AN INTERNATIONAL SALUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., A MAN FOR ALL NATIONS
GREETINGS
International Salute Committee
AN INTERNATIONAL SALUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
A MAN FOR ALL NATIONS
Her Excellency Ritva Koukku-Ronde
Embassy of Finland
Honorary Chair
Honorary Vice Chairs
* Dr. Dorothy I. Height
Chair, National Council of
Negro Women, Inc.
Sidney A. Ribeau, PhD
President,
Howard University
Hon. Robert G. Stanton
Asst. Secretary
U.S. Department of Interior
Henry H. Brown
President
H.H. Brown & Associates, Inc.
Honorary Chair Emeritus
Steven Knapp, PhD
President, The George
Washington University
Harry Johnson, Esq.
President, MLK, Jr.
Memorial Foundation
Allen Sessoms, PhD
President, University of the
District of Columbia
GREETINGS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SALUTE COMMITTEE
January 20, 2013
We are most pleased to extend hearty greetings and a warm welcome on the 22 nd International Salute to
the Life and Legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We congratulate our distinguished
honorees. A special thank you is extended to the members of the Diplomatic Corps, committee
members and the many volunteers for their hard work, continued commitment and support. A very
special welcome is extended to the ladies and gentlemen of the audience who have come because you
find the teachings of Dr. King to be an inspiration in your daily lives.
We are particularly excited today as this salute to one who was truly a trailblazer comes on the eve of the
second Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States of America , President Barack Obama.
Our President holds such a special and dear place in our history having achieved major milestones during
his first term. We now have health care reform; our troops have come home from Iraq; we have avoided
fiscal calamities and closure has been brought in the hunt for Ben Laden. These are the types of
accomplishments that Dr. King must have foreseen as he spoke of better days ahead for us even though
he may not get there with us.
As we enjoy these extraordinary moments in our history, let us remember that we live in opportunistic
times. Times that demand that we lend our talents and energy towards improving our communities and
the world in which we live. In accordance with the teachings of Dr. King, each of us can serve. Let us
commit to greater service in the years ahead.
* Founding Member (Deceased)
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Honorary Committee Chairs
H.E. Ritva Koukku-Ronde
Finland Ambassador to the U.S.
Honorary Chair
Sidney A. Ribeau, PhD
President
Howard University
Honorary Vice Chair
Steven Knapp, PhD
President
The George Washington University
Honorary Vice Chair
Harry E. Johnson, Sr. Esq.
President, Martin Luther King, Jr.
National Memorial Foundation
Honorary Vice Chair
AN INTERNATIONAL SALUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., A MAN FOR ALL NATIONS
Henry H. Brown
President
H.H. Brown & Associates, Inc.
Honorary Chair Emeritus
Hon. Robert G. Stanton
Sr. Advisor to the Secretary
U.S. Dept. of Interior
Honorary Vice Chair
Allen Sessoms, PhD
President
University of The District of Columbia
Honorary Vice Chair
Madeline Lawson
President/CEO, IAMMM
Event Chair
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Honorary Committee Vice Chairs
Embassy of Afghanistan
H.E. Ekhil Hakimi
Embassy of Democratic Republic of Congo
H.E. Faida M. Mitifu
Embassy of Indonesia
H.E. Dr. Dino Patti Djalal
Embassy of the Republic of Montenegro
H.E. Prof. Srdan Darmanovic
Embassy of Spain
H.E. Ramon Gil-Carares
Embassy of African Union
H.E. Amina Salum Ali
Embassy of the Republic of Congo
H.E. Denis Sassou Nguesso
Embassy Iraq
H.E. Jabir Habeb
Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco
H.E. Mohammed Rachad Bouhlal
Embassy of the DS Republic of Sri Lanka
H.E. Jaliya Wickramasuriya
Embassy of Albania
H.E. Gilbert Galanxhi
Embassy of Costa Rica
H.E. Muni Figures
Embassy of Ireland
H.E. Michael Collins
Embassy of the Republic of Mozambique
H.E. Amelia Metos Sumbana
Embassy of St. Kitts and Nevis
H.E. Jacinth L. Henry-Martin
Embassy of Algeria
H.E. Abdallah Baali
Embassy of the Republic of Cote D'Ivoire
H.E. Daouda Diabate
Embassy of Israel
H.E. Dr. Michael B. Oren
Embassy of the Republic of Namibia
H.E. Martin Andjaba
Embassy of St. Vincent & the Grenadines
H.E. La Celia A. Prince
Embassy of the Republic of Croatia
H.E. Josiph Paro
Embassy of Italy
H.E. Claudio Bisogniero
Embassy of Nepal
H.E. Shankar P. Sharma
Embassy of the Republic of Suriname
H.E. Subhas Ch. Mungra
Embassy of Cyprus
H.E. Pavlos Anastasiades
Embassy of Jamaica
H.E. Prof. Stephen C. Vasciannie
Royal Netherlands Embassy
H.E. Rudolf Bekink
Embassy of the Kingdom of Swaziland
H.E. Rev. Abednego Ntshangase
Embassy of Czech Republic
H.E. Petr Gandalovic
Embassy of Japan
H.E. Ichiro Fujisaki
Embassy of New Zealand
H.E. Michael Moore
Embassy of Sweden
H.E. Jonas Hafström
Embassy of Denmark
H.E. Peter Taksoe-Jensen
Embassy of Jordan
H.E. Dr Alia Hatoug-Bouran
Embassy of the Republic of Nicaragua
H.E. Francisco Campbell
Embassy of Switzerland
H.E. Manuel Sager
Embassy of Djibouti
H.E. Roble Olhaye
Embassy of Kazakhstan
H.E. Erlan A Idrissov
Embassy of the Republic of Niger
H.E . S. Maman Sidikou
Embassy of Syria
Charge d'Affaires Zouheir Jabbour
Embassy of Dominica
H.E. John C. Hubert
Embassy of the Republic of Kenya
H.E. Elkanah Odembo
Embassy of the Fed. Republic of Nigeria
H.E. Prof. Adebowale Ibidapo Adefuye
Embassy Republic of Tajikistan
H.E. Nuriddin Shamsov
Embassy of Dominican Republic
H.E. Anibal de Castro
Embassy of the Republic of Korea
H.E. Choi Young-jin
Embassy of Royal Norwegian
H.E. Wegger Strömmen
Embassy of Tanzania
H.E. Mwanaidi Sinare Majaar
Embassy of Ecuador
H.E. Nathalie Cely
Embassy of the Republic of Kosovo
H.E. Ismaili Akan
Embassy of Oman
H.E. Hunaina Al Mughairi
Embassy of Thailand
H.E. Chaiyong Satjipanon
Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt
H.E. Mohamed Mostafa Mohamed Tawfik
Embassy of the State of Kuwait
H.E. Salem Abdullah Al Jaber Al-Sabah
Embassy of Pakistan
Charge d'Affaires Dr. Asad Majeed Khan
Embassy of Timor Leste
H.E. Constancio Pinto
Embassy of El Salvador
H.E. Francisco Altschul Fuentes
Embassy of the Kyrgyzstan Republic
H.E. Muktar Djumaliev
Embassy of Palau
H.E. Hersey Kyota
Embassy of Togo
H.E. Limbiye Edawe Kadangha Bariki
Embassy of Equatorial Guinea
H.E. Purificacion Anggue Ondo
Embassy of Laos
H.E. Seng Soukhathivong
Embassy of the Republic of Panama
H.E. Mario E. Jaramillo
Embassy of the Republic Trinidad & Tobago
H.E. Dr. Neil Parsan
Embassy of Eritrea
H.E. Berhane Solomon
Embassy of Latvia
H.E. Andris Razans
Embassy of Papau New Guinea
H.E. Evan J. Paki
Embassy of Tunisia
Charge d'Affaires Tarek Amri
Embassy of Estonia
H.E. Marina Kaljurand
Embassy of Lebanon
H.E. Antoine Chedid
Embassy of Paraguay
H.E. Rigoberto Gauto Vielman
Embassy of the Republic of Turkey
H.E. Namik Tan
Embassy of Ethiopia
H.E. Girma Birru
Embassy of the Kingdom of Lesotho
H.E. Prof. Eliachim Molapi Sebatane
Embassy of Peru
H.E. Harald Forsyth
Embassy of Turkmenistan
H.E. Meret Bairamovich Orazov
Delegation of the European Commission
H.E. João Vale de Almeida
Embassy of the Republic of Liberia
H.E. Jeremiah C. Sulunteh
Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines
H.E. Jose L. Cuisia Jr.
Embassy of the Bolivarian Rep. Of Venezuela
Charge d'Affaires Angelo Rivero Santos
Embassy of the Republic of Fiji Islands
H.E. Winston Thompson
Embassy of Libya
Ali Suleiman Aujali
Embassy of Poland
Charge d'Affaires Maciej Pisarski
Embassy of Vietnam
H.E. Quoc Cyoung Ngyen
Embassy of France
H.E. Francois Delattre
Embassy of Liechtenstein
H.E. Claudia Fritsche
Embassy of Portugal
H.E. Nuno Brito
Embassy of Yemen
Charge d'Affaires Adel Alsunaimi
Embassy of the Gabonese Republic
H.E. Michael Moussa-Adamo
Embassy of Lithuania
H.E. Zygimantas Pavilionis
Embassy of the State of Qatar
H.E. Mohammed Abdulla Al Rumaihi
Embassy of the Republic of Zambia
H.E. Ben Kangwa
Embassy of the Gambia
H.E. Alieu Momodou Ngum
Embassy of Luxembourg
H.E. Jean-Loius Wolzfeld
Embassy of Romania
H.E. Adrian Vierita
Embassy of Republic of Zimbabwe
H.E. Dr. Machivenyika T. Mapuranga
Embassy of Georgia
H.E. Temuri Yakobashvili
Embassy of the Republic of Macedonia
H.E. Zoran Jolevski
Embassy of Russia
H.E. Sergey I. Kislyak
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
H.E. Peter Ammon
Embassy of the Republic of Madagascar
Charge d'Affaires Velotiana Raobelina
Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda
H.E. James Kimonyo
Embassy of Ghana
H.E. Daniel Ohene Agyekum
Embassy of Malawi
H.E. Steve Matenje
Embassy of Saint Lucia
H.E. Sonia Merlyn Johnny
Embassy of Greece
H.E. Christos Panagopoulos
Embassy of Malaysia
H.E. Othman Datuk Hashim
Embassy of the Republic of San Marino
H.E. Paolo Rondelli
Embassy of Burundi
H.E. Angele Niyuhire
Embassy of Grenada
H.E. Gillian Margret S. Bristol
Embassy of the Republic of Mali
H.E. Al-Maamoun Baba Lamine Keita
Embassy of Sao Tome & Principe
H.E. Ovido Pequeno
Embassy of Cambodia
H.E. Heng Hem
Embassy of Guatemala
H.E. Josen Francisco Villigran de Leon
Embassy of Malta
H.E. Joseph Cole
Embassy of Saudi Arabia
H.E. Adel A. M. Al-Jubeir
Embassy of Cameroon
H.E. Joseph B. C. Foe-Antangana
Embassy of the Republic of Guinea
H.E. Blaise Chérif
Embassy of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
H.E. Charles R. Paul
Embassy of the Republic of Senegal
H.E. Cheikh Niang
Embassy of Canada
H.E. Gary Doer
Embassy of the Republic of Guyana
H.E. Bayney Karran
Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
H.E. Lemine el Haycen Mohamed
Embassy of the Republic of Serbia
H.E. Vladimir Petrovic
Embassy of Cape Verde
H.E. Maria de Fatima Lima Da Viega
Embassy of the Republic of Haiti
H.E. Paul Altidor
Embassy of the Republic of Mauritius
H.E. Somduth Soborun
Embassy of Sierra Leone
H.E. Bockari Kortu Stevens
Embassy of Central African Republic
H.E. Stanislas Moussa-Kembe
Embassy of Holy See
Apostolic Nuncio Carlo Maria Vigano
Embassy of Mexico
H.E. Arturo Sarukhan
Embassy of the Republic of Singapore
H.E. Ashok Kumar
Embassy of Chad
H.E. Maitine Djoumbe
Embassy of Honduras
H.E. Jorge Ramon Hernandez Alcerro
Embassy of the Federated States of Micronesia
H.E. Asterio R. Takesy
Embassy of the Slovak Republic
H.E. Peter Kmec
Embassy of Chile
H.E. Felipe Bulnes Serrano
Embassy of Angola
H.E. Alberto do Carmo Bento Ribeiro
Embassy of Antigua/Barbuda
H.E. Deborah Mae Lovell
Embassy of Argentina
H.E. Jorge Argüello
Embassy of Armenia
H.E. Tatoul Markarian
Embassy of Australia
H.E. Kim Beazley
Embassy of Austria
H.E. Hans Peter Manz
Embassy of Azerbaijan
H.E. Elin Suleymanov
Embassy of Bahrain
H.E. Houda Nonoo
Embassy of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
H.E. Akramul Qader
Embassy of Barbados
H.E. John Ernest Beale
Embassy of Belarus
Charge d'Affaires Oleg Kravchenko
Embassy of Belgium
H.E. Jan Matthysen
Embassy of Belize
H.E. Nestor Mendez
Embassy of the Republic of Benin
H.E. Cyrille S. Oguin
Embassy of Bolivia
Chief of Mission Freddy Bersatti
Embassy of Bosnia/Herzegovina
H.E. Jabranka Negodic
Embassy of Botswana
H.E. Tebelelo Mazile Seretse
Embassy of Brazil
H.E. Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira
Embassy of Brunei
H.E. Dato Paduka Yusoff Haji Abdul Hamid
Embassy of Bulgaria
H.E. Elena Poptodorova
Embassy of Burkina
H.E. Faso Seydou Bouda
Embassy of Burma
Charge d'Affaires U Soe Paing
Embassy of Hungary
H.E. György Szapáry
Embassy of the Republic of Moldova
H.E. Igor Munteanu
Embassy of Slovenia
H.E. Roman Kirn
Embassy of China
H.E. Zhang Yesui
Embassy of Iceland
H.E. Gudmundur Arni Stefansson
Embassy of Monaco
H.E. Gilles Noghès
Embassy of the Republic of South Africa
H.E. Ebrahim Rasool
Embassy of Colombia
H.E. Carlos Alfredo Urrutia Valenzuela
Embassy of India
H.E. Nirupana Rao
Embassy of Mongolia
H.E. Bekhbat Khasbazar
Embassy of South Sudan
H.E. Akek Khoc
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AN INTERNATIONAL SALUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., A MAN FOR ALL NATIONS
DR. DOROTHY COSWER YANCY, PRESIDENT, SHAW UNIVERSITY
The Dr. Dorothy I. Height Leadership Award
Presented to Dr. Yancy for
Carrying the Torch of the Dream Maker and Earth Shaker
“Do What You Can, With What You Have, Where You Are”
Theodore Roosevelt
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DR. DOROTHY I. HEIGHT For
Leadership Award
DOROTHY COSWER YANCY, PHD
PRESIDENT
SHAW UNIVERSITY
Dr. Dorothy Cowser Yancy, a native of Alabama, is the fourteenth and sixteenth president of Shaw University. She was the
twelfth president of Johnson C. Smith University (JSCU) and the first female to hold each of these prestigious titles. She
holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Social Science from Johnson C. Smith University, a Master of Arts degree in
History from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Atlanta University (Georgia),
with further study at the University of Singapore, Hampton University, Northeastern Illinois University (Chicago),
Northwestern University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. She earned certificates
in management development from Harvard University and is listed as an arbitrator with the Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Services, the National Mediation Board and the American Arbitration Association. She also is a Special
Magistrate with the Florida Public Employee Relations Commission.
At Shaw, she has been able to stabilize the financial state of the university by securing a $31 million federal loan. She
restructured and refinanced the university’s debt, balanced the budget and raised the CFI score to a positive number. In
addition, enrollment increased from 2507 to 2711, and for the fall 2010 semester, the university enrolled a freshmen class of
759, the largest in the institution’s history.
As president of JSCU from October 1994 to June 2008, Dr. Yancy marshaled phenomenal growth and progress. During this
period, she completed two significant capital campaigns and was heralded as one of the best fundraisers nationally. From
1994 to 2008, she raised more than $145 million for the university. Additionally, during her tenure, the JCSU endowment
more than tripled from $14 million to $53 million. Consequently, Dr. Yancy left a highly qualified faculty (76% terminal
degrees; 72% doctorates) and applications to the university increased by 400% during her tenure. Under her watch, a new
technology center, a library, and a track/stadium/ academic complex were constructed. In 1996, the university was awarded
the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant. JCSU is the only HBCU that has received this grant. In
addition, JSCU was the first HBCU to become an IBM “Thinkpad” University.
Dr. Yancy has earned the respect of the higher education community throughout her career. She served as a professor of
History, Technology and Society and in the School of Management at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta) from
1972 to 1994. At Georgia Tech, she was the first African-American to be promoted and tenured as a full professor.
Previously, she taught at several institutions including Albany State University, Hampton University, Evanston Township
High School and Barat College, where she was the director of the Afro-American Studies Program. Dr. Yancy was the first
American to lecture at the Academy of Public Administration and Social Studies of the Small Hural in Ulan Bator, Mongolia
in 1991.
In scholarship, as well as in leadership, Dr. Yancy has excelled. She has published over forty articles and labor arbitration
cases in academic journals. Currently, she serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Morehouse College, the Board of
Trustees of St. Augustine’s College, the Board of the United Negro College Fund, Special Programs, a member of the UNCF
Advisory Committee on Institutional Capacity Building, Individual Member of the United Negro College Fund, a member of
the USA Fund HBCU Advisory Committee and Honorary Chair of the Georgia Tech Black Alumni Organization (GTBAO)
Scholarship Initiative. She has received numerous awards and accolades. In 2002 she was inducted into the most prestigious
honor society in the nation, the Delta of Georgia Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa and in February 2011 she was recognized by
Dominion in the “Strong Men and Women: Excellence in Leadership” series and given the Honorary Alumni Award by the
Georgia Tech Alumni Association. She is also the Chair of The links, Incorporated HBCU Initiative.
She is energetic, dedicated, and highly effective as a promoter/guardian of excellence in higher education. Dr. Yancy is a
member of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation of Atlanta and has one daughter, Yvonne.
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AN INTERNATIONAL SALUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., A MAN FOR ALL NATIONS
KING LEGACY AWARD FOR
International Service
HER EXCELLENCY RITVA KOUKKU-RONDE
AMBASSADOR OF FINLAND TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Ritva Koukku-Ronde became Ambassador of Finland to the United States in September 2011.
Ambassador Koukku-Ronde arrived in Washington after working at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs for almost three
decades. Before her posting as Ambassador, she was Under-Secretary of State for global development issues at the Ministry
for Foreign Affairs in Helsinki.
She also served as Director General at the Department for Development Policy and Deputy Director General at the
Department for Europe. Furthermore, she has held the position of Minister and Deputy Head of Mission at the Finnish
Embassy in Bonn and Berlin and earlier as deputy head of mission in the Hague and Nairobi.
Ambassador Koukku-Ronde has held numerous governing positions in her previous positions, for instance she was the
Finnish Governor to the Regional Development Banks (Africa, Asia, Latin America). Ambassador Koukku-Ronde was the
Chairman for the Board of Directors of Finnfund (Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation), the Board of the Institute for
African Leadership for Sustainable Development and the Executive Board of Finnish Water Forum.
Prior to joining the Ministry in 1985, Koukku-Ronde worked as a journalist. She holds a Master’s degree in History.
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KING LEGACY AWARD FOR
International Service
HIS EXCELLENCY MICHAEL MOUSSA-ADAMO
AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY
OF THE GABONESE REPUBLIC TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
He previously held the position of Special Adviser, Special Representative of the President of the Republic. Mr. MoussaAdamo began his career as a News Anchor at Radio Television Gabonaise (RTG) Channel 2 in Libreville (1980-1981). He
held a variety of positions in Communication and International Relations as Assistant at the African Studies Center (Boston)
and Research Assistant, International Relations and Communications (Boston) from 1986 to 1989. He was a Consultant for
JSI/World Education (Boston) from 1988 to 1989, for World Wildlife Fund Africa and NGO Programs (Washington, DC)
from 1989 to 1991 and for IFESH, Phoenix (Arizona) from February 1991 to June 1991, planning, structuring and
coordinating the First African/African-American Summit held in Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire).
From June 1991 to April 1993, Mr. Moussa-Adamo served as Diplomatic Adviser at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From
August to December 1999 he was Chief of Staff at the Ministry of National Defense. In December 1999 he was appointed as
Adviser to the President, a position he held until December 2000. In January 2000 he was elected to the National Assembly
and served as a Rapporteur of the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee. He was a member of the National
Assembly until 2005. In February 2007, he was appointed Special Adviser, Special Representative of the President of the
Republic serving additionally as Head of Communication Department at NTIC (October 2009) and Head of Tourism, Crafts,
Culture and Sports Department (January 2011).
H.E. Moussa-Adamo holds a Master’s Degree of Communication and International Relations (GSAS & CC, BU), a DEUG
in Economics and Mathematics from the Universityof Libreville and a Broadcasting Certificate from the Mass Bay
BroadcastingSchool. Mr. Moussa-Adamo is fluent in French, English, Kota, Kwele, Hausa, Peuhl, Fang and has a practical
knowledge of Spanish and Arabic.
Born on January 10, 1961 in Makokou in the Ogooue Ivindo region, Mr. Moussa-Adamo is the founder of MS Consulting
(Finance, Financial Engineering, Aviation, Management and Public Relations) and LOCAT. He is married with 6 children.
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KING LEGACY AWARD FOR
National Service
MARC H. MORIAL
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
THE NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE
Entrepreneur. Lawyer. Professor. Legislator. Mayor. President, U.S. Conference of Mayors. CEO of the National Urban
League, the nation’s largest civil rights organization. In a distinguished professional career that has spanned 25 years, Marc
Morial has performed all of these roles with excellence, and is one of the most accomplished servant-leaders in the nation. As
an Entrepreneur, Morial started several successful small businesses -- an apparel wholesale company, a special events
company, and a janitorial company, his first venture at age 15 with two childhood friends.
As a Lawyer, Morial won the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Pro Bono Publico Award for his legal service to the poor and
disadvantaged. He was also one of the youngest lawyers, at age 26, to argue and win a major case before the Louisiana
Supreme Court. As a Professor, Morial served on the adjunct faculty of Xavier University in Louisiana, where he
taught Constitutional Law, and Business Law. As a Louisiana State Senator, Morial was named Legislative Rookie of the
Year, Education Senator of the Year, and Environmental Senator of the Year, while authoring laws on a wide range of
important subjects.
As Mayor of New Orleans, Morial was a popular chief executive with a broad multi-racial coalition who led New Orleans’
1990’s renaissance, and left office with a 70% approval rating. Elected by his peers as President of the bi-partisan U.S.
Conference of Mayors (USCM), he served during the 9/11 Crisis and championed the creation of the Department of
Homeland Security, and the Federalization of airport security screeners. As President of the National Urban League since
2003 he has been the primary catalyst for an era of change -- a transformation for the nearly 100 year old civil rights
organization. His energetic and skilled leadership has expanded the League’s work around an Empowerment agenda, which
is redefining civil rights in the 21st century with a renewed emphasis on closing the economic gaps between Whites and
Blacks as well as rich and poor Americans. His creativity has led to initiatives such as the Urban Youth Empowerment
Program to assist young adults in securing sustainable jobs, and Entrepreneurship Centers in 5 cities to help the growth of
small businesses. Also, Morial created the National Urban League Empowerment Fund, which has pumped almost $200
million into urban impact businesses including minority business through both debt and equity investments.
A graduate of the prestigious University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Economics and African American Studies, he also
holds a law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., as well as honorary degrees from
Xavier University, Wilberforce University, and the University of South Carolina Upstate. He serves as an Executive
Committee member of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the Black Leadership Forum, and Leadership 18, and is a
Board Member of the Muhammad Ali Center, and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. He has been recognized as one
of the 100 most influential Black Americans by Ebony Magazine, as well as one of the Top 50 Nonprofit Executives by the
Nonprofit Times.
Morial, a history, arts, music and sports enthusiast, has an adult daughter, and is married to broadcast journalist Michelle
Miller. Together they have two young children.
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Program of Events
MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES
Dr. Paula Whetsel-Ribeau is the First Lady of Howard University. Some of her many responsibilities
include serving as the Executive Director for the Howard University Alternative Spring Break (ASB)
Program, and Founder and Chair of the Howard University Women As Change Agents (WACA)
Steering Committee. She provides keynote addresses, presentations, and a range of other levels of
support for several of the schools and organizations across the campus as well as throughout various
communities, both locally and nationally.
Dr. Whetsel-Ribeau has a successful 28 year career in education, with 14 years at K-12 institutions and
14 years at universities with her last position as the Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and a
faculty member at Bowling Green State University.
In 2010, Dr. Whetsel-Ribeau was appointed by the U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne
Duncan to the National Board for the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education
(FIPSE) where her term ends August 2013. She has served on various community Boards, is a member
Paula Whetsel-Ribeau, PhD of multiple professional organizations, and involved in numerous community service activities.
Opening Statement
Paula Whetsel-Ribeau, PhD
First Lady of Howard University
Music: The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Bonnie Burnett
Mezzo Soprano, Washington, DC
Recognition of the Head Table
Paula Whetsel-Ribeau, PhD
Welcome
H.E. Ritva Koukku-Ronde
Finland Ambassador to the United States
Special Greetings
Sidney A. Ribeau, PhD
President
Howard University
Steven Knapp, PhD
President
The George Washington University
Allen Sessoms, PhD
President
University of The District of Columbia
The Occasion
Madeline Y. Lawson
President & CEO
IAMMM
Invocation
Christopher Eley
Student
South Carolina State University
BREAKFAST IS SERVED
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Program of Events
Musical Selection
Etienne E. Lashley
Howard University Concert Choir
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
AWARD & PRESENTER
HONOREE
Dr. Dorothy I. Height Leadership Award
Dr. Thelma T. Daley
Vice Chair
National Council of Negro Women, Inc.
Dorothy C. Yancy, PhD
President, Shaw University
King Legacy Award for International Service
Henry H. Brown
President
H.H. Brown & Associates, Inc.
H.E. Ritva Koukku-Ronde
Ambassador of Finland to the US
King Legacy Award for International Service
Hon. Robert G. Stanton
Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Interior
.
H.E. Michael Moussa-Adamo
Ambassador of Gabon to the US
King Legacy Award for National Service
Kweisi Mfume
Former US Congressman
Marc Morial
President, National Urban League
King Legacy Award for National Service
Harry E. Johnson, Esq.
President
The Memorial Foundation, Inc.
Guy Vickers
President
Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Foundation
King Legacy Award for National Service
Hon. Al Green
U.S. Representative (D-TX)
Hon. Emanuel Cleaver, II
U.S. Representative (D-MO)
King Legacy Award for National Service
John Ruffin, PhD
Director, NIMHD, NIH
Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, PhD
President, UMBC
Vocalist on Trumpet
Paul Bailey
Student, Oberlin College
Acknowledgment and closing Remarks
Paula Whetsel-Ribeau, PhD
We Shall Overcome
Audience Sings
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KING LEGACY AWARD FOR
National Service
GUY VICKERS
PRESIDENT
TOMMY HILFIGER CORPORATE FOUNDATION
In his current role as President of the Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Foundation and Vice President of Community Affairs, R.
Guy Vickers continues to build upon his broad experience in education and social work to better the lives of children across
the country. Responsible for the continued growth of the corporate foundation and the expansion of the company’s
involvement in the community, he also sustains Tommy Hilfiger’s commitment to original foundation activities such as the
DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc, Fresh Air Fund and Autism Speaks.
Born in Douglas, Georgia, in 1951 and raised in Elmira, New York, the high school and college basketball hall-of-famer
earned a B.S. degree in Social Work from the State University of New York in Brockport. It was there that Vickers
developed a passion for helping others, and he subsequently went on to earn a MSW in Policy and Planning from the Atlanta
University School of Social Work in 1976. Vickers is currently pursuing his doctoral degree in Policy and Planning at Clark
University School of Social Work.
Shortly after completing his MSW, Vickers was named Assistant Director of SECME, Inc. (Southeastern Consortium for
Minorities in Engineering), which ignited his distinguished career in education and specifically, the engineering effort. His
unparalleled fund raising efforts combined with his innovative public relations programs and teacher training institutes led
him to the Office of Minority Educational Development at Georgia Tech, where he served as Associate Director for six
years. There, he managed scholarship programs for minority engineering students, served as advisor to eleven student
organizations and supervised graduate and doctoral students. In 1989, Vickers returned to SECME, Inc. in the capacity of
Executive Director, where his duties included coordinating efforts by the Deans of forty-four Colleges of Engineering and
liaising with seventy corporate and United States government agencies that invested in over 100 K-12 SECME programs
across sixteen states.
Vickers’ unabashed dedication to young people is evident in his work with numerous non-profit organizations. Currently, he
serves as Vice Chair and Board Member for the DC MLK National Memorial Project Foundation, Economic Opportunity
Programs (EOP) – Ernie Davis Community Center Board and the Intel Computer Clubhouse Advisory Board. He is also a
member of 100 Black Men of New York. Showered with numerous accolades over the years, Vickers was the 1996 recipient
of the National Action Council for Engineering Inc.’s, Reginald H. Jones Distinguished Service Award. Under his direction,
SECME received the prestigious 1997 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering
Mentoring, which led to a $900,000 grant from the Exxon/Mobil Education Foundation. In 1999, the 100 Black Men of
Orange County recognized Vickers for outstanding contributions to the technology sector.
Guy lives in New Jersey with his wife and three children.
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KING LEGACY AWARD FOR
National Service
HONORABLE EMANUEL CLEAVER, II
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE (D-MO)
5TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
Emanuel Cleaver, II is now serving his fifth term representing Missouri’s Fifth Congressional District, the home district of
President Harry Truman.
Having served for twelve years on the city council of Missouri’s largest municipality, Kansas City, Cleaver was elected as the
city’s first African American Mayor in 1991.
During his eight year stint in the Office of the Mayor, Cleaver distinguished himself as an economic development activist and
an unapologetic redevelopment craftsman. He and the City Council brought a number of major corporations to the city,
including TransAmerica, Harley Davidson, and Citi Corp. Cleaver also led the effort, after a forty year delay, to build the
South Midtown Roadway. Upon completion of this major thoroughfare, he proposed a new name: The Bruce R. Watkins
Roadway. Additionally, his municipal stewardship includes the 18th and Vine Redevelopment, a new American Royal, the
establishment of a Family Division of the Municipal Court, and the reconstruction and beautification of Brush Creek.
Cleaver has received five honorary Doctoral Degrees augmented by a bachelor’s degree from Prairie View A&M, and a
Master’s from St. Paul Theology of Kansas City.
In 2009, Cleaver, with a multitude of accomplishments both locally and Congressionally, introduced the most ambitious
project of his political career the creation of a Green Impact Zone. This zone, consisting of 150 blocks of declining urban
core, has received approximately $125 million dollars in American Recovery and Reinvestment funds. The Green Impact
Zone is aimed at making this high crime area the environmentally greenest piece of urban geography in the world. This
project includes rebuilding Troost Avenue, rehabbing bridges, curbs and sidewalks, home weatherization, smart grid
technology in hundreds of homes, and most importantly, hundreds of badly needed jobs for Green Zone residents. During
the 112th Congress, Cleaver was unanimously elected the 20th chair of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Cleaver, a native of Texas, is married to the former Dianne Donaldson. They have made Kansas City home for themselves
and their four children.
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KING LEGACY AWARD FOR
National Service
FREEMAN HRABOWSKI, III, PHD
PRESIDENT
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY
Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, has served as President of UMBC (The University of Maryland, Baltimore County) since 1992.
His research and publications focus on science and math education, with special emphasis on minority participation and
performance. He chaired the National Academies’ committee that produced the recent report, Expanding Underrepresented
Minority Participation: America’s Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads. He also was recently named by President
Obama to chair the newly created President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans.
In 2008, he was named one of America’s Best Leaders by U.S. News & World Report, which ranked UMBC the nation’s #1
“Up and Coming” university the past four years (2009-12). During this period, U.S. News also consistently ranked UMBC
among the nation’s leading institutions for “Best Undergraduate Teaching” – tied in 2012 with Duke, Cal-Berkeley, the
University of Chicago, and Notre Dame. TIME magazine named him one of America’s 10 Best College Presidents in 2009,
and one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World” in 2012. In 2011, he received both the TIAA-CREF Theodore
M. Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence and the Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Academic Leadership Award,
recognized by many as the nation’s highest awards among higher education leaders. Also in 2011, he was named one of
seven Top American Leaders by The Washington Post and the Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership. In
2012, he received the Heinz Award for his contributions to improving the “Human Condition” and was among the inaugural
inductees into the U.S. News & World Report STEM Solutions Leadership Hall of Fame.
He serves as a consultant to the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the National Academies, and
universities and school systems nationally. He also serves on the boards of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, France-Merrick
Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation (Chair), T. Rowe Price Group, The Urban Institute, McCormick & Company, and
the Baltimore Equitable Society. He holds honorary degrees from more than 20 institutions – from Harvard, Princeton, and
Duke to the University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University, Haverford College, and Harvey
Mudd College. With philanthropist Robert Meyerhoff, he co-founded the Meyerhoff Scholars Program in 1988. The program
is open to all high-achieving students committed to pursuing advanced degrees and research careers in science and
engineering, and advancing underrepresented minorities in these fields. The program is recognized as a national model, and
based on program outcomes, Hrabowski has authored numerous articles and co-authored two books, Beating the Odds and
Overcoming the Odds (Oxford University Press), focusing on parenting and high-achieving African American males and
females in science. He and UMBC were recently featured on CBS’s 60 Minutes, attracting national attention for the campus’s
achievements involving innovation and inclusive excellence.
A child-leader in the Civil Rights Movement, Hrabowski was prominently featured in Spike Lee’s 1997 documentary, Four
Little Girls, on the racially motivated bombing in 1963 of Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. Born in 1950 in
Birmingham, Alabama, Hrabowski graduated at 19 from Hampton Institute with highest honors in mathematics. At the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he received his M.A. (mathematics) and four years later his Ph.D. (higher education administration/statistics) at age 24.
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Past Award Recipients
Recipients of the 2012 Dr. Dorothy I. Height
Leadership Dr. Barbara Shaw. The King Legacy
Award for International Service H.E. Dr. Michael
B. Oren. The King Legacy Award for National
Service Aubrey A. Stephenson and The Honorable Al Green
Recipients of the 2011 Dr. Dorothy I. Height
Leadership Hon. Diane Watson (ret). The King
Legacy Award for International Service included
H.E. Dr. Klaus Scharioth and H.E. José Miguel
Insulza. The King Legacy Award for International and Service H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.
The King Legacy Award for National Service
Hon. Howard K. Koh, MD, MPH
Recipients of the 2010 King Equity Leadership
Award Hon. Elijah Cummings. The King Legacy
Award for International Service included Prof. E.
Nigel Harris, MD, DM and H.E. Cyrille S.
Oguin. The Dr. Dorothy I. Height Leadership
Award was presented to Sally Quinn.
Recipients of the 2009 King Legacy Award for
National Service included Tavis Smiley and Wyatt
Walker. The King Legacy Award for
International Service was presented to His
Excellency Peter N.R.O. Ogego. The Dr.
Dorothy I. Height Leadership Award was
presented to Congressman John Lewis.
Recipients of the 2008 King Legacy Award for
National Service included Joe Madison and Representative Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. The King Legacy
Award for International Service was presented to
His Excellency Denis G. Antoine, PhD. The Dr.
Dorothy I Height Leadership Award was
presented to Maxine B. Baker.
Recipients of the 2007 King Legacy Award Dr.
John Ruffin, King Legacy Award for National
Service Irene Natividad, Dr. Dorothy I. Height
Leadership Award for International Service
Harry Johnson, King Legacy Award for National
Service Congressman James Clyburn, King
Legacy Award for National Service.
Recipients of the 2006 King Legacy Award
included His Excellency Euripides Evriviades, The
Honorable Louis Stokes. The inaugural Rosa Parks
Legacy Award was presented to Elaine Eason
Steele. The Dorothy I. Height Leadership Award
was presented to Ann Nixon Cooper
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Past Award Recipients
Recipients of the 2005 King Legacy Award
included His Excellency Nabil Fahmy,
Randall C. Morgan, MD, Charles J. Ogletree,
Jr. and Kweisi Mfume. The 2005 Dorothy I.
Height Leadership Award was presented to
Alexine Clement Jackson.
Recipients of the 2004 King Legacy Award
included His Excellency Jean David Levitte,
Dick Gregory, Hon. Louis W. Sullivan and
Robert Ingram. The 2004 Dorothy I. Height
Leadership Award was presented to Vivian W.
Pinn, MD.
Recipients of the 2003 King Legacy Award
included Ofield Dukes, His Excellency Sir
Christopher Meyer, Hon. Leonard Spearman
and Dr. Dorothy I. Height. The 2003 Dorothy I.
Height Leadership Award was presented to Her
Excellency Sheila M. Sisulu.
Recipients of the 2002 King Legacy Award included David
Satcher, MD, His Excellency Odeen Ishmael, Dr. Paul
Vance and J.C. Hayward. The 2002 Dorothy I. Height
Leadership Award was presented to Sharon Pratt.
Recipients of the 2001 King Legacy Award included Dr.
Antoine Garibaldi, His Excellency Alexandre Philon,
Freddie L. Brown and W. Frank Fountain. The 2001 Dorothy I. Height Leadership Award was presented to Roselyn
Payne Epps, MD.
Recipients of the 2000 King Legacy Award included His
Excellency Juergen Chrobog, Dr. Floretta Dukes
McKenzie, His Excellency Miomir Zuzul, and General
L. Colin Powell. The 2000 Dorothy I. Height Leadership Award was presented to Dr. Thelma T. Daley.
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Past Award Recipients
Recipients of the 1999 King Legacy Award included Senator Robert
Dole, Ambassador Kingsley Layne and Rev. Jesse Jackson. The
1999 Dorothy I. Height Leadership Award was presented to Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.
Recipients of the 1998 King Legacy Award included
Ambassador Dr. Joseph Edmunds, Dr. Jeanne Noble
representing Ann
Fudge, H. Patrick Swygert, and Vivian Lowery Derryck.
Recipients of the 1997 King Legacy Award included Ronald
H. Brown, Kofi Annan and Robert G. Stanton.
Recipients of the 1996 King Legacy Award
and Dr. Dorothy I. Height. L-R: Ambassador Franklin Sonn, International Salute
Awardee; Dr. Jeanne L. Noble, International
Salute Awardee; Mr. Ronald Smiley; Dr.
Dorothy I. Height, and Henry J. Brown, Dr.
Dorothy I. Height Leadership Awardee
Recipients of the 1994 Awardees are congratulated by sponsors. L-R: Dorothy
Gilliam, Alfred Liggins, Jim Gibbons,
Jonathon Johnson, Dr. Dorothy I. Height,
the Honorable Constance Berry Newman,
and C. Payne Lucas.
Recipients of the 1993 Awardees are congratulated by sponsors. L-R: Fred Brown, Planning Committee Co-Chairperson; Mayor Johnny Ford, Tuskegee,
Alabama; Patty and Lynne Garthenaus, Sister Rosa Alvarez, honoree; Dr. Dorothy I. Height, Honorary Co-Chairperson; Delutha H. King, MD, Alexis M.
Herman, Dr. Betty Shabazz, Joan McCarley, Honoree; Star Jones, Mistress of Ceremonies; Madeline Young Lawson, Planning Committee
Co-Chairperson; and Henry H. Brown, Honorary Co-Chairperson.
The 1992 International Salute: L-R
Madeline Young Lawson, Planning Committee Chair; Her Excellency Eugenia
Wordsworth-Stevenson, Phil Chenier,
Hon. Constanace Morella, and Albert
Fox, Jr., honoree
The 1992 International Salute: L-R Dr.
Dorothy I. Height, Honorary
Co-Chairperson; Catherine Hughes, Dr.
Stephen Trachtenberg, Rayna Swann,
honoree; and Henry Brown, Honorary
Co-Chairperson
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In Special Recognition
22 nd Annual International Salute to the
Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sponsors
Aetna
Embassy of Gabon
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation
Brenda Hendrieth
Chrysler Group, LLC
Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Foundation
Howard University
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Acknowledgements
The International Salute Committee extends sincerest appreciation to the
following individuals, organizations, staff and volunteers for their support of the
22 nd Annual International Salute to the
Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Her Excellency Ritva Koukku-Ronde
Ambassador of Finland to The United States of America
Dr. Paula Whetsel-Ribeau
Henry H. Brown
Harry E. Johnson, Sr., Esq.
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation
Institute for the Advancement of Multicultural & Minority Medicine
Dr. Steven Knapp, President
The George Washington University
Dr. Sidney Ribeau, President
Howard University
Dr. Allen Sessoms, President
University of the District of Columbia
Honorable Robert G. Stanton
U.S. Department of Interior
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Potomac Valley Alumnae Chapter
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Save The Dates
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Equity Summit
and The 9th Annual Gala
September 23 - 24, 2013
Washington, D.C
23rd Annual International Salute to the Life and Legacy of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Washington, D.C
For additional information call
IAMMM
202- 667– 6155
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