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INSIDE MOREHOUSE, FEBRUARY 2010
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Greetings from President Robert M. Franklin ’75
Dear Morehouse Alumni, Parents and Friends:
As we gather to celebrate the founding of the College,
I am pleased to welcome all Morehouse stakeholders back
to campus for Founder’s Week 2010. This week will
undoubtedly be a time for renewing and establishing
friendships. It will also be a wonderful opportunity for
reconnecting with an institution that is dedicated to
developing the minds and character of young men
throughout the globe.
One of the oldest historically black institutions for
higher education, Morehouse is known for providing a
first class education, coupled with a rich co-curricular
experience unparalleled by other institutions. We have
earned rightfully the distinction of being one of the best
schools for balancing rigor in the classroom with a diver
sity of opportunities to learn and practice leadership in
the community. Although great leaders are known for
their humility, we are pardonably proud of what
Morehouse Men are doing in their local communities and
around the globe.
It should be a source of pride to all people that
Morehouse has weathered 143 years of history and has
extraordinary achievements to show for it. This week, we
celebrate excellence, not merely endurance. That said, we
acknowledge that we can be better and we will never stop
trying to improve. Despite the past two years of global
economic recession, we have maintained quality while
reducing costs and improving efficiency. I offer a special
heartfelt thanks to the many alumni, parents, and friends
who have given generously to enable us to bridge this chal
lenging period. You should know that your gifts and sacri
fices will allow current students to cross the academic fin
ish line.
Thanks to you, future generations of promising young
men will share in the Morehouse legacy of excellence.
It is my hope that you will take advantage of the many
opportunities to engage in our Founder’s Day Observance
and that you will renew your commitment to be involved
in the life of Morehouse in the future.
Remember the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Our
chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we
know we could be.”
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Robert M. Franklin ’75
President
Welcome, and enjoy!
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Ronald Sullivan Jr. ’89 is a
distinguished professor of
law and the director of the
Harvard University
Criminal Justice Institute.
Aside from being one of
the nation’s leading theo
rists in criminal law, crimi
nal procedure, legal ethics
and race theory, Sullivan is
a noted commentator on
various legal issues, with
his opinions appearing in
publications such as The
Washington Post.
Perry Henderson, MD ’54
who was a renowned and
respected professor of
obstetrics and gynecology
at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison
Medical Sch-ool for nearly
30 years. But he, and his
wife Virginia, have also
made indelible impres
sions in the Madison com
munity with their service,
volunteerism and philan
thropy.
Julius Coles ’63 is an inter
nationally respected career
minister and Foreign
Service officer and the
immediate past president
of the Washington, D.C.-
based Africare. Coles was
also director of the
Morehouse College
Andrew Young Center for
International Affairs from
1997-2002 and director
Howard University’s Ralph
J. Bunche International
Affairs Center from 1994-
1997.
Lonnie C. King ’69 became
a leader in the civil rights
movement as a student at
Morehouse. In 1960, he
led a series of sit-ins that
led to the desegregation of
public places throughout
Atlanta. Among his rich
movement history, he was
a founding member and
first chairman of the influ
ential Student Non-
Violent Coordin-ating
Committee. Now a long
time educator, King has
taught history and social
studies to college and pub
lic school students.
Lloyd Dean leads one of
the nation’s largest health
care systems, Catholic
Healthcare West, in San
Francisco. His manage
ment of the facility
brought the system out of
a three-year financial hole
to being an $11-billion
system with 41 hospitals,
8,500 physicians and
53,000 employees. Dean,
a vocal proponent of
health care reform, has
been named one of the
nation’s top minority
health care executives and
one of the most powerful
people in health care.
Freeman Hrabowski III
marched for civil rights as
a child and was featured
in the Spike Lee ’79 docu
mentary, “Four Little
Girls.” The film chroni
cled the bombing of a
Birmingham church that
killed four girls, one
Hrabowski’s class mate.
Hrabowski has made his
mark as president of the
University of Maryland-
Baltimore County, where
he has turned a small
commuter school into
one of the nation’s leading
feeders of minority stu
dents in graduate science,
technology, engineering
and mathematics pro
grams.
Antonio “L.A.” Reid is
chairman of Island Def
Jam Music Group and is
one of the most powerful
and respected executives
in the music industry. The
Cleveland, Ohio, native
went from songwriting
success with former band
mate Kenny “Babyface”
Edmonds to becoming
CEO of the legendary
LaFace Records. Reid has
shepherded the careers of
music stalwarts such as
Usher, TLC, Mariah Carey,
Pink and Rihanna.
Worship Service
The Rev. Kenneth Flowers
’83, pastor of Detroit’s
Greater New Mt. Moriah
Missionary Baptist Church
is giving the keynote for
the annual Founder’s Day
Worship Service on
Sunday, Feb. 14, in the
Martin Luther King Jr.
International Chapel at 11
a.m. The final event of the
week will be the
Morehouse College Glee
Club s Annual Spring
Concert, celebrating the
Glee Club’s 99th anniver
sary. The concert, free and
open to the public, will be
held at 4 p.m. in King
Chapel.