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T.M. Alexander Keynotes Brazeal-Williams
Lecture Series at Morehouse
September 8, 1981,
signaled the beginning of the
third year of the Brazeal-
Williams Lecture Series in
Business and Economics at
Morehouse. Special guest
lecturer was Dr. T. M.
Alexander, Sr., President of T.
M. Alexander and Company,
Inc.
The Brazeal-Williams
Lecture Series is named in
honor of the Phi Beta Kappa
Scholars and former
Chairpersons of the
Department of Economics
and Business Administration
at Morehouse College.
Morehouse President Dr.
Hugh M. Gloster said of Dr.
Brailsford R. Brazeal and Dr.
Edward B. Williams, “More
than any other two
individuals, they have helped
to lay the groundwork for the
very rapidly growing and
unusually progressive
Department of Economics
and Business Administration
which we have here today
under the leadership of Dr.
James Hefner, who
succeeded Dr. Williams as
Cooper and Price
Memorial Services Held
(photo by Brevard)
(photo by Frank Brevard)
Tragedy struck the Atlanta
University Center on Sunday,
October 25th, when Yolanda
Cooper of Florence, South
Carolina and Stacy Price of
Cora! Gables, Florida were
killed in an automobile
accident on an Atlanta street,
aroon Tiger learned from the
Georgia State Patrol that the
driver, Yolonda Cooper,
apparently lost control of the
vehicle as it approached a
curve on Campbditon Road
in S.W. Atlanta. Both students
were enrolled as freshmen at
our sister institution Spelman
College.
A memorial service was
held for Cooper and Price in
King Memorial Chapel
during Vesper Service the
following day. Over 350
students from Morehouse
and Spelman attended the
emotional service. Short
tributes were given for the
deceased by student
Roderick Bell of Morehouse,
and students Gisele
McKinney and Kathleen
Hawthorne of Spelman. The
solemn audience* was
reminded of the smiles and
ever showing happiness, the
ambitions and dreams, the
bright minds and over
flowing personalities of
Sisters Chape!
Cooper and Price. They both
were well loved and their
absence wiil not go
unnoticed.
A second memorial service
was also held for Cooper and
Price in Sister’s Chapel on the
campus of Spelman on
Tuesday, October 27.
Conducted in the same
manner, the audience heard
words of inspiration from the
Rev. Jesse Jackson of
Operation Push; Dr. Donald
Stewart, President of
Spelman College; and
Pamela Scott, SGA President
of Spelman College.
Chapel
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authentic lines along which
one’s quest for spiritual
reality has led him. Christians
are not known by geography,
politics, or ethnicity, but by
the genuineness of their
spirit. Dr. Hugh M. Gloster,
the president of Morehouse
College spoke at the
dedication of the Chapel in
the most comprehensive
manner about its
ecumenicity;
I also had a dream of a chapel
where all the students of
Morehouse College could
assemble for the first time in
twenty years. I also had a
dream of a chapel when we
could develop a unity which
we enjoyed in the past — a
unity that made us great in
power though small in
numbers — a unity that
welded us together in the
brotherly bonds of all for
each and each for all. I also
had a dream of a chapel
where we could attack the
corrupting lifestyles that are
destroying some of our
youth. I also had a dream of a
chapel where we could
develop leaders of character
and committment — men
like Martin Luther King, jr.,
Lerone Bennett, Julian Bond,
and Maynard Jackson, to
name just a few of the
younger group — who could
help to solve the problems of
our people and our world.
Yes I had a dream of a
building; but it was a chapel
where we could do a better
job of building men.
In the chapel we shall also
have educational and cultural
programs where our students
and those of other center
schools can get information
and inspiration and develop
faith and force that can move
mountains.
Chairman of the
Department.’’
In introducing Dr. T. M.
Alexander, Sr. to the
audience, Dr. Gloster stated,
“T. M. is a super graduate of
Morehouse, having
graduated from the
Morehouse Academy and
from the College. . . He is a
pioneer in civil rights and
business. . . Morehouse was
privileged to bestow her
highest award, the honorary
doctorate, upon him in
1970."
After sharing some
memories from his days at
Morehouse with the
audience, Dr. Alexander
stated, “I ran for the
Aldermanic Board in Atlanta
in 1957. I was the first black
man to seek a political office
in Atlanta in over 90 years.
Marvin Griffin, then
Governor of Georgia, took to
the campaign trail against
me.” Subsequently, Dr.
Alexander lost this election,
one of the few setbacks he
has had in a very long and
distinguished career.
Dr. Alexander was the
broker who arranged for
public liability insurance
coverage for 19 station
wagons used by Martin
Luther King, jr. during the
bus boycott in Birmingham,
Alabama. Dr. Alexander
stated, “The word in the
insurance industry was do not
touch this (insurance of the
vehicles). I called Lloyds of
London, and got them to
issue a binder on the 19
station wagons. I still have the
original policy. I plan to
donate it to the Martin Luther
King, Jr. Center for Social
Change.’’
In a question and answer
session following his formal
presentation, Dr. Alexander
stated that “there is more
confidence in the ability and
integrity of young black
enterpreneurs. M&M
Products is an example of
this. The owners of this
business started in the
basement of a house, and
now they are a multi-million
dollar business.”
Dr. Alexander stated that
“it is very important to
establish professional
credibility. My company has
professional credibility. We
are competitive. . . We have
access to world markets. . .
We have leverage.” .
Dr. Alexander concluded
his remarks by stating, "I’m
not going to measure my
success by what is behind me,
I am going to measure my
success by what is in front of
me.”
At the conclusion of the
lecture, Dr. Gloster
presented a plaque to Dr.
Alexander honoring him for
fifty years in business.
Maroon (Eiger
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Vol. 81, Number 10 Morehouse November, 1981
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