OASC ACHIEVERS, ROLE MODELS and HONOREES

 

When were these awards given? (listed in Souvenir Journal with no dates)

Dr. Josie Bain, LAUSD Area Superintendent ?

The Honorable Councilman Julian Dixon* ? (Assemblyman 1972-1978/Congressman 1978-2000)

Assemblywoman Maxine Waters ?

 

The following were located:

Senator Diane Watson – 1976 when she was a LAUSD Board member

Dr. George McKenna – Educator, Principal – 1985

Oraris Jordan, Educator, Principal – 1987

Dr. Genevieve Shepherd, Educator, Principal – 1988

John T. Stevens, Sr. – 1995

These awards were listed in the Souvenir Journals for years indicated

 

 

1963 – Distinguished Citizens Award from the L.A. Coca Cola Bottling Company

presented by Libby Clark (recipient not named)

 

1964-1972 – Recipients unknown

 

1973 – Dr. Charles H. Wesley, Retired Executive Director ASNLH, Black History Week

Achievement Award

1973 – Congresswoman Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, Black History Week Achievement Award

 

 

1974 – Mayor Thomas Bradley*, African-American History Week Achievement Award

 

1975 –

 

1976 – Ms. Diane Watson, Member, LAUSD Board, Afro-American History Month

Achievement Award Recipient

 

1977 –

 

1978 – Third Decade Luncheon tribute of Mrs. Vassie D. Wright on February 26 also honored

Dr. Ronald McNair, the first African American Astronaut

 

1979 –

 

1980 – Mrs. Theresa W. Lindsay*, President, Sunday Morning Breakfast Club,

Afro-American Achievement Award Recipient

1981 – Mayor Thomas Bradley* and Mrs. Ethel Bradley,

Afro-American Achievement Award Winners

 

1982 – Mrs. Ruth Washington*, Publisher, Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper,

Afro-American History Award recipient

 

1983 – Congressman Augustus Hawkins*, Afro-American Achievement Award

1983 – Councilman Gilbert W. Lindsay*, Afro-American Achievement Award

 

1984 – Mrs. Rita Walters, LAUSD Board Member, Afro-American Award

1985 – Dr. George J. McKenna, III, Educator, Principal, Achievement Award

1986 – Mr. John Mack, President, Los Angeles Urban League, Achievement Award (see 2005)

1987 – Mrs.Oraris Jordan, Educator, Principal, Achievement Award

 

1988 – Dr. Genevieve Andrews Shepherd, Educator, Principal, Achievement Award

1988 – Dr. H. Claude Hudson*, D.D.S., L.L.B., Black Living Role Model-Dentist,

NAACP activist, founder of Broadway Federal Savings and Loan

1988 – Mr. William Nickerson, Jr., Black Role Model-one of the founders of

Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company

1988 – Colonel Leon H. Washington, Jr.*, Black Role Model- founder and publisher of the

Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper

 

1989 – Mr. Theo Tinson, Sr., Educator, Achievement Award-32^nd degree Mason

1989 – Mrs. Carnella Jamison Barnes*, Role Model-developed the

Senior Adult Camp Program and organized Chapter 144 AARP

 

1990 – M. Earl Grant, Citizen Role Model

1990 – Mrs. Marnesba T. Tackett, Role Model

1990 – Miss Miriam Matthews, Librarian, Achievement

 

1991 – Mrs. Ruth Washington, co-founder of the Los Angeles Sentinel – Citizen Role Model

1991 – Judge Billy G. Mills, Achievement Award

 

1992 – Dr. Marguerite Petty Moore, Role Model

1992 – Samuel James Shacks, Ph.D., M.D., Achievement Award

 

1993 – Dr. Charles J. Lang, Educator, Achievement Awar.

1993 – Mrs. Geneva Cox, Role Model

 

1994 – Mr. Edison “Ed” Lara, Role Model

1994 – Dr. Lois Tinson, Educator, Achiever

 

1995 – Justice Vaino Spencer, Role Model

1995 – Mr. John T. Stevens, Sr., Achiever

 

1996 – Ms. Janet Clayton, Editor, Los Angeles Times Editorial Pages, Role Model

1996 – Attorney Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., Esq., * Achiever

 

 

1997 – Mr. Kenneth W. Bentley, Achiever

1997 – Ms. Sandra J. Evers-Manly, Role Model

 

1998 – Mr. J. Paul Brownridge, Los Angeles City Treasurer, Civic Role Model

1998 – Mrs. Gertrude Gipson*, Community Achiever and Role Model

1998 – Mr. Harvey L. Huddleston, Corporate Achiever

1998 – Dr. Daniel W. Austin, Education Achiever

 

1999 – Rev. Ulysses McDonald, Role Model

1999 – Mrs. Mablean Ephriam, Attorney at Law, Achiever

1999 – Mr. Henry A. Talbert, Sr., Role Model

1999 – Ms. Lena Echols, President J.U.G.S. International, Achiever

1999 – Lt. Colonel, Wanda L. Smith, Los Angeles Chapter, Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., Role Model

1999 – Mr. Brian Townsend, President, West Coast Black Publishers Association, Inc. Achiever

 

2000 – Justice Candace D. Cooper, Role Model

2000 – James Kevin Brannon, M.D., Role Model

2000 – Mr. Ronald Farwell, CEO/Founder ACMS, Inc., Role Model

2000 – Mrs. Jennifer Thomas, CEO/Publisher, Los Angeles Sentinel, Achiever

2000 – Mr. Jeffrey Wallace, Director of Staffing & Diversity, Los Angeles Times, Achiever

2000 – Mr. Jamaal Goree, KJLH Producer of Front Pate, Community Service Award

2000 – Ms. Berlinda Fontenot-Jamerson, Director, Corporate Diversity Affairs, Achiever

 

Honoring Women Who Make A Difference

 

2001 – Attorney Lula Bailey Ballton, Esq.

2001 – Ms. Deloria Jones, Western Regional Manager, Anheuser Busch Companies

2001 – Ms. Angela Gibson, Director, External Affairs, Pacific Bell

2001 – Ms. Doris LaCour, Deputy for Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

2001 – Dr. La-Doris McClaney, Real Estate Investor & owner, McClaney Properties

2001 – Ms. Bobby Ann Howe, Director, Public Affairs, KTYM Radio

2001 – Ms. Della Ward, Vice President, Watts Branch, Washington Mutual

 

Honoring Outstanding African American Men Who Make A Difference

 

2002 – Bishop Lemuel Daniel Williams, Pastor, The Baptist Church of the New Covenant

2002 – Donald R. Ware, M.D., MPH, Cardiologist

2002 – Assemblyman Roderick D. Wright, 48^th Assembly District

2002 – Mr. John J. Harris, President, Friskies PetCare Company

2002 – Mr. Clifton L. Johnson, Vice President & Manager, South Bay Office,

Union Bank of California

2002 – Mr. Robert A. Russ, Manager, Community Relations, Shell Oil Company

2002 – Mr. Larkin Teasley, FSA, Chairman/President/CEO,

Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company

2002 – Mr. Danny J. Bakewell, Sr., President, Brotherhood Crusade & Chairman,

Bakewell Company

 

Honoring Outstanding African American Women Who Make A Difference

 

2003 – Ms. Alescia Buford, Buford Public Relations, Inc.

2003 – Ms. Avis Gibson, United Parcel Service-Rodeo Center

2003 – Ms. Cheryl Malonson, Shell Oil Company

2003 – Ms. Valerie Lynne Shaw

2003 – Dr. Geraldine R. Washington

 

Honoring Families Making A Difference

 

2004 –The Laws Family

Miola Laws (mother)

Hubert Laws

Ronnie Laws

Debra Laws

Eloise Laws-Ivie

Donna Laws

Blanche Laws-McConnell

2004 –The Tinson Family

Theo Tinson, Sr. (father)

Ethel Tinson (mother)

Theo Tinson, Jr.

Benny Daniel Tinson

David Tinson

 

Honoring Extra Ordinary Living Legends

 

2005 – Ms. Clora Bryant, Jazz Pioneer

2005 – Ms. Elizabeth “Libby” Clark, Journalist/Author

2005 – Mr. Arnett L. Hartsfield, Jr., Retired Los Angeles Fireman/Attorney

2005 – Mr. John W. Mack, President, Los Angeles Urban League

2005 – Judge Albert C. Matthews, Retired Los Angeles Superior Court

2005 – Mr. James A. Smith, Los Angeles Postmaster

2005 – Dr. Lura Daniels Ball, Director USC Office of Black Alumni Programs,

Community Service Award

 

Honoring African American Sports History Makers

 

2006 – Ms. Jeanette Bolden, UCLA Head Women’s Track & Field Coach/Olympian

2006 – Mr. Stafon Johnson, Dorsey High School 2005-2006 Running Back

2006 – Brad Pye, Jr., Journalist/Sports Reporter

2006 – William “Bill” Wright, 1959 U.S. Amateur Public Link Champion

2006 – Mr. Kevin Young, Olympic Gold Medalist World Record Holder

2006 – Mrs. Audrey Quarles, Community Service Award

 

Honoring Outstanding African Americans On The Move

 

2007 – Carl A. Ballton, President, Union Bank of California Foundation

2007 – William Elkins (former Deputy to Mayor Tom Bradley), Community Activist

2007 – Berlinda Fontenot-Jamerson, Director of Diversity,

Disney ABC Media Network Human Resources

2007 – Jim Hill, Sports Director, KCBS-TV Channel 2

2007 – Linda Hopkins, Entertainer

2007 – Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte, LAUSD Board Member, District 1

2007 – Synthia Saint James, Artist

2007 – Anthony Asadullah Samad, Author/Journalist

2007 – Ms. Geneva Cox, Community Service Award

 

*deceased