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MOREHOUSE COLLEGE TO CELEBRATE FOUNDERS' WEEK 2000, FEB. 10-13

ATLANTA, January 27, 2000 - Morehouse College will celebrate its 133rd anniversary during Founders' Week 2000, Feb. 10-13. The four-day event includes the annual Founders' Week concert, "A Candle in the Dark" Gala, and the Glee Club concert. Here is a complete listing of Founders' Day activities:

Thursday, Feb. 10
Founders' Day Convocation
Keynote Speaker, Chester Davenport, Class of '63
Managing Director, Georgetown Partners, LLC
(Performance by the Morehouse College Glee Club)
10:45 a.m., The Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel (King Chapel)

Friday, Feb. 11
Founders' Day Concert
Featuring Jazz Recording Artist Najee
Special Guest, Actor and Comedian Jonathan Slocumb
8 p.m., King Chapel, 8 p.m.
(Tickets are available through Ticketmaster at 404-249-6400.)

Saturday, Feb. 12
"Reflections of Excellence" Panel Discussion
featuring Candle and Bennie Honorees
11 a.m., Sale Hall Chapel
(Free and open to the public)

"A Candle in the Dark" Gala
7 p.m., Hyatt Regency Atlanta Hotel
(Tickets are available through the Morehouse College Office of Institutional Advancement at
404-215-2658.)

Sunday, Feb. 13
Founders' Day Worship Service
Guest Minister: The Reverend Jessie Mapson '67
Pastor, Monumental Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Penn.
11 a.m., King Chapel

Morehouse College Glee Club Concert
Featuring Glee Club Reunion Alumni
4 p.m., King Chapel
(Free and open to the public)

For more information on Founders' Week activities, call the Office of Institutional Advancement at 404-215-2660, or review the official Morehouse College web page at www.Morehouse.edu.

One of the most distinguished institutions of higher education, Morehouse College is the nation's only historically black, private liberal arts college for men. Founded in 1867, the College enrolls approximately 3,000 students and confers bachelor's degrees on more black men than any other institution in the world. In addition to offering 36 majors in the humanities, natural and social sciences, Morehouse provides a number of programs and activities to enhance its challenging liberal arts program, including the Leadership Center at Morehouse College, the Morehouse Research Institute, and the Andrew Young Center for International Affairs.

Prominent alumni include Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Peace Prize laureate and civil rights leader; Donald R. Hopkins, senior consultant for the Carter Presidential Center and director of the Guinea Worm Eradication Program; Dr. David Satcher, U.S. Surgeon General; Walter E. Massey, president of Morehouse College and former director of the National Science Foundation; and Nima A. Warfield, the first African-American Rhodes Scholar from a historically black college or university.

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