Morehouse College Bennie and Candle Recipients 1989 - 2013

1989 Bennie Trailblazer Award Bennie Achievement Award Spike Lee ’79 I. Owen Funderburg ’48 - deceased Bennie Achievement Award Filmmaker and President President, Citizens Trust Bank Roderic Pettigrew ’72 Forty Acres & A Mule Physician/Nuclear Physicist Bennie Service Award Candle in Athletics Clarence “Kappa” Brown ’40 - deceased Bennie Service Award Henry “Hank’ Aaron Retired, New York Transit Authority Otis Smith ’47 - deceased Legendary Baseball Player and Bennie Trailblazer Award President Atlanta Chapter NAACP Senior Vice President of the Atlanta Braves Walter E. Massey ’58

Bennie Trailblazer Award Director, National Science Foundation Candle in Arts and Entertainment Louis Sullivan ’54 Candle in Arts and Entertainment Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Academy Award Winning Actor Louis Gossett, Jr. Human Services Actor Candle in Education Candle in Arts and Entertainment Asa Hillard - deceased Candle in Business Danny Glover Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Urban Roy S. Roberts Actor Education Manufacturing Manager Georgia State University General Motors Corporation Candle in Athletics Cadillac Motor Division Vincent “Bo” Jackson Candle in Religion Professional Athlete Calvin O. Butts III ’72 Candle in Education L.A. Raiders and Kansas City Royals Pastor, Abyssinian Baptist Church Robert H. Brisbane - deceased Retired Chairman and Current Professor Candle in Business 1991 Political Science, Morehouse College George R. Lewis Vice President and Treasurer Bennie Achievement Award Candle in Religion Phillip Morris Companies, Inc. Nathaniel Hawthorne Bronner ’40 - deceased George H. Clements Founder and President Founder, One Church, One Child Candle in Education Bronner Brothers Beauty Complex Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 1993

W.E.B. DuBois Professor of Literature Bennie Service Award Bennie Achievement Award Cornell University Edward B. Williams ’27 - deceased Roy Terry ’66 and Professor Emeritus of Economics Rudolph Terry ’69 - deceased Candle in Law Morehouse College Terry Manufacturing Co. Kurt Schmoke Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland Bennie Trailblazer Award Bennie Service Award George William Crockett, Jr. ’31 - deceased J.O.B. Moseley ’29 - deceased Candle in Military Retires U.S. Congressman Composer Fred A. Gorden Commandant of Cadets, U.S. Military Candle in Business Bennie Trailblazer Award Academy Kenneth I. Chenault Griffith Jerome Davis ’47 - deceased President, Consumer Card & Financial Photographer, Journalist and Diplomat Services Group, USA Candle in Religion Candle in Athletics Eugene A. Marino - deceased American Express Travel Related Services Reggie White - deceased Co., Inc. Archbishop of the Atlanta Archdiocese Athlete and Evangelist

Candle in Science and Technology Candle in Education Candle in Arts and Entertainment Benjamin Carson John Hope Franklin Kenny Leon Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Artistic Director of Atlanta’s Alliance John Hopkins Hospital History and Professor of Legal History Theatre Company The Law School, Duke University 1990 Candle in Business Candle in the Military Arthur Johnson ’68 Bennie Achievement Award Robert L. Toney President and Chief Operating Officer T.M. Alexander, Sr. ’31 - deceased Former Director for Logistics and Secretary IBM Federal Systems Company President, T.M. Alexander Company, Inc. Assistance Vice Chairman of the Postal Rate U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith Commission Bennie Service Award Asa Yancey, Sr. ’37 - deceased Candle in Religion Candle in Education Retired Medical Director Otis Moss, Jr. ’56 Samuel Proctor - deceased Grady Memorial Hospital Pastor, Olivet Institutional Baptist Church Pastor Emeritus, Abyssinian Baptist Church

1992

Candle for Lifetime Achievement Bennie Service Award Arthur Ashe - deceased Henry W. Foster, Jr. ’54 Candle in Education Athlete and Humanitarian Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Alvin F. Poussaint Meharry Medical College Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Harvard 1994 University School of Medicine Bennie Trailblazer Award Candle in Community Service Bennie Achievement Award Samuel L. Jackson ’72 Joseph E. Marshall, Jr. Maynard Holbrook Jackson ’56 - deceased Veteran Actor and Academy Award Founder and Executive Director of Omega Politician Nominee Boys Club

Bennie Service Award Candle in Arts and Entertainment Charles V. Willie ’48 1999 Joe Adams Professor of Education and Urban Studies Executive Vice President, Ray Charles Bennie Achievement Award Harvard University Graduate School of Enterprises Peter Chatard ’56 Education President, Washington Society of Plastic Candle in Business Bennie Trailblazer Award Surgeons Robert E. Johnson ’48 - deceased Edwin C. Moses ’78 Executive Editor and Associate Publisher Bennie Service Award Olympic Champion, Sports Administrator Jet Magazine Lerone Bennett ’49 and Diplomat Executive Editor, Ebony Magazine Candle in Science and Technology Candle in Athletics James , Jr. ’53 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Bennie Trailblazer Award Former Director of the Engineering and David Satcher ’63 Professional Basketball Player Science Directorate U.S. Surgeon General and Assistant Jet Propulsion Laboratory Secretary of Health Candle in Arts and Entertainment

Sinbad 1997 Comedian, Actor, Entertainer Candle in Arts and Entertainment Bennie Achievement Award Arthur Mitchell Candle in Education Maceo K. Sloan ’71 Founder and Director, Dance Theatre of Cornel West President & CEO, Sloan Financial Group, Harlem Professor of Religion and Inc. Director of the Afro-American Studies Candle in Business Department, Princeton University Bennie Service Award Earl Graves Major R. Owens ’56 Publisher, Black Enterprise Magazine Candle in Social Justice Congressman, U.S. House of Chairman and CEO, Earl G. Graves, Ltd. A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. - deceased Representatives Professor, Harvard University Candle for Lifetime Achievement in Arts Bennie Trailblazer Award and Entertainment 1995 Donald R. Hopkins ’62 Quincy Jones Epidemiologist and Senior Consultant, Bennie Achievement Award Musician, Composer and Record Producer Carter Presidential Center Samuel Milton Nabrit ’25 - deceased Former Foundation Director and College Candle in Business Award Candle for Lifetime Achievement in Sports President Dennis F. Hightower and Athletics Retired President, Walt Disney Television & Muhammad Ali Bennie Service Award Telecommunications Former Gold-Medallist, and Heavy Weight Samuel DuBois Cook ’48 Senior Lecturer, Harvard University Champion of the World President, Dillard University Business School Bennie Trailblazer Award 2000 Candle in Journalism J. Eugene Grigsby ’38 - deceased Bernard Shaw Bennie Achievement Award Artist and Professor Herman Cain ’67 Principal Washington Anchor, CNN

Candle in Education CEO, Godfather’s Pizza and 1998 President, National Restaurant Association Hugh Morris Gloster ’31 - deceased

President Emeritus, Morehouse College Bennie Achievement Award Bennie Service Award

George W. Haley ’49 Cameron Alexander ’59 Candle in Government Commission Noted pastor and community activist Andrew Young Antioch Baptist Church North Civil Rights Leader Bennie Service Award

Former Mayor of Atlanta, U.S. Frederick E. Mapp ’32 - deceased Bennie Leadership Award Congressman, and U.S. Ambassador Educator and Published Scholar Robert L. Mallett ’79 Candle for Social Justice Bennie Trailblazer Award Deputy Secretary of Commerce Derrick Albert Bell, Jr. H. Julian Bond ’71 Professor, Harvard University Law School Civil Rights Activist and Scholar in Bennie Trailblazer Award Residence at American University Charles D. Watts Sr. ’38 - deceased 1996 Physician and Medical Educator Bennie Leadership Award Bennie Achievement Award John Silvanus Wilson Jr. ’79 Candle in Athletics Hobert Kornegay ’45 - deceased Director of Foundation Relations and School Tony Dorsett Dentist and Politician Development Services at MIT Football Hall of Fame

Candle in Science & Technology Bernard Harris Candle in Religion Astronaut Charles Gilchrist Adams Candle in Arts & Entertainment Vice President Spacehab, Inc. Senior Pastor, Hartford Memorial Baptist Tom Joyner Church, Detroit, Michigan Nationally Syndicated Radio Host

Candle in Education & Business Founder, Tom Joyner Foundation Candle for Lifetime Achievement in Literary Clifton R. Wharton & REACH Media. Inc. and Performing Arts Former President of Michigan State Univ. - deceased and Former CEO of TIAA-CREF Candle in Medicine Award-winning Playwright LaSalle D. Lefall Jr. 2001 Charles R. Drew Professor of Surgery, 2003 Bennie Achievement Award Howard University Ezra C. Davidson, Jr. ’54 Bennie Achievement Award Distinguished Physician and Educator Harold A. Dawson, Sr. ’63 - deceased Candle in Leadership Entrepreneur and Real Estate Developer Jesse Hill Jr. (Retired) - deceased Bennie Service Award Chairman, Atlanta Life Insurance Company Bennie Service Award Horace T. Ward ’49 Jeh Charles Johnson ’79 U.S. Federal Judge and Civil Rights Candle for Lifetime Achievement in Arts & Former General Counsel, U.S. Air Force Attorney Entertainment Litigation Partner with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, - deceased Bennie Leadership Award Wharton & Garrison Acclaimed Actor & Activist Charles “Chuck” H. James III ’81

President and CEO, C.H. James & Co. Bennie Trailblazer Award Willie J. “Flash” Davis ’56 Candle for Lifetime Achievement in Bennie Trailblazer Award Prominent Criminal Defense Attorney and Humanitarian Service Howard F. Jeter ’70 Litigation Partner Oprah Winfrey U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria with Davis, Robinson & White, LLP Philanthropist and Entertainer, Founder, Oprah’s Angel Network & The Oprah Candle in Human and Civil Rights Candle in Business Winfrey C.T. Vivian Robert L. Johnson Foundation, Chairwoman, HARPO Civil Rights Strategist Entertainment and Television Pioneer Entertainment Group, Chairman, Black Entertainment Television Co-founder, Oxygen Media Candle in Social Activism Dick Gregory Candle in Education 2005 Civil Rights Activist, Nutritionist, and Kwame Anthony Appiah Bennie Achievement Award Comedian Distinguished Author and Philosopher James O. Webb ’53 Laurence S. Rockefeller Professor of Founder & Managing Principal Candle for Lifetime Achievement in Arts & Philosophy, Entertainment Baker-Eubanks, LLC Princeton University Harry Belafonte Bennie Service Award Award-winning Actor/Entertainment Legend Candle in Journalism Richard O. Hope ’61 Ed Bradley Vice-President, Public Policy and Candle for Lifetime Achievement in Arts & Award-winning Journalist International Affairs – Woodrow Wilson Entertainment Senior Correspondent for CBS “60 Minutes” National Fellowship Program Ray Charles - deceased World-renowned R&B Legend & Candle in Medicine Bennie Trailblazer Award Songwriter Keith L. Black Gerald Truesdale ’71

Director, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Distinguished Plastic and Reconstructive 2002 Institute and Division of Neurosurgery, Surgeon Bennie Achievement Award Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, Chairman, Artis A. White ’51 Department of Neurological Surgery, The Bennie Leadership Award Maxillofacial Prosthodontist University of California at Irvine Reginald Davis ’84

Northern Banking Group Executive – Bennie Service Award Wachovia Bank 2004 Tobe Johnson, Jr. ’54 Distinguished Political Scientist and Chair, Bennie Achievement Award Candle in Business Department of Political Science, Morehouse Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. ’68 Herman Russell nd Chairman, H.J. Russell & Company College Congressman, Georgia, 2 District

Bennie Leadership Award Bennie Service Award Candle in Education James H. Sills, Jr. ’55 Charles J. Ogletree Howard H. Carey ’57 - deceased Former Mayor of Wilmington, Delaware President & CEO, Neighborhood House Jesse Climenko Professor of Law Harvard University Bennie Trailblazer Award Association William “Bill” G. Nunn III ’76 Candle for Lifetime Achievement in Bennie Trailblazer Award Famed Actor Arts & Entertainment Isaac Willis ’61 - deceased Berry Gordy Distinguished Dermatologist, Candle in Leadership Founder, Motown Records Northwest Medical Center William H. Gray III Chairman, West Grand Media, Inc.

President and CEO, The College Fund/UNCF

Noted Civil and Human Rights Activist 2009

Candle in Medicine Candle in Business Bennie Leadership Award Charles J. McDonald Alden J. McDonald Jr. Charles David Moody ’78 Professor of Medical Science Prominent Businessman Entrepreneur and Business Executive Chair, Department of Dermatology CEO and President, Liberty Owner, President and CEO of C.D. Moody

Bank & Trust Construction Company, Inc. 2006

Bennie Achievement Award Candle for Lifetime Achievement in Bennie Achievement Michael L. Lomax ’68 Human & Civil Rights J. Jerome Farris ’51 President and CEO UNCF Joseph E. Lowery U.S. Court of Appeals Judge (Ninth Circuit) Renowned Civil Rights Activist and Former President, Board of Regents, the Bennie Service Co-Founder of the Southern Christian University of Washington Albert J. Price ’50 Leadership Conference Retired US Air Force Pilot Bennie Service and State Senator Candle for Lifetime Achievement in Arthur Lee Johnson ’48 Arts and Entertainment Civil Rights Leader and NAACP Pioneer, Bennie Trailblazer - deceased and Retired Educator Thomas J. Sampson ’68 Acclaimed Actor and Renowned Poet Managing Partner, Thomas, Kennedy, Bennie Trailblazer Candle for Lifetime Achievement in Sampson & Patterson Law Firm Richard C. Caesar ’40 - deceased Arts and Entertainment Noted Dentist, Original Tuskegee Airman Candle in Business Sidney Poitier and Philanthropist Alphonse Fletcher, Jr. Academy Award-Winning Actor Prominent Businessman Candle in Government and Civic Fletcher Asset Management, Inc. Engagement 2008 Charles Bernard “Charlie” Rangel Candle in Medicine Distinguished U.S. Congressman and Civil Augustus White, III Bennie Achievement Rights Activist Orthopedic Surgeon M. William Howard, Jr. ’88 Pastor, Bethany Baptist Church and Candle in Medicine Candle in Business and Sports Management former President, New York Theological Ernest A. “Ernie” Bates, MD Butch Lewis Seminary Distinguished Neurosurgeon, Philanthropist, Prominent Businessman and Sports President and CEO American Shared Promoter Bennie Service Hospital Services, Inc. Mack Roach ’75 Candle in Lifetime Achievement for Arts & World-renowned Urology Researcher Candle in Religion Entertainment Professor, Radiation Oncology and Urology Samuel Berry McKinney ’49 Gordon Parks - deceased Civil Rights Activist and Pastor Emeritus of World-renowned Photographer Bennie Leadership Mount Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, James R. Hall ’57 Washington Candle in Lifetime Achievement for Arts & Lt. General, US Army (ret.) Entertainment and Morehouse College Trustee Candle for Lifetime Achievement in Sports Geoffrey Holder and Social Activism World-renowned Artist, Dancer and Bennie Trailblazer Tommie Smith Choreographer Clinton Warner ’44 1968 Olympic Gold Medalist and Human Pioneering Georgia Physician Rights Activist 2007 and Morehouse College Trustee Emeritus 2010 Bennie Leadership Award Robert C. Davidson Jr. ’67 Candle in Business Bennie Leadership Award Distinguished Businessman Lloyd G. Trotter Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. ’89 President and CEO Prominent Businessman Distinguished Clinical Professor of Law Surface Protection Industries General Electric Director, Harvard Criminal Justice Institute, Harvard Law School Bennie Service Award Candle in Medicine Melvin D. Smith ’61- deceased Alvin Crawford Bennie Service Award World-renowned Pediatric Director, Pediatric Orthopaedics Perry A. Henderson M.D. ’54 Orthopedic Surgeon Children’s Hospital Medical Center Renowned, Retired Physician and Professor of OB/GYN, University of Wisconsin- Bennie Trailblazer Award Candle for Lifetime Achievement in Arts Madison Medical School Leroy R. Johnson’49 and Entertainment Pioneering Georgia Senator William “Smokey” Robinson Jr. Bennie Achievement Award and Prominent Attorney Legendary, Grammy Award Winning Julius E. Coles ’63 Recording Artist Internationally-renowned Career Minister Candle in Religion Record Producer, Record Executive and Foreign Service Officer (USAID) Amos C. Brown Sr. ’64 Immediate Past President, Africare Senior Pastor, Third Baptist Church Bennie Trailblazer Award 2012 Lonnie C. King ’69 Noted Civil Rights Activist Bennie Leadership Award President and CEO of the Onyx Herman F. Bostick, Ph.D. ’49 Development Co., LLC Distinguished Professor Howard University Candle in Healthcare Management Lloyd Dean Bennie Service Award President and Chief Executive Officer Earl F. Hilliard ’64 Catholic Healthcare West Former United States Congressman

Candle in Education Bennie Achievement Award Freeman A. Hrabowski, III Calvin W. McLarin, M.D. ’68 Noted Author and Educator Renowned Cardiologist President, University of Maryland Baltimore County Candle in Education Robert M. Franklin, Ph.D. ’75 Candle in Arts and Entertainment 10th President, Morehouse College Antonio “L.A.” Reid and Distinguished Professor Music Industry Pioneer Entrepreneur and Philanthropist Candle in Humanitarian Service and Chairman of the Island DefJam Music Group Business Earl W. Stafford, Sr. 2011 Founder, The Stafford Foundation

Bennie Achievement Award Melvin D. Gerald ’64 2013 Distinguished Physician Gerald Family Care Associates Bennie Achievement Award Calvin Mackie ’90 Bennie Service Award Author, Educator, Engineer and Curley M. Dossman ’73 Motivational Speaker Education Advocate and President Georgia-Pacific Foundation Bennie Service Award President and CEO Bennie Trailblazer United Way of Greater Atlanta William M. Jackson ’56 Distinguished Space Scientist and Educator Bennie Leadership Award University of California at Davis Willis B. Sheftall Jr., Ph.D. ’64 Professor of Economics and Acting Candle in Business and Law President of Morehouse College Donald V. Watkins Noted Entrepreneur and Attorney Candle in Science Donald V. Watkins, P.C. Charles F. Bolden NASA Administrator and Famed Astronaut Candle in Religion Harry S. Wright Sr.’53 Candle in Business Pastor Emeritus of Cornerstone Ulysses L. Bridgeman Jr. Baptist Church Founder and CEO Bridgeman Foods, Inc. Brooklyn, New York Former NBA Star

Candle in Journalism Candle in Arts & Entertainment Ronald R. Davenport Sr. Laurence J. Fishburne Radio Broadcasting Pioneer Critically Acclaimed Actor, Director and Chairman Producer Sheridan Broadcasting Corporation

Candle for Lifetime Achievement in Athletics Frank Robinson Major League Baseball Legend Major League Operations

Candle for Lifetime Achievement in Arts & Entertainment Academy Award-Winning Actor & Director