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SUMMER ‘11
f o r
a l u m n i
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f r i e n d s
o f
x a v i e r
u n i v e r s i t y
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S
HISTORIC CAMPUS VISIT
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Alumni Homecoming
XU Art Collection
Commencement 2011
Honor Roll of Donors
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Obama VISITS CAMPUS
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Treasures All Around Us
President Chooses XU for Katrina Observance
Dr. Norman C. Francis ’52
President
Dr. Kenneth St. Charles
Vice President for Institutional Advancement
LaJuana Chenier ‘88
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COMMENCEMENT 2011
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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
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HOMECOMING
AND CLASS REUNIONS
2010 Donors Acknowledged
ON THE COVER:
President Barack Obama
addresses the audience during his visit
to the Xavier campus.
Alumni Enjoy a Return to Campus
D E P A R T M E N T S
2President’s Message
3Au Courant > Current News, Events
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The Gold Pages >Alumni News > Class Notes > Chapter News
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Photo Credits: Irving Johnson III, cover, IFC, 1, 3, 5-9, 11-19, 21-25, 39, 48-52, 54-56, back cover; photo by Frank
Aymami III, 2; courtesy Manning Architects, 4; courtesy the College of Pharmacy, 6; courtesy the People’s Republic of China,
10; courtesy Division of Education, 10; White House Photos, 13-14; Dr. Mora Beauchamp-Byrd, 19-20; courtesy Athletics
Department, 23; Gavin Goins, 25; courtesy University of Notre Dame alumni, 40; courtesy Washington DC alumni, 40, 47;
photo by Dr. Kenneth Boutte, Jr. ’76, 41; courtesy Dr. Elaine Parker Adams ’61, 41; courtesy Atlanta alumni, 45; courtesy
Houston alumni, 46; courtesy New Orleans alumni, 46, courtesy Philadelphia alumni, 47; courtesy Los Angeles alumni, 47;
Leslie Henderson, 53-56; and courtesy Carla Gibson Baker ’77, IBC.
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PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE
Summer 2011
Dear Xavier Alumni & Friends:
I recently had the pleasure of presiding over the 84th annual commencement
exercises for the University. I am always excited and encouraged during this
time of year due in large part to the anticipation and hope of our graduating
seniors as they embark on their new careers. Their positive attitudes and sense
of accomplishment are promising, contagious, and uplifting.
In addition to the achievements of our graduates, this issue of Xavier Gold
provides you with a representative sample of the exciting events and
occurrences that continue to take place on the campus. Our cover story revisits
the historic campus visit of President Barack Obama in commemoration of the
5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. This first-ever visit to the Xavier campus
by a sitting U. S. president generated a level of excitement and pride not
previously experienced in our eighty-six year history. It is hard to put in words
the feelings and emotions experienced by not only those in attendance, but for
the thousands of proud Xavierites across our great nation.
The physical state of the campus continues to evolve with the wide array of
construction projects taking place to include the recently dedicated Qatar Pharmacy Pavilion, the
much anticipated St. Katharine Drexel Chapel, and our new state-of-the art Convocation Assembly
Center which has just begun to be built. Whether you are local or out-of-town, please make plans to
stop by the campus whenever you are in the area. You will be amazed and impressed with our growth.
Our commitment to excellence during the past year also saw Xavier receive full accreditation from an
array of agencies to include the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association for Colleges and
Schools (SACS), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the National Association of
Schools of Music (NASM), and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
Finally, highlighted in this issue is our annual tribute to those alumni and friends who made a financial
contribution to the University during calendar year 2010. The continued generosity of each and every
donor is a vital component of our mission to educate deserving students and we remain eternally
grateful for their unwavering support.
Significant work remains to be done and with your commitment, trust, and prayers, together we will
continue to make Xavier University a great institution.
Sincerely,mi
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Norman C. Francis
President
Au Courant
Cu r rent Event s, News and O t her Hap p enings at Xav i e r
A CUT ABOVE: (from left) State of Qatar
Ambassador H.E. Mr. Ali Bin Fahad al-Hajri,
XU President Norman Francis, Qatar Minister
of Education H.E. Mr. Saad Bin Ibrahim
al-Mahmoud and New Orleans Mayor Mitch
Landrieu enjoy the moment after cutting the
ribbon officially opening the new $29 million
Qatar Pharmacy Pavilion.
Qatar Pavilion
An October 2010 ribbon-cutting ceremony officially marked the opening
of the University’s new Qatar Pharmacy Pavilion expansion. Qatar Minister
of Education H.E. Saad Bin Ibrahim al-Mahmoud, whose Middle Eastern
nation donated $12.5 million toward construction of the expansion, was
among the honored guests at the well-attended event. All of the College’s
new high-tech Pharmacy teaching labs, as well as two large auditoriumstyle lecture halls (each capable of seating as many as 200 students) are
housed in the five-story, 60,000-square foot addition, as well as teaching
and research laboratories, a mock pharmacy skills laboratory and a Drug
Information Center. The expansion allows the University to sustain its
increased enrollment growth over the past decade while drastically
improving the overall quality of its academic programs and research
endeavors.
Sacs Reaffirmation, Accreditations
The Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools (SACS) reaffirmed Xavier’s regional accreditation for another 10
years in December 2010. The University was found to be fully compliant
with all 86 SACS standards and requirements, including its new campuswide Quality Enhancement Plan “Read Today, Lead Tomorrow” initiative
designed to encourage all members of the Xavier community to become
more active and engaged readers. This announcement follows an
exhaustive two-year self-study and an external review by an independent
site visit team. Earlier in the year Xavier received reaffirmations of its
accreditations from both the National Association of Schools of Music
(NASM) and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
(NCATE).
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Cur re nt Eve nt s, N ews a n d O th er Ha p p enings at Xavier
Post-Katrina High Enrollment
Post-Hurricane Katrina enrollment hit a new high again in the fall, thanks to a solid
freshman class that exceeded projected levels and a welcome influx of new transfer
students. 781 new freshmen and 151 new transfers pushed the university’s overall
enrollment to 3,394 students, two percent higher than last fall’s figures. Enrollment
has grown slowly but steadily in the five years since Katrina had knocked down the
student population to around three-quarters of its best pre-storm figures.
St. Katharine Drexel Chapel
Construction continues on the world-class chapel in honor of the university’s
founder Saint Katharine Drexel. When completed in early 2012, the octagon-shaped,
energy-efficient spiritual center will accommodate more than 400 visitors and house
11,000 square feet of space to include a sanctuary, sacristy, and garden, day chapel
and bell tower. Designed by world-renowned architect César Pelli, the Chapel will
feature a limestone exterior, a domed copper roof and a large cross at
its apex.
Convocation Academic Center
Work has begun on the university’s newest construction project – a Convocation
Academic Center – which will be located across Washington Avenue from the main
campus. The much anticipated addition to the campus skyline will provide XU
with its first spacious indoor assembly area: a modern 4,500 seat arena suitable for
athletic and other large-scale events. The new facility will replace the “The Barn”,
which heretofore has traditionally hosted all indoor athletic events and most other
special ceremonies. The anticipated completion date is late summer 2012.
Third Annual Scholarship Concert
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STILL MORE CAMPUS GROWTH: Construction of
the highly-anticipated Convocation Academic
Center [seen here in artist’s rendering] has
begun at the site across the Washington Avenue
canal. When completed, the building will feature
a 4,500 seat arena for basketball games and
large assemblies.
Cur rent Event s, News and O t her Hap p enin g s at Xavi e r
LEAD SPONSOR: AT&T Louisiana President
Sonia Perez shares a moment backstage
with XU President Dr. Norman C. Francis and
entertainer Bill Cosby Jr. at the university’s
3rd annual Dr. Norman C. Francis Endowed
Scholarship Benefit Concert. AT&T was the
lead sponsor of this year’s event, while
Cosby was a headliner along with the Men
of Soul.
The Third Annual Dr. Norman C. Francis Endowed Scholarship Benefit Concert was
held Nov. 19 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Theater. The evening began
with a patron party for sponsors and major corporate donors. Featured performers
included Bill Cosby, Jeffrey Osborne, Peabo Bryson, Howard Hewett, and Freddie
Jackson. AT&T-Louisiana served as the presenting sponsor. Total net profit exceeded
$125,000. To date, $600,000 has been contributed as a result of these benefit
concerts to the endowed scholarship fund that was created in 2008 in recognition of
the 40th presidential anniversary of Dr. Francis. The goal for the scholarship fund is
the creation of a $1 million endowment.
Center For Cancer Research
The College of Pharmacy, in collaboration with the College of Arts & Sciences,
received a five-year, $10-million award from NIH/National Center for Research
Resources to help establish a Center for Cancer Research. This project provides
funds to increase the number and quality of cancer researchers, to support selected
pilot projects to assist junior investigators in becoming fully competitive in cancer
research, to provide seed funding for developmental projects, and to develop three
core laboratories to support cancer research activities in the university.
Xavier Named to Hhmi Science Education Alliance
Xavier is one of twelve schools and the only HBCU to be named a 2011 member of
the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s (HHMI) Science Education Alliance. Xavier
and the other schools will begin offering an innovative course from HHMI’s Science
Education Alliance (SEA) that will give students hands on research experience in an
elective course. HHMI provides training, research, and laboratory materials, as well as
support from HHMI staff.
New Deans for Arts and Sciences
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Dr. Anil Kukreja, chair of the Division of Business since 2003 and the Capital One
Endowed Professor in Finance and Management, has been named the new Dean of
the College of Arts and Sciences. In addition, Dr. Kim Vaz, an associate professor at the
University of South Florida, and founder of the Florida Consortium for Women’s and
Gender Studies, has been named the new Associate Dean in the College of Arts and
Sciences at Xavier.
Academic Success Noted
Diverse Issues in Higher Education magazine’s annual “Top 100 Undergraduate Degree
Producers” issue (June 2010) showed XU once again ranking first in the nation in the
number of African American students earning baccalaureate degrees in two areas –
the biological and biomedical sciences, as well as the physical sciences.
Dr. Anil Kukreja
NIH Research Funding
The XU College of Pharmacy ranks among the nation’s top 20 when it comes
to research funding by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), according to the
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy 2010 report on such funding. The new
ranking reflects a substantial jump from Xavier’s previous ranking of No. 58 out of 109
total schools included in the annual NIH rankings.
Dr. Kim Vaz
Center For Undergraduate Research
The Center for Undergraduate Research (CUR) at Xavier awarded nearly $220,000
in support of faculty-student research this year. Many of those research projects
were on public display during the bi-annual, two-day Festival of Scholars events. In
addition, Xavier’s online journal (XULAneXUS) published by and for Xavier students
published two issues this year.
NSF Stem Grant
The Department of Physics and Dual-Degree Engineering and the Division of
Education has been awarded nearly $1.75
million to continue developing retention and
graduation programs in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
disciplines and STEM education. The fiveyear federal grant from the National Science
Foundation represents a commitment from
the federal government to graduate a more
diverse student body in the sciences and in
science education.
Social Entrepreneurship ProXG Summer 2011
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OPERATION DIABETES: Pharmacy student John
Nguyen checks the blood pressure of New Orleans
Saints defensive back Darren Sharper, one of
the more than 150 shoppers who stopped by for
free health screenings and diabetes information
during the College of Pharmacy’s annual
“Operation Diabetes” community outreach
event at Lakeside Shopping Mall. Looking on are
pharmacy students Jessica Todesco and Haley
Dufrene.
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The United Negro College Fund awarded the university a $92,000 grant to fund
the Xavier/UNCF Social Entrepreneurship Fellow program, which advocates the
employment of business principles to address social missions or problems. Student
participants receive assistance and training in leadership and business skills,
participate in an eight-week summer internship, and are eligible for a two-year,
$10,000 grant if they commit to working in some type of social entrepreneurship
organization or business.
St. Katharine Named To National Women’s Hall Of Fame
The National Women’s Hall of Fame has announced the induction of Xavier founder
St. Katharine Drexel. She is one of 11 American women “who have made valuable
and enduring contributions to our nation” who will be recognized in ceremonies to
be held Sept. 30-Oct. 1 in Seneca Falls NY, the birthplace of the American Women’s
Rights Movement.
Freshmen Experience Lagniappe
In the vernacular of New Orleans, the term “lagniappe”
connotes “something extra” that you get when you
purchase an item or services. That’s the idea behind the
Lagniappe New Student Summer Preview weekend for
new incoming freshmen. Now in its the third year, the
initiative underscores the university’s commitment to
easing the transition of high school graduates into a
university environment and to better prepare them for
academics at the college level. Regional students (e.g.
those from Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, Texas, and Tennessee) are required to
attend the program. Students from further away are also
encouraged to participate.
BOOST
XAVIER BOUND: Pre-freshmen (from left) Celeste
Coleman of Denver CO, Joshua Jordan of Nashville
TN and Dominique Cook of New Orleans are
welcomed to Xavier by peer dean Jacob Thomas of
Nashville TN during the 2011 Lagniappe Weekend.
Close to 350 students and their families attended
the orientation preview, an invitational two-day
event designed to ease the transition of new
students into the college environment.
The university’s early intervention BOOST program
(Building Optimal Outcomes and Success Training) has
proved successful in the retention of first-time freshmen
who were required to enroll in at least one developmental
or intensive course. Freshman Seminar instructors served
as mentors for the students, who were required to attend tutoring for specified
courses and meet with their mentors at least twice a month.
NSF Research Grant
Louisiana scientists and students from Xavier and six other state universities will
share in $23 million in grants awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
The package includes a five-year, $20 million award that is the biggest grant that the
foundation has given to Louisiana. That grant will establish a network of scientists
from Xavier, LSU, Tulane University, the University of New Orleans, Grambling State
University, Louisiana Tech University and Southern University- Baton Rouge.
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What They’ll Be Reading Next Fall
The students, faculty, and staff of Xavier have selected Fast Food
Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal as next year’s shared
reading. In the book, journalist Eric Schlosser chronicles the
evolution of the fast food industry and documents some ugly truths
about this hallmark of American culture. The book will be required
reading by all first-year students at Xavier, but it is a text that
anyone on campus can and should read, as it is selected because it
addresses issues relevant to Xavier’s mission.
Annual Who’s Who List
150 student scholars were selected for the 2011 edition of Who’s
Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, an annual
chronicle of the nation’s outstanding campus leaders. The students
– chosen by XU department chairs and faculty and approved
by the editors of the directory – were selected based on their
academic achievement, service to the community, leadership in
extracurricular activities and potential for continued success.
Pharmacy Skills Competition
Two pharmacy students – Christopher Gillard and Ifeanyi Onor
– were among the top 10 finalists at the 15th annual American Society of Health
Systems Pharmacists (ASHS) National Clinical Skills Competition. A record 109
teams participated in the event, during which students demonstrated their skills by
assessing patient information and current therapy, identifying and prioritizing drug
therapy problems, identifying treatment goals, and recommending a pharmacist’s
care plan.
Outstanding Faculty Recognized
Six faculty members were presented Norman C. Francis Faculty Excellence
Awards for their extraordinary performance in the areas of teaching, service and
scholarship. The 2011 winners were: Teaching - Dr. Keturah Robinson (pharmacy)
and Dr. Murty Akundi (physics/engineering); Service – Dr. Anderson Sunda-Meya
(physics/engineering) and Clifford Wright (business); and Scholarship – Dr. Partha
Bhattacharjee (biology) and Dr. Michael Homan (theology).
University Honors 66 Long-Time Faculty And Staff
Sixty-six long-time faculty and staff members were honored as part of the
University’s annual Founder’s Day celebration. Topping the list of honorees
celebrating anniversaries of their employment at XU were Dr. JW Carmichael (premed/chemistry), Dr. Joe Melcher (speech pathology) and Clifford Wright (business),
all with 40 years of service.
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THEY ALSO SERVE: Kaitlyn Gaddis, a speech
pathology major and chair of Mobilization at
Xavier (MAX), accepts a Student Community
Service Award from XU President Norman C.
Francis during the 25th Annual Martin Luther
King, Jr. Week for Peace convocation. She was
elected SGA President for the 2011-12 school
year.
XU Music Professor’s Opera Earns Big Easy Award
“Embarrassing Position,” an original opera written by XU music professor and
composer Dr. Dan Shore, was recognized with the Big Easy Entertainment Award’s
2011 Creative Achievement in Opera award. The opera had its premiere at the New
England Conservatory in Boston MA in May 2010, while the XU Opera Workshop
performed the opera locally in the fall.
Basketball Teams Shine
A loss in the opening round of the opening round of the NAIA Division I
Men’s Basketball Tournament in Kansas City MO ended what otherwise was
one of the best seasons in Gold Rush history. The men finished with a 27-6
record, their best record since 1983-84. The women posted an equally fine
season, which included a 27-7 record, and winning both the GCAC regular
season and tournament titles. The Gold Nuggets advanced as far as the
second round of the NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament.
Men’s Tennis Repeats
The Xavier men’s tennis team garnered the program’s first Top 10 national
ranking in 2011, posting a 13-9 overall record and qualifying for their third
consecutive berth in the NAIA National Championship Tournament. Head
Coach Alan Green was named Coach of the Year on the All-Louisiana men’s
tennis team selected by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.
Penn Relays Honor Xavier Coach, Team
CAMPUS ROYALTY: Miss Xavier 2010-2011 Jade
Young of New Orleans (center) was officially
crowned at the annual University Coronation
Ball along with her class queens (from left) Mia
Holmes of New Orleans, Donielle Williams of
Fayetteville GA, Nikki Odofin of Dallas TX, and
Christian Joiner of New Orleans.
Former XU coach Ralph Metcalfe and the Xavier relay team he assembled
which made history at the 1942 Penn Relays were both honored at the
recent 116th running of the United States’ oldest annual track and field event. Herb
Douglas, the only surviving member of the 1942 Xavier relay team (the first HBCU
school to win a race at the Penn Relays) and XU President Dr. Norman Francis were
among those attending the event.
Cross Country
Xavier’s men and women each won their fifth straight Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
team championships at the 2010 NAIA Championships qualifying meet / GCAC
Championships. The Rush’s Matt Pieri also won the GCAC individual title.
XU Student Named Kemper Scholar
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Freshman Adia Wallace, a philosophy major from Jackson MS, was named to
the Kemper Scholars Program’s Class of 2013. Designed to prepare students for
leadership and service, the prestigious program promotes education in the liberal
arts while providing opportunities for career exploration and practical experience
through internships. Kemper Scholars receive annual scholarships of up to $10,000 a
year (based on need) as well as paid internships at major non-profit organizations in
the Chicago IL area.
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XU Student Named Albert Schweitzer Fellow
Derrick Bradley, a second-year pharmacy student from Ringhold LA
(Ringhold High School), was awarded an Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. One
of 260 national selections to the program’s Class of 2011-12, he will work
through the Daughters of Charity to deliver programming that improves
health competency, comprehension, and literacy in minority communities
in New Orleans. Upon completion of his initial year in the program, Bradley
will become a Schweitzer Fellow for Life – joining a vibrant network of
over 2,000 individuals who are skilled in, and committed to, addressing
the health needs of underserved people throughout their careers as
professionals.
Student Service Center
The old St. Joseph’s Residence Hall – unused
since Hurricane Katrina – is currently being
transformed into a new energy efficient
Student Service Center. When completed, the
three-story building will house the Student
Health Center, the Counseling Center, as well as
the reading and writing labs and various other
student-oriented offices. XG
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SURVEY SAYS: Dr. Judith G.
Miranti of the Division of
Education (fifth from left) leads
a group of graduate students
in counseling and some of
the leaders of the University’s
neighboring Gert Town area as
they conduct a door-to-door
Needs Survey.
CHINA CONNECTION: Dr. Loren Blanchard ‘84,
XU Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs,
accepts a gift from Madame Gao Yanping,
Consul General from the Consulate of the
People’s Republic of China in Houston TX. A
Xavier delegation met with the Chinese Consul
General to secure support for its application to
establish a Confucius Institute on campus which
would focus primarily on language instruction,
education, and Chinese artistic traditions.
The Historic Visit
of
President Barack H. Obama
to the Xavier University campus
The President speaks.
W
hen Hurricane Katrina slammed into the
Louisiana coast on August 29, 2005, the residents
of New Orleans and the Xavier community had
slightly less than two days to prepare for what
would become the greatest catastrophic event in our lifetime.
Exactly five years later, when President Barack Obama was
searching for a location to deliver his historic speech marking the
5th anniversary of the devastating storm, the Xavier community
had slightly less than seven days warning to prepare for this
by Kenneth St. Charles, Ph.D.
Vice President for Institutional Advancement
historic moment in Xavier’s history, the first-ever visit of a sitting
United States president to its campus.
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Obama on Campus
on Monday, August 23rd and that we should have a good
weekend because the following week would be very, very
busy. These were truly prophetic words because the planning
and excitement associated with a presidential visit can be
overwhelming to say the least.
The anticipation was high as the audience crowded into the University Center.
T
he first indication that a presidential visit was
being considered came on the morning of Friday,
August 20th when University president Dr. Norman
C. Francis received a phone call from the White House with
a simple request: would Xavier University be interested in
serving as the host institution for the president’s visit and
speech?
Dr. Francis and Xavier were certainly no strangers when
it came to welcoming world leaders, having hosted such
dignitaries as Pope John Paul II (1987), the Amir of the
middle eastern nation of Qatar (2007), and an array of A-list
entertainers and world leaders to include Colin Powell, Bill
Cosby, Lionel Hampton, and former president Bill Clinton.
Ironically, before being elected as the 44th U. S. president,
then Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama
explored a visit to the Xavier campus to deliver a campaign
speech. After a scouting visit to the campus during the 2008
Mardi Gras holidays, the Obama camp ultimately decided
that the university did not have the physical space to
accommodate the large crowds that the Obama campaign
was drawing for similar campaign speeches.
On Monday afternoon, a group of eleven officials from the
White House, made up primarily of public affairs and media
specialists, event planners, and of course secret service
agents, met in the president’s dining room for preliminary
discussions and introductions with Dr. Francis and senior
Xavier officials. The visitors stated that the President was
excited to be coming to Xavier and that they first would need
to conduct an initial site visit of the entire campus before
a final venue could be selected. We were told that all sites
on the campus, both interior and exterior sites, were up for
consideration. Once the team had conducted their initial
tour, a status report would be sent back to Washington for a
final decision.
The site visit began at the historic Xavier gymnasium; known
affectionately to Xavierites as the Barn, which most believed
would be the chosen site for the president’s speech. It had
the greatest seating capacity; it had great access and exit
points, and ample parking. However, we later learned that
it was eventually disqualified due primarily to its location in
relation to the interstate highway that runs directly behind it.
Had the Barn been selected, we were told that traffic into and
out of the city on the busy interstate highway would have to
be halted throughout President Obama’s speech.
The group next visited the outdoor quadrangle directly
behind the Administration Building, which was the site of the
1987 visit by Pope John Paul II. Many security-related factors
doomed this site as a possible location, not the least of which
was the problems associated with staging an outdoor event
in New Orleans in late August with the heat, humidity and
torrential rain threats.
As luck would have it, the University was now being offered
a second chance to host a speech by Barack Obama, not as
candidate Obama but as President Obama, and Norman
Francis was fully committed to making sure that Xavier
would pull out all stops to make this visit work.
Contact From the White House
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After Dr. Francis received his initial call, a follow-up contact
was directed to my office late Friday afternoon, not by the
White House, but by an official with the Markham Group, an
events management and public relations firm headquartered
in Washington DC. I was told that Xavier would be visited
The media was everywhere.
Obama on Campus
Backstage meeting (from
left) XU VP for Institutional
Advancement Dr. Kenneth St.
Charles, First Lady Michelle
Obama, XU President
Norman C. Francis and U.S.
President Barack Obama
We looked at classrooms, at the new Qatar Pharmacy
Pavilion, and even an old warehouse that was acquired by
Xavier across the canal on Washington Avenue. However, the
final site to be visited was the William and Mary McCaffrey
Ballroom that is on the 3rd floor of the University Center.
Every inch of the University Center and ballroom was
inspected, to include elevators, closets, restrooms, the
cafeteria, and all adjoining offices and service entrances.
the event would be a standing-room only event. Chairs
would be limited to the elderly and disabled. Both of
these developments were disappointing for the University,
especially given the fact that we wanted to include as
many of our current students as possible. Nevertheless, the
University agreed with all of these decisions because we fully
understood that the safety of the president was the reason
these requests were necessary.
Reminder from the White House:
We’re Calling the Shots
Move in, Set-up, and Ticket Distribution
As the final site for the speech was been vetted back in
Washington, the White House correctly predicted that the
University would begin to receive requests from a wide range
of ticket seekers, to include politicians, alumni, students,
faculty, staff, media, and of course the general public. Xavier
was told in very clear and direct terms that this speech was
a White House event, not a Xavier event and even though
Xavier was being asked to host the president of the United
States, our hosting was similar to a bridal party seeking
to reserve the Xavier ballroom for a wedding reception.
Our only role was to provide the actual room. The White
House would be responsible for everything else to include
furnishings, fixtures, decorations, printing, room layout, and
of course ticket distribution.
While Xavier was initially promised 350 to 400 tickets, this
number eventually was lowered to a surprising 170 tickets.
Additionally, the White House informed the University that
all guests that were to be invited should be advised that
The actual move-in and set-up was similar to a military-style
operation. Equipment, staging, full-body airport-style metal
detectors, flags, and of course the famous official podium
with the presidential seal began arriving at the University on
the morning of Friday, August 27th. It was only at this time
that the University began to be told the actual flow of the
event.
Phone calls to prospective guests also began to be made
beginning Friday morning. Additionally, the White House
established an online ticket distribution system that allowed
anyone from the general public interested in attending to
be considered in a lottery-style system. The Xavier allotment
of 170 tickets, which ironically were not ready for pick-up
from the Intercontinental Hotel until 11pm Friday night
immediately following the New Orleans Saints pre-season
football game, were totally committed-for in less than 90
minutes. Actual ticket distribution for both the Xavier group
as well as the general public took place on Saturday morning,
with each and every guest in the Xavier party being required
to undergo a special background screening. It was later
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Obama on Campus
Goode of Newark NJ, dressed in his Army ROTC cadet
uniform, was approved to deliver the pledge. Fr. Giles
Conwill, the new University chaplain, was tapped to deliver
the invocation, while junior music major Joshua Copper
of New Orleans was chosen to lead in the singing of the
national anthem. None other than Dr. Francis was approved
by the White House to greet the president upon his arrival to
the campus Sunday morning.
Miss Xavier Jade Young shares a private moment with President Obama and the First
Lady.
learned that this screening was necessary because the Xavier
group would be allowed to enter a special zone closest to
President Obama.
Even though Xavier had a tremendously difficult time
deciding who to invite, Dr. Francis insisted that neighbors in
the Xavier community be included, especially the elderly. Dr.
Francis also insisted that the presidents of the local colleges
and religious orders be invited.
Xavier was also asked to recommend several key participants
for the historic visit. Key roles included someone to introduce
the President, another to recite the pledge of allegiance,
someone to offer the invocation, a student to sing the
national anthem, and finally a representative to greet the
President upon his arrival on the campus. Additionally,
thirty-five students were requested to be seated on the stage
directly behind the president.
Ms. Jade Young, a first-year pharmacy student from New
Orleans and the current Miss Xavier, was selected to
introduce the president while junior business major Chavis
I remember visiting the campus Saturday night at
approximately 10pm, exhausted after spending all day
distributing the tickets, briefing Dr. Francis, and making final
preparations. I went to see the actual ballroom where the
speech was taking place and was amazed to find no one in
the room. I was also surprised as to how calm everything
seemed given that the world’s most powerful man would be
in this room in less than 24 hours.
Oh What a Day – the Historic Visit of
President and Mrs. Obama
When Sunday morning arrived, everything was in place and
ready to go. The New Orleans Police Department arrived at
5am to erect more than one hundred and fifty barricades
that ringed the entire University center in anticipation of the
protestors and dissenters who routinely follow the president.
The barricades also provided an extra level of security to
ensure that only authorized ticket-holders would be allowed
entrance into the historic speech. The Secret Service took
total possession of the building beginning at 6am, at which
time numerous agents and bomb-sniffing dogs began their
comprehensive search of the entire building. Only essential
Xavier personnel, to include those with keys and access to
the elevators, were authorized to remain in the building
during the two-hour search.
The President and the first family flew into New Orleans
President’s Remarks on the Occasion
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“
“
“
It is a great honor to be back at Xavier University. It’s just inspiring
to spend time with people who’ve demonstrated what it means to
persevere in the face of tragedy; to rebuild in the face of ruin.”
I’m grateful to Jade for her introduction… Jade committed to Xavier, a university that likewise refused to succumb to
despair. So Jade, like so many students here at this university, embodies hope.”
Less than a month after the storm struck, amidst debris and flood-damaged buildings, President Francis promised that
this university would reopen in a matter of months. Some said he was crazy. Some said it couldn’t happen. But they
didn’t count on what happens when one force of nature meets another. And by January – four months later – class was
in session. Less than a year after the storm, I had the privilege of delivering a commencement address to the largest
graduating class in Xavier’s history. That is a symbol of what New Orleans is all about.”
Obama on Campus
Reflections
from Participants
No extra space in a crowded University Center ballroom.
Sunday morning on Air Force One directly
from their weeklong vacation at Martha’s
Vineyard. The speech was scheduled to
begin promptly at 2pm with the doors
opening at 12 noon. The first-floor cafeteria
was transformed into a full access media
and press room where the media pool
assembled to conduct their interviews
and file their reports for their nationwide
audience.
Prior to the opening of the doors, the
atmosphere was electric. Everyone was told
to only bring those items that you would
normally expect to carry on an airline
flight. And once the doors opened and the
guests began to assemble in the ballroom,
the excitement steadily grew. The way
people were jockeying to get close to the
barricades was as if a Mardi Gras parade
was preparing to enter the ballroom. Many
knew they would be standing for at least
an hour, yet did not mind because the
president of the United States would soon
take the stage.
Several members of Congress as well as
the president’s cabinet and administration
were in New Orleans for the speech,
including U.S. Surgeon General and Xavier
alum Dr. Regina Benjamin, Louisiana
Senator Mary Landrieu, FEMA Director
Craig Fugate, and retired 3 star Army
General Russell Honore.
White House and Secret Service personnel
escorted Dr. Francis and me to the service
entrance of the University Center when the
president was approximately 15 minutes
away. Ironically, the president and his
family were only a few miles away from the
Xavier campus, enjoying a po-boy lunch
at the famous mid-city Parkside Tavern
Restaurant.
A few minutes later we heard the approach
of cars as they were driving into the
specially designed enclosed tent carport
that had been erected for the presidential
limousine and escort vehicles. A flurry
of staffers and the official white house
photographer entered first. And then
“It was an unbelievable and
overwhelming moment;
I cried backstage before
and as I introduced the
President. The opportunity
to tell First Lady Michelle
Obama that she is my role
model made the day even
more meaningful for me
personally.” —Jade Young
“I was awestruck, honored
and privileged to meet a
sitting U. S. President – the
first African American leader
of the free world at my
home away from home—
Xavier University.”
—Karen D. Watkins ‘69
“President Obama coming
to Xavier definitely made
me feel my school’s worth.
I was actually inside the
University Center to witness
him speaking and I was
completely excited and
overwhelmed; I wanted
to cry.” —Felice Gaddis,
sophomore, Psychology
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Obama on Campus
Providing supporting roles at the historic event: (from left) University Chaplain the Rev.
Giles Conwill, and XU students Jade Young, Joshua Copper and Chavis Goode.
we heard the voice of the president as he and Mrs. Obama
entered the building. Dr. Francis was the first person to
embrace our special guests and to offer official greetings.
After taking an official photo in front of the University seal,
both presidents spoke for approximately 5 minutes.
The Secret Service had advised us that the president would
most likely not ride in the elevators, and as predicted
President Obama and his party walked up the back stairs to
the second floor for brief meetings prior to the start of the
speech. The most powerful man in the world, our first African
American president, was on the Xavier campus preparing to
address a grateful and enthusiastic audience.
A Change of Plans
The original scenario had Mrs. Obama standing on the
platform throughout the president’s 20-minute speech.
However, the first lady, when she became aware of her
intended position, instructed the White House event
planners that she preferred to be seated during the speech.
So when she was asked whom she preferred to be seated
with, she was offered several
choices, to include the
governor and several high
level cabinet members. She
asked for other suggestions
and when a staffer suggested
University president Dr.
Norman C. Francis, the first
lady said yes. Dr. Francis’ seat
was moved from behind
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Karen Watkins ‘69, long-time executive
assistant to President Francis,
meets President Obama face-to-face.
Cameras click!
the security barricade to the restricted area in front of the
barricade next to Michelle Obama.
Throughout the speech, the president praised the university
and its leadership for their commitment to renovating and
reopening the campus less than four months following
Hurricane Katrina. And at the conclusion of the speech, the
president and the first lady spent an extra twenty minutes
walking the entire length of the barricades, shaking hands
and greeting the exuberant Xavier crowd that anxiously
awaited an opportunity to maybe say hello, shake a hand, or
better yet exchange a hug and kiss, all of course under the
watchful eye of the Secret Service agents.
And then it was over. The music had stopped. The cameras
were turned off. President Obama had departed the Xavier
stage headed back to Washington, DC, leaving behind a
grateful and enthusiastic crowd, truly delighted and honored
that the president of the United States had visited Xavier
University. Xavier University had less than a week to prepare
for a visit from President Barack Obama and had successfully
staged what will go down in history as perhaps the biggest
event in Xavier’s eighty-six year history. XG
Treasures
(from left) Robyn Dunn Schwarz,
board president at the Contemporary
Arts Center in New Orleans (CAC),
Bishop Moses B. Anderson S.S.E.,
’53, and Dr. Mora Beauchamp-Byrd,
assistant professor and Curator
of the University Art Collections,
admire an oil on canvas portrait of
the Bishop painted in 1995 by artist
Leonard Wasles. Part of the Anderson
Collection, it hangs in the Library
Resource Center’s 6th floor Nissan
Gallery.
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X avier ’ s A rt Collection
standing outside the University Center on the corner of Broadway and Dixon
doesn’t provide the same sense of wonder and awe you would expect to experience
if, say, you were standing outside the Louvre in Paris, or perhaps, the New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art – just take a few steps inside.
It won’t take long for you to come to the realization that this UC is more than just a
utilitarian building where students go to hang out; for inside you will find an absolute
treasure-trove of fabulous paintings, drawings and photography adorning the walls.
There are pieces representing artists from all walks of life: works selected for their
artistic value and the spirit in which they will hopefully inspire you to think and
expand your creative reach.
“Filling the campus walls with a rich, diverse art collection fulfills a long-time dream,”
said Dr. Norman Francis ‘52, who is in his 44th year as president. “Xavier has always
been a place where students can grow on multiple levels - artistically and academically
– and this certainly enhances that process.”
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All Around Us
Most of the 150 pieces of artwork currently on display in the University
Center are just a sampling of Xavier’s expansive 5,000 item collection,
which itself is comprised of pieces from various other important
collections, including but not limited to the Blanche and Norman
C. Francis Art Collection, the Bishop Moses Anderson Collection,
and the Fine Arts Collection at Xavier (which includes gifts from the
Brandywine Printing Workshop, Audreon Bratton, Dr. Regenia A. Perry
among others).
Donated by students, alumni and friends of the University, the
overall collection includes not only paintings, drawings and
photography, but a treasure-trove of multi-media, sculptures
and various other art forms. A large percentage of the pieces
were created by Xavier alumni.
The overall collection has come about largely due to the efforts of
Timothy Francis ’80, lawyer and presidential son, and the late John T.
Scott ’62, MacArthur “Genius” award-winning artist and long-time
faculty member.
“The most important thing about the project is that Xavier students
are now living in an environment of high quality art – these are not
reproductions,” said Scott at the official unveiling of the Blanche and
Norman C. Francis Collection back in 2005. The collection was begun
as a testament to the Francis family’s lifelong commitment to XU and to
the arts, as well as a manifestation of their vision of the University as an art-rich
environment to work, to live and, more importantly, to learn.
“This is a national collection of renowned artists that the
students will read about in books – and they can see the original works
right here at Xavier”, noted Tim Francis, who has not only donated works
from his own collection but has also facilitated the donation of numerous
works from other donors.
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The Francis collection itself – close to 200 pieces – includes works by both
students and professional artists. The student works represent the best works of
art completed by students in the University’s legendary Art Department, dating
back to 1957. Many of those students have gone on to make their mark in the art
world, including: Frank Hayden ‘57, Terrance Osborne ‘00, Martin Payton ‘73,
Steve Prince ‘91, Bill Pajaud ‘46 and Kimberly Dummons ‘95.
Intersection (1998) by Arthur Silverman,
a gift from Tim Francis for the Blanche and
Norman C. Francis Collection, greets visitors
at the St. Katharine Drexel Drive entrance to
the University Center. Silverman, an urologist
by trade, began sculpting in the mid-1970s
as a hobby, and later became a full-time
sculptor. He is best known for large-scale
public sculptural works that are based on
the tetrahedron, a geometric form with four
triangular faces.
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Twins (1997-98) was donated to the
Blanche and Norman C. Francis Collection at
Xavier University of Louisiana by the artist,
XU art professor and former Art Department
chair Ron Bechet, who is best known for his
vibrantly-colored paintings of lush outdoor
scenes, many inspired by rural areas throughout
Louisiana. The oil on canvas rendering occupies
a prominent place in the University Center’s 1st
floor lobby.
In addition to the student works, the collection includes renowned artists such as Scott,
Aaron Douglas, Richmond Barthe, Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Sam Gilliam,
Jacob Lawrence, Fred Brown, Allison Stewart, Russell Gordon, Ed Whitmann, Mitch
Gaudet, Willie Birch, Richard Yarde and Hale Woodruff.
Legendary art professor Sister Mary Lurana Neely, S.B.S., and current art professor Ron
Bechet are also represented.
The university’s overall collection of art has been further enhanced by another
significant contribution from the Most Reverend Moses Anderson, S.S.E. ’53, a former
XU chaplain who donated his own extensive collection to the university out of his deep
respect for the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament.
“I made this gift to Xavier because of my indebtedness to
the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for my vocation,” said
Anderson, who has retired as Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit.
“I would not be where I am today if not for them.”
The Anderson Collection – which includes more than 160 pieces –
contains some the earliest works by Scott and Hayden, among others,
as well as some African artifacts.
Less than half of University’s collection of artwork is currently
on display, and, for the most part, is pretty much confined to the
University Center, the Administration Building, the Library Resource
Building and the new Qatar Pharmacy Pavilion.
Eventually, however, pieces of the collection will grace every public
space on campus.
“Art has to be seen to be fully appreciated,” said Francis. “We want our
students to see them every day.” XG
Another untitled piece, this one by Romare
Bearden – one of the most recognizable
American artists of the 20th century – was
gifted to Xavier as part of the Bishop Moses
B. Anderson, S.S.E. Collection. The lithograph
resides in the Library Resource Center’s 6th floor
Nissan Gallery.
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Portrait/Young Woman (1998), a
lithograph by Tomie Arai, is a gift of the
Brandywine Printmaking Workshop to the
Fine Arts Collection in honor of the late John T.
Scott ’62, MacArthur “Genius” award-winning
artist and long-time faculty member. The
artist’s works incorporate silk-screened family
photographs that address issues of identity and
cultural memory, with a particular focus on
her experiences as a third-generation Japanese
American. It is located on the 2nd floor of the
Administration Building.
Eucharist by Frank Hayden, was the gift of Bishop
Moses B. Anderson, S.S.E. Xavier is the repository of
numerous works by Hayden, a transplanted Louisianan
best known for his lyrical sculptural works in wood,
bronze, stone and other materials, many illustrating
Biblical themes. Made of plaster, the artwork is viewable
in the Library Resource Center’s 6th floor Nissan Gallery.
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An untitled piece by Haitian artist PierreAntoine Cantave was the gift of Audreon Bratton
to the Fine Art Collection at Xavier. Cantave was
a member of the Centre d’Art, which is noted
for promoting the art form that became known
as “Naïve Art”, or “intuitive art”, characterized
by vibrant color, emotional intensity, and a
sense of sweeping, gestural movement. This oil
on Masonite piece is on display in the Library
Resource Center’s 6th floor Nissan Gallery.
Commencement 2011
BEST OF THE BEST: All 22 of Xavier’s summa
cum laude graduates join XU President
Norman Francis, keynote speaker Marc Morial,
and honorary degree recipients Debra Lee,
Camille Hanks Cosby and Herbert Douglas, Jr.
backstage just prior to the University’s 84th
annual commencement. (front row, from left)
Francis, Morial, Ashley Casey, Sondra Willis,
Danielle Foster, Thuy Nguyen, Trisha Le, Hong
Nguyen, Joannie Ivory, Cosby. Hebert and
Lee; (second row) Jillana Cavalier, Mallory
Waguespack, Ifeanyi Onor, Kelly Hebert, Kristen
Walker, Danielle Jones, Alycia Boutte and
Marylynn Nguyen; (back row) Steve Morgan Jr.,
Christopher Gillard, Joseph Lee, Lauren Cooper,
Russell Fertitta Jr., Raphaela Romero and
Chinwe Ike.
523 GRADUATES ACCENT COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY
523 graduates received their degrees from the College of Arts & Sciences, the
College of Pharmacy, and graduate programs during Xavier’s 84th annual
commencement.
National Urban League President/CEO and former New Orleans mayor Marc H.
Morial was keynote speaker at the event. The university also awarded honorary
degrees to businesswoman and philanthropist Camille Hanks Cosby, BET President/
CEO Debra L. Lee, and 1948 Olympic track medalist and businessman Herbert P.
Douglas, Jr. during the ceremony.
A total of 114 graduated with honors, including 22 earning summa cum laude
honors, 29 earning magna cum laude honors and another 52 earning cum laude
distinction. An additional 11 students earned graduate honors.
Steve Morgan Jr., a biology/pre-med major from Gray LA (H.L. Bourgeois High)
headed this year’s group of summa cum laude graduates with a perfect 4.0 grade
point average.
Also earning degrees with summa cum laude honors were: Bachelor of Arts – Jillana
Cavalier, Hong Nguyen and Raphaela Romero; Bachelor of Science – Alycia Boutte,
Lauren Cooper, Russell Fertitta Jr., Danielle Foster, Joannie Ivory, Danielle Jones,
Trisha Le, Joseph Lee, Marylynn Nguyen, Kristen Walker and Sondra Willis; and
Pharm.D. – Ashley Casey, Christopher Gillard, Kelly Hebert, Chinwe Ike, Thuy Nguyen,
Ifeanyi Onor and Malloy Waguespack.
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XU Degree for Olympic Medalist — 71 Years After Enrolling
A
n unfinished chapter in the remarkable life of Herbert Douglas, Jr. came to
a most satisfactory conclusion in 2011 when the 89-year old businessman and
storied Olympic champion finally received a Xavier degree 71 years after enrolling.
“It’s a storybook ending for me,” said Douglas, who was awarded an honorary degree
during the University’s 84th annual commencement. “Can you believe it? Xavier
really started my path in life. I learned academics there. I learned how to run. And I
learned religion.”
Douglas arrived at Xavier in the fall of 1940 after being recruited to compete for
future Hall-of-Famer Ralph Metcalfe’s men’s track and field program. Douglas
excelled – in 1941 he set a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
championship meet record in the outdoor long jump, and in 1942 he teamed with
William Morton, Clarence Doak and Howard Mitchell to make Xavier the first HBCU
(historically black college or university) to win a relay at the Penn Relays. The quartet
won the 440-yard relay in 41.7 seconds.
But the demands of World War II forced Douglas to leave XU in 1942 after two years.
He returned home to help at his father’s Pittsburgh parking garage.
“My father had been blind for several years and needed help,” Douglas said. “He was
losing employees to the military and to war-related industries. He had a 24-hour
garage, and he could not find enough reliable workers. I wanted so much to stay at
Xavier, but the circumstances just wouldn’t allow me.”
After the war Douglas returned to college – but at his hometown University of
Pittsburgh, where today he is best remembered
as the only Pitt athlete to win an Olympic medal
AND score a touchdown against the University
“[Douglas] is best
of Notre Dame. He is also credited along with
remembered as the only classmate Jimmy Joe Robinson in teaming up
Pitt athlete to win an
to break a series of racial barriers at the school –
Olympic medal AND score including integrating the Pitt football program.
a touchdown against the
University of Notre Dame.”
A true student-athlete, he received both a
bachelor’s and master’s degree from Pitt.
Douglas went on to win the bronze medal in the
long jump at the 1948 Olympics in London.
Douglas joined Schieffelin & Company (now Schieffelin & Somerset) in 1963 where
he became the third African-American to reach the level of vice-president of a major
North American corporation. While at the innovative wine and spirits importer,
he is credited with almost single-handedly introducing the high quality, premium
Hennessy Cognac and Moet & Chandon Champagne brands to a growing African
American middle class.
“I have been blessed in so many ways,” Douglas said.
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According to the U.S. Olympic Committee, Douglas is the fourth-oldest living U.S.
track and field Olympic medalist. Three other medalists from the 1948 U.S. team —
sprinter Cliff Bourland and shot-putters Jim Delaney and Wilbur Thompson — are
older.
Continued
Herbert Douglas, Jr.: 1948 Olympic track
medalist and businessman Herbert Douglas, Jr.
beams a wide smile after receiving his honorary
doctorate in humane letters from President
Norman Francis.
Commencement 2011
Douglas (continued)
The honorary degree was far from a take-him-off-the-shelf-and-dust-him-off
moment for Douglas. The very next week he was back at his alma mater for
a dinner he helped plan as a centennial salute to African-American athletes
at Pitt. And officials at the Penn Relays want him to help plan a fundraising
dinner within the next year. Douglas also plans to return to the scene of his
Olympic triumph when London hosts the Olympics in 2012.
“When will he really retire? That’s a good question,” said Douglas’ wife,
Minerva. “I would say never. He’s like that (Energizer) bunny. He just keeps
going. He finishes one thing, and then he moves on to another. He gets
involved in a lot of things.”
1942 XU Relay Team
(that’s Douglas, front row, left).
The trip to New Orleans and Xavier was the first for Douglas since 1992,
when he attended the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials. The night before
commencement, he and the other special guests were treated to a dinner at
Dooky Chase restaurant with Xavier officials.
“That’s some good Creole food,” Douglas said. “You know, Dooky Chase opened the
year I got to Xavier, 71 years ago. I couldn’t afford it then.” XG
AT YOUR SERVICE: (from left) Ifeanyi
Onor of Nigeria and Chante Calais of
Breaux Bridge LA and Ifeanyi Onor of
Nigeria receive the University’s two
most coveted service awards – the
Mother Agatha Ryan Award and
the St. Katharine Drexel Award,
respectively – during the 2011
Baccalaureate Mass and Honors
Convocation.
Debra Lee: XU president Norman Francis and
BET President/CEO Debra L. Lee exchange smiles
as the citation for her honorary doctorate
in business is read. She was honored for her
achievements in the field of telecommunications.
Camille Hanks Cosby:
Businesswoman and
philanthropist Camille Hanks
Cosby shares the stage with Dr.
Norman Francis after receiving an
honorary doctor of humane letters
degree in recognition of her efforts
on behalf of the African American
community.
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25
1%
4%
2010 Honor Roll of Donors
20%
3%
1%
4%
71%
71%
Organizations
55
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avier University of Louisiana is thankful for the
many gifts we receive from our alumni, friends, and
supporters. Through their generous donations, these
benefactors confirm their belief in our educational
mission and help to ensure that our students receive a
solid academic foundation.
The following Honor Roll of Donors includes gifts
received by the University from January 1, 2010 through
December 31, 2010. Placement into the respective Honor
Roll of Donor categories considers both the sum total of
all personal contributions plus receipts from any donor
advised fund and matching gifts during that time frame.
Alumni
13%
13%
Gifts of Artwork or Property
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy B. Francis
Ms. Arizona Moore
Most Reverend Moses B. Anderson, S.S.E.
Gifts of $10,000 or more
Mr. Joseph Boucree and Mrs. Sheila
Boucree
Dr. and Mrs. Wilbur B. Clarke
Dr. Mark A. Jamison
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde P. Jupiter
Dr. Cabrini S. March
Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey T. Marshall
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight McGhee
Dr. George J. McKenna, III
Dr. Marlisa J. McKenzie
Dr. Gwenesta B. Melton
Dr. and Mrs. Roland A. Pattillo
Ms. Paula T. Saizan
Mr. Leo P. Sam, Jr.
Mr. Alvin and Mrs. Janice F. Wilkins
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12% 12%
9%
9%
27%
27%
Xavier strives for accuracy and thoroughness. If you
believe an entry is listed in error, or if you have questions
about the Donor Honor Roll, please contact the Office of
Institutional Advancement at (504) 520-7575 or toll free
at (877) WE-LUV-XU [935-8898].
Alumni
Corporations
90
Alumni
Foundations
1443
Corporations 27
90
Individuals
Foundations 406
27
Individuals Organizations
406
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Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999
Mrs. Arthé P. Anthony
Dr. Stanley A. Boucree
Dr. Lorena S. Chicoye
Dr. Dunn H. Cumby
Dr. Norman and Mrs. Blanche Francis
Dr. Otis Gowdy, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Halvan J. Lieteau
Dr. Marie V. McDemmond
Mr. Alden and Mrs. Rhesa McDonald
Mrs. Phenella D. Perez
Mrs. Melonie A. Coleman-Richard
Dr. Odessa K. Spraggins
Gifts of $2,500 - $4,999
Capt. Eugenia Foster Adams
Dr. Sanders Wofford Anderson
Mr. Randall N. Boseman
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn M. Braud, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cherrie, Jr.
Mrs. Betty Mott Coles
Mr. Keith and Mrs. Judy Dawson
Dr. Sean M. Foley
Mr. and Mrs. Frank F. Gardner
Dr. Rosalind Pijeaux Hale
Mrs. Dionne DeBose-Hampton
Mrs. Alexis M. Herman
Mr. and Mrs. Smith W. Howard, Jr.
Dr. Eric and Mrs. Shauntell Reed Kline
40%
40%
Alumni
$681,917
$681,917
Corporations Corporations
$490,183 $490,183
Foundations Foundations
$2,287,637
$2,287,637
Individuals
$1,547,183 Individuals
Organizations $1,547,183
$735,396 Organizations
$735,396
Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Labat, Sr.
Mrs. Myrna R. Malveaux
Dr. Lisa T. Gibson McKee and Mr. Randy
G. McKee
Dr. Judith Alexander Nash
Dr. Emile J. Pierre
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Powell
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Powell, Jr.
Mrs. Sondra C. Reine
Dr. and Mrs. Solomon L. Riley, Jr.
Dr. Tanya M. Robinson
Mrs. Ruth Schlater
Mr. and Mrs. Westley Sholes
Mrs. Louise J. Sonnier
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Tillman, III
Mr. John C. Tripp, III
Mrs. Sylvia H. Tureaud
Paula M. Verrette, M.D.
Drs. Carlos J. and Karla L. Vital
Mrs. Earline S. Wilkerson
Mrs. Constance M. Williams
Dr. and Mrs. Everett J. Williams
Dr. and Mrs. Harold T. Wilson
Ms. Sharon J. Zealey
thank you!
Continued
Gifts of $1,000 - $2,499
Dr. John S. Adams, Sr.
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur V. Age
Mrs. Nedra Alcorn
Archie Andrews, Ph.D.
Drs. John and Monica
Anigbogu
Dr. Carolyn B. Block-Arnelle
and Mr. Hugh J. Arnelle
Dr. and Mrs. Theodore E.
Atkinson, III
Mr. Joshua J. Babineaux
Dr. Tyeshia V. Babineaux
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Baker
Dr. Ann R. Barbre and Mr. Steve
V. Barbre
Mr. Lyndon J. Barrois
Ms. Stacey M. Bastian
Ms. Camillia B. Bell
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Billinger
William H. Bland, M.D.
Ms. Malinda M. Boucree
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Boutte
Mrs. Nellie M. Bowman (Estate)
Mrs. Marie M. Boyd
Mr. Michael P. Breaud
Honorable Lois Bronz and Mr.
Charles Bronz
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund C.
Broussard
Mr. and Mrs. Edward J.
Broussard
Ms. Felicia M. Broussard
Mr. Kenneth J. Broussard
Malcolm Broussard, RPh.
Dr. and Mrs. Sylvester J. Bryan
Mr. and Mrs. Winston Burns
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L.
Burton, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver R. Butler
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard L.
Bynum, Jr.
Ms. Barbara J. Carmon
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H.
Carstarphen
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Carter
Ms. Karen R. Casey
Zenobia A. Casey, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton I. Charles
Dr. Edgar L. Chase and Mrs.
Alva Chase
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Coleman
Mrs. Marcella Collins
Mr. and Mrs. Brent A. Cooper
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Crear
Ms. Dayna H. Credle
Reverend Marion E. Criddle
Drs. Tamaatra L. and Errol Crook
Mrs. Heidi L. Daniels
Mrs. Myrtle R. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Gary M.
DeGrange
Mr. Alvin S. Deloach
Dr. Wilfred J. Delphin
Mr. Learnard G. Dickerson
Atty. Victor A. A. Dubuclet, III
Dr. Beverly and Mr. Lloyd
Dupre
Ms Charmagne M. Eady
Mr. Marvin E. Ellis
Nicholle B. Espadron, M.D.
Mrs. Barbara K. Evans and Mr.
Amos Evans
Mr. and Mrs. Terry J. Felton
Mr. Daniel G. and Mrs. Barbara
B. Fitzgerald
Mr. John Fleming
Mrs. Marguerite Florent
Dr. Pamela Payne Foster
Drs. Coleridge T. and Cheryl
Franklin
Mrs. Dianne Gaines
Ms. Odile R. Gayten
Mrs. Maria Sly George
Ms. Peggy A. Gibson
Mrs. Bernadette G. Gilbert
Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Glover, Sr.
Dr. Pheophilus H. Glover
Mr. Norman and Mrs. Michelle
Gobert
Mrs. Marlene Gonzalzles
Dr. Marcellus and Mrs. Laura
Grace
Mrs. Jennifer Adger Grant
Ms. Julie S. Griffin
Mrs. Gwendolyn F. Guillmette
Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Vivian
Guillory
Mr. Torrey M. Harding
Mrs. Gaylene W. Harris
Ms. Mia H. Harris
Portia M. Harris, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard D.
Harrison
Mr. and Mrs. Trent S. Heisser
Mr. Sterling and Mrs. Elvira
Henry
Mr. Calvin Douglas Hill
Mrs. Ruby N. Hill
Mr.and Mrs. Edward Holland, III
Tanyanika Holland, M.D., and
Mr. Darrick Holland
Mr. John C. Holmes
Mrs. Jeneice W. Houze
Ms. Marion Hunt
Ms. Cynthia Darensbourg Hurd
Ernest W. Jackson, D.M.D.
Mrs. Maxine Berteaux-Jackson
Mr. R. George Jackson
Dr. Jennifer H. Jacobs and Mr.
Everett P. Jacobs
Dr. Jarvis B. Jacobs
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson J. Jean, III
Dr. Patrice P. Jean and Mr.
Darren Collins
Ms. Shirley M. Johnson
Mrs. Carolyn C. Jones
Mrs. Joy A. Joseph
Dr. and Mrs. Peter J. Jupiter
Mrs. Ramona F. Jupiter
Mr. Charles Kennedy, Jr.
Mr. Marc V. Kennedy
Dr. Octavia M. Kennedy
Drs. Joseph and Deidre Labat
Ms. Kristen R. Labat
Mr. Leroy Labbe and Mrs.
Shirley Labbe
Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Lang
Dr. Treva A. Lee
Ms. Susan J. Lemle
Ms. Christina A. Levings
Mrs. Josie Y. Lewis
Dr. Myra M. Lewis
Mr. Walter T. Lewis, Jr.
Mrs. Sherrie B. Littlejohn
Davida E. Manor, M.D.
Dr. Christopher Marrero
Dr. and Mrs. Roy Marrero
Dr. Ambrose M. Martin, III
Ms. Ivy E. Mathieu
Dr. Jill E. McGovern
Ms. Brendolyn M. McKenna
Mrs. Carolyn J. Davis-McLain
Mrs. Patrice E. McNeal
Ms. Cheryl M. Medlock
Dr. Gerilyn Metoyer
Dr. and Mrs. David R. Miller
Mr. Eugene H. Mills, Jr.
Mrs. Lois F. Mills
Dr. Earl D. Mitchell, Jr.
Mrs. Tomika Baker-Moody
Dr. James W. and Mrs. Avis
Sinegal Moore
Mrs. Carmen Morial
Mr. Russell A. Obee
Drs. Henry P. and Mildred W.
Ollee
Dr. Nicole A. Padmore
Ms. Dianne R. Pajaud
Ms. Frances Parker
Dr. and Mrs. James A. Paschal
Mrs. Nina Payne
Ms. Monique C. Pazon
Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Penn
Dr. Dorothy Pugh, RPh.
Mrs. Annie L. Ramsey
Mr. Omar H. Buckner and Ms.
Kimberly M. Reese
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin J. Rigaud, Jr.
Mrs. Ethel S. Roane
Mrs. Vera W. Robert
Mr. McLouis Robinet
Drs. Derek J. and Shawn S.
Robinson
Dr. Donald K. Robinson and
Mrs. Ruby F. Robinson
Mr. Lionel Eric Roché
Rear Admiral (Ret.) Stephen W.
Rochon and Mrs. Shirley A.
Rochon
Ms. Deidra T. Rondeno
Dr. and Mrs. Charles J. Russell
Dr. Reginald O. Salter
Mrs. Deanna R. Sanders
Mr. and Mrs. Murray J. Saucier
Mrs. Anna Rita Smith Scott
Mrs. Denise T. Scott
Mr. Charles L. Shaffer
Mr. and Mrs. Errol J. Simmons
Dr. Chanda R. Simpson
Mrs. Demetria F. Sloan
Mr. John Andrew Smith
Dr. Joseph A. Smith
Mr. Laurence J. and
Mrs. Kara R. Smith
Mr. Llewelyn J. Soniat
Ms. Melanie A. Sullivan
Miss Condile J. Sylvester
Mrs. Regina D. Tatum
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert J.
Thomas, Jr.
Drs. Trevonne M. and
Nicole C. Thompson
Mrs. Evangeline H. Tierney
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick
M. Toca, Sr.
Dr. and Mrs. David A. Travillion
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin S. Tregre
Dr. Wallisa T. Vaughn
Mrs. Germaine G. Vavasseur
Mrs. June Vavasseur
Mr. Christopher W. Vincent
Dr. Anne Ward
Mrs. Karen DeGrange Watkins
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Mr. Joseph R. Weber
Mr. and Mrs. Willie J. Whisenhunt
Dr. Sonya F. White
Lieutenant Colonel Eldridge F.
Williams
Mrs. Hilda C. Williams
Ms. Mishanda L. Williams
Yolanda A. Williams, D.D.S.
Valerie P. Wilson, Ph.D.
Dr. Melanie RobinsonWoodard
Mr. X. Kembo Zunzanyika
Gifts of $500 - $999
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Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Adams
Dr. Belinda B. Alexander
Ms. Ronda E. Alexander
Sancerie J. Allen, D.D.S.
Mr. Adewale S. Anifowoshe
Mr. Joseph D. Antee
Rev. and Mrs. David H.
Arceneaux
Dr. Angele J. Arthur
Ms. Mary G. Auzenne
Mr. and Mrs. Wiley C. Baines, Jr.
Ms. Antoinette M. Bannister
Dr. Rachel A. Baranco
Mrs. Dionne G. Barnum
Ms. Tenitra R. Batiste
Mr. Lloyd Bennett, Jr.
Mrs. Celisa Blackmon
Dr. Jocelyn J. Bookman and Mr.
Dobbin O. Bookman
Mr. Richard Boseman
Mr. William and Mrs. Elizabeth
Bostick
Dr. Michael C. Boucree
Mrs. Cheryl W. and Mr. Darryl
R. Boykins
Ms. De Etra Branch
Ms. Mercedese Broussard
Mrs. Ann Hardy Brown
Ms. Michele J. Brown
Professor N. Wiley Browne
Mr. Brian Burns
Mrs. Myrtle J. Burns (Estate)
Mr. Benjamin E. Cannon
Ms. Cintrella K. Carter
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard P.
Celestine
Mr. and Mrs. Van B.
Chambers, Jr.
Mrs. Joan Clark
Drs. George E. and Christie
Clayton
Dr. Justina M. Clemons
Dr. Ingenue F. Cobbinah
Mr. Derrick V. Collins
Mr. Douglas Cunningham
Dr. Oscar A. Del Portal
Ms. Joan R. Desselle
Mrs. Lorraine Detiege
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Domingue
Mr. Daniel R. Driver
Dr. Michelle R. Easton
Mr. and Mrs. Vidal C. Easton
Mrs. Mamie L. Feffie
LaReesa M. Ferdinand, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd F. Ferguson
Fr. Brian Fox, S.S.J.
Dr. Holly B. Francis and Mr.
Anthony L. Francis
Ms. Ruth A. Francis
Dr. Leon Gant
Mrs. Rose H. Garment
Dr. Jesse F. Goodwin
Dr. Noel Gray
Dr. Rosalind B. Green
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Green, Jr.
Mrs. Jetta Harris
Mr. Vaughan M. Harris
Atty. William H. Harris, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ian P. Heisser
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E.
Henry, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith T. Hill
Mrs. Wanda Howard
Judge Brian A. Jackson
Ms. Malaka B. Jackson
Mr. Percy Johnson
Drs. Lamont R. and Teniesha
Jones
Mrs. Michaelle B. Jones
Mrs. Rosie S. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Frank T.
Joshua, Sr.
Dr. Leonard R. Jubert
Mrs. Theresa C. Julien
Mrs. Alice F. Jupiter
Mrs. Cosette West Kaufman
Mrs. Eleanor M. Leak
Mrs. Carolyn M. Lee
Mr. John H. Lee
Dr. Karen Lewis and
Mr. Cornelius Lewis
Mr. Jerry Little
Mrs. Pearl Algere-Lonian
Mrs. Joycelyn A. Bigard-Lyles
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew A.
Mallet
Ms. Veronica A. Malone
Mrs. Melba F. Martinez
Ms. Shawana J. McGee
Dr. Lawrence and Mrs. Helen
McKendell
Mr. Marvin N. Miles
Mrs. Mary J. Hadnott-Mims
Dr. and Mrs. Glenn L. Morgan
Mrs. Sybil Morial
Mr. Vernon M. Myers, II
Dr. Vuyisile S. Nkomo
Ms. Tyra Ordone
Mr. and Mrs. William
Pajaud, Sr.
Mrs. Sylvia T. Patterson
Mr. James E. Planer
Mr. Wayman Powell, III
Mr. Rudolph R. Prioleau
Drs. Henry B. and Funmilayo
Rachal
Dr. Howard J. Raphael
Mrs. Irene B. Richardson
Ms. Kathlyn D. Robertson
Mrs. Donna S. Robinson
Dr. Fred J. Sambrone, Jr.
Ms. Joyce M. Sandifer
Ms. Juval O. Scott
Dr. James Shade, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Simms
Mr. Robert H. Simms
Ms. Brandi A. Sinkfield
Mr. Timothy J. Smith
Mr. Louis A. Spain, Sr.
Mr. Edward Sparrow
Henry L. and Blanche Davison
Stewart
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Sudbury
Ms. Michele L. Terrie
Ms. Jamelah A. Terry
Mr. and Mrs. Alcide J.
Tervalon, Jr.
Dr. Lowell P. Theard
Mrs. Etta Tricksey
Ms. Tinh T. Trinh
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander
Tureaud, Jr.
Ms. Gabrielle Urquhart
Mrs. Trina S. Vincent
Mr. and Mrs. James O. Wadley
Dr. Shana D. Wakefield and
Mr. Ver-Non T. Wakefield
Ms. Esther C. Wanda
Mr. Bobbie Ward
Dr. Krishawnda Rogers
Washington
Mrs. Marsha Washington
Mr. Richard J. Washington
Atty. Angele T. White
Dr. Michael G. White
Mr. and Mrs. Roderick L.
Whitfield
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Winand
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred T. Witcher
Mr. and Mrs. James A.
Wooten
Mrs. Winifred D. Wright
Gifts of $250 - $499
Ms. Jillian S. Alfonso
Dr. June T. Lombard-Allen
Mr. Billy G. Ambrose
Mrs. Shirley Anderson
Mr. Paul L. Andoh
Ms. Lora L. Antoine
Lt. Col. Augustine S. Aruna
Mrs. Marva A. Babin
Dr. Devita Williams Barnes
Dr. Gloria D. Beal
Mrs. Donn C. Beaubien
Ms. Valda J. Bell
Mrs. Gloria Butler Beverly
Mr. Alvin Blackmon, III
Mr. and Mrs. Renard A.
Boissiere, Sr.
Mrs. Shelita M. Bourgeois
Mrs. Lydia T. Boutte
LCDR André Le Gras Boutté
Dr. Shameza L. Boyd
Dr. Kristy M. Brumfield
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W.
Brunswick
Dr. Anthony L. Buckles
Dr. Larry V. Caldwell
Mr. and Mrs. Larry L. Calvin
Dr. Yvonne L. Carter
Mr. Erskine A. Cartwright
Ms. Helen E. Castenell
Major Dexter E. Caston and
Mrs. Demetria G. Caston
Mrs. Pamela D. Cellum
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie L.
Chambers
Mr. Donald C. Collins
Miss Terlenda J. Crawford
Mr. and Mrs. Edward R.
Dalferes, Jr.
Ms. Bythelda M. Davis
Dr. Larna J. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert P.
Depland, Jr.
Dr. Tonya R. Dobbs
Ms. Colette M. Dominique
Mr. Thomas J. Donald
Ms. Merilynn B. Donelon
Dr. Ronald Dorris
Mr. Scott A. Eschmann
Ms. Stacie M. Fabre
Mrs. Janice Florent
Mr. Thomas Fogie, Jr.
Mrs. Louaunne W. Gilyot
Mrs. A. Doris J. Goins
Mrs. Ruth O. Gordon
Ms. Beverly W. Grant
Mr. Henry Grant, Jr.
Dr. Rashida N. Gray
Mrs. Octavia B. Gross
Mr. James D. Guidry
Dr. Alfred Guillaume, Jr.
Mr. Okyeame and Mrs. Melissa
Haley
Mrs. Pennye D. Hamilton
Mrs. Andrea Taylor-Harris
Ms. Veronica L. Harrison
Mrs. Joyce M. Guillion Harte
Dr. Kenneth D. Hartwill
Mr. Ruston G. Henry, Sr.
Mr. Larry G. Higgins
Vernora D. Hightower, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. James T.
Houston, Jr.
Ms. Hyacinth H. Hutchinson
Mr. Dannton C. Jackson
Mrs. Ella P. Jackson
Mr. Preston E. Jeanjacques
Mrs. Judith G. Johnson
Ms. Virginia M. Johnson
Ms. Sarah A. Jones
Ms. Kikelomo N. Joshua
Mrs. Shirley Melton- Judge
Mr. Todd G. Keller
Mrs. Ruth E. Kennedy
Dr. and Mrs. Duane E. Kirksey
Mr. Leland C. Labbe
Ms. Loren C. Labbe
Mr. Lionel B. Labeaud
Ms. Justina M. Lafitte
Mrs. Nellrose R. LaPierre
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Larkin
Mr. Jerrol Larrieu
Dr. Michael J. Lawrence
Mrs. Philomena D. Lawson
Dr. and Mrs. Tilden
Le Melle, Ph.D.
Mrs. Eunice D. Lear
Dr. Lester A. Lee and Mrs. Leslie
I. Lee
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Lemelle
Mr. Robert V. Lewis
Mrs. Simone M. Marion
Mr. Errol J. Martin
Mr. Reginald H. Matthews
Mr. John L. McCullough
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Melton, III
Mrs. Helen Morrison
Mr. Donald R. Naylor, Jr.
Mrs. Elise T. Nicholls
Mrs. Katherine T. Nicolay
Mrs. Catherine L. Painia
Mr. Roger D. Pender, Jr.
Ms. Natalia Perry
Mrs. Juanita B. Peterson
Mrs. Lisa A. Porter
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Prampin
Mrs. Geraldine M. Pratt
Mrs. Rosemary B. Quillen
Dr. Julia Bell Quint
Mrs. Glenda Rankin
Mrs. Ann M. Rawles
Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord S.
Raymond
Dr. and Mrs. Mason C. Reddix
Mrs. Vernell A. Reed
Mrs. Antoinette Rich
Mr. Donald Richard
Mrs. Elsie P. Richard
Mrs. Cheryl Ripoll
Mrs. Charlene W. Robins
Mrs. Althea R. Robinson
Mr. Alan J. Rodney
Mrs. Johnetta McMillanRoyster
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. Saberre
Mr. Gordon B. Sanders
Mr. Jeffrey L. Schwab, D.D.S.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmore J. Seraile
Mrs. Britté D. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Smith
Royshanda C. Smith, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Spears, Jr.
Mr. Wayne A. Steele, Sr.
Dr. Louise Guenveur Streat
Mrs. Gertrude P. Taylor
Mrs. Carolyn Thomas
Mr. Edward S. Thomas
Mr. Larry E. Thomas
Dr. and Mrs. Roderick O.
Thornton
Mrs. Theresa W. Threet
Mr. James B. Tillman
Cynthia B. Vernon, Ph.D.
Mr. Gerard M. Victor
Ms. Paulette W. Wagner
Mr. and Mrs. Neal V. Walker
Mrs. Myrna B. Walker
Mr. Willie J. Walker
Mrs. Cassandre K. Wallace
Mrs. Janice L. Wash
Phyllis E. Weaver, R.Ph.
Mr. John D. Webster
Mr. Charles E. Wesley
Mr. Clarence L. White
Ms. Joyce M. Whitfield
Mrs. Gwendolyn H. Whitner
Dr. and Mrs. Elijah Whitten
Ms. Estelle M. Williams
Ms. Jennifer M. Williams
Mrs. Leola Melton Williams
Mrs. Lorraine G. Williams
Ms. Margaret A. Zimmerman
Gifts of $100 - $249
Ms. Beverly K. Addison
Mrs. Kanika U. Ajanaku
Mrs. Carole B. Alarcon
Mrs. Louella B. Alexander
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan F.
Alexander
Mr. Nelson Alexander
Mr. and Mrs. George L. Allen, II
Mrs. Verna Allen
Mr. Joseph L. Allison
Mrs. Talita A. Allison
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J.
Almeida, Jr.
Mr. James A. Alsandor
Dr. LaKica R. Amos
Dr. Blanche S. Anderson
Mrs. Linda L. Anderson
Dr. Melvin W. Anderson
Mrs. Sauntiese C. Andrew
Mr. Wilbert Antoine, Jr.
Ms. LaKeysha C. Arthur
Ms. Bernadette M. August
Ms. Carmichael L. August
Mr. Dudley G. Auzenne
Janeen R. Azare, Ph.D.
Mr. Joseph D. Babineaux
Mrs. Anatalie W. Bachemin
Dr. Gloria Jackson Bacon
Ms. Ayanna L. Baker
Dr. Troy L. Baldwin
Dr. and Mrs. Herbert V.
Baptiste, Sr.
Mr. Francis X. Barial
Dr. Walter J. Barial
Mr. Keith T. Barker
Ms. Dell M. Barnes
Ms. Adrienne P. Becnel
Mrs. Carol R. Daniels-Bell
Mrs. Kathleen Dorsey Bellow
Mr. Johnny L. Bennett, Jr.
Mrs. Patricia S. Bennett
Mrs. Hilda M. Bergeron
Mrs. Ione Beck Bertrand
Ms. Debbie Bissett
Ms. Paige M. Blache
Ms. Tiffany C. Black
Lewis Blair, Pharm.D
Mrs. Lois R. Blakes
Dr. Loren J. Blanchard
Mr. Derick S. Bledsoe
Dr. Nichole M. Bauknight-Boles
Mrs. Rita Boskent
Mrs. Barbara T. Boutte
Mr. John L. Bovastro, Jr.
Tommy E. Bowman, D.D.S.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Boyd
Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus E. Bradford
Ms. Elease M. Bradford
Dr. Michael J. Brady
Mrs. Edna V. Branch
Mr. Otis A. Brannigan
Mr. and Mrs. Newman S. Braud
Ms. Gwendolyn M. Breaux
Ms. Carla R. Briggs
Dr. Ronda L. Broady
Mr. Joseph A. Brooks, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Broussard
Mrs. Tira W. Broussard
Mrs. Blivienne R. Brown
Dr. Carolyn M. Brown
Mr. Darius K. Brown
Mrs. Earlene Patin Brown
Mrs. Harriet S. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Kojis J. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Terence C. Brown
Ms. Ursula M. Brown
Dr. Yasmin K. Brown
Mrs. Beverly Broyard
Mr. Alexander Brumfield, Jr.
Ms. Jessica S. Bryant
Mrs. Joycelyn L. Burnett
Ms. Allassia Y. Burns
Dr. Jossie A. Burton
Dr. Kimberly M. Bush
Mrs. Delphenie H. Butler
Mrs. Lorraine Butler
Dr. and Mrs. Walton M. Byrnes
Mrs. Clementine Cager
Dr. Octavia R. Calhoun
Mrs. Cynthia S. Caliste
Edward R. Caliste, Ph.D.
Mr. Lester A. Caliste, Jr.
Mr. Jamaal A. Campbell
Ms. Mildred T. Caro
Ms. Ann P. Carter
Mrs. Shirley M. Celestine
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Mrs. Willie P. Chaffers
Mr. Meyer J. Chambers
Dr. and Mrs. Charles A.
Champion
Mrs. Sue P. Chandler
Ms. Brenda R. Chapman
Mrs. Joressa Chappell
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L.
Charbonnet, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Lucien S.
Charlot, Jr.
Mrs. Regina Storms Chenault
Ms. Julie C. Chenier
Mr. Kenny and Mrs. La Juana
G. Chenier
Ms. Alfredmy G. Chessor
Ms. Nicolette D. Clark
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Clark
Mr. Ronald K. Clinton
William L. Cody, Ph.D.
Mr. Milton Coleman
Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie C.
Collier, Sr.
Mr. Donald F. Collins
Ms. LaTedra M. Collins
Dr. Yvonne C. Collins and Mr.
Christopher A. Moore, RPh.
Mr. Andre S. Coure
Mrs. Dolores L. Bergquist-Coyé
Mrs. Rose M. Craft
Ms. Donna K. Crawford
Rev. David G. Cray, S.S.E.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd X. Creecy
Mrs. Clevetta T. Cummings
Ms. Shasa B. Dabner
Mrs. Yvonne M. Darensbourg
Ms. Deborah Y. David
Ms. Barbara L. Davis
Ms. Doris Davis
Ms. Janet M. Davis
Dr. Joseph W. Davis
TenecQua M. Davis, Pharm D.
Ms. Raeschelle A. Dawson
Mrs. Lorraine Sigue Day
Mrs. Alaine De Myers
Dr. Anthony A. Decuir, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Winston G. Decuir
Mrs. Sharon S. Dennis
Mrs. Althea K. Deterville
Dr. and Mrs. Armond A.
Devezin
Mr. Ronald O. Dews, Jr.
Mrs. Nolma I. Diamond
Ms. Rhonda R. Dickey
Mr. Joseph A. Domingue
Dr. Agnes Donahue
Mrs. Sharon L. Donato
Mr. Andre C. Dowtin
Mrs. Tracy B. DuBose
Mr. and Mrs. Clement
Dugue, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J.
Dumas
Mrs. Audrey H. Duncan
Mr. and Mrs. Alton A.
Duplantier
Mrs. Virginia M. Dupre
Mr. Gabriel L. Eaglin
Judge Erania M. Ebron
Ms. Lurena Echols
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar R.
Edwards, Sr.
Mr. David and Dr. Sabrina
Elliott
Mrs. Clida Ellison
Mrs. Cheryl Elmore
Mr. Walter H. Ennis, III
Mr. and Mrs. George
Etienne
Ms. Lois J. Evans
Mr. Louis A. Evans
Mrs. Willie Q. Ferbos
Mrs. Emily Ferguson
Ms. Myrtle W. Ferrande
Mrs. Geraldine A. Fiawoo
Mr. Preston M. Firmin
Ms. Triwanna L. Fisher
Mr. Lionel J. Fleury
Mr. Louis R. Flowers, III
Dr. Stacey L. Folse
Ms. Natalie Forcia
Dr. and Mrs. Edmond
Franklin, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Frost
Mr. Bryan and Dr. Conchetta
Fulton
Mr. Melvin Gaines
Mr. and Mrs. Paul “Gus” L.
Gaines
Ms. Phyliss S. Gaines
Mr. Ronald D. Gaines
Mr. Vance Gamble
Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Gardner
Ms. Marchelle M. Garibaldi
Mr. Richard J. Gasper
Ms. Brenda V. Gibson
Ms. Tunicia A. Giron
Mrs. Denise D. Givens
Dr. Timothy J. Glaude
Mrs. Margaret Glover
Dr. Rossie J. Gomez
Dr. Paul R. Goodwin
Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Gould
Ambassador Alisheian C.
Graham
Mrs. Sefronia Greene
Ms. Janel D. Greer
Ms. Tamala P. Griffin
Mr. John W. Grissett
Ms. Teresita M. Guillaume
Mr. Jeffrey Guillmette
Mrs. Alverna J. Harden
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest M. Harding
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Hardy
Mr. Marcus A. Harley
Ms. Kendra E. Harmon
Mrs. Imogene V. Harrell
Dr. Jazmine A. Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Randy C. Harris
Mrs. Olga Hartman
Mrs. Stephanie W. Hawthorne
Ms. DeShandra S. Hayes
Ms. Dawn E. Hebert
Mrs. Delores E. Heglar
Mr. and Mrs. Harold B.
Henderson
Mrs. Kimberly I. JohnsonHenry
Sarita M. Henry, D.D.S.
Dr. Iris Mabry-Hernandez
Dr. Micaela V. Dartson-Hicken
Mr. D’Wayne R. Hines
Dr. Sarita N. Hithe
Ms. Han M. Hoang
Dr. Bessie Holloway
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A.
Houlemard, Sr.
Mrs. Richele T. Howelton
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Ingram
Ms. Aniika R. Jackson
Ms. Ateesha D. Jackson
Ms. Avis J. Jackson
Mr. Conrad Jackson
Ms. Jeanine A. Jackson
Dr. La Toya D. Jackson
Ms. Suette Jackson
Mrs. Julie A. Jackson-Brown
Ms. Janice H. James
Mrs. Patricia B. James
Mrs. Gwendolyn V. Jefferson
Mr. Larry E. Jefferson
Ms. Jacqueline Jeffrey
Sheila Stiles Jewell, Ph.D.
Mr. Adamaley Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Byron L. Johnson
Dr. Clanford L. Johnson
Ms. Cynthia E. Johnson
Mr. Fred Johnson, Jr.
Mr. Freddie T. Johnson
Mr. Gerard Johnson
Dr. Jarrett A. Johnson
Ms. Joan G. Johnson
Mr. Kendrick Johnson
Mr. Nathaniel Johnson
Mrs. Jeanalice Johnson Bartley
Ms. Anna E. Jollio
Mrs. Charlee Reed Jones
Dr. and Mrs. Derrick D. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jones
Ms. Joy R. Jones
Mrs. Kesler K.Camese-Jones
Dr. L. Laneuville Jones
Marilyn Jones, M.D.
Mrs. Marilyn W. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin C.
Jones, Sr.
Mr. Albert E. Joseph, Jr.
Keisa M. Joshua, Pharm. D.
Mrs. Lorraine J. Julian
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Jumpiere, III
Ms. Delores A. Junious
Mr. and Mrs. Lionel J. Jupiter
Dr. Justin M. Kelly
Ms. Dalila E. Kennedy
Mr. Ned R. Kennedy
Mrs. Marcella M. Keyes
Mrs. Patricia Kimbrough
Mr. and Mrs. Earl F. King
Mr. and Mrs. James W. King
Mr. John Kirk
Drs. Anil and Poonam Kukreja
Mrs. Dorothy M. Labat
Mrs. Gwendolyn A. Lacroix
Mrs. Carmelita Lagarde
Mr. Philip T. Lastrapes
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Leary
Mr. Wilfred and Mrs. Lois G.
Leblanc
Mr. and Mrs. Errol M. Lecesne
Dr. Terrel M. Lecesne
Mr. Martin Lecour
Mr. Adam K. Lemieux, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Basil V. Lewis
Dr. and Mrs. Clarence S.
Lewis, Jr.
Mrs. Ella M. Lewis
Mr. Livingstone T. Lewis, Jr.
Mrs. Mercaline Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Linares
Mrs. Minnie J. Davis-Linyear
Mr. Ramon J. Llorens
Ms. Brenda J. August
Mr. Stanley L. Logan
Ms. Corena Z. Lott
Mr. and Mrs. Khristopher W.
Loyd
Ms. Abolanle N. Lukan
Ms. Alma B. Lyle
Mrs. Suzette M. Lyons
Ms. Kathleen M. Manuel
Mr. and Mrs. Marc Manuel
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C.
Marchand
Mrs. Nicole D. Marchand
Mr. and Mrs. Jewel Marsalis
Mr. Marc Marshall and Mrs.
Patricia W. Marshall
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin J.
Martin, Sr.
Mrs. Elouise Conant Martin
Mr. Bervis B. McBride, Jr.
Dr. Octavia A. McCalla
Mr. Howard McClain, Jr.
Mr. Leon McClain, Jr.
Mr Corey D. McCray
Mrs. Patricia L. McFarlin
Mrs. Delleane T. TolliverMcKenzie
Ms. Grant A. McLean
Mrs. Judy J. McMorris
Mrs. Mary A. Mercier
Mr. Frank W. Merrick
Ms. Sharon A. Metoyer Jones
Dana E. Mingo, Pharm D.
Mr. and Mrs. Amya J. Mitchell
Mr. Chester W. Mitchell
Mrs. Iona W. Mitchell
Dr. Ida L. Rose-Mize
Mrs. Calandra Tate Moore
Mrs. Jean S. Lang-Moore
Dr. Robin M. Moore
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Moore
Dr. Patricia D. Morris, Ph.D.
Mr. Robert B. Morrison
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis L. Motley
Mrs. Joyce T. Mouton
Dr. and Mrs. Dahwud
Muhaimin
Mrs. Cynthia D. Mumphery
Mrs. Alice U. Murchison
Mrs. Parmalier D. Murphy
Ms. Mary V. Murray
Mr. Damien A. Narcisse
Ms. Paula M. Narcisse
Dr. Ruth E. Neal
Mr. Stevey T. Neal
Mrs. Regina L. Hall-Ngorima
Ms. Lauren Y. Nguyen
Dr. Stephen L. Noble
Reverend Maurice Nutt
Miss Elswith F. Ogaldez
Mrs. Alisa D. Orduna-Sneed
Mrs. Yvonne J. Osborne
Ms. Joan A. Paisley
Ms. Dianthia L. Patrick
Ms. Shondra N. Patterson
Ms. Marva Pattillo
Mr. and Mrs. Jarret R. Patton
Mrs. Tiffany J. Patton
Kim M. Paulin, R.N.
Mr. Wilbur J. Perez
Mrs. Joyce K. Perkins
Ms. Satira T. Perry
Mr. Larry J. Pete
Cdr and Mrs. Elmo J.
Peters, Jr.
Mr. Steven B. Phung
Mr. and Mrs. Ulysses A.
Pichon
Mr. Isaac Picou
Mr. Duan L. Pierce
Ms. Jorachel Pierce
Mrs. Sybil T. Pierce
Mr. Edward Pierre
Mr. Wellington T. Pitts
Mr. Joel W. Plump
Mr. Edward H. and Mrs. Ursula
M. Pollock
Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Porche
Mrs. Christine J. Powell
Dr. William and Mrs. Carolyn
Powell
Mrs. Barbara Prejean
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin W.
Prescott, Jr.
Ms. Wanda L. Preuss
Mrs. Geneva A. Stark-Price
Ms. Lori S. Price
Mr. Eugene A. Priestley
Ms. Lonique R. Pritchett
Mr. Clifford Provost
Ms. Corunda T. Pruitt, Ph.D.
Ms. Stephanie M. Pulley
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Quinn
Mrs. Marguerite M. Quintal
Mrs. Stanislaus DePass Rachal
Ms. Dara F. Rahming
Mr. Bernard Rankins, Jr.
Mrs. Lynne K. Raphael
Ms. Patric Ray
Mrs. Mildred B. Reed
Mr. Terrance J. Reese
Dr. Geralynn M. Reine
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Rhodes
Dr. and Mrs. Alvin J. Richard
Ms. Jeanne Richards
Dr. Daphne L. Richardson
Mrs. Lisa M. Ripoll
Mrs. Marlene R. Ritch
Mr. Herbert and Mrs. Linda B.
Roberts
Ms. Juliet T. Robertson
Miss Amber L. Robins
Mrs. Chalita B. Robinson
Mrs. Ellen D. Decou-Robinson
Mrs. Marlene C. Robinson
Ms. Belinda W. Rodgers
Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Rollins, Jr.
Drs. Dereck and Jillandra
Rovaris
Ms. Marcelyn C. Ryes
Mr. and Mrs. Darrel J.
Saizan, Jr.
Ms. Barbara Sapenter
Ms. Keira N. Scanks
Mr. Anthony G. Sceau, Jr.
Mr. Randall Schexnayder
Mrs. Rhonda Harris- Scott
Mrs. Muriel P. Segre
Ms. Dawn E. Segura
Dr. Geoffrey G. Selvage
Mr. Fred D. Session, Jr.
Mrs. Patricia B. Session
Mrs. Althea Shedrick
Ms. Maureen Shekleton
Mr. and Mrs. Cephas Shepard
Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse
Shropshire
Mr. Harold A. Sias
Mrs. Aissatou A. Sidime-David
Dr. Julia K. Simmons
Mr. Kyle Simon
Mrs. Raquel L. Simon
Mr. and Mrs. Sterling A. Simon
Mr. William D. Simon, Jr.
Mr. James Singleton
Mrs. Jessie M. Smallwood
Mrs. Edith J. Smith
Ms. Engrid S. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Smith
Mr. Lionel A. Smith, Sr.
Ms. Siobhan E. Smith
Ms. Bertha Sorapuru
Mrs. Gia B. Soublet
Mrs. Wilhelmina A. Stanley
Mrs. Brendel S. Stewart
Mrs. Perry A. Stith
Dr. Camille Stokes
Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt
Striggles
Dr. Doris J. Strode
Mrs. Monique Suell
Mr. Victor J. Syng
Mrs. Joann S. Taylor
Mrs. Moonyeen Taylor
Mr. Billy G. Terrell
Dr. and Mrs. William Terrell, Jr.
Dr. Jennifer M. Terrie
Mr. Daniel C. Thibodeaux
Ms. Cheryl M. Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac L. Thomas
Ms. Katura C. Thomas
Mrs. Carrisse D. Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Thompson
Ms. Lois A. Tilly
Mrs. Kendra Woodard Tircuit
Mr. and Mrs. Keith J. Toney
Mrs. Eva J. Toppin
Mrs. Iris Trouillier
Mr. Erbin L. Troutman
Shuana K. Tucker, Ph.D.
Dr. Denise Arnaud-Turner and
Dr. Norris Turner
Mrs. Elizabeth G. Turner
Dr. Elizabeth O. Unachukwu
Mrs. Jean A. Benjamin-Vappie
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Q. Veazie
Mrs. Melba M. Waddell
Mr. Paul J. Waddell
Mr. Robert J. Waddell
Atty. Angelia D. Wade
Mr. Derrel R. Walker
Dr. LaQuia A. Walker
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd H.
Wallace, Jr.
Mrs. Elaine M. Walton
Ms. Tia B. Walton
Mr. Dane B. Warren
Mrs. Arthemise Washington
Mr. Blaine F. Washington
Dr. and Mrs. Edward R.
Washington
Mrs. Lee Anna Washington
Ms. Stacy M. Washington
Mrs. Joyce Jones Webb
Ms. Nicole D. Webb
Ms. Akilah F. Weber-LaShore
Ms. Debra A. Weber
Dr. John D. Weber
Dr. Donald D. Weddington
Mrs. Trudy L. Whisonant
Dr. Henry and Mrs. Geralyn
Wicker
Ms. Miriam J. Wilbon
Mrs. Shirley B. Wilcox
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Mr. Alexander O. Williams
Mrs. Euranie Williams
Dr. Horace B. Williams, Jr.
Dr Jacinta B. Williams
Mr. Jerome L. Williams
Ms. Joy M. Williams
Ms. Leslie Batiste Williams
Dr. and Mrs. Mark E.
Williams, M.D.
Mrs. Mary T. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin G. Williams
Ms. Mollie M. Williams
Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Eleanor
Williams
Mrs. Joan Willis
Mrs. Muriel Wilson
Mrs. Ruth N. Wilson
Mrs. Vera Winston
Ms. Blanche P. Wong
Mr. Edgar H. Woods, Sr.
Mrs. Jean H. Wooten
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wright
Dr. Charmaine Young
Mrs. Jeanette L. Young
Gifts of $1 - $99
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Mrs. Desireia A. Abegunrin
Mrs. Margaret B. Adams
Mr. Willie J. Alexander
Ms. Michaela M. Allen
Ms. Kimberly D. Alston
Dr. Louise Ann GombakoAmos
Mr. Garrett D. Anderson
Mrs. Willie M. Andrews
Mrs. Anna Bachemin
Mrs. Evangeline M. Bailey
Mrs. Gloria Barber
Mr. Sylvester Barker
Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Barry
Ms. Linda G. Basil
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Batiste
Ms. Meka S. Battle
Mr. Noel C. Battle
Ms. Heather M. Beckett
Mr. Randy C. Bellizan
Mr. Darryl Bivens
Mr. John G. Booker, Sr.
Brother Gordon H. Boykin,
O.F.M.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Bradford
Mrs. Cynthia G. Clay-Briggs
Mrs. Beverly Broussard
Ms. Denisse M. Broussard
Mrs. Bridget H. Brown
Mr. Dwight A. Brown, II
Mrs. Elaine C. Brown
Mrs. Gwendolyn C. Brown
Mrs. Yvette L. Brown
Mrs. Christine Bryant
Ms. Kendrea A. Bryant
Mr. Christopher G. Buckley
Mrs. Brenda W. Burris
Mr. Roy L. Bush, LCSW
Mrs. Typhanie Jasper-Butler
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph P.
Cadray, Jr.
Mr. Willie J. Caffey, Jr.
Mrs. Clara P. Carey
Mr. Emerson Carey, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Carriere
Mr. Brian D. and Mrs. Denise V.
Hunt-Carter
Ms. Cormier O. Castille
Mr. and Mrs. Furnell
Chatman
Mrs. Sarletha Ann Clark
Ms. Michelle R. Clay
Mrs. Valena M. Coco
Mrs. Brenda Colbert
Mrs. Amanda H. Coleman
Mr. Vernal Coleman, Jr.
Ms. Sheila E. Collins
Mr. William Collins, Jr.
Mrs. Claudia Connors
Dr. Ariane O. Conrad
Ms. Jacinta E. Cooper
Sister Anne R. Corcoran
Mrs. Croscina O. Crockett
Miss Keri B. Crump
Ms. Lisa A. Jupiter-Crusto
Ms. Thelma Cyprian
Mr. Frank L. Daggs
Mr. Anthony R. Dalferes
Ms. Donna M. Davidson
Ms. Romona T. Davis
Ms. Zakiyah D. Davis
Dr. Stephanie Carmicle-Davis
Ms. Shirley T. DeClouette
Mr. Harold A. Dede, Jr.
Mrs. Joyce Degrange
Mrs. Doris T. Dejoie
Mr. Philip P. Dembure
Mrs. Sabrina K. Derbigny
Ms. Carol J. Dotson
Mrs. Cecelia M. Dove
Ms. Druescellar P. Dumas
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell M. Dupuy
Mrs. Karen Durand
Mr. Robert D. Edwards
Mrs. Marion A. Ellis
Mr. and Mrs. Cedric J. Falgout
Mr. and Mrs. Andre S. Farve
Ms. Dana R. Feist
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis
W. Fisher, Jr.
Ms. Charissa Fleming
Mr. Lionel J. Forstall
Ms. Ashanti S. Frank
Ms. Jessica M. Fuselier
Ms. Chantel K. Gant
Mr. Darryl Garner
Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Gibson
Mrs. Becky M. Gobermann
Ms. Cecilia A. Golson
Mr. Carl A. Gordon
Mr. Farris D. Gransberry
Mr. Chiron W. Graves
Mrs. Joyce Graves
Mr. Ricardo K. Grayer
Mrs. Lisa C. Green
Mr. and Mrs. Terence A. Green
Ms. Tranese M. Greene
Ms. Judy A. Griffin
Ms. Katherine W. Grinstead
Ms. Faye C. Groom
Dr. Nancy Groves
Ms. Celeste R. Gunning
Ms. Mashandra L. Hall
Ms. Anya R. Hancock
Dr. Linda H. Hannick
Ms. Darlene Hardy
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Harrell
Ms. Deborah L. Harris
Ms. Jessica C. Harris
Ms. Torrie T. Harris
Ms. Nikki P. Harrison
Mr. Jason J. Harry
Mrs. Dianne Hawkins
Mrs. Patricia Heisser
Ms. Judith E. Henderson
Ms. Sherlett A. Hendy
Mrs. Donna M. Henlin
Mr. Alvin M. Henry
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Herman
Ms. Lacanas N. Herring
Ms. Maya J. Holmes
Ms. Theresa M. Holmes
Mrs. Lynn Horn
Mrs. Mary D. Hubbard
Ms. Kristal A. Huggins
Ms. Jennise M. Hunter
Mrs. Mary T. Hunter
Ms. Donna M. Irving
Ms. Jessica Isom
Ms. Alane L. Jackson
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Jackson
Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Jackson
Mrs. Lynne Jalvia
Ms. Nicole L. Jenkins
Elliot M. Jessie, M.D.
Mr. Brian I. Johnson
Dr. and Mrs. Christopher A.
Johnson
Ms. Esperanda K. Johnson
Mr. Glenn G. and Dr. Andrea L.
Johnson
Mrs. Agatha R. Jones
Ms. Brenda D. Jones
Mrs. Jacquelyn Bradford Jones
Mr. Jarnelle G. Jones
Dr. Nia E. Johnson and Mr.
Thomas L. Jones, II
Ms. Bridgette D. Jones
Mr. Donald R. Jones
Mrs. Lorelle P. Jones
Ms. Angeline K. Jordan
Mrs. Augustine W. Jordan
Mrs. Le’Anza M. Jordan
Mr. Bennett C. Joseph, Jr.
Dr. Orien D. Joseph
Mrs. Joyce Joseph
Ms. Gina V. Joubert
Mrs. Gwendolyn E. Julien
Mr. Jimmie L. Julion, Jr.
Ms. Danita V. Kane
Ms. Veronica L. Kaough
Mr. Christopher B. Kees
Ms. Darcel L. Kemp
Mr. William S. Keyes
Mrs. Cheralyn King
Ms. Phyllis C. King
Ms. Healon D. Knight
Mr. Clark J. Knighten
Ms. Amber Koon
Ms. Regina R. Landrum
Ms. Cecilia M. Lasane
Mrs. Andrea A. Laurant
Mrs. Darrilyn T. Lawrence
Mrs. Joyce S. Lawrence
Mr. Christopher C. Laynes
Mr. Louis F. Lecour, Sr.
Mrs. Cynthia G. Lee
Ms. Roshondra G. Lee
Mrs. Cheryl Lewis
Mr. Quentin D. Lewis
Mr. Walter J. Lorino
Mrs. Nicole Louis
Ms. Harolyn G. Lowe
Ms. Nicole S. Luddington
Mr. Johnny Luu
Mrs. Aloma Lykes
Ms. Danielle N. Malone
Ms. Latriece E. Manning
Ms. Amanda K. Martin
Mrs. Monique A. Martin
Mrs. Cynthia Hughes Martin
Mrs. Jacquelyn W. Mathews
Mrs. Alicia H. Matthews
Mrs. Donna McDaniel
Mr. and Mrs. John E.
McKinnon, Jr.
Ms. Ramonda R. McNair
Ms. Tian M. Merren
Ms. Lisa G. Metoyer
Mrs. Paula R. Ellis Miles
Mrs. Tuesday Y. Miles
Mrs. Ann Nellr Miller
Ms. Deanna S. Mitchell
Ms. Ellen M. Moore
Dr. Milton D. Moore, Jr.
Ms. Delia C. Morgan
Mrs. Gertrude L. Muecke
Drs. Mark and Renee Murray
Ms. Mary W. Murray
Ms. Shauntell D. Myles
Ms. Frances Nahas
Ms. Valerie C. Narcisse
Ms. Joanne M. Navarre
Mr. Fitzpatrick Shawn Nedd
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher
Nelson
Ms. Gayle J. Newcomb
Mr. Truong T. Nguyen
Ms. April R. Noble
Mr. David M. Ollee
Dr. Michelle S. Omari
Mrs. Aurelia H. Orr
Mr. Robert W. Orr
Dr. Lisa Southall Oubre
Mr. and Mrs. Alejandro R.
Perkins
Mrs. Angela L. CampbellPhelps
Mr. and Mrs. Glen J. Philip
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin H. Phoenix
Ms. Damika L. Pichon
Mrs. Trenice Davis-Pickney
Ms. Evangeline G. Plessy
Mr. Steven E. Pollard
Mrs. Betty Porche
Mrs. and Mrs. Leo D.
Prevost, Sr.
Mrs. and Mr. Mildred V.
Prudeaux
Mr. Nathaniel Purvis, Jr.
Mrs. Mary E. Randolph
Dr. Kristi M. Isaac-Rapp
Ms. Joyce D. Reese
Ms. Debra M. Richardson
Mrs. Dora Richardson
Ms. Gwendolyn A. Ridgley
Ms. Brandinika S. Ritter
Dr. Alyssa G. Robillard
Ms. Mia R. Robins
Ms. Jasmine F. Robinson
Mrs. Cynthia M. Isaac-Romar
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Ross
Miss Anisha L. Roussel
Mr. and Mrs. George Ruth, Jr.
Ms. Erica L. Sanders
Mrs. Melanie Carter-Saulny
Mrs. Rowena F.
Sawyer-Albury
Ms. Alexis A. Scott
Mrs. Linda St. Martin-Scott
Ms. Takeya L. Shanks
Ms. Ebonee F. Shaw
Mrs. Rita D. Shelling
Mrs. Lula Mae S. Simms
Ms. Angela M. Simon
Ms. Bleanda Simpson
Mrs. Gwendolyn Smith
Mr. Nathan A. Smith
Mrs. Pauline Cash-Smith
Mrs. Rose L. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Aneil C.
Smothers
Ms. Germaine Soniat
Nash, Jr.
Mrs. Margree D. Spight
Mrs. Ann J. St. Julien
Ms. Roxanne M. Steele
Ms. Kenya Steele-Neal
Mrs. Tara M. Sutton
Ms. Christian S. Taplin
Mrs. Doris A. Taylor
Ms. Erica L. Taylor
Mrs. Holly Haydel Terrie
Ms. Adrienne C. Tervalon
Mrs. Angela W. Thanyachareon
Mrs. Anne H. Thibodeaux
Ms. Christyn A. Thibodeaux
Mrs. Cassandra Thomas
Mr. Husan M. Thompson
Paul E. Toth, RPh.
Ms. Karmen J. Travis
Mrs. Beverly P. Tucker
Mrs. Marian L. Turner
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Tyree
Mr. Jamaal L. Upshaw
Ms. Reanna A. Ursin
Mrs. Anne L. Vance
Mrs. Cynthia H. VanDam
Ms. VonCenia T. Vann
Mr. Gerald A. Villavasso, Jr.
Mr. Shaun H. Vincent
Mr. Jerome G. Waddell, II
Mrs. Adele M. Wainwright
Ms. Trevonne V. Walford
Dr. Kesha and Mr. Christopher
Walker
Mr. Lamont M. Walker
Mrs. Rosemary G. Walker
Ms. Stephanie A. Warfield
Mrs. Angele B. Warmanen
Ms. Kanesha N. Washington
Drs. Marlon A. and Mialika
Watkins
Mr. and Mrs. Don L. Watson
Mrs. Ruth Watson
Mrs. Shirley V. Weaver
Ms. Mona E. Wexler
Dr. Geraldine M. JacksonWhite
Mr. Edward L. Whitlock
Mrs. Judith Whitt
Ms. Javon N. Wickliff
Mrs. Lois M. Wiley
Ms. Bristol M. Williams
Mr. Delano Williams
Mrs. Gloria Williams
Mrs. Claire B. Wills
Ms. Hynetia Wilson
Mrs. Rashun W. Wilson
Mr. Richard A. Winder
Dr. Norman R. Wolford
Ms. Doris O. Woodson
Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Young
Metro Disposal, Inc.
Procter & Gamble Co., Inc.
Scott Management Team, Inc.
Shell Oil Company Foundation
Matching Gifts
Sodexo, Inc.
Textron, Inc.
Corporations
Gifts of $1,000 - $2,499
Allstate Sugar Bowl
AT&T Louisiana
BP America, Inc.
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.
Concourse Ventures, Inc.
Innovative Learning and
Assessment Technologies
Jamison’s Pharmacy
Medco Health Solutions, Inc.
and Medco Health Affiliates
New Orleans Public Facility
Management, Inc.
The Hertz Investment Group
The Times Picayune
Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999
Capital One, N.A.
CVS Corporation
Jani King Gulf Coast Region
Gifts of $2,500 - $4,999
Associated Office Systems
Barnes and Noble
Booksellers, Inc.
Blitch Knevel Architects
BlueCross BlueShield of
Louisiana
Coca-Cola Foundation
Matching Gifts Program
Crumb Engineering, LLC
DynMcDermott Petroleum
Operations Company
First NBC Bank
Gillis, Ellis & Baker, Inc.
Goins Aaron Law Firm
Humana, Inc.
Landis Construction Company,
LLC
Liberty Bank & Trust Company
Louisiana Lottery Corporation
Manning Architects APAC
Microsoft Corporation
Peoples Health Network
Siemens Building
Technologies, Inc.
3M
ABSD Properties-5, LLC
Accenture Foundation, Inc.
Aetna
Bank of America Charitable
Gift Fund
Capital One Services, Inc.
Carriere-Stumm, Inc.
ChevronTexaco Corporation
Comerica Bank
Eustis Engineering
Company, Inc.
Expert Reviews, Inc.
Hawthorne Professional
Pharmacy
Intel Charitable Match Trust
Jack and Jill of America, Inc.
New Orleans Chapter
Jackson Institutional Dental
Services
Louisiana Weekly Publishing
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Company
Mc H & N Management
Co., Inc.
Regions Bank
SAIC Matching Gifts Program
The Printer’s Wholesale
Group, Inc.
The Scholarship Foundation Lockheed Martin
Westside Pharmacy
Gifts of $500 - $999
Agincourt Capital
Management, LLC
Crasto Glass & Mirror
Company
D & D Consultants Inc.
Eisai
Francisemme, Inc.
Holt Consultants, LLC
JP Morgan Chase
McDonald’s Restaurant
# 4968
Mechanical Construction
Company, LLC
New York Life Insurance
Priority Systems, Inc.
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
North America
Xerox Corporation
Gifts of $250 - $499
Adams & Reese, LLP
Aetna Life & Casualty
Foundation
Conoco, Inc.
Covidien
Foresight Science & Technology
Mona’s Accents Florist
& Gifts Co.
Network For Good
Raytheon
Roy, Kiesel, Keegan & Denicols,
A Professional Law Corp.
Stephanie Drain Engineering
of Illinois, LLC
The Eli Lilly & Company
Thomas Pharmacy Gardiner
Center, LLC
Tyco Matching Gift
Veolia Transportation
Gifts of $100 - $249
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Burns Management Group
But Cut’s Enterprises
Chapital Consulting
Group
Crescent City Physicians, Inc.
Crescent Title
Denechaud and Denechaud
Global Parking Systems
Harrah’s New Orleans
Casino & Hotel
Hookfin Pest Control, Inc.
International Consultants of
Aging & Health
JMS Group
Limbo Films
Past Perfect Reservations 4 U
Prime Time Tours
Tacappi, Inc.
Wendy’s International, Inc.
Gifts of $1 - $99
AARP
American International
Group, Inc. Matching Grants
Program
Costco
Edison International
Inhalations, Inc.
Rainbow Incorporated
Foundations
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
BP Foundation
Carnegie Corporation of New
York
Edward G. Schlieder
Educational Foundation
Entergy Charitable Foundation
Fidelity Investments
Charitable Gift Fund
Lumina Foundation for
Education
The James R. Moffett Family
Foundation
The Lettie Pate Whitehead
Foundation, Inc.
The Reily Foundation
Wal-Mart Foundation
Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999
Peter J. Frenkel
Foundation, Inc.
The Greater New Orleans
Foundation
The Vanguard Charitable
Endowment Program
Gifts of $2,500 - $4,999
Georges Lurcy Charitable and
Educational Trust
IBM Foundation
State Farm Companies
Foundation
Gifts of $1,000 - $2,499
AT&T Foundation
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Foundation Matching
Gift Program
Burkedale Foundation
ExxonMobil Foundation, Inc.
Freeport McMoran Foundation
General Electric
Foundation, Inc.
The Community Foundation
for The National Capital
Region
The Thomas W. Bean
Foundation
The UPS Foundation
Weil-Bohn Foundation
Wells Fargo Foundation
Educational Matching Gift
Program
Gifts of $500 - $999
GlaxoSmithKline Foundation
Pepsico Foundation, Inc.
Texas Instruments Foundation
The AXA Foundation
The James S. Kemper
Foundation
Verizon Foundation
Gifts of $250 - $499
Intel Foundation Matching
Gifts
The Clorox Company
Foundation
The Teagle Foundation, Inc.
The Tom Joyner Foundation
Gifts of $100 - $249
John Deere Foundation
New York Life Foundation
The Louise L. Felton Living
Trust
The Northrop Grumman
Foundation
Gifts of $1 - $99
Merck Company Foundation
Individuals
Gifts of Artwork or Property
Mrs. Harriet M. Carroll
Ms. Eliza Grant
Mr. Leo Moore
Mr. Victor L. Haydel
Dr. Dale Mason Cochran
Mrs. Florence B. Kelleher
(Estate)
Mr. Henry Loftin (Estate)
Mr. Michael Lynton
Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Rue
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Wernz
Mr. Charles H. Wilcox, Sr.
(Estate)
Reverend Nathan S. Willis
(Estate)
Mrs. Mary K. Zervigon
Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999
Ms. Shirley S. Baker
Mrs. Diane L. Chauffe
Mr. Lionel Hampton
(Estate)
Mrs. Karen Jacobson
Mrs. Jane Hanemann Nalty
Mr. Colvin G. Norwood, Jr.
Gifts of $2,500 - $4,999
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Boucree
Mr. and Mrs. John P.
Krolikowski
Dr. and Mrs. Horace L. Mitchell
Mr. and Mrs. Ashton
Phelps, Jr.
Dr. Susan Spillman
Mr. Rodney J. Thomas, III
Gifts of $1,000 - $2,499
Mrs. Mercedes C. Anderson
Mrs. Susan Blaustein
Ms. Monica Bertran
Ms. Madelon Blum
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bohn
Mrs. Selika C. Brown
Mr. Willie Brown
Mr. Edgar J. Bullard, III
Mr. Joseph K. Byrd
Mr. John J. Cunningham
Mr. and Mrs. David F. Dietz
Dr. Marguerite S. Giguette
Mr. and Mrs. Luis C.
Gonzalez, III
Mr. and Mrs. James D.
Holzhauer
Mrs. Annie A. Jamison
Dr. Vimal Kishore
Dr. Michael E. Lavigne, Jr.
Mr. Claude A. Le Monier
Dr. Joseph C. Lefevre
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A.
Lessing, III
Mr. Tom and Mrs. Diana Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Lipson
Mr. George T. Lowy
Mr. Ellis L. Marsalis, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. McCoy
Dr. Joe A. Melcher
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nash
Ms. Rita Odenheimer
Dr. Justina E. Ogbuokiri
Mrs. Mary Ann D. Oprisch
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Pecoul
Mr. Wayne and Mrs. Stella
Reese
Mr. Martin W. Rodgers
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Rodrigue
Mrs. Alda Sanders
Mr. Thomas J. Slattery
Ms. Nancy D. Smith
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth A.
St. Charles
Mr. Isaac C. Tatum
Mr. Pervis Thomas
Mr. James Triay
Dr. Harold A. Vincent
Ms. Melva D. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. G. Earl Yeomans
Gifts of $500 - $999
Mr. George L. Bernstein
Ms. Martha M. Broad
Ms. Ruth A. Broussard and Ray
West, Jr.
The Most Reverend Dominic
Carmon
Mr. Lawrence C. Coulon
Ms. Helen Cuillier
Ms. Sandra S. Dooley
Dr. Ronald Durnford
Ms. Brenda S. Finch
Mr. John P. Gleason
Dr. Wayne T. Harris
Mr. Jay M. Lapeyre Jr
Mr. Donald Matthews
Mr. Robert E. Murphy, Jr.
Mrs. Wilhelmina H. Parris
The Most Reverend Joseph
Perry
Drs. Thomas and Theresa
Pretlow
Ms. Ella E. Ravnell
Mr. Mark C. Romig
Ms. Rebecca Sanchez
Mr. Eddie J. Sinkfield
Mr. Beaver Smith
Mrs. Nannette Smith
Ms. Delores C. Stevens
Mrs. Phyllis Stone
Ms. Patricia H. Vaultz
Gifts of $250 - $499
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Adkerson
Dr. Elizabeth A. Barron
Mr. Ronald Bechet
Mr. Bradford W. Berger
Mr. Clyde M. Bouligny
Ms. Linda Breving
Mr. Arnold L. Crump
Dr. and Mrs. Gene D’Amour
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory W. Davis
Mrs. Anne Derbes
Dr. and Mrs. Michael A.
Dietrich
Mrs. Eloise D. Dixon
Mr. Stephen R. Doody
Dr. Janine Christen Edwards
Dr. Pamela Franco
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Frick
Ms. Donna Gambrell
Mr. Shelton A. Howard
Dr. Shamsul Huda
Dr. Lester W. Jones, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Killinger
Ms. Julia Loughlin
Mr. Kevin Lyman
Ms. Nancy L. Martino
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Mintz
Mr. Alan E. Pinado Sr.
Dr. Joe M. Ricks
Dr. Joseph F. Ross
Mr. and Mrs. John R.
Schmertz Jr.
Dr. John P. Sevenair
Mr. Ernest J. Sneed
Dr. Cynthia K. Stanton
Mrs. Carroll W. Suggs
Mr. Richard Tucker, Sr.
Mrs. Alice W. Wallace
Ms. Josephine D. Weigner
Mr. Clifford S. Wright
Gifts of $100 - $249
Mr. John P. Adams
Dr. Murty A. Akundi
Mrs. Ruth Greene-Alford
Mrs. Jocelyn D. Allen
Ms. Annette L. Amedee
Mr. Stanley Aslanian
Mrs. Mary Auzenne
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Barclay
Dr. Peter Barrett, Ph. D.
Dr. James R. Bartkus
Mrs. Shelly H. Beeghly
Dr. Tommy E. Bowan
Ms. Barbara M. Bowen
Mr. and Mrs. C. Michael
Bowman
Ms. Jean Bradley
Mr. Edward F. Brockhaus
Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Buck
Ms. Margaret M. Buckley
Ms. Hazel Burbank
Mr. Alvin Bynum
Glen C. Cangelosi, M.D.
Ms. Ethel T. Carroll
Mr. Charles D. Carter
Mr. Daniel T. Casey
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Casey
Ms. Denise E. Cavanaugh
Mrs. Margaret Connolly
Ms. Jacqueline Corcoran
Ms. Rosemarie Cordier
Mr. Dennis S. Cousin
Mr. Ernest Craigwell, Jr.
Mr. David N. Crapo
Mr. Edward W. Crowe
Mrs. Jennie L. Curry
Ms. Sylvia Cusimano
Ms. Elena M. Dapremont
Ms. Dellona D. Davis
Ms. Patricia B. Davis
Marie P. DeLarge, Ph.D.
Elizabeth C. Dooling, M.D.
Mr. Thomas Duffy
Mr. Joseph W. Eaglin
Ms. Jane and Mr. Neil Eason
Mrs. Susan C. Felton
Dr. Maryam K. Foroozesh
Mr. Patrick J. Francis
Ms. Barbara J. Franklin
Col. Leo H. Galloway
Dr. and Mrs. Antoine M.
Garibaldi
Mr. Wesley R. Gladhart
Ms. Bobbie Gordon
Mrs. Shirley C. Gueno
Dr. Franklin D. Hamilton
Dr. Elliot D. and Dr. Elizabeth
Y. Hammer
Ms. Haroldyne F. Hargrave
Dr. Toya Harris
Dr. Micelle Haydel
Mr. Troy Henry
Ms. Mildred Higgins
Ms. Lois H. Howell
Mr. John D. Hughes
Mrs. Marion Hunter
Ms. Alison Hyslop
Mr. Albert James
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Jeffrion
Mr. Robert L. Johnson
Mr. Eric Kauffman
Reverend Edward J. Kealey
Dr. Vlajko L. Kocic
Mrs. Margaret Laborde
Ms. Marie L. Landry
Mr. Claude Leach, Jr.
Mr. Bernard J. Lechner
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Lewis
Mr. Davy L. Lilly
Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Lucey
Ms. Barbara J. Mahone
Dr. David Marcello and Ms.
Jane Johnson
Mrs. Kimberley Y. Smith-Martin
Ms. Susan V. McCloud
Mr. Patrick S. McGreevy
Mr. and Mrs. James R.
McInerney
Dr. Judith G. Miranti
Mr. Dennis A. Mitchell
Ms. Adaeze V. Moghalu
Ms. Edna R. Moore
The Honorable Marc M. Morial
Dr. and Mrs. E. D. Murphy
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Nahas
Mr. and Mrs. Warren E.
Norquist
Prof. Walter Nugent
Dr. Patience Obih
Ms. Joan O’Brien
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon C. Ousset
Mr. Garrett Paine
Mr. Lucien Perry
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore J.
Pfister, Jr.
Ms. Gina T. Pieri
Mr. Alexander A. Plicque
Ms. Ann B. Rappaport
Mr. Robert D. Reily
Mr. Frank J. Rienzo
Dr. Leonard J. Rolfes
Mr. Corey Rosemond
Mr. Ronald J. Ryes, Jr.
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Ms. D. J. Schneider
Ms. Florina Sheard
Mr. Ralph L. Shepard
Mr. Robert E. Skinner
Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Smith
Mr. Ira Smith, Jr.
Ms. Michelle Solomon
Mr. Julius C. Spiegel and Ms.
Suzanne Marie Wolbers
Dr. Cheryl K. Stevens
Mr. Bruce D. Strathearn
Mrs. Audrey P. Tanner
Ms. Stephanie Taylor
Mr. Aldon A. Thomas
Ms. Melinda Thorpe
Dr. Vivian Toca
Mr. Samuel Toston
Mr. R. Lee Van De Wetering
Mr. James A. Villarrubia
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Villere
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Walker
Mr. Granville H. Walton
Ms. Elizabeth A. Watson
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Williams
Dr. Beverly Wright
Ms. Edith Young
Mr. Gary Young
Gifts of $1 - $99
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Ms. Carol A. Atkinson and
Mr. Robert R. Silva
Dr. Jennifer Avegno
Mrs. Elsie M. Jones-Azare
Mr. and Mrs. Ray J. Babin
Ms. Debra L. Bacon
Mr. Dennis J. Beck
Mr. E V. Benjamin, III
Mrs. Debra Bissant
Ms. Erma C. Blissett
Ms. Ellen D. Bogues
Mr. John J. Boncek
Dr. Amne Borghol
Ms. Aimee F. Boudreaux
Mr. Roy Breaux, Jr.
Mr. William V. Brierre, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Brody
Mr. Raphael E. Broussard, Sr.
Ms. Andreana Brown
Mr. Thomas J. Brown, Jr.
Ms. Mary Jo Buck
Mr. Rory C. Cadres
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Cahill
Ms. Justyna M. Carlson
Ms. Claudia Charles
Ms. Rita Choula
Mr. James Christopher, Jr.
Ms. Dorothy S. Codd
Mrs. Lorna B. Cole
Ms. Delores Conrad
Mrs. Kathleen Conway
Fr. Giles A. Conwill
Ms. Frances C. Curtis
Rev. Robbie Cuthbertson
Mr. William E. Daley, Jr.
Ms. Mary Jo Dancer
Mrs. Linda Turner-Dash
Mr. Emanual R. Davis
Mr. Gary G. Deleaumont
Ms. Barbara A. Dials
Mr. Ponciano C. Dizon, Jr.
Mrs. Wanda Doss
Mrs. Adrienne Dotson
Mrs. Johnine M. Doutt
Mr. Joseph E. Earley
Mrs. Loreal Edmondson
Miss Aromenta Evans
Mr. Louis Farrelly
Ms. Megan S. Finnerty
Mrs. Lynn A. Flen
Ms. Ellen Frankenberg
Mrs. Susan Fredine
Ms. Farrah Gafford
Mr. Van Allen Gale
Mr. James Gary
Mr. Peter L. Gauthier
Ms. Marion M. Gilbert
Mrs. Catherine Giles
Mr. Montrell A. Givens
Mr. Raymond and Mrs. Shirley
Gonzales
Mr. Garitt S. Griebel
Ms. Helen M. Gryboski
Mrs. Eleanor Hall
Ms. Maura A. Hamilton
Mr. William T. Hardy
Ms. Adrienne C. Harris
Mrs. Barbara R. Harris
Ms. Shelinda Harris
Mrs. Alma Henderson
Ms. Barbara A. Higgins
Ms. Mary D. Hillard
Mr. Willie Hines
Ms. Ann F. Hoban
Ms. Karen Hodge
Ms. Jenestaer Horne
Mr. Troy A. Humphrey
Ms. Andrea B. Jackson
Ms. Stefanie S. Jackson
Ms. Barbara Johnson
Mr. Brian Johnson
Mrs. Deidra Jones
Dr. Nia E. Johnson and
Mr.Thomas L. Jones
Mr. Thomas L. Jones
Ms. Marthur H. Kalil
Ms. Gloria Kindrick
Mrs. Elsie King
Mr. and Mrs. Martin F. King
Dr. William Kirchain
Mrs. Carol J. Koch
Dr. Vladimir Kolesnichenko
Mr. Eugene Kubina
Ms. Gloria L. Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard M. Lee
Mr. Carl Lekan
Prof. Michele Levy
Mrs. Mary Lostumbo
Ms. Beatrice A. Mackenzie
Ms. Catherine D. Maher
Ms. Eleanor M. Manuel
Ms. Camille Marchetta
Ms. Patricia M. McKee
Mr. Paul McKendall
Ms. Adrienne Michaud
Dr. Linda Mihm
Mrs. Marion Minnard
Deacon Alfred Mitchell
Dr. John Mitchell
Ms. Sherida Montague
Mrs. Vera Lee Mormon
Dr. Karen Nichols
Ms. Edna M. Nickerson
Ms. Ifeanyichukwu Onor
Ms. Jane M. Perkinson
Mr. Benjamin Ragos
Mrs. Barbara S. Rousseve
Ms. Mariann Russell
Mrs. Loretta Salomon
Ms. Dorothy Sanchirico
Dr. Royal D. Saunders
Mr. James Schnieders
Mrs. Etheldra Scoggin
Mrs. Bettye L. Scott
Ms. Tamiko Scott
Dr. Maureen Shuh
Mr. Arthur Smith
Mrs. Marie J. Smith
Ms. Sharon E. Snowdy
Ms. Virginia S. Speller
Mr. Daniel J. Stocker
Mr. Robert E. Stratford
Dr. Jannette Sturm-Mexic
Ms. Donna Stutson
Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Sullivan
Dr. Norman L. Taylor
Mrs. Margaret W. Thomas
Ms. Isabella B. Thompson
Mr. William J. Tobias
Dr. John and Mrs. Marie Tobin
Mr. Luis Toca
Ms. Barbara Trevigne
Mrs. Bettina Tucker
Mr. Olger Twyner, III
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur P. Vautrain
Ms. Earlin Vincent
Ms. Dorothy A. Wade
Mr. Burwell Ware
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T.
Warnemuende
Dr. Sarah Weaver
Ms. Tiara Wessells
Mrs. Bobbie L. Willis
Ms. Cecilia L. Woods
Mr. Lawrence Zachary, Jr.
Organization
Black and Indian Missions
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Inc. - Grand Chapter
Morehouse School of
Medicine
Sisters of the Blessed
Sacrament
United Negro College Fund
XU National Alumni
Association
XU Alumni Association-Los
Angeles Chapter
Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999
Edmundite Southern Missions
Meta Lilienthal Scholarship
Fund
Gifts of $2,500 - $4,999
Baptist Community Ministries
Order of St. Lazarus
XU Alumni-Atlanta Chapter
XU Alumni-Birmingham
Chapter
XU Alumni-Chicago Chapter
XU Alumni-Houston Chapter
XU Alumni-New Orleans
Chapter
XU Alumni-Acadiana Chapter
Gifts of $1,000 - $2,499
Cardinal Health
Catholic Archdiocese of
Atlanta
Convent of Our Lady of Mount
Providence
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Gamma Alpha Chapter
Louisiana Creole Research
Association
MPJ Audiology Consultants,
L.L.C.
National Association of
University Women-New
Orleans Chapter
Overture To The Cultural
Season
Toca Enterprises, Ltd.
XU Alumni-Dallas/Fort Worth
Chapter
XU Alumni-Philadelphia
Chapter
Gifts of $500 - $999
Houston Independent School
District
Kenner Discount Pharmacy
Lee Gro Management
Company
Richard Medical Clinic
St. Vincent DePaul
XU Alumni-Northern California
Chapter
Xavier University-Class of 1995
Gifts of $250 - $499
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Epsilon Tau Chapter
African Imports & Exports
Robin Hood MD Good Works
St. Andrew The Apostle
Church
Studs Club, Inc.
Xavier University of LAStudent Government Assoc.
Xavier University-Class of 1959
Gifts of $100 - $249
Committe to Elect Paula
Brown
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Inc. - New Orleans Alumnae
Chapter
Adrian Dominican Sisters
Dominican Sisters of Peace,
Inc.
The Kennedy Financial Group
Ed Murray Senate Campaign
OIC of Greater New Orleans,
Inc.
River Way, LLC
Van Meter & Assoc
Xavier University Class of 2014
Xavier University of LA-Office
of Campus Ministry
Gifts of $1 - $99
Bethesda Apostolic House of
Prayer
Good Search
Ladies Auxiliary of the
Inseparable - Leonville
Sisters of St. Joseph Delgado
Community
Xavier University Caribbean
Student’s Association
Undergraduate
Students
Gifts of $1 - $99
Ms. Kendra N. Beard
Mr. Joseph A. Harris
Mr. LeReginald R. Jones
Mr. Kennie Oiukuu
1925 Society
Planned Giving Donors
Mr. Allegretto Alexander
(Estate)
Dr. Elaine Parker- Adams
Carolyn B. Block-Arnelle, Ph.D.
Mrs. Carla Gibson Baker
Ms. Stacey M. Bastian
Ms. Linda M. Bolt
Mr. Edgar Joseph Boucree and
Mrs. Doris Lieteau Boucree
Mrs. Louise M. Bouise (Estate)
Dr. C. Michael Bowman
Mrs. Nellie M. Reed Bowman
(Estate)
Mrs. Angela D. Braud
Dr. Robert W. Brawley (Estate)
Mrs. Gladys E. Brennan (Estate)
Mr. Searl G. Brier (Estate)
Mr. Charles and Hon. Lois
Bronz
Mr. W. O. Bryson (Estate)
Ms. Myrtle Burns (Estate)
Mr. Frederick J. Carter
Mrs. Louise Carter (Estate)
Ms. Marie M. Cavanagh
(Estate)
Ms. Agnes M. Cizek (Estate)
Mr. Tilford J. Cole (Estate)
Mr. John J. Cunningham
Mrs. Gladys C. deBen Majeau
(Estate)
Dr. Carolyn Milanes Dejoie
Mr. Willard Dennison (Estate)
Mrs. Lorraine Green Desbordes
(Estate)
Dr. and Mrs. Hampton P.
Deslonde, Sr.
Mrs. Helen B. Drye
Mrs. Audrey Duncan
Ms. Eloise T. Dyson (Estate)
Mr. Malcolm N. Ellington
(Estate)
Dr. Patricia E. Evans (Estate)
Dr. Norman C. and Mrs.
Blanche Francis
Mr. Noel M. Gagnon (Estate)
Ms. Peggy A. Gibson
Mr. Jesse F. Goodwin
Dr. Lois C. Gray
Mr. Okyeame Haley
Mrs. Melissa Smith Haley
Mrs. Gaylene W. Harris
Mr. Charles A. Hicks (Estate)
Mr. René Himel, Jr. (Estate)
Ms. Velva T. Hollier (Estate)
Mr. Charles A. Honore
Mrs. Serena J. Hunter
Mr. Albert Hyland
Dr. Jennifer C. Allen Johnson
Dr. Eileen J. Julien
Mr. Clyde Jupiter
Mrs. Florence B. Kelleher
(Estate)
Ms. Phyllis King
Mr. Jesse and Mrs. Carolyn
Millett Lee
Monsignor Paul A. Lenz
Mr. and Mr.s Halvan J. Lieteau
Mr. Henry Loftin (Estate)
Dr. Marie McDemmond
Dr. Jill McGovern
Ms. Brendolyn M. McKenna
Mrs. Dolly M. McKinney
(Estate)
Dr. Cabrini S. March
Ms. Jean B. Meggs (Estate)
Mrs. Claudia Meyi (Estate)
Dr. David R. Miller
Mrs. Veronica Ledoux Mitchell
Ms. Arizona Moore
Mr. James Nordin
Ms. Frances Parker
Mrs. Juanita Betz Peterson
Mr. James L. Petivan, Jr. (Estate
Mr. William R. Porter
Dr. Leonard Price
Mrs. Oaptar A. Prosper (Estate)
Mrs. Mildred Vappie Prudeaux
Mr. Roy J. Pugh (Estate)
Mr. and Ms. Allison B.
Randolph, Sr.
Mrs. Corinne Reeves (Estate)
Mrs. Anna M. Rhodes (Estate)
Ms. Annie G. Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert D.
Robichaux (Estate)
Mr. Marlon E. Roundtree
Mr. Henry E. Rouson (Estate)
Mr. Leo P. Sam, Jr.
Ms. Lille V. Scott (Estate)
Mrs. Maria Sly-George
Mr. Trevor Thompson
Ms. Yolanda V. Trudeau (Estate)
Dr. Anne B. Ward
Mr. Charles H. Wilcox , Sr.
(Estate)
Mr. Gary F. Willett
Reverend Nathan S. Willis
(Estate)
thank you!
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alumni News
What ’s Hap p ening. . .
Lieteau Selected For Alumnus Of The Year Honors
Halvan Lieteau ’53 of New Orleans,
a successful corporate businessman and
entrepreneur on the national and international
level, was honored as the University’s top alumni
at the 2010 Alumni Homecoming Gala.
He was presented the Victor H. Labat Alumnus
of the Year award by National Alumni president
Frederick Carter ‘69, Dr. Joseph Labat ’59, and
XU President Norman Francis ‘52 during the
annual Gala, the traditional highlight of alumni
homecoming week.
The annual gala drew a sellout crowd of 447
attendees to the University Center Ballroom this
year. Class agents for the 15 special five-year
reunion classes presented the University with
gifts totaling $253,957. The Class of ‘60 led the
way with 46 members contributing $33,828.
TOP ALUM: Halvan Lieteau ’53 of New Orleans
(center) accepts the 2010 Victor H. Labat
Alumnus of the Year Award from (L-R) Dr.
Joseph Labat ‘59 and XU President Dr. Norman
C. Francis ’52, at the annual Homecoming Gala.
The annual celebration drew a sellout crowd to
the University Center Ballroom.
“Tonight we honor a prolific, tireless worker on
behalf of Xavier University,” said Carter of this
year’s honoree in his introduction. “His efforts on behalf of alumni association
chapters have taken him from New York to New Orleans.”
A long-time employee of IBM in New York, Lieteau retired to New Orleans,
where he owned and operated Lieteau’s Hallmark Shops and was General
Manager of Pioneer Services Incorporated, a provider of engineering services
to oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.
While in New York he served as president for that city’s alumni chapter, and
recently served in the same capacity for the New Orleans Alumni Chapter #1,
where he coined the phrase “The Home Team.” He also assisted the National
Alumni Association as a member of the Fundraising Committee and has
assisted the Office of Alumni Relations as a volunteer with the Annual Fund
Phone-a-thon.
Lieteau has been actively engaged as a consultant and speaker in the areas
of financial planning, manufacturing management and general business
operations. Presently he serves as a Board Member and Chairman of the
Education Committee for the New Orleans Rotary Club.
His dedication to the mission of St. Katharine Drexel also extends to his
support of Xavier University Preparatory High School (The Prep) where
his service includes hands-on and financial support for The Prep’s annual
fundraiser “Remember When.”
In keeping with his commitment to the University, he is ensuring the
continued growth of Xavier by making a provision in his will to benefit the
University, thus establishing for himself and his wife, Theyon, a perpetual
legacy.
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COSMOS CLUB: (from left)
Dr. James Moore ’73, co-host
Jill McGovern ’70 and Royce
Duplessis ’04 are all smiles at
a Washington DC reception
honoring President Norman
Francis, which was held at the
exclusive Cosmos Club.
Rae Lundy’s Journey to Achievement
For Rae Lundy ‘06, an Atlanta GA native, her path to the University of Notre Dame was
a little roundabout, but her rise to success at the University has been nothing but
straightforward!
Rae was in her junior year at Xavier when the devastation of Katrina hit. She was among
the four Xavier students to be welcomed into classes by Notre Dame a few weeks into
the fall 2005 semester.
Though it was hard leaving Xavier, Rae’s transition was somewhat smoothed by the
fact that she had already worked at Notre Dame the preceding summer as a Ronald
E. McNair Scholar. That summer under the direction of Professor George Howard, she
conducted a study on ethnic identity and its role as a predictor of “face”—perceptions
of saving it and losing it—in both African Americans and European Americans.
After graduating from Xavier cum laude in 2006, Rae returned to Notre Dame to
continue her work on ethnic diversity. She received a master’s degree in counseling
psychology in 2008.
This coming fall Rae will receive her doctorate in psychology from the University
for her work examining the influence of racial identity development and perceived
discrimination on psychological well-being in African Americans. For her work in the
area of diversity, she has received several awards.
Beyond earning her doctorate, Ms. Rae hopes to extend her passion for discrimination
work through research and clinical practice at one of the nation’s Historically Black
Colleges or Universities.
She has accepted a position for next year at Texas State University, San Marcos and will
begin there shortly after defending her dissertation this coming August.
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In looking back on her life, Lundy says, “I wouldn’t be who I am apart from the tragedy
of the hurricane. While I lost all my possessions, I discovered that I am resilient and able
to handle unexpected obstacles. How one emerges intact – and even better – from
misfortune takes an entire range of skills I hope one day to impart to my own clients.”
alumni News
Alums Honored By UNCF
Two Xavier alums have been honored by the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) for
their distinguished service to their alma mater and outstanding achievements in
their professional, civic and community activities.
Dr. Elaine Parker Adams ’61, a retired educator and administrator in Houston TX,
was presented the National Alumni Council (NCA) Outstanding Alumnus Award for
Xavier at the NAC Leadership Conference held recently in Atlanta GA, while Keva
Gwin ’00, senior medical science liaison for Shire Pharmaceuticals in Chicago IL, was
presented the Outstanding Young Alumnus Award for Xavier.
XU Alum Appointed As Federal Judge
Brian Jackson ’82, a partner in the law firm of Liskow & Lewis where he specialized in
commercial litigation, government investigations and white collar criminal defense,
was nominated to serve on the federal bench for the U.S. District Court, Middle
District of Louisiana by President Barack Obama. He was confirmed by the U.S.
Senate and commissioned in June 2010.
Yearbooks for 2006-2009
Student editors are working this summer to produce a combination edition of
the Xavierite for the academic years ’06-07, ’07-08, and ’08-09, with an anticipated
campus delivery of November 2011.
If you were a graduate or full-time student from 2006-2009 and would like to receive
a copy, please send an e-mail to [email protected] including your name, current
mailing address, e-mail address, and telephone number.
Copies of the yearbooks covering 2003-2006 (combined), 2009-10 and 2010-11 are
also available to grads/full-time students from those years. XG
SBS CELEBRATION: Enjoying the sights and
sounds of the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the
Canonization of St. Katharine Drexel, held at the
Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament Motherhouse in
Bensalem PA, are (from left) Philadelphia Alumni
Chapter VP Shelita Bourgeois ‘75, Philadelphia
Alumni Chapter President Dr. Jazmine Harris
‘95, and National Alumni Association President
Frederick Carter ‘69. The event featured
performances by XU Jazz Ensemble and Concert
Choir.
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(from right) Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron, wife Billye, and XU Vice President for Institutional
Advancement Dr. Kenneth St. Charles enjoy an Atlanta GA fundraiser event.
class Notes
Where are t hey now?
1940s
XG sadly notes the passing of another XU legend, Dr.
Charles Bell ’47, one of the first African Americans to
graduate from the University of Notre Dame as well as
one of the first to earn a Ph.D. in statistics. A professor of
mathematics for two years at Xavier, he went on to teach at
seven other major U.S. colleges, among other endeavors.
1950s
Dr. Norman Francis ‘52 (president) was presented the
2011 Lifetime Achievement Award by American Association
of Blacks in Education (AABHE) at its national convention,
held in Atlanta GA. He also gave the keynote address.
A.P. Tureaud Jr. ‘57, was awarded an honorary degree
from LSU. The Baton Rouge school’s first African-American
undergraduate student in 1953, he spent less than a
semester on campus before a court ordered him to leave
the university. He transferred to Xavier, where he earned
his degree. He has spent the past 38 years as a professional
educator in White Plains NY.
Maria Sly George ’58, was presented Louisiana’s
2010 AARP Andrus Award for Community Service, the
association’s most prestigious and visible volunteer award
for community services. She was also presented the
prestigious Louisiana Retired Teachers Association Name of
Fame award at the Association’s fall meeting. She is also the
District I President.
Jeniece Houze ‘59, was awarded the Distinguished
Service Award for St. Jerome Parish in Los Angeles CA.
1960s
Dr. Gilbert Rochon ’68, was inaugurated as the sixth
president of Tuskegee University. He previously served as a
senior research scientist at the Rosen Center for Advanced
Computing and director of the Terrestrial Observatory
at Purdue University and as associate vice president for
collaborative research and engagement.
1970s
Warren A. Fleet ‘71, was elected to partnership in the
law firm of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere &
Denegre L.L.P. Based in Baton Rouge LA, he specializes in
energy issues for the firm, which provides a comprehensive
range of legal services to a national and international
corporate client base through offices in five states and the
District of Columbia.
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Rhaoul A. Guillaume, Sr., ’71, president of GOTECH,
Inc., was presented the 2011 Andrew M. Lockett Award for
Civic Activities by the Louisiana Engineering Society (LES)
in recognition of his distinguished public service without
compensation for those services.
Cheryl M. Thomas ’71, was appointed senior director
of development at Tuskegee University. Previously she
held the positions of director of planned giving and senior
development officer for major gifts at Meharry Medical
College and XU.
Dr. Milton Moore ’76, a Houston TX dermatologist and
founder of Moore Unique Skin Care, has announced a new
product – Silky Hydroglide – a shave gel and post-shave
skin rejuvenator.
Dr. Carlen Luke McLin ’77, was named chief of staff
at Tuskegee University. Previously she served as assistant
dean, Division of the Natural Sciences & Public Health, and
chair of the School of Public Health at Dillard.
Harry Johnson, Sr. ’77, president and CEO for the
Washington DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial
Project Foundation, has been named recipient of the
Trumpet Awards Foundation’s “President’s Award,” which
recognizes Black Americans who have succeeded against
immense odds.
Dr. Troy Lynn Baldwin ’79, interim assistant vice
president for development at Dillard University, earned
a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Urban Higher
Education from Jackson State University. She earned both
her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at XU.
Dr. Lorena S. Chicoye ’79, corporate medical director for
managed care & network development at Baptist Health
South Florida in Miami, was named one of the “50 Most
Powerful Black Professionals in South Florida by Legacy
Magazine.
1980s
Jay Aronowitz ’80, was promoted to senior executive
service (SES) in the U.S. Army, and is serving as the deputy
assistant secretary (Force Management and Resources)
in the Pentagon where he is the principal advisor to the
assistant secretary of the army on all matters pertaining to
military, civilian and contractor manpower.
John Boutte ’80, has been named Big Easy Entertainer of
the Year by the New Orleans’ Gambit magazine.
Timothy Francis ’80, donated two large sculptures to the
ever growing Blanche and Norman C. Francis Collection.
Brian Jackson ’82, is serving as federal judge for the
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana. He was
nominated by President Barack Obama. He also delivered
the commencement address for the Southern University
Law Center.
Dr. Geneva Stark Price ’82, earned her Ph.D. in
educational leadership and policy from the University of
Louisville.
Dr. Conchetta White Fulton (pharmacy) ‘85, ‘98 was
elected secretary/treasurer of the Louisiana State Chapter of
the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP).
The Rev. Jeffrey Ott, OP ’88, former XU campus
chaplain, is serving as pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in
Atlanta GA. Ironically, the church is one of the buildings for
which St. Katharine Drexel provided funds.
Klyne Smith ’89, has been promoted to vice president of
transformation services for the Asia Pacific region for AlcatelLucent in Singapore, where he is responsible for providing
leadership in the area of complex solution delivery. He is also
in the dissertation phase of his pursuit of a doctorate degree
in software engineering at Southern Methodist University.
1990s
Lawrence C. Houston ‘90 and ‘02, was ordained a
permanent deacon for the Archidocese of New Orleans. He is
assigned to St. Peter Claver Church.
Steve Prince ’91, accepted a position as assistant professor
of art at Montgomery College in Germantown MD. He also
did the artwork for a new book, African American History
Reconsidered, written by Michigan State professor Pero
Dagbovie and was interviewed for another book, Ministry
Unplugged: Uncommon Calls to Serve.
Prentice White ’91, has authored a book, It’s Not Bad to
Be Allergic, which recounts how her family coped with her
daughter’s struggle to deal with multiple food allergies.
Dr. Katrice Albert ’94, vice provost for Equity, Diversity &
Community Outreach at LSU-Baton Rouge, was honored for
her tireless advocacy for gender equity and her exemplary
strong leadership at the Louisiana Conference for Women.
Nolan Knight ’96, an attorney with the Texas-based law
firm of Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C., has been named a
“Rising Star” by Thompson Reuters in a special supplement
published in newspapers and magazines across the country.
He specializes in environmental laws and regulations.
Carlos (CJ) Minor ’96, educator and athletic coach in the
Douglas County (Georgia) School System, has successfully
defended his dissertation and earned a Doctor of Education
degree in Educational Administration from Clark Atlanta
University.
Tahira Stalberte ’96, was named chief communications
officer for Durham (NC) Public Schools. A media relations
specialist, she previously worked with CharlotteMecklenburg Schools (NC) managing media relations and
crisis, internal and external communications efforts for the
district.
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Dr. Willyetta Brown-Mitchell ’97 & ’98, has been
named the Chair of the Department of Education at St.
Augustine’s College. She has also been appointed to the
national faculty for the National Science Resource Center
where she promotes effective teaching of science preK-16.
Ben Jackson ’97, senior financial reporting manager at
Beiersdorf, Inc., was named 2011 MBA of the Year by the
Westchester/Greater Connecticut Chapter of the National
Black MBA Association.
Miller Boyd ‘98, a PhD. candidate in the Department of
History at the University of Mississippi, has been named the
2011 Robert Eldridge Seiler Fellow by the Supreme Court of
Missouri Historical Society.
Dr. Nadiyah Morris Coleman ’99, was named director
of the New Orleans Afterschool Partnership, where she
coordinates a new initiative that seeks to increase access to
quality afterschool programs to children in the Greater New
Orleans area.
Dr. Trimiko Melancon ’99, has joined the Loyola
University-New Orleans faculty as an assistant professor
of English. She earned her Ph.D. in Afro-American Studies
from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
2000s
Leonard Lightfoot ‘00, earned a Ph.D. degree in
electrical engineering from Michigan State University,
where he also previously received his M.S. degree.
Terrance Osborne ’00, donated a painting of his
Great Dane “Toaster” which was raffled off to benefit the
Plaquemines (LA) Animal Welfare Society (PAWS).
Dr. Draion Burch ‘01, chief resident at the Michigan State
University College of Osteopathic Medicine and the St. John
Providence Health System Osteopathic Division MacombOakland Hospital in Warren MI, was elected as the intern
and resident representative to the American Osteopathic
Association (AOA) Board of Trustees. He was named the
program’s OBGYN Resident of the Year.
Where are t hey now?
Two XU alums – Dr. Kelley Harris-Johnson ’03,
assistant faculty associate of biochemistry at the University
of Wisconsin-Madison; and Dr. Gregory Bogin ’03,
assistant research professor of chemical engineering at
the Colorado School of Mines – served as judges for the
oral and poster presentations at the Emerging Researchers
National (ERN) Conference, held in Washington DC. Both
were also recognized by the ERN as former recipients of the
David and Lucille Packard Graduate Scholar Fellowships.
Celeste Parker ’03, was named assistant professor
and clinical supervisor of communicative disorders in the
Department of Allied Health Sciences at Nicholls State
University.
Jared Brossett ’04, state representative for Louisiana’s
District 97, completed the Senior Executives in State and
Local Government program at Harvard University.
Dr. Lyrial Chism ’04, is working for the National Security
Agency. She earned her Ph.D. in mathematics from the
University of Mississippi.
Candice Stewart ’05, the first African American woman
to hold the Miss Louisiana USA crown, was reunited with
her birth mother during the premiere of the cable television
series Searching For on the new Oprah Winfrey Network
(OWN) in February 2011.
Grace Andoh ’08, has been accepted into the Temple
University School of Podiatry.
Damien Cuffie ’08, has been accepted into the postbaccalaureate program at the Meharry College School of
Dentistry.
Allison Hudson ’08, editor for the Donaldsonville (LA)
Chief newspaper, has been nominated for the Louisiana
Legislative Women’s Caucus Foundation Women of
Excellence Award for 2011 in the Media and Public
Relations category. She was also featured as one of the “Top
25 Editors and Publishers under 35” in the April Edition of
Editor and Publishers Magazine.
Monica Majors ’08 (graduate placement) was named
assistant director for graduate placement in the Graduate
Placement/EXCEL Program Office. She previously served as
program coordinator.
Rida Nadeem ’08, was accepted into medical school at
the American University of the Caribbean.
Terry Richardson II ’08, has been accepted into the
physical therapy schools at USC, Alabama State University,
Hampton University and Old Dominion University.
Brandon Williams ’08, has been accepted into medical
school at the University of South Alabama.
Rolando Urbina ’05, has earned a law degree from
Southern University-Baton Rouge.
Jessica Brumfield ’09, has been accepted into the
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine-Georgia.
Amber C. Williamson ’05, has earned a master’s
degree in information systems management from the
Keller Graduate School of Management. She is currently
pursuing a 2nd master’s in network and communications
management and wireless communications.
Letitia Hopkins ’09, candidate for MA degree in museum
studies at SUNO had her thesis exhibit at the McKenna
Museum of African American Art. The exhibit explored
voodoo through the lens of religious tolerance and explores
voodoo stereotypes.
Maryse Holly ’06, a graduate student at Cornell University
studying international agriculture and rural development,
has been selected to participate in a three-week course in
rice production at the International Rice Research Institute
(IRRI) in the Philippines. It is fully funded by the National
Science Foundation.
Andrea Lee ’09, was accepted into medical school at
Southern Illinois University.
Dr. Mahasin Muhajid ‘01, is serving as an assistant
professor of public health at the University of California,
Berkeley. She earned her Ph.D. in biostatistics and
epidemiology from the University of Michigan and was a
Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Fellow at Harvard
University.
Breyanna Grays ’07, a third-year student at the Indiana
University School of Medicine, was named one of only
eight recipients of the American Academy of Neurology
Foundation’s 2011 Minority Scholars Program award, which
recognizes outstanding achievements as a medical student.
She intends to specialize in neurology after she receives her
medical degree next year.
Jamika Pessoa ’01, premiered her new cable television
show, Home Made Simple, in January on TLC (The Learning
Channel).
Ashley Ross-Smith ’08, was accepted into dental school
at Baylor University and the University of Texas-Houston.
CharDae Love ‘08, earned a master’s degree in public
administration from the University of New Orleans. She
is currently employed by the federal government in New
Orleans.
Shauntell Myles ‘09, was accepted into the Master of
Science (chemistry) program at Hampton University.
Nana-Aisha Adamu ’10, was accepted into medical
school at the University of Arkansas and the University of
Tennessee.
Parish Florence ‘10, has been accepted into the Doctor
of Audiology degree program at Salus University in
Pennsylvania.
Melanique Labeaud ’10, has been accepted into the
Doctor of Audiology degree program at the University of
Florida.
Anita Madison ’10, was accepted into the Tulane
University School of Medicine.
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M emor ials
We Remember...
The Xavier University of Louisiana family extends its deepest sympathy to the family, friends and relatives of
the following alumni and friends. The University was notified of these deaths during the period of January
1, 2010 to March 29, 2011. A special Mass is regularly offered on campus for all of our deceased alumni and
friends.
Alumni
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Mrs. Barbara Hanson. . . . . . . . . 1960
Mr. Michael R. Saizan. . . . . . . . . 1998
Dr. Arthur V. Age. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1957
Mr. Randy C. Harris. . . . . . . . . . . 1973
Mr. Herman C. Session. . . . . . . . 1970
Hon Harry Alexander. . . . . . . . . 1949
Mrs. Verna L. Henderson. . . . . . 1960
Mr. Floyd E. Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . 1975
Mrs. Anna B. M. Armstrong. . . 1949
Mr. Albert Henry. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1953
Rev. Thomas J. Smith, Sr.. . . . . . 1952
Ms. Helen M. Badie. . . . . . . . . . . 1939
Rev. Lawrence V. Jacobs, Jr.. . . 1955
Ms. Yolanda V. Trudeau. . . . . . . 1949
Mrs. Amelia B. Barnes . . . . . . . . 1941
Dr. Robert L. Johnson . . . . . . . . 1952
Mr. Griffin Wakefield, Rph. . . . . 1951
Dr. Charles B. Bell, Jr.. . . . . . . . . . 1947
Mrs. Romain Rouse Jones. . . . .1940
Mr. Grant Ward, Jr.. . . . . . . . . . . . 1965
Mr. Darrel P. Berteaux. . . . . . . . . 1961
Mr. Robert L. Kryjak . . . . . . . . . . 1991
Dr. Nathaniel Watts, Jr.. . . . . . . . 1952
Mrs. Louise M. Bouise . . . . . . . . 1935
Mr. Elliot P. Labat. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1959
Mrs. Nellie M. Bowman . . . . . . 1943
Mr. Vanue B. Lacour, Sr.. . . . . . . 1938
Dr. Ernest Boykins. . . . . . . . . . . . 1953
Mr. Winthrop Lapeyrolerie. . . . 1954
Dr. Margaret T. G. Burroughs
Mrs. Marie Boyer Brown. . . . . . 1939
Ms. Eva Frances Martin. . . . . . . 1944
Ms. Rosemarie Cordier
Dr. Junaia P. Carter . . . . . . . . . . . 2001
Mr. Major W. McBee. . . . . . . . . . 1944
Mr. Percy P. Creuzot, Jr.
Ms. Agnes M. Cizek . . . . . . . . . . 1967
Mr. Daniel J. McLean, III. . . . . . . 1989
Mrs. Janetta B. Davis
Mr. Charles E. Clark. . . . . . . . . . . 2005
Mr. Louis H. Meyi. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1937
Mr. Charles Derbes, Jr.
Mrs. Jesweida J. Collins. . . . . . . 1956
Ms. Andrea L. Mills. . . . . . . . . . . 1995
Mr. David F. Dixon
Mr. Robert L. Curtis. . . . . . . . . . . 1956
Ms. Stephanie G. Newport. . . . 1990
Mr. Roy F. Guste, Sr.
Mr. George G. Darensbourg . . 1950
Mrs. Catherine G. Newton. . . . 1961
Mr. Eben Hardie, Jr.
Mrs. Lorraine Detiege . . . . . . . . 1959
Ms. Earline M. Olivier. . . . . . . . . 1948
Ms. Joan Laporte
Mr. Jesse A. Dupart, Sr. . . . . . . . 1960
Dr. Henry P. Ollee, Jr.. . . . . . . . . . 1956
Ms. Marguerite A. Lating
Sr. Mary C. Durald ,S.S.F.. . . . . . 1960
Mr. Walter Payton, Jr.. . . . . . . . . 1966
Mr. Edward A. Lewis
Ms. Danyale A. Ellis. . . . . . . . . . . 1997
Dr. Fredrick S. Phillips. . . . . . . . . 1997
Mr. Wildred Lodrig Sr.
Mrs. Carolyn F. Epps. . . . . . . . . . 1984
Ms. Georgina Pierce. . . . . . . . . . 1961
Mrs. Patricia Cronin Deshotels- O’Neill
Mrs. Alicia A. Lett-Evans. . . . . . 1995
Mr. Claude Powe, Jr.. . . . . . . . . . 1975
Mrs. Helen Reeves
Mrs. Susie B. Evans. . . . . . . . . . . 1946
Mr. James Prichard, Jr.. . . . . . . . 1956
Mr. Gene H. Rogas
Mr. James Felton. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1962
Mr. Vincent Rachal . . . . . . . . . . . 1956
Sr. Eileen Sullivan,S.B.S.
Mr. Nathan J. Folse. . . . . . . . . . . 1984
Mrs. Leona Randall. . . . . . . . . . . 1950
Mrs. Iris S. Turner
Mr. Carl A. Garner . . . . . . . . . . . . 1975
Mrs. Dorothy Randolph . . . . . . 1942
Mr. Charles H. Wilcox
Mr. John F. Gray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1961
Dr. Langston F. Reed. . . . . . . . . .1954
Mr. Charles Green. . . . . . . . . . . . 1963
Mr. Thomas N. Reed. . . . . . . . . . 1950
Dr. Rosalind B. Green. . . . . . . . . 1965
Dr. Mary E. Robertson. . . . . . . . 1945
Mrs. Dolores C. Griffin. . . . . . . . 1960
Mr. Kevin M. Roche. . . . . . . . . . . 1991
Friends
chapter News
G etti n g I nvo l ve d Wit h Your Area Alumni
Acadiana Chapter
The Acadiana Chapter celebrated the Feast Day of St.
Katharine Drexel with Mass at Our Lady of Assumption
Catholic Church with a reception following. On April 16, 2011
the chapter hosted a fundraiser at A La Carte Restaurant in
Lafayette. The Acadiana Chapter is actively recruiting alumni
from the Lafayette area. For more information, please contact
Chapter President, Karen Gardiner ’86 at (337) 962-5518 or
[email protected].
Atlanta Chapter
The Atlanta Chapter is increasing efforts to engage alumni,
students, perspective students, and parents from across
the greater Atlanta area. Last July, the chapter hosted its
first family day picnic and awarded over $2,100 in book
scholarships to incoming freshmen and current students.
Atlanta area alumni participated in the Saints and Falcons
rivalry with an alumni mixer/tailgate during the highly
anticipated Monday night football game last December.
On March 13, the chapter hosted a mass and brunch in
honor of the Feast Day of St. Katharine Drexel. Over 125 area
alumni and their families joined the annual celebration at St.
Anthony’s Catholic Church. The Chapter is currently working
to increase its membership; a membership drive will be held
during the summer months. To join the chapter or receive
more information about upcoming events contact the
Atlanta Alumni President, James Pascal ’57 at (404) 349-7926
or [email protected].
Birmingham Chapter
The Birmingham Alumni Chapter recently held elections.
The new officers are President, Kelli Caulfield ‘04; 1st
Vice-President, Eliza Wells ‘03; Adrian Mason ‘73, 2nd VicePresident; Jacqueline Black ‘76, Recording Secretary; Treasurer,
Livingstone Lewis Jr. ‘71; Chaplain, Jean Benjamin-Vappie
‘73; and Parliamentarian, Victor R. Spencer ‘79. The chapter
hosted their 17th Annual Jazz Brunch and Silent Auction
on September 18, 2010 to benefit Xavier University student
scholarships. Frederick Carter, President of the National
Alumni Association served as the Chapter’s special invited
guest. Former recipients of the Birmingham Scholarship also
attended and gave words of appreciation. The Chapter has
held several networking events to increase membership and
promote Xavier to the Birmingham community. For more
information regarding the Birmingham Chapter contact the
Chapter President, Kelli Caulfield ‘04 at (205) 422-4880 or
[email protected].
Baton Rouge Chapter
The Baton Rouge Alumni Chapter celebrated the Feast Day
of St. Katharine Drexel with a mass at St. Joseph’s Cathedral
followed by its annual Frank Hayden Jazz Brunch at the
Lod Cook Conference Center. Over 100 alumni and friends
participated in the celebration where Judge Brian Jackson‘82
swore in officers for the 2011 term. All proceeds benefitted
the Frank Hayden Scholarship Fund. For more information
regarding the Baton Rouge Chapter contact the Chapter
President, Vivian Guillory ’75 at (225) 205-1544 or vbg225@
aol.com.
Chicago Chapter
FOOD AND FUN: Charis Trench Simmons ’96 and Tomika Baker Moody ’96 enjoy the festive
atmosphere of the Atlanta Chapter’s St. Katharine Drexel Day brunch.
The Chicago Alumni Chapter continues to serve as alumni
recruiters at college fairs throughout the Chicagoland area.
In August the Chapter sponsored the Annual William J. Hill
Freshmen and Parents Welcome Reception and distributed
over $4,500 in book scholarships. The Annual Lake Michigan
Cruise is scheduled for June 26, 2011. Proceeds from this
event will support the chapter’s Incoming Freshman Fund
and the Yvonne Allen Scholarship Fund at the University. For
more information regarding the Chicago Chapter contact the
Chapter President, Chakita R. Holmes at (708) 223-0161 or
[email protected].
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chapter News
G et t ing I nvolved Wit h Your Area Al u mn i
Dallas/Ft. Worth Chapter
The Dallas/Ft. Worth Chapter recently held elections. The new
officers are President, Troy D. Gray, Sr. ’87; 1st Vice-President,
Carol Jenkins-Gaye ’81; Recording Secretary, Gwendolyn
LaCroix ’70; Corresponding Secretary, Dwana Bush Cordova
’95; and Treasurer, Cedric Falgout ’77. On Saturday, May 21
the Dallas/Ft. Worth Chapter hosted a crawfish boil. Members
of the Dallas/Ft. Worth Chapter continue to assist Xavier
University in recruiting from the Dallas area by participating
in numerous college fairs. For more information regarding the
Dallas/Ft. Worth Chapter contact the Chapter President, Troy
Gray ‘87 at (972) 217-3350 or [email protected].
Houston Chapter
The Houston Chapter hosted its annual St. Katharine Drexel
Feast Day celebration with mass at St. Peter the Apostle
Catholic Church followed by brunch. In December, the
Chapter hosted its sixth annual Mardi Gras in December;
proceeds from this event will benefit the University’s Annual
Fund. Currently the Houston Chapter is planning its Annual
Alumni Weekend during August. For more information
regarding the Houston Chapter contact the Chapter
President, Randall McHenry ’86 at (281) 415-3720 or randall @
mchenryinc.net.
SKD FEAST DAY: Bishop Curtis Guillory poses with Randall McHenry ’86 and Consuella
Broussard ’53 after the Houston Chapter’s St. Katharine Drexel Feast Day Mass.
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Do you want to start an alumni chapter in your area?
Give the Office of Alumni Relations a call at
(504) 520-5131 or email at [email protected].
Lake Charles Chapter
The Lake Charles Alumni Chapter celebrated the Feast Day of
Saint Katharine Drexel with a Mass on March 4, 2011 with the
Alumni of Sacred Heart at Sacred Heart/St. Katharine Drexel
School. On June 19, 2011 the Lake Charles Alumni Chapter
hosted a Father’s Day Celebration at the Lake Charles Civic
Center. The Chapter is currently assisting the University in
its recruiting efforts by participating in area college fairs. For
more information regarding the Lake Charles Alumni Chapter
contact the Chapter President, Consuela Colston ’82 at (337)
513-9598 or [email protected]
Memphis Chapter
The Memphis Alumni Chapter is currently assisting the
University in its recruitment efforts by participating in college
fairs. The Chapter is actively recruiting alumni residing in the
area. For more information regarding the Memphis Chapter
contact the Chapter President, Trevor Thompson ’91 at (901)
266-6027 or [email protected].
New Orleans Chapter
The New Orleans Chapter celebrated the Feast Day of St.
Katharine Drexel with Mass at the University Chapel. On
March 20, 2011 the Chapter hosted its annual Day at the
Races to benefit its annual scholarship fund. The New Orleans
Chapter has contributed over $10,000 in scholarship funds
to Xavier students from the New Orleans area. For more
information about the New Orleans Chapter, contact Chapter
President, Louise J. Sonnier ‘56 (504) 427-3858.
HEADED FOR HOME: XU
Director of Planned Giving
Okyeame Haley ‘95 and
Dianne Pajaud ‘60 share a
hug during the New Orleans
Chapter’s annual Day at the
Races – a fundraising event
that drew more than 150
alumni and friends.
Northern
California
chapter News
G etti n g I nvo l ve d Wit h Your Area Alumni
Chapter
The Northern California Chapter hosted its annual Day at the
Races at the Golden Gate Fields in Albany California. Proceeds
from the event support a scholarship to a Northern California
student. Chapter members participated in the local UNCF
(United Negro College Fund) Walk-a-thon and provided gift
cards to freshmen students from the Northern California
area. The Chapter continues to attend college fairs in the
area to promote Xavier University to interested students and
their families. For more information regarding the Northern
California Chapter, contact Chapter President Mildred
Gardner ’56 at (510) 529-2078.
Phoenix Chapter
The Phoenix Chapter is currently assisting the University in
its recruitment efforts by participating in college fairs. The
Chapter is actively recruiting alumni residing in the Phoenix
area. For more information regarding the Phoenix Chapter
contact Chapter President, James Tillman ‘96 at (602) 7407440 or [email protected].
Philadelphia Chapter
The Philadelphia Chapter hosted its annual open house for
perspective students from Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New
Jersey at the St. Katharine Drexel Mission Center. On February
26th, the Chapter hosted a Mardi Gras themed membership
drive. Dionne Barnum ‘85, Chapter Treasurer welcomed
alumni and friends to her home for a fundraiser to benefit the
St. Katharine Drexel Chapel. Attendees enjoyed a taste of New
Orleans Cuisine while shopping for jewelry and playing Texas
Holdem. For more information regarding the Philadelphia
Chapter contact the Chapter President, Jazmine Harris ’95 at
(609) 230-7214 or [email protected]
BOWL ME OVER: Three decades of Xavierites are represented at the Philadelphia Chapter’s
bowling event, including (from left) Jocelyn Sanders ’91, Shelita Bourgeois ’75, Jazmine
Harris ’95 and Dionne Barnum ’85. Hopefully Shelita’s granddaughter (Leah Denise) will
join the ranks.
Southern California Chapter
The Southern California Chapter recently held their
elections. The new officers are President, Anthony Sharp
‘03; Vice-President, Anne Roussell ‘56; Recording Secretary,
June Vavasseur ‘51; Parliamentarien, Vera W. Robert ‘51;
and Corresponding Secretary, Jacqueline Brandon ‘59. The
Chapter held its annual Jazz Brunch in October. The annual
brunch attracts Xavierites and friends of Xavier from across
the country. As a result of their fundraising efforts the chapter
contributed $20,000 to the University’s Annual Fund and
$2,000 to the St. Katharine Drexel Chapel Campaign. On
March 6th the Southern California Chapter celebrated the
Feast Day of Saint Katharine Drexel with mass at Saint Jerome
Catholic Church and a reception following. Members of the
chapter continue to assist the University in its recruiting
efforts by participating in numerous college fairs. Monthly
meetings are held on
the second Sunday
of every month. For
more information
regarding the
Southern California
Chapter, contact
Chapter President
Anthony Sharp ‘03
at (310) 413-3440 or
LA LUNCHEON: Members of the Los Angles Club –
or mranthonysharp@
(from left) Eloise Martin ’52, Anthony Sharp ’03 and
yahoo.com.
Jeneice Houze ’59 – enjoy the Jazz Brunch.
Washington D.C. Chapter
The Washington D.C. Chapter hosted a send-off reception for
incoming freshmen from the D.C. area in July. In September
the chapter hosted a reception for area alumni. Over 100
alumni attended this successful event. The D.C. chapter is
currently recruiting Xavierites to become active in its chapter. For more information regarding the Washington D.C.
Chapter contact the Chapter President, Dr. Evita Bynum ‘85
at (202) 997-0073 or [email protected]. XG
CAPITAL TIME: (from
left) Elise Tureaud
Nicholls ’63, Stephen
Rochon ’84 and wife
Shirley, and Christina
Francis ’89 enjoy
a Washington DC
Chapter reception.
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Homecoming
2010
Comradeship and revelry were the order of the day as alumni from
across the nation gathered for Homecoming 2010. Here is a brief
sampling. Make plans now to attend this year’s celebration, Nov.
17-20 and make your own memories. The 2011 event will feature
the five-year reunion classes ending in “6” and “1”, but, as always, all
alumni are encouraged to attend.
(from left) XU Associate VP for
Development/Chief of Staff
LaJuana Chenier ‘88, First Lady
Blanche Francis, and Sodexo
representatives Pamela RiversSmith and Angela Case enjoy the
patron party.
(From left) Dr. Alan Colon and Cheryl Ripoll Colon ’70
chat with Victor Labat ‘55
The Gold Rush’s 68-57 win
over Philander Smith in the
Homecoming basketball
game delighted the
alumni, friends and
family alike.
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Homecoming
2010
President Norman Francis ’52 delights Bill Cosby ‘00 with the presentation of a football
proclaiming the Xavier football teams as “undefeated since 1959” during the Benefit Concert.
The Men of Soul: (from
left) popular R&B
vocalists Peabo Bryson,
Howard Hewett, Jeffrey
Osborne and Freddie
Jackson join together
on stage to belt out
Osborne’s classic “Woo
Woo” song at the Benefit
Concert.
(from left) VP for Institutional Advancement Kenneth St. Charles, Mildred Gardner
’56 and Alumni Director Kim Reese ’95 share a light moment at the Alumni Gala.
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Homecoming
2010
Stacey Bastian ’80 likes the homecoming commemorative shirt.
(from left) Classmates Carmen
Morial ’40 and Eunice Daliet Lear
’40 take a bow at the Alumni Gala.
(from left) Jon Miguel ’80 and Juan Miguel ’80
enjoy a good meal at the Tailgate BBQ.
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Student and alumni fraternity brothers mix it up during the Celebration on the Yard: (from left) Javier Davis, Xavier Semein,
Justin Charles, Chavez Scott, Reginald Alex ’90, Trevor Thompson ’91, Lawrence Obideme and Azikiwe Lombard ’97.
Homecoming
2010
The Class of 1995 and a few
renegades reunion at the Alumni
Mixer: (from left) Lance Parott
’94, Raquel Parent ’95, Damen
Cousin ’95, Kimberly Reese ’95,
Demetria Sloan ’95, Marchelle
Garibaldi ’95, Sean Foley ’95,
Jeunay Gauff-Roberson ’95, Erika
Harris ’95 and Kencha Bazile.
(from left)
Brendolyn
McKenna
’67, Leo Sam
’52 and Joy
Joseph ’60
gather for
the Alumni
Gala.
(from left) Doris Sullivan ’49, Melanie Sullivan ’88 and Angela Sullivan
arrive for the Alumni Gala.
Members of the
anniversary Class
of 1965 renew old
friendships at the
Homecoming Gala.
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Homecoming
2010
Demetria Sloan ’95 hawks commemorative shirts during the
Celebration on the Yard.
(from left) Alana Sarrazin ’90, Alice Sarrazin, Dr. Markita Jamison Travillion ’91 and Dr.
David Travillion ’90 share a laugh at the Alumni Mixer.
Early visitors to the weekend’s
festivities got a glimpse of
the Xavier Art Collection in
the Library Resource Building
Gallery.
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Reunion Class Photos
Class of 1940: (from left) President Francis, Carmen Morial and
Eunice Daliet Lear
Class of 1945: (from left) President Francis, Margaret LaChapelle
Shade
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Class of 1950: (from left) Dolores Lee Bergquist-Coye’, Virginia Johnson, President Francis, Yvette Lyman Brown and Blanche Anderson
Class of 1955: (front row, from left) Carrisse Delpit
Thompson, Blanche Davison Stewart, Aldonia
Chapital Belton, Doris Jackson Goins, Bernadette
Gaines Gilbert, Jessie Smallwood and President
Francis; (back row) Sylvia Haydel Tureaud, Vidal
Easton, Victor Labat, June Lombard-Allen, Marion
Curry Hunt and Myrna Burgess Walker
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Class of 1960: (front row, from left) Jeanette Leufroy Young, Marsha Kimbrough
Washington, Rose Hardy Garment, Charmaine LeCesne Young, Joy Bachemin Joseph,
Pat St. Julien Bennett and President Francis; (middle row) Dianne Pajaud, Carmelita
Perrault Lagarde, Gwendolyn Battle Guillmette, Sylvia Gaspard Darmas, Octavia
Brown Gross, Charmaine Labeau Marrero, Barbara Sapenter and Juanita Betz
Peterson; (back row) John McKee, Solomon Riley Jr., Westley Sholes, Lloyd Bennett
and Earl Mitchell.
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Class of 1965: (front row, from left) President Francis, Joyce
Whitfield, Winifred Dejoie Wright and Sandra Rouzan
Prampin; (middle row) Loyce Frilot Bradshaw and Antoinette
Lindsey Boissiere; (back row) Ronald Higgins, William Harris
and Warren McKenna Jr.
Class of 1970: (front row, from left) Renee Wing Bagneris, Anatalie Waddell
Bachemin, Linda Langston Anderson, Rhesa Ortique McDonald, Cheryl Miller,
Ripoll Colon, Gilda DeClouette Boyd, Cheryl Medlock, Edwina Charles McCray,
and President Francis; (second row) Dennis Bagneris, Lydia Boutte, Cynthia
Guillaume Lee, Valerie Petit Wilson, Simone Marine Marion, Beverly Carr
Johnson, Antoinette Oubre Rich and Olga Louis Hartman; (third row) Leroy
Broussard, Barbara Gourdine Clark, Gwendolyn Alfred LaCroix, Ella Nairn
Grady, Hugh Depland, Fred Session Jr. and Herbert Richardson; (back row)
Richard Clark, Charles Kennedy Jr. and Patrick Dean
Class of 1975: (front row, from left) Jeanalice Johnson
Bartley, President Francis and Charlene Walker
Simmons; (second row) Alcide Tervalon Jr., Judy
Jackson McMorris, Judy Joseph Hill, Karen Williams
and Keith Hill; (third row) Patricia Leger McFarlin
and Vivian Broussard Guillory; (back row) Raymond
Bourgeois, Joel Plump and Henry Glover
Class of 1980: (front row, from left) Rhonda Landry
Davis, Vivian Johnson McFarland, Laura Dunn Grace,
Regina Landrum, Marvin Aldridge, Shirley DeClouette
and President Francis; (middle row) Bernadette August,
Gwendolyn Muse Charles, Sarah Jones, Talita Green
Allison, Janice Florent and Cheryl Stelly Philip; (back row)
Stacey Bastian, Juan Miguel, Jon Miguel, Randy Bellizan,
Geoffrey Marshall, Erroll Bailey and Jimmie Brown
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Class of 1985: (front row, from left) Holly Bastian-Francis, President
Francis and Kimberly Richmond; (middle row) Vanessa Fleming Boston
and Trina Vincent; (back row) John Preston Robinson and Godwin
Ndukwe
Class of 1990: (front row,
from left) Sabrina Johnson
Brooks, Kim Martin Holden,
President Francis and Ruth
Francis; (second row) Karen
Bradley Wells, Jocelyn
Joseph-Bookman and
Shuana Tucker-Sims; (third
row) Alana Sarrazin, Doldoin
Bookman and Malinda
Boucree; (back row) David
Travillion, Reginald Alex and
Louis Livers Jr.
Class of 1995: (front row, from left) Reginald Salter, LaCresha Blanks Peters, Cindi Jones-Woods, Ronda Broady, Tiffany Nobles-Bass, Kimberly Reese, Charlotte Caples, Raquel Parent,
Kendra Woodward Tircuit and President Francis; (middle row) Claricia Simmons Shepherd, Taiya Sprull Fabre, Kendra Clark, Jazmine Harris, Nakesha Gully Smith, Tanisha Stevenson,
Karen Gray, Sean Foley and Leslie Boone; (back row) Dara Rahming, Desiree Evans-Tigner, Erica Humphrey Johnson, Natasha Simmons Wyllie, Rhonda Dickey, Chandra Brown, Kei Shay
Tones, Demetria Hill Sloan and Christina Coleman
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Class of 2000: (front
row, from left) Yvonne
Ballard Carter, President
Francis and Rashonda
Cunningham Dean;
(second row) Tyeshia
Matson Babineaux and
Julia Sutton Kerr; (third
row) Triwanna Fisher and
DeAndra Hayes; (back
row) Akilah Weber, LaToya
Jackson and DeShandra
Hayes
Class of
2005: (from
left) Allison
Woolford,
President
Francis and
Raishauna
Calloway
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to my loved ones.”
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“ThankYou” for helping me to become the person that I am today.”
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