David N. Dinkins Mayor of New York City 1990-1993 Professor Public Affairs Dept. Columbia University Author: A Mayor’s Life: Governing New York’s Gorgeous Mosaic
Jack McDowell Engineer/Consultant Detroit People Mover/Mayor Coleman Young Admin
Johnnie “Be Goode” Johnson Chuck Berry Sidekick/Roll N’ Roll Hall of Fame
GySgt. Henry Baul “Top Gun” WWII pit commander/ 90mm Anti-Aircraft weapons/51st Defense Battalion Crew surpassed all standing WWII Marine Corps gunnery proficiency records in history Former Pres/CEO Largest Black Owned Transportation Company in America
John Watson First African-America Police Commissioner, Hamtramck, MI
Edsel Stallings Former Asst. Michigan Secretary of State Richard Austin
Edgar Leonard Smith, Ph.D Morehouse College Prominent Veterinarian, Bloomfield, MI
GySgt. Joseph Burrell First African-American Chief of the Detroit Fire Department (1960’s) Detroit was the first city in the country to integrate the Fire Dept.
Herman Dudley (Retired) Architect/Detroit Department Urban Planning
Theodore R. Britton
Honorary Counsel General, Republic Albania