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AN INTERNATIONAL SALUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., A MAN FOR ALL NATIONS GREETINGS International Salute Committee

AN INTERNATIONAL SALUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. A MAN FOR ALL NATIONS

Henry H. Brown Her Excellency Ritva Koukku-Ronde President Embassy of Finland H.H. Brown & Associates, Inc. Honorary Chair Honorary Chair Emeritus Honorary Vice Chairs

* Dr. Dorothy I. Height Sidney A. Ribeau, PhD Hon. Robert G. Stanton Steven Knapp, PhD Harry Johnson, Esq. Allen Sessoms, PhD Chair, National Council of President, Asst. Secretary President, The George President, MLK, Jr. President, University of the Negro Women, Inc. Howard University U.S. Department of Interior Washington University Memorial Foundation District of Columbia

GREETINGS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SALUTE COMMITTEE

January 20, 2013

We are most pleased to extend hearty greetings and a warm welcome on the 22nd International Salute to the Life and Legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We congratulate our distinguished honorees. A special thank you is extended to the members of the Diplomatic Corps, committee members and the many volunteers for their hard work, continued commitment and support. A very special welcome is extended to the ladies and gentlemen of the audience who have come because you find the teachings of Dr. King to be an inspiration in your daily lives.

We are particularly excited today as this salute to one who was truly a trailblazer comes on the eve of the second Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States of America , President Barack Obama. Our President holds such a special and dear place in our history having achieved major milestones during his first term. We now have health care reform; our troops have come home from Iraq; we have avoided fiscal calamities and closure has been brought in the hunt for Ben Laden. These are the types of accomplishments that Dr. King must have foreseen as he spoke of better days ahead for us even though he may not get there with us.

As we enjoy these extraordinary moments in our history, let us remember that we live in opportunistic times. Times that demand that we lend our talents and energy towards improving our communities and the world in which we live. In accordance with the teachings of Dr. King, each of us can serve. Let us commit to greater service in the years ahead.

* Founding Member (Deceased)

1 AN INTERNATIONAL SALUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., A MAN FOR ALL NATIONS Honorary Committee Chairs

H.E. Ritva Koukku-Ronde Finland Ambassador to the U.S. Henry H. Brown Honorary Chair President H.H. Brown & Associates, Inc. Honorary Chair Emeritus

Hon. Robert G. Stanton Sidney A. Ribeau, PhD Sr. Advisor to the Secretary President U.S. Dept. of Interior Howard University Honorary Vice Chair Honorary Vice Chair

Steven Knapp, PhD Allen Sessoms, PhD President President The George Washington University University of The District of Columbia Honorary Vice Chair Honorary Vice Chair

Harry E. Johnson, Sr. Esq. President, Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Foundation Madeline Lawson President/CEO, IAMMM Honorary Vice Chair Event Chair

AN INTERNATIONAL SALUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., A MAN FOR ALL NATIONS 2 Honorary Committee Vice Chairs Embassy of Afghanistan Embassy of Democratic Republic of Congo Embassy of Embassy of the Republic of Montenegro Embassy of Spain H.E. Ekhil Hakimi H.E. Faida M. Mitifu H.E. Dr. Dino Patti Djalal H.E. Prof. Srdan Darmanovic H.E. Ramon Gil-Carares

Embassy of African Union Embassy of the Republic of Congo Embassy Iraq Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco Embassy of the DS Republic of Sri Lanka H.E. Amina Salum Ali H.E. Denis Sassou Nguesso H.E. Jabir Habeb H.E. Mohammed Rachad Bouhlal H.E. Jaliya Wickramasuriya

Embassy of Embassy of Costa Rica Embassy of Ireland Embassy of the Republic of Mozambique Embassy of St. Kitts and Nevis H.E. Gilbert Galanxhi H.E. Muni Figures H.E. Michael Collins H.E. Amelia Metos Sumbana H.E. Jacinth L. Henry-Martin

Embassy of the Republic of Cote D'Ivoire Embassy of Israel Embassy of the Republic of Embassy of St. Vincent & the Grenadines Embassy of Algeria H.E. Daouda Diabate H.E. Dr. Michael B. Oren H.E. Martin Andjaba H.E. La Celia A. Prince H.E. Abdallah Baali

Embassy of the Republic of Croatia Embassy of Italy Embassy of Nepal Embassy of the Republic of Suriname Embassy of Angola H.E. Josiph Paro H.E. Claudio Bisogniero H.E. Shankar P. Sharma H.E. Subhas Ch. Mungra H.E. Alberto do Carmo Bento Ribeiro Embassy of Cyprus Embassy of Jamaica Royal Netherlands Embassy Embassy of the Kingdom of Swaziland Embassy of Antigua/Barbuda H.E. Pavlos Anastasiades H.E. Prof. Stephen C. Vasciannie H.E. Rudolf Bekink H.E. Rev. Abednego Ntshangase H.E. Deborah Mae Lovell Embassy of Czech Republic Embassy of Japan Embassy of New Zealand Embassy of Sweden Embassy of Argentina H.E. Petr Gandalovic H.E. Ichiro Fujisaki H.E. Michael Moore H.E. Jonas Hafström H.E. Jorge Argüello Embassy of Denmark Embassy of Jordan Embassy of the Republic of Nicaragua Embassy of Embassy of Armenia H.E. Peter Taksoe-Jensen H.E. Dr Alia Hatoug-Bouran H.E. Francisco Campbell H.E. Manuel Sager H.E. Tatoul Markarian Embassy of Djibouti Embassy of Kazakhstan Embassy of the Republic of Niger Embassy of Syria Embassy of H.E. Roble Olhaye H.E. Erlan A Idrissov H.E . S. Maman Sidikou Charge d'Affaires Zouheir Jabbour H.E. Kim Beazley Embassy of Dominica Embassy of the Republic of Kenya Embassy of the Fed. Republic of Nigeria Embassy Republic of Tajikistan Embassy of H.E. John C. Hubert H.E. Elkanah Odembo H.E. Prof. Adebowale Ibidapo Adefuye H.E. Nuriddin Shamsov H.E. Hans Peter Manz Embassy of Dominican Republic Embassy of the Republic of Korea Embassy of Royal Norwegian Embassy of Tanzania Embassy of H.E. Anibal de Castro H.E. Choi Young-jin H.E. Wegger Strömmen H.E. Mwanaidi Sinare Majaar H.E. Elin Suleymanov Embassy of Ecuador Embassy of the Republic of Embassy of Oman Embassy of H.E. Nathalie Cely H.E. Ismaili Akan H.E. Hunaina Al Mughairi H.E. Chaiyong Satjipanon Embassy of Bahrain

H.E. Houda Nonoo Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt Embassy of the State of Kuwait Embassy of Embassy of Timor Leste

H.E. Mohamed Mostafa Mohamed Tawfik H.E. Salem Abdullah Al Jaber Al-Sabah Charge d'Affaires Dr. Asad Majeed Khan H.E. Constancio Pinto Embassy of the People's Republic of Bangladesh

H.E. Akramul Qader Embassy of El Salvador Embassy of the Kyrgyzstan Republic Embassy of Palau Embassy of Togo

H.E. Francisco Altschul Fuentes H.E. Muktar Djumaliev H.E. Hersey Kyota H.E. Limbiye Edawe Kadangha Bariki Embassy of Barbados

H.E. John Ernest Beale Embassy of Equatorial Guinea Embassy of Embassy of the Republic of Panama Embassy of the Republic Trinidad & Tobago

H.E. Purificacion Anggue Ondo H.E. Seng Soukhathivong H.E. Mario E. Jaramillo H.E. Dr. Neil Parsan Embassy of Belarus

Charge d'Affaires Oleg Kravchenko Embassy of Eritrea Embassy of Latvia Embassy of Papau New Guinea Embassy of Tunisia

H.E. Berhane Solomon H.E. Andris Razans H.E. Evan J. Paki Charge d'Affaires Tarek Amri Embassy of Belgium

H.E. Jan Matthysen Embassy of Estonia Embassy of Lebanon Embassy of Paraguay Embassy of the Republic of

H.E. Marina Kaljurand H.E. Antoine Chedid H.E. Rigoberto Gauto Vielman H.E. Namik Tan Embassy of Belize

H.E. Nestor Mendez Embassy of Ethiopia Embassy of the Kingdom of Embassy of Peru Embassy of

H.E. Girma Birru H.E. Prof. Eliachim Molapi Sebatane H.E. Harald Forsyth H.E. Meret Bairamovich Orazov Embassy of the Republic of Benin

H.E. Cyrille S. Oguin Delegation of the European Commission Embassy of the Republic of Liberia Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines Embassy of the Bolivarian Rep. Of Venezuela

H.E. João Vale de Almeida H.E. Jeremiah C. Sulunteh H.E. Jose L. Cuisia Jr. Charge d'Affaires Angelo Rivero Santos Embassy of Bolivia Chief of Mission Freddy Bersatti Embassy of the Republic of Fiji Islands Embassy of Libya Embassy of Poland Embassy of Vietnam H.E. Winston Thompson Ali Suleiman Aujali Charge d'Affaires Maciej Pisarski H.E. Quoc Cyoung Ngyen Embassy of Bosnia/Herzegovina H.E. Jabranka Negodic Embassy of France Embassy of Liechtenstein Embassy of Portugal Embassy of Yemen H.E. Francois Delattre H.E. Claudia Fritsche H.E. Nuno Brito Charge d'Affaires Adel Alsunaimi Embassy of H.E. Tebelelo Mazile Seretse Embassy of the Gabonese Republic Embassy of Lithuania Embassy of the State of Qatar Embassy of the Republic of Zambia H.E. Michael Moussa-Adamo H.E. Zygimantas Pavilionis H.E. Mohammed Abdulla Al Rumaihi H.E. Ben Kangwa Embassy of Brazil H.E. Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira Embassy of the Gambia Embassy of Luxembourg Embassy of Romania Embassy of Republic of H.E. Alieu Momodou Ngum H.E. Jean-Loius Wolzfeld H.E. Adrian Vierita H.E. Dr. Machivenyika T. Mapuranga Embassy of Brunei H.E. Dato Paduka Yusoff Haji Abdul Hamid Embassy of Georgia Embassy of the Republic of Macedonia Embassy of Russia H.E. Temuri Yakobashvili H.E. Zoran Jolevski H.E. Sergey I. Kislyak Embassy of Bulgaria H.E. Elena Poptodorova Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Embassy of the Republic of Madagascar Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda H.E. Peter Ammon Charge d'Affaires Velotiana Raobelina H.E. James Kimonyo Embassy of Burkina H.E. Faso Seydou Bouda Embassy of Ghana Embassy of Malawi Embassy of Saint Lucia H.E. Daniel Ohene Agyekum H.E. Steve Matenje H.E. Sonia Merlyn Johnny Embassy of Burma Charge d'Affaires U Soe Paing Embassy of Greece Embassy of Malaysia Embassy of the Republic of San Marino H.E. Christos Panagopoulos H.E. Othman Datuk Hashim H.E. Paolo Rondelli

Embassy of Burundi Embassy of Grenada Embassy of the Republic of Mali Embassy of Sao Tome & Principe H.E. Angele Niyuhire H.E. Gillian Margret S. Bristol H.E. Al-Maamoun Baba Lamine Keita H.E. Ovido Pequeno

Embassy of Embassy of Guatemala Embassy of Malta Embassy of Saudi Arabia H.E. Heng Hem H.E. Josen Francisco Villigran de Leon H.E. Joseph Cole H.E. Adel A. M. Al-Jubeir

Embassy of Cameroon Embassy of the Republic of Guinea Embassy of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Embassy of the Republic of Senegal H.E. Joseph B. C. Foe-Antangana H.E. Blaise Chérif H.E. Charles R. Paul H.E. Cheikh Niang

Embassy of Canada Embassy of the Republic of Guyana Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania Embassy of the Republic of Serbia H.E. Gary Doer H.E. Bayney Karran H.E. Lemine el Haycen Mohamed H.E. Vladimir Petrovic

Embassy of Cape Verde Embassy of the Republic of Haiti Embassy of the Republic of Mauritius Embassy of Sierra Leone H.E. Maria de Fatima Lima Da Viega H.E. Paul Altidor H.E. Somduth Soborun H.E. Bockari Kortu Stevens

Embassy of Central African Republic Embassy of Embassy of Mexico Embassy of the Republic of Singapore H.E. Stanislas Moussa-Kembe Apostolic Nuncio Carlo Maria Vigano H.E. Arturo Sarukhan H.E. Ashok Kumar

Embassy of Chad Embassy of Honduras Embassy of the Federated States of Micronesia Embassy of the Slovak Republic H.E. Maitine Djoumbe H.E. Jorge Ramon Hernandez Alcerro H.E. Asterio R. Takesy H.E. Peter Kmec

Embassy of Chile Embassy of Hungary Embassy of the Republic of Moldova Embassy of Slovenia H.E. Felipe Bulnes Serrano H.E. György Szapáry H.E. Igor Munteanu H.E. Roman Kirn

Embassy of China Embassy of Iceland Embassy of Monaco Embassy of the Republic of H.E. Zhang Yesui H.E. Gudmundur Arni Stefansson H.E. Gilles Noghès H.E. Ebrahim Rasool

Embassy of Colombia Embassy of India Embassy of Mongolia Embassy of South Sudan H.E. Carlos Alfredo Urrutia Valenzuela H.E. Nirupana Rao H.E. Bekhbat Khasbazar H.E. Akek Khoc

3 AN INTERNATIONAL SALUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., A MAN FOR ALL NATIONS DR. DOROTHY COSWER YANCY, PRESIDENT,

The Dr. Dorothy I. Height Leadership Award Presented to Dr. Yancy for Carrying the Torch of the Dream Maker and Earth Shaker

“Do What You Can, With What You Have, Where You Are” Theodore Roosevelt

AN INTERNATIONAL SALUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., A MAN FOR ALL NATIONS 4 DR. DOROTHY I. HEIGHT For Leadership Award

DOROTHY COSWER YANCY, PHD PRESIDENT SHAW UNIVERSITY

Dr. Dorothy Cowser Yancy, a native of Alabama, is the fourteenth and sixteenth president of Shaw University. She was the twelfth president of Johnson C. Smith University (JSCU) and the first female to hold each of these prestigious titles. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Social Science from Johnson C. Smith University, a Master of Arts degree in History from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Atlanta University (Georgia), with further study at the University of Singapore, , Northeastern Illinois University (Chicago), Northwestern University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. She earned certificates in management development from Harvard University and is listed as an arbitrator with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services, the National Mediation Board and the American Arbitration Association. She also is a Special Magistrate with the Florida Public Employee Relations Commission.

At Shaw, she has been able to stabilize the financial state of the university by securing a $31 million federal loan. She restructured and refinanced the university’s debt, balanced the budget and raised the CFI score to a positive number. In addition, enrollment increased from 2507 to 2711, and for the fall 2010 semester, the university enrolled a freshmen class of 759, the largest in the institution’s history.

As president of JSCU from October 1994 to June 2008, Dr. Yancy marshaled phenomenal growth and progress. During this period, she completed two significant capital campaigns and was heralded as one of the best fundraisers nationally. From 1994 to 2008, she raised more than $145 million for the university. Additionally, during her tenure, the JCSU endowment more than tripled from $14 million to $53 million. Consequently, Dr. Yancy left a highly qualified faculty (76% terminal degrees; 72% doctorates) and applications to the university increased by 400% during her tenure. Under her watch, a new technology center, a library, and a track/stadium/ academic complex were constructed. In 1996, the university was awarded the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant. JCSU is the only HBCU that has received this grant. In addition, JSCU was the first HBCU to become an IBM “Thinkpad” University.

Dr. Yancy has earned the respect of the higher education community throughout her career. She served as a professor of History, Technology and Society and in the School of Management at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta) from 1972 to 1994. At , she was the first African-American to be promoted and tenured as a full professor. Previously, she taught at several institutions including , Hampton University, Evanston Township High School and Barat College, where she was the director of the Afro-American Studies Program. Dr. Yancy was the first American to lecture at the Academy of Public Administration and Social Studies of the Small Hural in Ulan Bator, Mongolia in 1991.

In scholarship, as well as in leadership, Dr. Yancy has excelled. She has published over forty articles and labor arbitration cases in academic journals. Currently, she serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of , the Board of Trustees of St. Augustine’s College, the Board of the United Negro College Fund, Special Programs, a member of the UNCF Advisory Committee on Institutional Capacity Building, Individual Member of the United Negro College Fund, a member of the USA Fund HBCU Advisory Committee and Honorary Chair of the Georgia Tech Black Alumni Organization (GTBAO) Scholarship Initiative. She has received numerous awards and accolades. In 2002 she was inducted into the most prestigious honor society in the nation, the Delta of Georgia Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa and in February 2011 she was recognized by Dominion in the “Strong Men and Women: Excellence in Leadership” series and given the Honorary Alumni Award by the Georgia Tech Alumni Association. She is also the Chair of The links, Incorporated HBCU Initiative.

She is energetic, dedicated, and highly effective as a promoter/guardian of excellence in higher education. Dr. Yancy is a member of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation of Atlanta and has one daughter, Yvonne.

5 AN INTERNATIONAL SALUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., A MAN FOR ALL NATIONS KING LEGACY AWARD FOR International Service

HER EXCELLENCY RITVA KOUKKU-RONDE AMBASSADOR OF FINLAND TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ritva Koukku-Ronde became Ambassador of Finland to the United States in September 2011.

Ambassador Koukku-Ronde arrived in Washington after working at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs for almost three decades. Before her posting as Ambassador, she was Under-Secretary of State for global development issues at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Helsinki.

She also served as Director General at the Department for Development Policy and Deputy Director General at the Department for Europe. Furthermore, she has held the position of Minister and Deputy Head of Mission at the Finnish Embassy in Bonn and Berlin and earlier as deputy head of mission in the Hague and Nairobi.

Ambassador Koukku-Ronde has held numerous governing positions in her previous positions, for instance she was the Finnish Governor to the Regional Development Banks (Africa, Asia, Latin America). Ambassador Koukku-Ronde was the Chairman for the Board of Directors of Finnfund (Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation), the Board of the Institute for African Leadership for Sustainable Development and the Executive Board of Finnish Water Forum.

Prior to joining the Ministry in 1985, Koukku-Ronde worked as a journalist. She holds a Master’s degree in History.

AN INTERNATIONAL SALUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., A MAN FOR ALL NATIONS 6 KING LEGACY AWARD FOR International Service

HIS EXCELLENCY MICHAEL MOUSSA-ADAMO AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE GABONESE REPUBLIC TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA He previously held the position of Special Adviser, Special Representative of the President of the Republic. Mr. Moussa- Adamo began his career as a News Anchor at Radio Television Gabonaise (RTG) Channel 2 in Libreville (1980-1981). He held a variety of positions in Communication and International Relations as Assistant at the African Studies Center (Boston) and Research Assistant, International Relations and Communications (Boston) from 1986 to 1989. He was a Consultant for JSI/World Education (Boston) from 1988 to 1989, for World Wildlife Fund Africa and NGO Programs (Washington, DC) from 1989 to 1991 and for IFESH, Phoenix (Arizona) from February 1991 to June 1991, planning, structuring and coordinating the First African/African-American Summit held in Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire).

From June 1991 to April 1993, Mr. Moussa-Adamo served as Diplomatic Adviser at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From August to December 1999 he was Chief of Staff at the Ministry of National Defense. In December 1999 he was appointed as Adviser to the President, a position he held until December 2000. In January 2000 he was elected to the National Assembly and served as a Rapporteur of the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee. He was a member of the National Assembly until 2005. In February 2007, he was appointed Special Adviser, Special Representative of the President of the Republic serving additionally as Head of Communication Department at NTIC (October 2009) and Head of Tourism, Crafts, Culture and Sports Department (January 2011).

H.E. Moussa-Adamo holds a Master’s Degree of Communication and International Relations (GSAS & CC, BU), a DEUG in Economics and Mathematics from the Universityof Libreville and a Broadcasting Certificate from the Mass Bay BroadcastingSchool. Mr. Moussa-Adamo is fluent in French, English, Kota, Kwele, Hausa, Peuhl, Fang and has a practical knowledge of Spanish and Arabic.

Born on January 10, 1961 in Makokou in the Ogooue Ivindo region, Mr. Moussa-Adamo is the founder of MS Consulting (Finance, Financial Engineering, Aviation, Management and Public Relations) and LOCAT. He is married with 6 children.

7 AN INTERNATIONAL SALUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., A MAN FOR ALL NATIONS KING LEGACY AWARD FOR National Service

MARC H. MORIAL PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER THE NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE Entrepreneur. Lawyer. Professor. Legislator. Mayor. President, U.S. Conference of Mayors. CEO of the National Urban League, the nation’s largest civil rights organization. In a distinguished professional career that has spanned 25 years, Marc Morial has performed all of these roles with excellence, and is one of the most accomplished servant-leaders in the nation. As an Entrepreneur, Morial started several successful small businesses -- an apparel wholesale company, a special events company, and a janitorial company, his first venture at age 15 with two childhood friends.

As a Lawyer, Morial won the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Pro Bono Publico Award for his legal service to the poor and disadvantaged. He was also one of the youngest lawyers, at age 26, to argue and win a major case before the Louisiana Supreme Court. As a Professor, Morial served on the adjunct faculty of Xavier University in Louisiana, where he taught Constitutional Law, and Business Law. As a Louisiana State Senator, Morial was named Legislative Rookie of the Year, Education Senator of the Year, and Environmental Senator of the Year, while authoring laws on a wide range of important subjects.

As Mayor of New Orleans, Morial was a popular chief executive with a broad multi-racial coalition who led New Orleans’ 1990’s renaissance, and left office with a 70% approval rating. Elected by his peers as President of the bi-partisan U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM), he served during the 9/11 Crisis and championed the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federalization of airport security screeners. As President of the National Urban League since 2003 he has been the primary catalyst for an era of change -- a transformation for the nearly 100 year old civil rights organization. His energetic and skilled leadership has expanded the League’s work around an Empowerment agenda, which is redefining civil rights in the 21st century with a renewed emphasis on closing the economic gaps between Whites and Blacks as well as rich and poor Americans. His creativity has led to initiatives such as the Urban Youth Empowerment Program to assist young adults in securing sustainable jobs, and Entrepreneurship Centers in 5 cities to help the growth of small businesses. Also, Morial created the National Urban League Empowerment Fund, which has pumped almost $200 million into urban impact businesses including minority business through both debt and equity investments.

A graduate of the prestigious University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Economics and African American Studies, he also holds a law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., as well as honorary degrees from Xavier University, Wilberforce University, and the University of South Carolina Upstate. He serves as an Executive Committee member of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the Black Leadership Forum, and Leadership 18, and is a Board Member of the Muhammad Ali Center, and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. He has been recognized as one of the 100 most influential Black Americans by Ebony Magazine, as well as one of the Top 50 Nonprofit Executives by the Nonprofit Times.

Morial, a history, arts, music and sports enthusiast, has an adult daughter, and is married to broadcast journalist Michelle Miller. Together they have two young children.

AN INTERNATIONAL SALUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., A MAN FOR ALL NATIONS 8 Program of Events MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES Dr. Paula Whetsel-Ribeau is the First Lady of Howard University. Some of her many responsibilities include serving as the Executive Director for the Howard University Alternative Spring Break (ASB) Program, and Founder and Chair of the Howard University Women As Change Agents (WACA) Steering Committee. She provides keynote addresses, presentations, and a range of other levels of support for several of the schools and organizations across the campus as well as throughout various communities, both locally and nationally.

Dr. Whetsel-Ribeau has a successful 28 year career in education, with 14 years at K-12 institutions and 14 years at universities with her last position as the Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and a faculty member at Bowling Green State University.

In 2010, Dr. Whetsel-Ribeau was appointed by the U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan to the National Board for the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE) where her term ends August 2013. She has served on various community Boards, is a member Paula Whetsel-Ribeau, PhD of multiple professional organizations, and involved in numerous community service activities.

Opening Statement Paula Whetsel-Ribeau, PhD First Lady of Howard University

Music: The Battle Hymn of the Republic Bonnie Burnett Mezzo Soprano, Washington, DC

Recognition of the Head Table Paula Whetsel-Ribeau, PhD

Welcome H.E. Ritva Koukku-Ronde Finland Ambassador to the United States

Special Greetings Sidney A. Ribeau, PhD President Howard University

Steven Knapp, PhD President The George Washington University

Allen Sessoms, PhD President University of The District of Columbia

The Occasion Madeline Y. Lawson President & CEO IAMMM

Invocation Christopher Eley Student South Carolina State University

BREAKFAST IS SERVED

9 AN INTERNATIONAL SALUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., A MAN FOR ALL NATIONS Program of Events

Musical Selection Etienne E. Lashley Howard University Concert Choir

PRESENTATION OF AWARDS

AWARD & PRESENTER HONOREE

Dr. Dorothy I. Height Leadership Award Dorothy C. Yancy, PhD Dr. Thelma T. Daley President, Shaw University Vice Chair National Council of Negro Women, Inc.

King Legacy Award for International Service H.E. Ritva Koukku-Ronde Henry H. Brown Ambassador of Finland to the US President H.H. Brown & Associates, Inc.

King Legacy Award for International Service H.E. Michael Moussa-Adamo Hon. Robert G. Stanton Ambassador of Gabon to the US Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Interior .

King Legacy Award for National Service Marc Morial Kweisi Mfume President, National Urban League Former US Congressman

King Legacy Award for National Service Guy Vickers Harry E. Johnson, Esq. President President Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Foundation The Memorial Foundation, Inc.

King Legacy Award for National Service Hon. Emanuel Cleaver, II Hon. Al Green U.S. Representative (D-MO) U.S. Representative (D-TX)

King Legacy Award for National Service Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, PhD John Ruffin, PhD President, UMBC Director, NIMHD, NIH

Vocalist on Trumpet Paul Bailey Student, Oberlin College

Acknowledgment and closing Remarks Paula Whetsel-Ribeau, PhD

We Shall Overcome Audience Sings

AN INTERNATIONAL SALUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., A MAN FOR ALL NATIONS 10 KING LEGACY AWARD FOR National Service

GUY VICKERS PRESIDENT TOMMY HILFIGER CORPORATE FOUNDATION In his current role as President of the Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Foundation and Vice President of Community Affairs, R. Guy Vickers continues to build upon his broad experience in education and social work to better the lives of children across the country. Responsible for the continued growth of the corporate foundation and the expansion of the company’s involvement in the community, he also sustains Tommy Hilfiger’s commitment to original foundation activities such as the DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc, Fresh Air Fund and Autism Speaks.

Born in Douglas, Georgia, in 1951 and raised in Elmira, New York, the high school and college basketball hall-of-famer earned a B.S. degree in Social Work from the State University of New York in Brockport. It was there that Vickers developed a passion for helping others, and he subsequently went on to earn a MSW in Policy and Planning from the Atlanta University School of Social Work in 1976. Vickers is currently pursuing his doctoral degree in Policy and Planning at Clark University School of Social Work.

Shortly after completing his MSW, Vickers was named Assistant Director of SECME, Inc. (Southeastern Consortium for Minorities in Engineering), which ignited his distinguished career in education and specifically, the engineering effort. His unparalleled fund raising efforts combined with his innovative public relations programs and teacher training institutes led him to the Office of Minority Educational Development at Georgia Tech, where he served as Associate Director for six years. There, he managed scholarship programs for minority engineering students, served as advisor to eleven student organizations and supervised graduate and doctoral students. In 1989, Vickers returned to SECME, Inc. in the capacity of Executive Director, where his duties included coordinating efforts by the Deans of forty-four Colleges of Engineering and liaising with seventy corporate and United States government agencies that invested in over 100 K-12 SECME programs across sixteen states.

Vickers’ unabashed dedication to young people is evident in his work with numerous non-profit organizations. Currently, he serves as Vice Chair and Board Member for the DC MLK National Memorial Project Foundation, Economic Opportunity Programs (EOP) – Ernie Davis Community Center Board and the Intel Computer Clubhouse Advisory Board. He is also a member of 100 Black Men of New York. Showered with numerous accolades over the years, Vickers was the 1996 recipient of the National Action Council for Engineering Inc.’s, Reginald H. Jones Distinguished Service Award. Under his direction, SECME received the prestigious 1997 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, which led to a $900,000 grant from the Exxon/Mobil Education Foundation. In 1999, the 100 Black Men of Orange County recognized Vickers for outstanding contributions to the technology sector.

Guy lives in New Jersey with his wife and three children.

11 AN INTERNATIONAL SALUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., A MAN FOR ALL NATIONS KING LEGACY AWARD FOR National Service

HONORABLE EMANUEL CLEAVER, II U.S. REPRESENTATIVE (D-MO) 5TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF MISSOURI

Emanuel Cleaver, II is now serving his fifth term representing Missouri’s Fifth Congressional District, the home district of President Harry Truman.

Having served for twelve years on the city council of Missouri’s largest municipality, Kansas City, Cleaver was elected as the city’s first African American Mayor in 1991.

During his eight year stint in the Office of the Mayor, Cleaver distinguished himself as an economic development activist and an unapologetic redevelopment craftsman. He and the City Council brought a number of major corporations to the city, including TransAmerica, Harley Davidson, and Citi Corp. Cleaver also led the effort, after a forty year delay, to build the South Midtown Roadway. Upon completion of this major thoroughfare, he proposed a new name: The Bruce R. Watkins Roadway. Additionally, his municipal stewardship includes the 18th and Vine Redevelopment, a new American Royal, the establishment of a Family Division of the Municipal Court, and the reconstruction and beautification of Brush Creek.

Cleaver has received five honorary Doctoral Degrees augmented by a bachelor’s degree from Prairie View A&M, and a Master’s from St. Paul Theology of Kansas City.

In 2009, Cleaver, with a multitude of accomplishments both locally and Congressionally, introduced the most ambitious project of his political career the creation of a Green Impact Zone. This zone, consisting of 150 blocks of declining urban core, has received approximately $125 million dollars in American Recovery and Reinvestment funds. The Green Impact Zone is aimed at making this high crime area the environmentally greenest piece of urban geography in the world. This project includes rebuilding Troost Avenue, rehabbing bridges, curbs and sidewalks, home weatherization, smart grid technology in hundreds of homes, and most importantly, hundreds of badly needed jobs for Green Zone residents. During the 112th Congress, Cleaver was unanimously elected the 20th chair of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Cleaver, a native of Texas, is married to the former Dianne Donaldson. They have made Kansas City home for themselves and their four children.

AN INTERNATIONAL SALUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., A MAN FOR ALL NATIONS 12 KING LEGACY AWARD FOR National Service

FREEMAN HRABOWSKI, III, PHD PRESIDENT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, has served as President of UMBC (The University of Maryland, Baltimore County) since 1992. His research and publications focus on science and math education, with special emphasis on minority participation and performance. He chaired the National Academies’ committee that produced the recent report, Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America’s Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads. He also was recently named by President Obama to chair the newly created President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans.

In 2008, he was named one of America’s Best Leaders by U.S. News & World Report, which ranked UMBC the nation’s #1 “Up and Coming” university the past four years (2009-12). During this period, U.S. News also consistently ranked UMBC among the nation’s leading institutions for “Best Undergraduate Teaching” – tied in 2012 with Duke, Cal-Berkeley, the University of Chicago, and Notre Dame. TIME magazine named him one of America’s 10 Best College Presidents in 2009, and one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World” in 2012. In 2011, he received both the TIAA-CREF Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence and the Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Academic Leadership Award, recognized by many as the nation’s highest awards among higher education leaders. Also in 2011, he was named one of seven Top American Leaders by The Washington Post and the Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership. In 2012, he received the Heinz Award for his contributions to improving the “Human Condition” and was among the inaugural inductees into the U.S. News & World Report STEM Solutions Leadership Hall of Fame.

He serves as a consultant to the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the National Academies, and universities and school systems nationally. He also serves on the boards of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, France-Merrick Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation (Chair), T. Rowe Price Group, The Urban Institute, McCormick & Company, and the Baltimore Equitable Society. He holds honorary degrees from more than 20 institutions – from Harvard, Princeton, and Duke to the University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University, Haverford College, and Harvey Mudd College. With philanthropist Robert Meyerhoff, he co-founded the Meyerhoff Scholars Program in 1988. The program is open to all high-achieving students committed to pursuing advanced degrees and research careers in science and engineering, and advancing underrepresented minorities in these fields. The program is recognized as a national model, and based on program outcomes, Hrabowski has authored numerous articles and co-authored two books, Beating the Odds and Overcoming the Odds (Oxford University Press), focusing on parenting and high-achieving African American males and females in science. He and UMBC were recently featured on CBS’s 60 Minutes, attracting national attention for the campus’s achievements involving innovation and inclusive excellence.

A child-leader in the Civil Rights Movement, Hrabowski was prominently featured in Spike Lee’s 1997 documentary, Four Little Girls, on the racially motivated bombing in 1963 of Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. Born in 1950 in Birmingham, Alabama, Hrabowski graduated at 19 from Hampton Institute with highest honors in mathematics. At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he received his M.A. (mathematics) and four years later his Ph.D. (higher educa- tion administration/statistics) at age 24.

13 AN INTERNATIONAL SALUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., A MAN FOR ALL NATIONS Past Award Recipients

Recipients of the 2012 Dr. Dorothy I. Height Leadership Dr. Barbara Shaw. The King Legacy Award for International Service H.E. Dr. Michael B. Oren. The King Legacy Award for National Service Aubrey A. Stephenson and The Honor- able Al Green

Recipients of the 2011 Dr. Dorothy I. Height Leadership Hon. Diane Watson (ret). The King Legacy Award for International Service included H.E. Dr. Klaus Scharioth and H.E. José Miguel Insulza. The King Legacy Award for Interna- tional and Service H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. The King Legacy Award for National Service Hon. Howard K. Koh, MD, MPH

Recipients of the 2010 King Equity Leadership Award Hon. Elijah Cummings. The King Legacy Award for International Service included Prof. E. Nigel Harris, MD, DM and H.E. Cyrille S. Oguin. The Dr. Dorothy I. Height Leadership Award was presented to Sally Quinn.

Recipients of the 2009 King Legacy Award for National Service included Tavis Smiley and Wyatt Walker. The King Legacy Award for International Service was presented to His Excellency Peter N.R.O. Ogego. The Dr. Dorothy I. Height Leadership Award was presented to Congressman John Lewis.

Recipients of the 2008 King Legacy Award for National Service included Joe Madison and Rep- resentative Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. The King Legacy Award for International Service was presented to His Excellency Denis G. Antoine, PhD. The Dr. Dorothy I Height Leadership Award was presented to Maxine B. Baker.

Recipients of the 2007 King Legacy Award Dr. John Ruffin, King Legacy Award for National Service Irene Natividad, Dr. Dorothy I. Height Leadership Award for International Service Harry Johnson, King Legacy Award for National Service Congressman James Clyburn, King Legacy Award for National Service.

Recipients of the 2006 King Legacy Award included His Excellency Euripides Evriviades, The Honorable Louis Stokes. The inaugural Rosa Parks Legacy Award was presented to Elaine Eason Steele. The Dorothy I. Height Leadership Award was presented to Ann Nixon Cooper

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Recipients of the 2005 King Legacy Award included His Excellency Nabil Fahmy, Randall C. Morgan, MD, Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. and Kweisi Mfume. The 2005 Dorothy I. Height Leadership Award was presented to Alexine Clement Jackson.

Recipients of the 2004 King Legacy Award included His Excellency Jean David Levitte, Dick Gregory, Hon. Louis W. Sullivan and Robert Ingram. The 2004 Dorothy I. Height Leadership Award was presented to Vivian W. Pinn, MD.

Recipients of the 2003 King Legacy Award included Ofield Dukes, His Excellency Sir Christopher Meyer, Hon. Leonard Spearman and Dr. Dorothy I. Height. The 2003 Dorothy I. Height Leadership Award was presented to Her Excellency Sheila M. Sisulu.

Recipients of the 2002 King Legacy Award included David Satcher, MD, His Excellency Odeen Ishmael, Dr. Paul Vance and J.C. Hayward. The 2002 Dorothy I. Height Leadership Award was presented to Sharon Pratt.

Recipients of the 2001 King Legacy Award included Dr. Antoine Garibaldi, His Excellency Alexandre Philon, Freddie L. Brown and W. Frank Fountain. The 2001 Doro- thy I. Height Leadership Award was presented to Roselyn Payne Epps, MD.

Recipients of the 2000 King Legacy Award included His Excellency Juergen Chrobog, Dr. Floretta Dukes McKenzie, His Excellency Miomir Zuzul, and General L. Colin Powell. The 2000 Dorothy I. Height Leader- ship Award was presented to Dr. Thelma T. Daley.

15 AN INTERNATIONAL SALUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., A MAN FOR ALL NATIONS Past Award Recipients

Recipients of the 1999 King Legacy Award included Senator Robert Dole, Ambassador Kingsley Layne and Rev. Jesse Jackson. The 1999 Dorothy I. Height Leadership Award was presented to Con- gresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.

Recipients of the 1998 King Legacy Award included Ambassa- dor Dr. Joseph Edmunds, Dr. Jeanne Noble representing Ann Fudge, H. Patrick Swygert, and Vivian Lowery Derryck.

Recipients of the 1997 King Legacy Award included Ronald H. Brown, Kofi Annan and Robert G. Stanton.

Recipients of the 1996 King Legacy Award Recipients of the 1994 Awardees are con- and Dr. Dorothy I. Height. L-R: Ambassa- gratulated by sponsors. L-R: Dorothy dor Franklin Sonn, International Salute Gilliam, Alfred Liggins, Jim Gibbons, Awardee; Dr. Jeanne L. Noble, International Jonathon Johnson, Dr. Dorothy I. Height, Salute Awardee; Mr. Ronald Smiley; Dr. the Honorable Constance Berry Newman, Dorothy I. Height, and Henry J. Brown, Dr. and C. Payne Lucas. Dorothy I. Height Leadership Awardee

Recipients of the 1993 Awardees are congratulated by sponsors. L-R: Fred Brown, Planning Committee Co-Chairperson; Mayor Johnny Ford, Tuskegee, Alabama; Patty and Lynne Garthenaus, Sister Rosa Alvarez, honoree; Dr. Dorothy I. Height, Honorary Co-Chairperson; Delutha H. King, MD, Alexis M. Herman, Dr. Betty Shabazz, Joan McCarley, Honoree; Star Jones, Mistress of Ceremonies; Madeline Young Lawson, Planning Committee Co-Chairperson; and Henry H. Brown, Honorary Co-Chairperson.

The 1992 International Salute: L-R The 1992 International Salute: L-R Dr. Madeline Young Lawson, Planning Com- Dorothy I. Height, Honorary mittee Chair; Her Excellency Eugenia Co-Chairperson; Catherine Hughes, Dr. Wordsworth-Stevenson, Phil Chenier, Stephen Trachtenberg, Rayna Swann, Hon. Constanace Morella, and Albert honoree; and Henry Brown, Honorary Fox, Jr., honoree Co-Chairperson

AN INTERNATIONAL SALUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., A MAN FOR ALL NATIONS 16 In Special Recognition

22 nd Annual International Salute to the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sponsors

Aetna

Embassy of Gabon

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation

Brenda Hendrieth Chrysler Group, LLC

Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Foundation

Howard University

17 AN INTERNATIONAL SALUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., A MAN FOR ALL NATIONS Acknowledgements The International Salute Committee extends sincerest appreciation to the following individuals, organizations, staff and volunteers for their support of the 22 nd Annual International Salute to the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Her Excellency Ritva Koukku-Ronde Ambassador of Finland to The United States of America

Dr. Paula Whetsel-Ribeau

Henry H. Brown

Harry E. Johnson, Sr., Esq. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation

Institute for the Advancement of Multicultural & Minority Medicine

Dr. Steven Knapp, President The George Washington University

Dr. Sidney Ribeau, President Howard University

Dr. Allen Sessoms, President University of the District of Columbia

Honorable Robert G. Stanton U.S. Department of Interior

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Potomac Valley Alumnae Chapter

AN INTERNATIONAL SALUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., A MAN FOR ALL NATIONS 18 Save The Dates

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Equity Summit and The 9th Annual Gala

September 23 - 24, 2013 Washington, D.C

23rd Annual International Salute to the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sunday, January 19, 2014 Washington, D.C

For additional information call IAMMM 202- 667– 6155

AN INTERNATIONAL SALUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., A MAN FOR ALL NATIONS