee(s):

• Audit
• Governance/Trusteeship

Professional Affiliations Include:

• Retired judge, Ohio District Courts of Appeals, Common Pleas and Municipal Courts
• Arbitrator and Mediator
• Board Member,Woodlawn Cemetery
• Board Member, Society Bank & Trust Company
• Board Member, Summer Camp Inc.
• Board Member, Corporation for Effective Government
• Emeritus Board Member, Toledo Museum of Art
• Emeritus Board Member, Toledo Boys & Girls Club

Education:

• Bachelor of Arts,Morehouse College, 1947
• Juris Doctorate, University of Toledo, 1950

Achievements Include:

• Inductee, National Bar Association Hall of Fame, 1995
• “Lawyer of the Year Award,” Toledo Bar Association, 1987
• Toledo Junior Bar Association’s Order of the Heel Award, 1987
• NAFEO’s “Outstand Graduate of a Historically Black College” Award, 1986
• Golden Gavel Award, Ohio Common Pleas Judges Assocation, 1986
• Gold “T” Alumnus Award, University of Toledo, 1982
• Honorary Doctor of Laws,Morehouse College, 1980