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70 Over 70 Class of 2023

Art

Patricia Barnes
Jeanne Bieri
Judy Bowman*
Joan Britton
Paul Curtis and Daphne Means-Curtis
Henry Harper
Shirley Hathaway
Betty McGraw
Gladys Patrick
Julie Sabit

Changemaker

Frederick Anderson
Karen C. Brown
Linda Campbell
Honorable Deborah Ford*
Jessie Francisco
Marjorie Mitchell
Vazilyn Poinsetta
Rev. Joan Ross
Jay Wilber
Chichita Young

Civic and Community Leadership

N. Charles Anderson
Denise Ford
Annie Mae Holt*
Orlin Jones**
Arthur Park
Maria Peoples
Sidney Rubin
James Shimoura
Maureen Taylor
Gwendolyn Winston

Entrepreneurship

David Everette*
Billy Fowler
Dr. Pauline Furman
Sharon Harbin
Delphine Harris
Rev. Otis Harvill
Yvonne Knox
Charlene Mitchell-Rodgers
Dr. Jerry Zayid

Lifelong Learning

Adell Dickinson
Michelle Fallena
Nina Flanigan
Carole Green*
Laverre Greene
Charles Hiller
Marion Jackson
Vivian Longfellow
Inez Moore
Willie Ruth Thomas

Lifetime Achievement

Daniel Aldridge
Juanita Anderson
Rev. Dee Dee M. Coleman
Garland Jaggers
Maurice Parrish*
Barbara Selinger
George Shirley
Patricia Williams
Erica Wright
Honorable Robert Young Jr.

Unsung Hero

Marty Bettinger
Barbara Borreck
Georgia Crawford-Cambell*
Louise Guyton
Gloria Killebrew
Darchelle Strickland Love
Oliver (Ollie) Marcotte
Shelley McIntosh
Phyllis Reynolds
Pauline Ruff
Gwen Swain

* Tara Franey Impact Award Winner
**Posthumously

70 Over 70 Class of 2022

Art

Elroy Grandy
Amy Jackson*
Debbie La Pratt
Michael Madigan
Wardell Montgomery, Jr.
Rocco Pisto
Gladys Shirley
David Simpson
Debra White-Hunt

Changemaker

Gail Bargerstock
Anna Bluford
Dorothy Duiguid*
Carolyn Edwar
Roy Hoelscher**
John Hooper**
June Mack
Doreen Poupard
Robert Tate
Artina Tinsley-Hardman

Civic and Community Leadership

James Bridgforth
Irma Clark-Coleman
Reverend Ronald Griffin
Millie Hall
Chue Hom
Roland Hwang
George Pitchford
Dr. James Snow
Dell Stubblefield
Allan Tellis
Diane Thompson*

Entrepreneurship

Wanda Burnside
Louis DesRosiers
Dr. Yonnie Fowler
Dr. Benn Gilmore
Dorothy Jett-Carter
Ed and Karen Ogul
Dolores Sturdivant
Rosemary Summers
Henry Swift*
Marcien Turner

Lifelong Learning

Jon Blum*
Dorothy Cole
Dr. Diane P. Fleming
Joyce Harold**
Evelyn Hudson-Wright
Nancy Shattuck
Pierette Simpson
Wilma Stringer
Esterline Truitt
Carol Warzecha

Lifetime Achievement

Roy Adams
Judge Freddie Burton, Jr.
Lora Frankel*
Brenda Gatlin
Reverend Dr. Lottie Hood
Reverend Dr. Oscar King III
Patricia Terry-Ross
Reverend JoAnn Watson
Dr. Prudentia Worth
Barbara Wynder

Unsung Hero

Donald Brooks
Annie Crumb
Juanita Davis
Shirley Mae Fuqua
Barbara Payton
Michael Peterson
JoAnn Smith
Steven Spencer*
Marion Taylor
Colleen Turrell

* Impact Award Winner
**posthumously

70 Over 70 Class of 2019

Art

Walter Bailey
James Chaney
Daniel Cicchelli
Lester Johnson
Mose McKinley
Carole Morisseau
Priscilla Phifer
Richard Phillps
Ronald Scarbough
Tom Sparrow

Changemaker

Lena Barkley
Dianne Bodell
Father Victor Clore
Carol Edwards
Ken Johnson
Johnnie Lee Kellom
James Mangi
Don Nadel/Gil Evans
Tamara Perrin
Deldon Treece

Civic and Community Leadership

Ali Baleed Almaklani
Kate Brennan
Danny Craig
Helen Hart
Valgene Hill
David Ippel
Antonette McIlwain
Brunetta Vinson
Margaret Weber
Myrlen Washington Calloway

Entrepreneurship

Darralyn Bowers
Amelita Burton Mandingo
James Cole, Jr.
Bert Dearing
W. Jerry Garrett
David Griffis, Jr.
Edmond Hasty
Valerie Irwin
James McKissic
Erick Ryberg

Lifelong Learning

Alma Greer
Sylvia Cottrell
Martin Herman
Marilyn Lawson
Regina Love
Sheila Mitchell
Sharon O’Brien
William Robinson
Vernard Rubens
Carol Williams

Lifetime Achievement

Rory Bolger
Paul Bridgewater
Sheila Cockrel
Dr. Edward Domino
Patricia Lay Dorsey
Marilyn French Hubbard
Danny Raskin
Clara Rich
Sister Nancyann Turner
Dr. Geneva Williams

Unsung Hero

Sister Fiorentina D’Amore
Patrick Dignan
Clara Doutly
Mary “Chris” Fleischer
Jo-Ann Hale
Pauline Hester
Elizabeth Johnson
Susan McDonald
Mose Nowland
Donna Oas

70 Over 70 Class of 2018

Art

Charles Alexander
Rose DeSloover
Regina Englehardt
Jack Frakes
Carole Harris
Mary Ann Rutledge
Robert Sestok
John Shen
Leni Sinclair
Shirley Woodson-Reid

Changemaker

Kathleen Altman
Eloise Culmer-Whitten
Judy Lewis
Frederick Lowery
Dr. Mary McDougall
Gail Rodwan
Cynthia Smith
Kano Smith
Susan Titus
John Van Camp

Civic and Community Leadership

Winfred Blackmon
Randy Block, MSW
Juanita Dickerson
Williemae Gaskin
Linda Hallick
Betty Henderson
Teola Hunter
Ralph Jones and Thomas Morgan
Lucille Towns-Tesfamariam
Bettye Wright

Entrepreneurship

Randal Charlton
Pat Duff
Howard “Howdy” Holmes
Toney Hughes, Sr.
Preston McKee
R. Jesus McNair
Dell Pryor
O’Neil Swanson
Beverly Thomas
Ray Waters

Lifelong Learning

Eleanor Anderson
Mae Baker
Patricia Beard
Harry Burkey
Dr. Carolyn Campbell
Marilou Cole
Ruthe Goldstein
Seymour Linovitz
Jean McKeehan
Ralph Stromberg

Lifetime Achievement

David Buckler
Glenda Burton
Dr. Arthur Divers
Saul Green
Willie Horton
Edward McKeehan
Reuben Munday
David Rambeau
Harriet Saperstein
Allee Willis

Unsung Hero

Katherine Brown
Annette Griffith
Clyde Lewers
Kenneth McDonald
Marie “Mickie” Mellon
Al Millstein
Richard Rubens
Gloria Sniderman
Ellen Stephens
Tom Thompson

70 Over 70 Class of 2017

Art

Anan Ameri
Nora Chapa Mendoza
JC “Billy” Davis
Shirley Lolles
Mary Luevanos
Charles McGee
George N’Namdi
John Osler
Dr. Cledie Taylor
Lois Teicher

Changemaker

Bob Berg
Evelyn Brown
Gail Cohen
Nida Donar
James Garlough
Virginia Ladd
Helen B. Love
Kathleen Morinelli
Sue and Bud Ozar
Frank Ross

Civic and Community Leadership

Penny Bailer
Beverly Hall Burns
Rev. Jim Holley
Marian Kramer
Karen Love
Ike McKinnon
Helen Morrison
Alma Stallworth
Mary Turner
Christine Warner

Entrepreneurship

Carl Collins II
Betsy Reid Creedon
Raziya Curtis
Elaine C. Driker
Walter Hamilton, Sr.
Jim Jenkins
Timothy Moore
Bill Pickard
Julie Tenbusch
Janet Webster Jones

Lifelong Learning

Ismael Ahmed
Julie Baker
Grace Blakely
Father Frank Canfield
Curlene Collins
Sophia Ellis
Evelyn Millstein
Mary Ellen O’Brien
Tom Scallen
Gabriell Turner

Lifetime Achievement

Ms. Freddie Black
Dr. Mary Edwards
Mary Jane Humphries
Henry Johnson
Thomas Kelly
Dr. Stuart Kirschenbaum
Rev. James L. Meyer
Dr. Glenda Price
Nettie Seabrooks
Dr. John Telford

Unsung Hero

Abdulelah Alsoofy
Yvonne Anderson
Ozella Falls
Cathy Hasse
Thomas Jankowski
Minnie and Eddie Lester
Harold Massingille
Phillip O’Jibway
Felix Sirls
Irving Steinberg