Elected Year: 1979

Board Committee(s):

• Executive
• Governance/Trusteeship
• Howard Thurman Trust

Professional Affiliations Include:

• Pastor,Mount Olivet Institutional Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio
• Former Chair, Morehouse College Board of Trustees
• Former Co-Pastor, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga.
• National Board Member and Trustee, The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Non-Violence and Social Change

Education:

• Bachelor of Arts,Morehouse College, 1956
• Master of Divinity, Morehouse School of Religion/Interdenominational Theological
  Center, 1959
• Doctorate, United Theological Seminary, 1990

Achievements Include:

• Special guest of President Bill Clinton to witness signing of the peace treaty between Israel and Jordan
• Candle in Religion Award,Morehouse College, 1991
• Honorary Degree Recipient,Morehouse College, 1977
• Role Model of the Year Award, National Institute for Responsible Fatherhood and Family Development
• Leadership Award, American Jewish Committee (Cleveland Chapter)
• 2004 participant, the Oxford Round Table, Oxford, England
• Guest presenter, Lyman Beecher Lecture Series, Yale University