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Photo by I. Henry Phillips in 1947, Annapolis, MD
FOUNDERS DAY CONVOCATION
CELEBRATING MORGAN’S LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP IN CIVIL RIGHTS (1947–1963)
November 10, 2011
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FOUNDERS DAY CONVOCATION
CELEBRATING MORGAN’S LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP IN CIVIL RIGHTS (1947–1963)
Founders day ConvoCation
Thursday, November 10, 2011
11:00 a.m.
The James H. and Louise Hayley Gilliam Concert Hall
The Carl J. Murphy Fine Arts Center
2201 Argonne Drive
Baltimore, Maryland 21251
www.morgan.edu
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F
ounders Day annually commemorates the founding of the
institution that is now Morgan State University in 1867
and celebrates the vision, dedication and sacrifice shown by
the administrators, benefactors, faculty, staff and students
who made Morgan possible.
This year, our annual observance will highlight Morgan students’ role in the civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s,
calling national attention to Morgan students’ unsung role in
the dismantling of segregation. Morgan student activists
staged their first organized sit-in before the celebrated sit-in
in Greensboro, North Carolina, normally cited as the beginning of the revolutionary fervor of the 1960s.We honor their
contributions to civil rights and social justice. They truly
demonstrated an unswerving commitment to what President
Wilson has described as “Growing the Future, Leading the
World.”TM
This booklet contains the program for the annual Founders
Day Convocation, which will be held on November 10, 2011.
The convocation will be highlighted by a keynote address delivered by The Honorable John Lewis, a stalwart of the student
protests of the 1960s and now U.S. Representative from Georgia’s Fifth Congressional District.
Join us for this event, as we honor the legacy of our past and
recommit to our obligations to the present and the future.
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1955 SIT-IN BY MORGAN STUDENTS AT READ’S DRUG STORE
One of the earliest sit-ins of the Civil Rights Movement took
place in January 1955, at the Read’s Drug Store at the corner of
Howard and Lexington Streets in downtown Baltimore, when
Morgan students protested discrimination by insisting that
they be served at the lunch counter.
Photo courtesy of the BGE Collection at The Baltimore Museum of Industry.
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e Founding
Morgan State University (1975–) is the fourth stage in the institution’s development. The University’s missions are derived
from the Maryland State Commission on Higher Education:
M
organ’s history began in 1867. The Centenary Biblical Institute (1867–1890), the first epoch, was established by
the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church to
train young Black men as ministers for their congregations.
Morgan will have three primary missions: teaching, research
and service. These missions will be based on Morgan’s dual emphasis on the undergraduate liberal arts programs and urbanoriented graduate programs. Morgan will develop into the
State’s primary public institution dealing with programs that
address specific social, political and economic concerns of urban
areas. Major program emphasis will include transportation systems, urban and regional planning and design, economic development, and programs addressing special social problems of the
cities.
Morgan College (1890–1939), the second important phase in
the institution’s development, signaled a broadening of the
mission to educate men and women for careers other than the
ministry.With the changing of the name to Morgan College,
the mission became to prepare Black persons of good moral
standing for careers in public school teaching and other careers. Morgan College remained private and church-controlled, but its governing board was expanded to include
prominent citizens in the community.
The University consists of nine major academic units: the College of Liberal Arts; the School of Architecture and Planning;
the Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management; the
School of Community Health and Policy; the School of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences; the School of Education and Urban Studies; the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. School
of Engineering; the School of Social Work and the School of
Graduate Studies.
Morgan State College (1939–1975) was created in 1939 when
the institution was purchased from the Methodist Episcopal
Church by the State of Maryland The governance of Morgan, a
state-supported college, passed to an independent Board of
Trustees (from 1939 to 1967) and to the State Board of
Trustees of State Colleges (from 1967 to 1975).
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e university Mace
CHIEF FACULTY MARSHALS
1914–1948 Dr. Milton L. Calloway
1948–1966 Dr. George H. Spaulding
1966–1974 Dr. Nathaniel K. Proctor
1974–2009 Dr. Clayton C. Stansbury
2010–
Dr. Milford A. Jeremiah
The mace was originally used as an offensive weapon, made
of iron or steel, to break through armor. It was later used
mainly as a symbol of authority. It was introduced in the
twelfth century in France by Phillip II and in England by
Richard I as an emblem of authority of state officials. The
mace was borne by sergeants-at-arms who served as royal
bodyguards to kings and other royal dignitaries. This emblem has been adopted by colleges and universities throughout the United States and is usually borne by the Chief
Faculty Marshal in academic processions.
The Morgan State University Mace is made of wood from one
of the oldest buildings that existed on campus, a polished
stone from the campus quarry, and three silver strips, each engraved with an epoch of Morgan’s history. It is decorated with
silver clasps and semi-precious stones. It was a gift to the University from the General Alumni Association (June 4, 1956).
The Mace was designed and executed by the late Dr. Charles W.
Stallings, formerly of the Morgan State University faculty in
the Department of Art.
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e Presidents of the university
J. Emory Round, D.D., 1872–1882
W. Maslin Frysinger, D.D., 1882–1888
Francis J.Wagner, D.D., 1888–1901
Charles Edmond Young, D.D., 1901–1902 (Acting)
John O. Spencer, Ph.D., L.L.D., 1902–1937
Dwight O.W. Holmes, Ph.D., 1937–1948
Martin D. Jenkins, Ph.D., L.L.D., 1948–1970
Thomas P. Fraser, Ph.D.,August 1970–February 1971 (Interim)
King V. Cheek, J.D., February 1971–August 1974
Thomas P. Fraser, Sc.D., September 1974–May 1975 (Interim)
Andrew Billingsley, Ph.D., June 1975–February 1984
Earl S. Richardson, Ed.D., L.L.D. February 1984–October 1984 (Interim)
Earl S. Richardson, Ed.D., L.L.D., November 1984–2010
David Wilson, Ed.D., July 2010–Present
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e Presidential Chain of office
tached to two round medallions bearing the official logo of the
University.At the bottom of the Chain is a banner, crested with
laurel leaves, bearing the inscription President, below which
sits the official Presidential Medallion, a 3-inch round medal
with a double-faced design embossed in bas-relief with the
Seal of the University and its colors on the front and engraved
with the university logo on the verso plane.
The Morgan State University Presidential Chain of Office is
bestowed upon each President of the University at an official
inauguration ceremony and is worn by the President at Commencement and all official occasions requiring the wearing of
academic regalia. It is a permanent insignia of office and is
passed down to each succeeding president of the University.
The Morgan State University Presidential Chain of Office is
cast in bronze with an antique patina and consists of a chain
of 1 1/2-inch medallions engraved with the names of the Presidents of the institution and the four periods and dates in its
evolution: Centenary Biblical Institute, Morgan College, Morgan State College and Morgan State University. The medallions
for the current and past presidents drape around the front,
and the medallions noting the periods in the history of the institution drape around the back of the academic regalia. Near
the bottom of the Chain are two banners with laurel leaves, at-
The Presidential Chain was designed by the Inauguration
Committee for Morgan’s Twelfth President, Dr. David Wilson,
in collaboration with the Office of Public Relations and Communications, and crafted by Medallic Art Company of Northwest Territorial Mint in Dayton, Nevada, in 2010. It was
donated by Dr. Clara I.Adams, Ph.D., Morgan State University
Class of 1954, Special Assistant to the President, and Mr.
Wilbert L.Walker, Morgan State University Class of 1950.
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year-round Celebration of african-american History and Culture
In 1926, Dr. Carter G.Woodson, that great historian whose life
and work the nation celebrated during the 1990 Black History
Month Celebration, did a great thing in establishing Negro
History Week, to bring to the forefront of the nation’s conscience the contributions made by African-Americans to the
building of this nation.
(October), the Founders Day Convocation (November), the Bill
of Rights Convocation/TransAfrica Day (December), the Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr./Malcolm X Convocation (February),
the Mitchell-Quarles African-American History Month Convocation (February), the Frederick Douglass Memorial Convocation (February), the Women’s History Month Convocation
(March) and the Honors Convocation (April). Morgan’s trailblazing initiative in establishing this year-round celebration
comes at a propitious moment in the University’s history — at
a time when the student body, with the fervor and the enthusiasm of the students of the 1960s and 1970s, reaching out for
self-knowledge and self-identity — has urged the University
to teach it more about itself. The University has responded admirably, not only by expanding the observance of AfricanAmerican History Month but also by including a course in
African Diaspora History as a General Education requirement
for all Morgan students.
In 1979, fifty-three years later, the organization which Dr.
Woodson founded, renamed the Association for the Study of
African-American Life and History, expanded that celebration
to include the entire month of February (the month in which
Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln were born), declaring that the accomplishments and contributions of AfricanAmericans were too significant to be confined to a one-week
celebration.
In September of 1989, more than fifty years after Woodson’s
pioneering effort and a decade after the establishment of National African-American History Month, Morgan State University — in an initiative as bold and as visionary as that of its
two antecedents — declared that the history and culture of
African-Americans should not be confined to a one-week or a
one-month celebration. Instead, this rich history and vibrant
heritage should be treated with reverence and respect each
and every day of the year.
Dr. Carter G.Woodson would be proud of this development,
and so are we!
So Morgan State University established, at the beginning of
the 1989-90 academic year, a year-long celebration of AfricanAmerican History and Culture to be marked by monthly convocations at which the Morgan Community reminds itself of
the achievements of its past and the imperative for even
greater triumphs in its future and at which it honors the great
contributors to African-American history and culture. The
year-long convocation calendar consists of the Matriculation
Convocation (September), the Performing Arts Convocation
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e academic degrees and academic regalia
The first known degree was a doctorate conferred by the University of
Bologna in the middle of the 12th century. Originally, the doctor’s and
master’s degrees were used interchangeably, each indicating that the holder
was qualified to give instruction to students. The bachelor’s or baccalaureate degree indicated only entrance upon a course of study preparatory to
the doctorate or mastership. Gradually, however, the bachelor’s degree
came to mean successful completion of one level of study preparatory to
the higher degrees.
Those who received public honors in the completed studies, and who had
already received the degree of baccalaureus (bachelor), were called magistri artium (masters of the liberal arts).
The Bachelor’s Degree: The bachelor’s degree represents completion of a
four-year course of study of collegiate grade and is the oldest academic degree used by U.S. institutions of higher learning. The degree of Bachelor of
Arts was the first conferred in the U.S. in 1642 on nine young men, comprising the first graduating class of Harvard College.Yale conferred its first
Bachelor of Arts in 1702; Princeton in 1748; William and Mary in 1753;
Pennsylvania in 1757; Columbia in 1758; and Morgan State to George W. F.
McMechen in 1895.
Today, there are more than 1,600 different academic degrees conferred by
colleges and universities in the United States. The advanced degrees
granted by Morgan State University are the Master of Arts, Master of Arts
in Teaching, Master of Science, Master of Business Administration, Master
of Architecture, Master of Landscape Architecture, Master of City and Regional Planning, Master of Engineering, Doctor of Education, Doctor of
Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Public Health.
The most colorful and distinctive item of the academic regalia is the hood,
which passes around the neck and extends down the back. The doctor’s
hood is the largest, and the bachelor’s hood is the smallest. Often the use of
a bachelor’s hood is omitted. The wearer’s field of learning is indicated by
the color of the hood and the tassel.Among the colors of hoods are:
The Doctor’s Degree: The doctor’s degree represents the most advanced degree conferred by U.S. institutions of higher education. The Oxford English
Dictionary defines a doctor in the academic sense as one who, in any faculty or branch of learning, has attained to the highest degree conferred by
a university. There are two major types of doctoral degrees: earned doctorates and honorary doctorates. Earned doctorates are further divided into
two distinct types — the research degree and the professional or practitioner degree. The distinguishing feature of the research degree is that it
normally requires a lengthy scholarly dissertation which is usually designed to constitute a substantial contribution to the existing body of
knowledge in its field. The most important doctorate of the research type
in American institutions of higher education is the Doctor of Philosophy.
The only other earned doctorate of the research type which has secured
wide recognition and use by a large number of leading universities in the
U.S. is the Doctor of Education.
Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blue Violet
Arts, Letters, Humanities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . White
Commerce,Accountancy, Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drab
Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Light Blue
Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Orange
Fine Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brown
Human Ecology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purple
Library Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lemon
Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Green
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pink
Nursing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apricot
Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dark Blue
Physical Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sage Green
Public Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peacock Blue
Public Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Salmon Pink
Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Golden Yellow
Social Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Citron
Speech (Oratory) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Silver
Theology & Divinity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scarlet
The Master’s Degree: The master’s degree is an academic honor conferred
upon students who have successfully completed one or two years’ work beyond the baccalaureate.A thesis and an oral examination are usually required. The word magister connected with a qualifying phrase was used
among the Romans as the title of honor, but its present meaning must be
traced to the time of the establishment of the oldest universities. Regularly
organized faculties were not then known as they now exist in the universities. The whole circle of academic activity was limited to seven liberal arts.
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Keynote speaker
e Honorable John Lewis
U. S. Representative, Fifth Congressional District of Georgia
Often called “one of the most courageous persons the Civil Rights Movement ever produced,” John Lewis has dedicated his life to protecting human rights, securing civil liberties and building what he calls “The Beloved Community” in the United States. His
dedication to the highest ethical standards and moral principles has won him the admiration of many of his colleagues on both sides of the aisle in the United States Congress.
The Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, has called Rep.
Lewis “the conscience of the U.S. Congress.” And Roll Call magazine has said,“John
Lewis...is a genuine American hero and moral leader who commands widespread respect
in the chamber.”
He was born the son of sharecroppers on February 21, 1940, outside of Troy,Alabama. He
grew up on his family’s farm and attended segregated public schools in Pike County,Alabama. As a young boy, he was inspired by the activism surrounding the Montgomery Bus
Boycott and the words of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., which he heard on radio broadcasts. In those pivotal moments, he made a decision to become a part of the Civil Rights
Movement. Ever since then, he has remained at the vanguard of progressive social movements and the human rights struggle in the United States.
As a student at American Baptist College, John Lewis organized sit-in demonstrations at
segregated lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1961, he volunteered to participate
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voter registration drives and community action programs
during the Mississippi Freedom Summer. The following year,
Lewis helped spearhead one of the most seminal moments of
the Civil Rights Movement. Hosea Williams, another notable
Civil Rights leader, and John Lewis led over 600 peaceful, orderly protestors across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma,
Alabama on March 7, 1965. They intended to march from
Selma to Montgomery to demonstrate the need for voting
rights in the state. The marchers were attacked by Alabama
state troopers in a brutal confrontation that became known as
“Bloody Sunday.” News broadcasts and photographs revealing
the senseless cruelty of the segregated South helped hasten
the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
in the Freedom Rides, which challenged segregation at interstate bus terminals across the South. Lewis risked his life on
those Rides many times by simply sitting in seats reserved for
white patrons. He was also beaten severely by angry mobs and
arrested by police for challenging the injustice of Jim Crow
segregation in the South.
During the height of the Movement, from 1963 to 1966, Lewis
was named Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC), which he helped form. SNCC was largely
responsible for organizing student activism in the Movement,
including sit-ins and other activities.
While still a young man, John Lewis became a nationally recognized leader. By 1963, he was dubbed one of the Big Six
leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. (The others were Whitney Young,A. Phillip Randolph, Martin Luther King Jr., James
Farmer and Roy Wilkins).At the age of 23, he was an architect
of and a keynote speaker at the historic March on Washington
in August 1963.
Despite more than 40 arrests, physical attacks and serious injuries, John Lewis remained a devoted advocate of the philosophy of nonviolence.After leaving SNCC in 1966, he continued
his commitment to the Civil Rights Movement as Associate
Director of the Field Foundation and his participation in the
Southern Regional Council’s voter registration programs.
In 1964, John Lewis coordinated SNCC efforts to organize
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John Lewis holds a B.A. in Religion and Philosophy from Fisk
University, and he is a graduate of the American Baptist Theological Seminary, both in Nashville, Tennessee. He has been
awarded more than 50 honorary degrees from prestigious colleges and universities throughout the United States, including
Spelman College, Princeton University, University of New
Hampshire, Johnson C. Smith University, Delaware State University Duke University, Morehouse College, Clark-Atlanta
University, Howard University, Brandeis University, Columbia
University, Fisk University,Williams College, Georgetown University and Troy State University.
Lewis went on to become the Director of the Voter Education
Project (VEP). Under his leadership, the VEP transformed the
nation’s political climate by adding nearly four million minorities to the voter rolls.
In 1977, John Lewis was appointed by President Jimmy Carter
to direct more than 250,000 volunteers of ACTION, the federal
volunteer agency.
In 1981, he was elected to the Atlanta City Council.While serving on the Council, he was an advocate for ethics in government and neighborhood preservation. He was elected to
Congress in November 1986 and has served as U.S. Representative of Georgia’s Fifth Congressional District since then. That
District includes the entire city of Atlanta, Georgia and parts
of Fulton, DeKalb and Clayton counties. He is Senior Chief
Deputy Whip for the Democratic Party in leadership in the
House, a member of the House Ways & Means Committee, a
member of its Subcommittee on Income Security and Family
Support, and Chairman of its Subcommittee on Oversight.
John Lewis is the recipient of numerous awards from imminent national and international institutions, including the Lincoln Medal from the historic Ford’s Theatre, the Golden Plate
Award given by the Academy of Excellence, the Preservation
Hero award given by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Capital Award of the National Council of La Raza, the
Martin Luther King, Jr. Non-Violent Peace Prize, the President’s Medal of Georgetown University, the NAACP Spingarn
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the Movement. He has been interviewed for numerous documentaries, news broadcasts and journals, including “Eyes on
the Prize,” NBC’s Today, CNN Headline News, CNN’s American
Morning, CSPAN’s Washington Journal, Time Magazine,
Newsweek, The New Yorker, Parade Magazine, American Profile,
The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles
Times, the Chicago Tribune, USA Today, The Atlanta JournalConstitution, The Boston Globe, The Dallas Morning News, The
Miami Herald, The Philadelphia Tribune, Roll Call magazine,
Congressional Quarterly and many more.
Medal, the National Education Association Martin Luther
King Jr. Memorial Award and the only John F. Kennedy “Profile
in Courage Award” for Lifetime Achievement ever granted by
the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. The Timberland
Company has developed the John Lewis Award, which honors
the Congressman’s commitment to humanitarian service by
acknowledging members of society who perform outstanding
humanitarian work.And the company has established a John
Lewis Scholarship Fund.
John Lewis authored his biography with writer Michael
D’Orso, entitled “Walking With The Wind: A Memoir of the
Movement” (June, 1998). In 2006, two other books were written about his life:“Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg
on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement,” by Ann
Bausum and “John Lewis in the Lead,” by Jim Haskins and
Kathleen Benson, with illustrations by famous Georgia artist
Bennie Andrews. John Lewis has also been featured in many
books about the civil rights movement, including “The Children,” by David Halberstam and the Taylor Branch series on
John Lewis lives in Atlanta, Georgia and is married to Lillian
Miles. They have one son, John Miles.
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e Programme
Presiding
Dr. David Wilson
President, Morgan State University
MUSICAL PRELUDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Samuel Stringer
Organist
PROCESSIONAL* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Melvin Miles
Director, Morgan State University Band
Dr. Milford A. Jeremiah, Chief University Marshal
INVOCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Rev. Bernard Keels
Director, University Chapel
MUSICAL SELECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Morgan State University Choir
Dr. Eric Conway, Conductor
GREETINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dallas R. Evans, Chairman
Morgan State University Board of Regents
INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Wilson, President
FOUNDERS DAY ADDRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Honorable John Lewis
Fifth Congressional District of Georgia, U.S. House of Representatives
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF STUDENTS AND ALUMNI ACTIVISTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Morgan State University Provost and Vice President,
Academic Affairs T. Joan Robinson and the Deans of the University
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PRESENTATION OF AWARDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Wilson, President
Assisted by Morgan State University Provost and
Vice President,Academic Affairs T. Joan Robinson
The Dr. Iva G. Jones Medallion Mantle
The Dr. Sandye Jean McIntyre II International Award
MUSICAL SELECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Morgan State University Choir
THE ALMA MATER* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Led by the Morgan State University Choir
BENEDICTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Rev. Bernard Keels
RECESSIONAL* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morgan State University Band
*The audience will please stand for the Processional at the beginning of the Convocation, for the singing of the alma mater and for the
Recessional at the end of the Convocation.
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e dr. iva G. Jones Medallion Mantle
Some colleagues and community friends of the late Dr.
Iva Gwendolyn Jones, Professor Emerita of the Morgan
State University Department of English, honor her as a
scholar, leader, and teacher, by extending as a gift to
Morgan State University the Dr. Iva G. Jones Medallion
Mantle, which is the conception of the late Assistant
Professor Emeritus Samuel L. Green, who was likewise
one of the two co-designers of the symbol. The second
co-designer, and medallion silversmith, is Associate Professor
Kenneth Royster.
AWARDEES
1986–1988 Dr. Iva G. Jones, Professor Emerita of English**
1988–1989 Dr. Sandye Jean McIntyre II, Professor Emeritus,
Foreign Languages**
1989–1990 Dr. Esther J. Ridley, Professor of Biology**
1990–1991 Dr. Cecil W. Payton,Associate Professor of Biology
1991–1992 Dr.Vergial S.Webb,Acting Associate Dean, School
of Graduate Studies
1993–1995 Dr. Ruthe T. Sheffey, Professor of English
1995–1996 Dr. Ernest Silversmith, Professor of Chemistry
1996–1997 Dr. Nathan Carter, Professor of Music**
1997–1999 Dr. Dinker Raval, Professor of Business Administration
1999–2000 Dr. Pamela Leigh Mack,Associate Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering
2000–2001 Mr. Bala Subramanian,Associate Professor of
Business Administration
2001–2002 Dr. Frederick Oliver, Professor of Physics
2002–2003 Dr.Anna R. McPhatter,Associate Professor of Social Work and Mental Health
2003–2004 Dr.Ali Emdad,Associate Professor of Information
Science and Systems
2005–2006 Dr. M’bare N’gom, Professor of World Languages
2007–2008 Dr. Gaston N’guerekata, Professor of Mathematics
2008–2009 Dr. Gaston N’guerekata, Professor of Mathematics
2009–2010 Dr.Asamoah Nkwanta,Associate Professor of
Mathematics
The Mantle fabric approximates in width the border of the
master’s hood, is velvet, and employs the University colors:
blue and orange. The detachable chain which surmounts the
emblem and helps to drape the wearer’s front and shoulders,
bears silver mounts that hold the medallions in suspension.
Appraisers have assessed each silver medallion at more than
ten times the value of the United States silver dollar, which the
medallions resemble. The twenty-one emblem medallions —
which the Philadelphia Mint created exclusively for the Negro
Commemorative Society (Membership Number 1043) — display the images of African-American notables such as Crispus
Attucks, Benjamin Banneker, Henry O. Tanner, Lorraine Hansberry, Mary Church Terrell,Alaine Locke and Ralph Bunche.
Annually, colleagues, employing University-approved criteria,
select an individual to wear the Mantle. Those honored by this
selection are persons who reflect vividly in their professional
lives the qualities distinguishing the individual whose name
the Mantle bears.
** deceased
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e dr. sandye Jean Mcintyre ii international award
The Dr. Sandye Jean McIntyre II International Award, a sash
designed and tailored specifically for this award, is inspired by
the diplomatic sash customarily worn for formal occasions by
ambassadors, consuls and other dignitaries. It is red satin, accented with a traditional rosette and blue, white, yellow and
green ribbons, representing the flags of the United States of
America, France, Senegal and other countries with which Dr.
McIntyre had contact in his diplomatic and academic careers.
In the center front of the sash, there is featured a specially
commissioned gold medal (struck by Charles Nusinov and
Sons) which features a world map enclosed by laurel wreaths
and the name of the award.
The Award was established in 1997 and conferred upon Dr.
McIntyre at the annual Founders Day Convocation in 1997. It
is given to that member of the Morgan faculty who demonstrates extraordinary commitment to global learning and international understanding and who promotes international
programs at Morgan.
AWARDEES
2000 Dr. Joseph Overton
2006 Dr. Carleen S. Leggett
2007 Dr. M’bare N’gom
2008 Dr. Zekeh Gbotokuma
2009 Dr. Joanna Crosby
2010 Dr. Gaston N’guerekata
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alumni Honorees
College of Liberal arts
DOMINIQUE JOHNIGAN is a Researcher in the Court Research and Development
Office of the Maryland Judiciary. She is a 2007 graduate of Morgan State University
with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology.After graduating from Morgan,
she earned a master’s degree in Human Factors Psychology from the Catholic University in 2010. In her current position, she is responsible for answering external
and internal requests from customers concerning data on all levels of the Maryland
courts: District Court, Circuit Court, Court of Special Appeals and Court of Appeals.
She is responsible for doing the analysis of data for the Annual Report Statistics,
and she works on a project called Caseflow, which evaluates how effective the circuit and district courts are in closing cases within a mandated time standard. She
will travel to Campala, Uganda, in January on a special mission.
school of engineering
DR. RAENITA A. FENNER is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Loyola University in Baltimore. She occupies a special Clara Boothe Luce faculty slot sponsored by the Henry Luce Foundation to promote women in the sciences and
engineering. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering
from Morgan in 2005 and, thereafter, enrolled in graduate study at Michigan State
University, where she earned the Master of Science in Electrical Engineering Degree in 2007 and the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2011. She has been the recipient of a number of study awards, including the GEM and the Sloan Foundation
Fellowships. She is a member of the IEEE professional society, and she pursues research interests in the area of electromagnetics.
DR.ANTHONY PLUMMER, JR., is a Senior Research Engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Baltimore. He received his Bachelor
of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Morgan in 2005 and, thereafter,
enrolled in graduate school at Michigan State University, where he earned the Master of Science in Electrical Engineering Degree in 2007 and the Ph.D. in Electrical
Engineering in 2001. He has been the recipient of several honors, including the
Fitch Beach “Outstanding Graduate Student”Award and the Best Paper Award at the
2009 GlobeCom Conference. Dr. Plummer’s research area of expertise is in Wireless
Networking and Communications.
(Both Dr. Fenner and Dr. Plummer graduated from Morgan State University in 2005
and went on to Michigan State University, where they earned the master’s and doc-
toral degrees. On January 1, 2009, Raenita and Anthony went to Raenita’s hometown of Chestertown on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where they took vows as
husband and wife.)
school of Computer, Mathematical and natural sciences
DR. TOYA KELLEY, a board-certified family medicine physician, is the Medical Director of Executive Medicine at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital in Virginia.A
2003 magna cum laude graduate of Morgan, she received her Bachelor of Science
Degree in Biology. She then went on to obtain her medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine in 2007. She completed her residency in Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia, now known as Georgia’s Health Sciences
University.While there, she was awarded the responsibility of Chief Resident.As
Executive Medicine Director at Fort Belvoir, she serves in medical practice to the
White House and manages the health care of Flag Core and General Officers and
their families, retirees and their families, and other designated government officials
and beneficiaries.Among her many interests is increasing the number of minorities in medicine through mentoring and volunteering.
earl G. Graves school of Business and Management
DR. NANA AMOAH is Assistant Professor of Accounting at Old Dominion University in Norfolk,Virginia. He received his Ph.D. from Morgan State University in
2008. Dr.Amoah’s research interests are financial statement misreporting, capital
markets, securities fraud litigation, executive compensation and corporate governance. He has published several refereed journal articles since completing his doctoral studies. His research appears in Advances in Accounting, Review of Accounting
and Finance, Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies and Journal of
the Academy of Business Education. He was a recipient of the KPMG Minority Doctoral Scholar Fellowship. He was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, the business
honor society. He is also a member of the Golden Key Honor Society and has served
as a Junior Achievement Volunteer.
GARETH P.WARREN works in underwriting and managing asset-based lending
transactions in the healthcare industry, at General Electric Company’s (GE’s)
Healthcare Financial Service’s Risk Management Team in Bethesda, Maryland. He
earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance with honors from Morgan’s Earl
G. Graves School of Business and Management in 2005. He is a 2008 graduate of
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GE’s Financial Management Program (FMP), a rotational program with four 6month financial services roles in conjunction with four complimentary GE finance
and risk courses. In 2005, while in GE’s FMP, he worked for GE Real Estate HQ-Controllership and Financial Planning & Analytics, and GE Transportation Finance-Financial Planning & Analytics. He also audited GE Global Business Services in
Brazil and GE Corporate Treasury in Connecticut while piloting with GE’s Corporate Audit Staff. In his final rotation, he was a Senior Financial Analyst for GE
Transportation Finance, a leader in financing for the commercial trucking industry.
After graduating from FMP in 2008, he joined GE Capital Markets, Inc. in Hunt Valley, Maryland, as Associate and later Assistant Vice President. There, he was responsible for syndicating transactions in the equipment leasing industry. Mr.Warren is
an active member of the Morgan State University Graves Honors Program Advisory
Board, GE Healthcare Financial Service’s Diversity Council and GE’s African American Forum.A second-year M.B.A. candidate at The Johns Hopkins University Carey
Business School, he recently completed his course work and will graduate in May
2012.
ing with Leon Bridges, a professor in the School of Architecture and Planning, and
Beck Powell & Parsons, a Baltimore architectural firm. Her design projects include
the St. Philips Episcopal Church Family Life Center in Annapolis and the Jewish
Community Center Preschool and Educational Resource Center. She has also
worked on restoration and renovation projects such as the Historic Hampden Hall
and Carroll Theater in the Jewish Community Center at Park Heights Avenue, and
the Glass Breezeway, which is to be built at the Universities at Shady Grove. In 2005,
Ms. Sherrill established her own firm as a general practice in partnership with Mahendra Parekh,AIA, a former teacher and mentor. She has served as a member of
the Board of Directors of the American Institute of Architecture in Baltimore since
2008 and is President-Elect of the organization. She sits on several educational and
civic boards in Baltimore City. She has taught in several capacities, including serving as an adjunct professor at Morgan State University’s School of Architecture and
Planning.
school of social Work
school of architecture and Planning
SCOTT RYKIEL is the Vice President of Mahan Rykiel Associates, a local design
firm. He graduated from Morgan’s Landscape Architecture Program in 1982. Established in 1983, Mahan Rykiel Associates is a landscape architecture, urban design
and planning firm that has designed a wide variety of project types, including retail, commercial, resorts, health care, parks, campus master plans, streetscapes and
private gardens. His firm is respected nationally and internationally for award-winning, people-centered design. In the fall of 2007 the firm opened its first branch office in Hong Kong in an effort to be closer to its Asian-Pacific clients. Scott Rykiel is
a registered landscape architect and a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape
Architects, with more than 27 years of professional experience. He has a strong horticultural background and is considered an expert in interior and tropical landscapes. He has worked on many resort and hospitality projects in the United States
and abroad and has completed numerous high-profile international projects,
bringing multidisciplinary projects to completion on time and within budget.
KATHLEEN SHERRILL is a registered architect, born and reared in northwest Baltimore. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Geography, with certificates in Planning and Cartography, from Towson University, and a Master of Architecture from
Morgan State University in 1997.After graduating from Morgan, she began work-
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DR. JOYCE E. EVERETT is a full-time professor at the Smith College School for Social Work, where she has served as the Co-Director of the Doctoral Program and
Chair of the Social Welfare Policy Sequence, Curriculum, Personnel Practice and
College-wide search committees.Among the first undergraduate students in the
Bachelor of Social Work program, she graduated from Morgan State University in
1971 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Work. She went on to receive her
Master of Social Work Degree from the University of Michigan School of Social
Work in 1972. She obtained her Ph.D. in Social Work from the Florence Heller Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare at Brandeis University in 1985.
She was also a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill in 1985. Dr. Everett has taught at Simmons College, Howard University, Boston
College and the University of Tennessee. She has an extensive publication record.
She has co-edited and contributed to two books in child welfare: “An Africentric
Perspective,” in 1991 and 1997. She has published more than 15 peer-reviewed journal articles, seven book chapters and seven professional and research reports. She
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school of education and urban studies
CHRISTOPHER CASH is an administrator at Bluford, Drew, Jemison STEM Academy, a charter School in Baltimore. He graduated from Morgan State University in
2006 with a degree in Physical Education.As an undergraduate student with a
passion for providing high-quality instruction to African-American males, Mr.
Cash created an after-school program targeting young males. He was convinced
that young men would continue to strive if they were exposed to positive role
models, were provided access to technology advances and the fine arts, and were
tutored and mentored on a continuous basis, and that such exposure would result
in an increase in the number of males who completed high school and sought opportunities in higher education or the world of work.After graduating from Morgan, Mr. Cash was hired as a teacher at Winston Middle School in Baltimore City.
He continued to offer the male mentoring program with a great deal of success. He
went on to earn his masters’ degree in education from the College of Notre Dame
of Maryland.
DR. MARJORIE MILES is Superintendent of Schools for Somerset County on the
Eastern Shore of Maryland. She was appointed to that position on June 30, 2011. Dr.
Miles earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree at the University of Maryland Eastern
Shore; the Master of Science Degree from Salisbury University; a second master’s
degree from Coppin State University; and the Doctor of Education Degree in Urban
Educational Leadership from Morgan State University in 2000. In 2011, she earned
a second doctorate, a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. During
her career, Dr. Miles has been a classroom teacher, curriculum specialist, assistant
principal, Principal Director of Compensatory and Funded Programs and Executive Assistant to an area superintendent. She has been very active in the educational
community in both Baltimore City and the wider Eastern Shore of Maryland.
of African-Americans” won one-year funding as a Pre-Doctoral CAM Fellow and
received the 1st Place Award for Outstanding Scientific Presentation in Psychology,
Social Sciences and Education at the 5th National Minority Serving Institution Research Partnership Consortium Conference held at Morgan State University April
14–17, 2010.A licensed certified clinical social worker who began his work in the
field of public health social work while employed at the Mount Clare House Group
Home for 15 years, Dr.Archibald also provides clinical supervision at the Cheltenham Youth Facility, a juvenile detention center in Prince George’s County. He is
the founder and CEO of Archibald Optimal Health Services, LLC (AOHC), providing training and consultation to individuals, organizations and agencies in the
areas of adolescent development, counseling “the new” adolescent, anger management, hip-hop psychotherapy, spiritual psychotherapy, group dynamics, juvenile
detention and gang prevention and intervention. He teaches an Introduction to
Group Dynamics course in the School of Social Work Department at Morgan State
University; co-developed the “Seven Stages of Spiritual Development Model” utilized in a church-based mental health promotion program at an African-American
Church in West Baltimore and co-authored an article on “Merging Community and
Faith-Based Organizations to Empower African-American Males” in the Spring
2011 Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling. He also provides Wholistic Hip Hop
Adolescent Training Program (WHHAT) to young adults in West Baltimore.
school of Community Health and Policy
DR. PAUL ARCHIBALD is Assistant Program Director of Clinical Services for Glass
Health Programs, Inc., at the Charles H. Hickey, Jr. School, a juvenile detention center in Baltimore County. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology from
Morgan in 1990. Thereafter, he earned a Master of Arts Degree in Applied Sociology at the University of Maryland Baltimore County in 1993, a Master of Social
Work Degree from the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1998 and his Doctorate of Public Health from Morgan in 2010. Dr.Archibald’s dissertation research on
“The Role of Spirituality and Racial Identity in the Non-Familial Life Stress Process
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e alma Mater
“Fair Morgan”
I
Fair Morgan, we love thee, so tried and so true.
Our hearts at thy name thrill with pride;
We owe thee allegiance, we pledge thee our faith,
A faith that will ever abide.
Chorus
We pledge thee our love, we pledge thee our faith
Whatever the future may bring.
And thus our devotion, fidelity too,
And homage we pay as we sing.
II
Fair Morgan, as onward the years quickly fly,
And thou livest in memory sweet,
We bring thee our laurels whatever they be,
And lay them with joy at thy feet.
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Board of regents
Chief administrators
Mr. Dallas R. Evans, Chairman
Mr. Martin R. Resnick,Vice Chairman
The Rev. Dr. Frances Murphy Draper, Secretary
Dr. David Wilson, President
Dr. T. Joan Robinson, Provost & Vice President for Academic
Affairs
Ms. Cheryl Hitchcock,Vice President for Institutional
Advancement
Dr. Joseph Popovich,Vice President for Planning & Research
Ms. Tanya Rush, Interim Vice President for Student Affairs
Dr. Maurice C. Taylor,Vice President for University Operations
Mr. Ray Vollmer,Vice President for Finance & Management
Dr.Willie D. Larkin, Executive Assistant to the President
Dr. Clara I.Adams, Special Assistant to the President
Mr. Claude E. Hitchcock,Assistant to the President for
Government Affairs
Ms. Julie D. Goodwin, General Counsel
Ms. Shirley Marcus Allen
The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings
Mr. Franklin L. Edmonds
Gen. Larry R. Ellis, U.S.Army (Ret.)
Mr. Donald E. Frieson
Dr. Linda J. Gilliam
Dr. Charles W. Griffin
The Honorable Laurence L. Levitan
Dr. Shirley M. Malcom
The Honorable Kweisi Mfume
Mr.William R. Roberts
Ms.Andrea Carrington, Student Regent
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academic deans
student Government association officers
Dr. Mary Anne Akers, School of Architecture and Planning
Dr. Eugene M. DeLoatch, Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. School of
Engineering
Dr. Mark W. Garrison (Acting), School of Graduate Studies
Dr. M’bare N’gom (Acting), College of Liberal Arts
Dr.Allan S. Noonan, School of Community Health and Policy
Dr.Anna McPhatter, School of Social Work
Dr. Otis A. Thomas, Earl G. Graves School of Business and
Management
Dr. Patricia L.Welch, School of Education and Urban Studies
Dr. Joseph A.Whittaker, School of Computer, Mathematical and
Natural Sciences
Mr. DaQuan Lawrence, Student Government Association President
Ms.Alicia Jones, Student Government Association Vice President
Ms. Katherine D. Lloyd, Graduate Student Association President
Ms. Daphne Wells, Graduate Student Association Vice President
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Please join President Wilson and honored guests immediately following this program for the
unveiling of the Civil rights exhibition
University Student Center
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. David Wilson
President, Morgan State University
The Occasion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Larry S. Gibson
Professor of Law, University of Maryland
Curator of Exhibition
Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Honorable Anthony G. Brown
Lieutenant Governor, State of Maryland
The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings
U.S. House of Representatives, 7th District of Maryland
The Honorable Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
Mayor, City of Baltimore
Mrs. Jacqueline Lawson
President, MSU National Alumni Association
Mr. DaQuan Lawrence
President, MSU Student Government Association
Video Documentary
Proclamation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. David Wilson
President, Morgan State University
Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morgan State University Choir
Closing Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Dallas R. Evans
Chairman, Board of Regents, Morgan State University
Exhibition Unveiling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University Student Center
Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Earl S. Richardson Library
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