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Volume 58, Number 4 Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia February 17, 1983
Dr. Charles Willie To Keynote Convocation
Dr. Charles V. Willie, Professor
of Education and Urban Studies,
Graduate School of Education,
Harvard University, will be the
special guest speaker as
Morehouse College celebrates
its 116th Founder’s Day with a
formal convocation to be held at
11:00 a.m., on Thursday,
February 17, in the Martin Luther
King, Jr. International Memorial
Chapel on the campus.
As a professional sociologist,
Dr. Willie has served the Eastern
Sociological Society as past presi-
dent and the American
Sciological Association as former
member of its governing coun
cil. Fie is a member of the
Association of Black Sociologists,
Sociologists for Women in Socie
ty, the Society for the Study of
Social Poblems, and the
Sociological Research Associa
tion.
Dr. Willie’s public-service ac
tivity has inlcuded appointments
to the President’s Commission
on Mental Health (by President
Jimmy Carter), membership on
the Technical Advisory Board of
the Maurice Falk Medical Fund,
and trustee of the Episcopal
Divinity School.
A former member of the
Executive Council of the
Episcopal Church in the United
States and a twice elected Vice
President of its General Conven
tion House of Deputies, Dr.
Willie, a lay member, resigned
these offices in 1974, protesting
the reluctance of some bishops
in the Episcopal Church to
recognize the first 11 women
ordained as priests in the Uited
States. Due largely to efforts
associated with this event, he was
recognized in the tenth anniver
sary issue of Ms. magazine as
one of forty male heroes who
have taken courageous action in
behalf of women.
He has served as a court-
appointed master in the Boston
scFiool desegregation case, as an
expert witness in the Dallas
school desegregation cases, and
in the higher education
desegregation case in North
Carolina. In local communities,
he has been affiliated with
human rights, housing, and
social service councils, and with
associations against discrimina-
Cont. on pg. 17
Sullivan To Keynote
Founder’s Day Banquet
Dr. Sullivan (Public Relations
Photo)
Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, Presi
dent andDean of theMorehouse
School of Medicine, will be the
keynote speaker at the 116th
Founder’s Day Banquet, Satur
day, February 19 at 7:00 p.m., in
Walter R. Chivers Dining Hall on
the college campus. Tickets for
the Banquet are $12.00 per per
son.
A native of Atlanta, and an
alumnus of Morehouse,
graduating Magna Cum Laude in
1954, D. Sullivan received his
Medical Degree, Cum Laude,
from Boston University in 1958.
He latercompletedlhis internship
in 1959 and medical residency in
1960 at New York Hospital-
Cornell Medical Center.
Highly regarded in the
medical profession, Dr. Sullivan
holds membership in several
medical and scientific societies;
has served in numerous ad
visory and consulting positions;
has over fifty publications to his
credit; and has received
numerous honors including
election to Phi Beta Kappa in
1975.
Carter, Young, Diplomat Jung
To Keynote Morehouse Conference
Session I: “National and Inter
national Perspectives on Human
and Civil Rights” will be held at
Morehouse College on Thurs
day, February 24, at 4:00 p.m., in
the Martin Luther King, Jr.,
International Memorial Chapel
on the Morehouse campus.
President Jimmy Carter will
lead a discussion on “Human
Rights, Civil Rights: The Afro-
American Experience.” The
Honorable Andrew Young,
Mayor of Atlanta, and The
Honorable Kim Day Jung of
Korea will also participate on the
panel.
Reserved tickets are required
for the Session, and those people
with tickets for the cancelled
January 20, 1983 session, may
exchange their tickets only on
February 21 between 5-7:00
p.m., at the Circulation Desk in
the Woodruff Library, 111 Chest
nut Street, SW. Those people
picking up tickets for the first
time may do so only on February
22 between 5-7:00 p.m., at the
Circulation Desk in the
Woodruff Library, 111 Chestnut
Street, SW. These tickets are
limited in number and are on a
first-come-first-served basis.
The panel members will
attempt to clarify the understan
ding of "rights” as interpreted
and practiced in America, as well
as other nations. They will ex
amine the experiences of the
1950’s and 1960’s.
An exhibition will also be held
on Thursday, February 24 at 2:00
p.m., in Woodruff Library before
Session I. Special guests will
include Leonard Thompson of
Yale University, Noel Erskine of
Candler School of Theology, and
Patrick Dunn, an Emory Univer
sity student. This exhibition is
open to the public and there is
no charge for admission.
For more information about
Session I and the Exhibition,
contact Ms. Linda Brown at
Atlanta University Center, Office
of Public Relations, 522-8980 or
Dr. Lawrence Carter, Dean of
King Chapel at 681-2800, Ext. 205,
208 or 209.
Schedule Of Events Celebrating
116th Founder’s Day
An exciting series of
programs and events have
been planned around
Morehouse College's 116th
Founder’s Day celebration
and the Sixth Annual Parents
Day.
The College will be hosting
a number of dignitaries,
alumni, parents, and friends
during this period of time. I
hope that each of you will
make every effort to par
ticipate in all of the activities
that have been scheduled.
The following is a list of
activities we have planned for
this very special period:
Fri. Evening - Feb. 18 - 8:00
p.m. - 10:00 p.m. - Basketball
Game - Morehouse College
vs. Fisk University - Archer
Hall Gymnasium.
Sat. Morning - Feb. 19
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. - Recep
tion and Registration for
Parents - First Floor, Learning
Resources Center, Gloster
Hall.
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. -
Introduction of Ad
ministrative Staff and Student
Leaders.
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. -
State of the College Address -
President Gloster
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon -
Question and Answer session
followed by tour of King
Chapel.
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. -
Meeting of Parents and
Department Heads and Facul
ty Representatives in the
Learning Resources Center.
7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. - Annual
Founder’s Day Banquet -
Chivers Dining Hall - Speaker
- Louis W. Sullivan, President
and Dean, Morehouse School
of Medicine. Cost of the
banquet meal is $12.00 per
person.
Sun. Evening - Feb. 20-6:00
p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Vesper
Service - MLK Chapel -
Speaker - Dr. Lawrence E.
Carter, Dean of the Chapel.
Department Chairs and
faculty members are urged to
attend the luncheon for
parents on Saturday, Feb. 19 at
12:00 noon in the Walter R.
Chivers Dining Hall. Tickets
for the luncheon will be
provided for you.
All Department Chairs are
especially urged to be present
at the Saturday afternoon
session with parents begin
ning at 1:30 p.m. in the
Learning Resources Center. If
for some reason you cannot
be present, please be sure
that your department is
represented. All faculty
members are asked to attend
this session with parents.