The HonorabIe Diezani AIison-Madueke - Minister of Petroleum Resources, Nigeria Mr. Aris T. AIIen - former member of Maryland State Senate, 1st African-American to serve as chair of the Maryland Republican party, and frst to run for Lt. Governor of Maryland ** Ms. Debbie AIIen - dancer, choreographer, director, actress Ms. Geri AIIen - jazz pianist Mr. Laz AIonso - actor Larkin ArnoId, Esq. - entertainment lawyer, former Vice President, Capital Records DeIbert Baker, Ph.D. - former President, Oakwood College John T. Baker, Esq. - 1st African-American Dean of Albany Law School ** Rushern L. Baker, III - County Executive, Prince George's County Boce BarIow, Jr., Esq. - 1st African-American to be elected to the Connecticut State Senate ** Dr. Patricia Bath - 1st African-American woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical invention, Ophthalmologist Hon. WiIIiam V. BeII - Mayor of Durham, North Carolina Ms. MicheIIe Bernard - Political Analyst, President & CEO, Center for Public Policy Ms. NicoIe Bernard - Senior VP Audience Strategy at Fox Group Hon. AdoIpho A. Birch - 1st African-American to serve as Chief Justice of Tennessee Supreme Court David BIackweII, Ph.D. - 1st African-American elected to the National Academy of Sciences Mr. James A. BIand - musician and composer ** Dr. CharIes Boyd - founder and medical director Boyd Cosmetic Surgical Institute St. EImo Brady, Ph.D. - 1st African-American to earn a doctorate in chemistry ** Hon. Aisha N. Braveboy - Member, Maryland House of Delegates Dr. PercivaI Broderick - Deputy Prime Minister, Jamaica ** ALUMNI Howard University n FACTS 157 Hon. Edward Brooke - 1st African-American elected to the U.S. Senate Beth A. Brown, Ph.D. - Noted NASA astrophysicist, 1st African-American woman to earn a doctoral degree from the University of Michigan's Department of Astronomy Hon. Ewart Brown - former Premier of Bermuda Hon. GayIeatha Brown - U.S. Ambassador to Burkina Faso Mr. SterIing Brown - writer, teacher, literary critic ** Mr. Jeff Burns, Jr. - former Associate Publisher, Johnson Publishing Companys Ebony Magazine Hon. RoIand Burris - former United States Senator, State of Illinois Dr. George ButIer - former Vice President of Jazz, Columbia/SONY ** Mr. WaIter PercivaI Carter - civil rights advocate ** Ms. Mary Ann Shadd Cary - 1st black woman to cast a vote in the national election ** Ms. EIizabeth CatIett - sculptor ** Dr. Kenneth CIark - noted psychologist ** Hon. Rodney CoIeman - former Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Ms. MaIaak Compton-Rock - Founder and Executive Director of the Angelrock Project and Journey for Change: Empowering Youth Through Global Service Hon. EIijah Cummings - United States Congress Ms. Wendy Davis - actress Ms. CaroIyn De Marco - Vice President, Regional Accounts GlaxoSmithKline Dr. Cheick Modibo Diarra - Interim President, Mali Hon. David Dinkins - 1st African-American Mayor of New York City Mr. Marques DougIas - NFL Defensive end Hon. George W. Draper, III - 1st African-American Chief Judge for the Missouri Court of Appeals Dr. David C. DriskeII - painter, art historian, educator Hon. Arne Duncan - U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Lena Frances Edward - physician and humanitarian ** Ms. Stephanie EIam - Weekend anchor and general assignment reporter, NBC4 Los Angeles ALUMNI 158 Howard University n FACTS ALUMNI Hon. Mike Espy - 1st African-American U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Hon. MeIvin Evans - former Governor, U.S. Virgin Islands ** Ms. LiIIian Evanti - opera singer ** Hon. NathanieI Exum - former member, Maryland State Senate Hon. Adrian Fenty - former Mayor of the District of Columbia Dr. Cain Hope FeIder - acclaimed religious educator, author, and founder of Biblical Institute of Social Change Ms. Roberta FIack - Grammy Award-winning singer, composer Mr. SyIvester FIowers - Founder CEO Ramsell Holding Corporation Dr. James Forbes - former Senior Minister, Riverside Church in New York City Hon. HaroId Ford, Sr. - former United States Representative from Tennessee Ms. LesIie Foster - Emmy award-winning journalist, co- anchor 9NEWS Hon. ShirIey FrankIin - 1st female Mayor, Atlanta, Georgia Dr. E. FrankIin Frazier - sociologist, educator ** Hon. Frankie Freeman - history making Attorney and Civil Rights reformer Antoine GaribaIdi, Ph.D. - 1st African-American President of Gannon University; frst lay President of the University of Detroit Mercy Emma GiIIett, Esq. - Co-Founder of the frst law school in the world founded by women ** Mr. Benny GoIson - jazz saxophonist Mrs. Monique Greenwood - former Editor-in-Chief, Essence Magazine, President & CEO, Akwaba Enterprises, Inc. Mr. Lance Gross - actor Dr. OIiver Harper - Minister of Health, Guyana ** Mr. E. NigeI Harris - Vice Chancellor, University of West Indies, Jamaica KamaIa Harris, Esq. - Attorney General, California Hon. Patricia Roberts Harris - former Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Ambassador ** Howard University n FACTS 159 ALUMNI Hon. Joseph W. Hatchett - former Florida Supreme Court Judge, 1st African-American in the south to win a statewide election Ms. Taraji P. Henson - Academy Award Nominated Actress Renee Higginbotham-Brooks, Esq. - Principal, Law Offce of Renee Higginbotham-Brooks, Esq. Mr. Dennis Hightower - former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce Hon. EarI HiIIiard - United States Congress Ms. Shauntay Hinton - Miss USA 2002 Dr. James W. HoIIey, III - former Mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia Mr. Benjamin Hooks - former Executive Director of the NAACP, civil rights leader ** Hon. Lonna Hooks - former Secretary of State of New Jersey Ms. Zora NeaI Hurston - author ** Ms. Veronica Hutchinson - Vice President of Programming, BET Networks Dr. JacqueIine Jordan Irvine - Charles Howard Candler Professor Emerita, Emory University Dr. Edison O. Jackson - former President of Medgar Evers College Hon. Louise A. Jackson - Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister for Health and Seniors Mr. WeIdon Jackson - Provost and Executive Vice President of Manhattan College Dr. John E. Jacob - former Executive Vice President, Global Communications Offcer, Anheuser Busch Dr. Cheddi Jagan - former President, Guyana ** Dr. CharIene Drew Jarvis - former President, Southeastern University Mr. CharIes FIoyd Johnson - TV producer Mr. Gus Johnson - sports announcer Hon. Jack Johnson - former County Executive, Prince George's County, Maryland 160 Howard University n FACTS ALUMNI Dr. James H. Johnson, Jr., - former Dean, College of Engineering and Architecture, Howard University; chair of the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology Mr. Marcus Johnson - jazz pianist Hon. WiIIiam A. Johnson - former Mayor, Rochester, NY EIaine Jones, Esq. - former Director/Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Ms. Lois MaiIou Jones - artist and educator ** Vernon Jordan, Esq. - former Presidential Advisor, Senior Managing Director Lazard Freres and Company LLC, and Senior Counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP Percy Lavon JuIian, Ph.D. - Holds more than 130 chemical patents ** Hon. John Junor - former Minister of Health, Jamaica Hon. Sharon Pratt KeIIy - attorney, 1st African-American woman elected mayor of a major city, Washington, DC, and founder, Pratt Consulting Mr. CoIbert King - Pulitzer Prize-winning Columnist Mrs. GwendoIyn King - former Commissioner, Social Security Administration Hon. Keith Knight - former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Jamaica Ms. Roxie Roker Kravitz - Award-winning actress ** Ms. LiIIian LincoIn Lambert - 1st African-American woman to earn MBA at Harvard Business School, Author and Entrepreneur Mr. WeIdon H. Latham, Esq. - Senior Partner Jackson Lewis LLP, Chair Corporate Diversity Counseling Group Dr. LaSaIIe LeffaII, Jr. - Surgeon, 1st African-American President of the American College of Surgeons, 1st African- American President of the American Cancer Society Mr. John Legend - singer-songwriter, actor, recipient of nine Grammy Awards Hon. Isiah Leggett - 1st African-American County Executive, Montgomery County, Maryland Howard University n FACTS 161 ALUMNI Dr. WaIter J. Leonard - former President of Fisk University, former Assistant Dean, Howard University Law School and Harvard Law School Dr. Freda C. Lewis-HaII - Chief Medical Offcer and Executive Vice President, Phizer, Inc. Mr. MeIvin Lindsey - WHUR-FM Radio announcer, Originator of "The Quiet Storm" ** Mr. AIain LeRoy Locke - educator, philosopher ** GeneraI Lester L. LyIes (USAF Ret.) - member of the National Academy of Engineering and Aerospace Consultant with the Lyles Group Ms. Vicki L. Mabrey - ABC News Correspondent Mr. Tony Mack - Mayor, Trenton, New Jersey Ms. BeverIy D. MaIIoy - Executive Vice President, Barber- Scotia College Dr. FIoyd J. MaIveaux - physician, internationally- recognized expert on asthma and allergic diseases Dr. Marion Mann - former Dean, College of Medicine- Howard University Hon. Thurgood MarshaII - 1st African-American U.S. Supreme Court Justice ** Mr. Mark AI. L. Mason - Chief Executive Offcer, Citi Holdings Mr. Chris Matthews - American news anchor and political commentator, "Hardball with Chris Matthews" Mr. WiIIiam E. Matory - long-time professor and Assistant Dean, Howard University College of Medicine ** Anita D. Stearns Mayo, Esq., - Senior Attorney with the law frm of Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman LLP Ms. Linda Lou McCaII - Music Business Consultant and Songwriter Hon. RudoIph C. McCoIIum, Jr., - former Mayor, Richmond, Virginia Dr. CharIes McDonaId - Professor and Chairman, Department of Dermatology, Brown University Dr. FIoretta Dukes McKenzie - Founder and former Chairwoman, The McKenzie Group, Inc. 162 Howard University n FACTS ALUMNI Bishop Vashti McKenzie - 18th Episcopal District of the AME Church Ms. EnoIia McMiIIan - 1st Female President of the NAACP ** Hon. Gregory Meeks - House of Representatives, New York, Sixth Congressional District Hon. Vicki MiIes-LaGrange - 1st African-American woman elected to Oklahoma Senate Dr. KeIIy MiIIer - 1st African-American admitted to John Hopkins University, Mathematician, scientist, sociologist ** Keith MitcheII, Ph.D. - former Prime Minister of Grenada Stacey MobIey, Esq. - former Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Offcer and General Counsel, DuPont Hon. Thomas R. Monroe - 1st African-American Judge in Arlington County, Virginia Mr. C. David Moody, Jr. - founder, President and CEO of C.D. Moody Construction Company Ruth EIIa Moore, Ph.D. - 1st African-American woman to earn a doctorate in bacteriology ** CorneII Leverett Moore, Esq. - former Chair of the Greater Minneapolis Convention & Visitors Association, Partner in the law frm of Dorsey and Whitney, LLP Dr. Toni Morrison - Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer Prize- winning novelist R. CharIes Moyer, Ph.D. - Dean Emeritus Babcock Graduate School of Management, Wake Forest University Mr. Brandon T. NeaI - Finance Director, African-American Affairs for Obama Presidential Campaign Ms. Jessye Norman - Concert and Opera Singer - International Soprano Hon. James E. O'Hara - Member, United States House of Representatives, North Carolina ** Mr. David OIiver - 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist in 110 Hurdles Hon. RonaId PaImer - former Ambassador to Togo, Malaysia and Mauritius Ms. PauIa Jai Parker - actress Howard University n FACTS 163 ALUMNI Mr. CarI Anthony Payne, III - actor Ms. Lois Pierre-NoeI - educator, artist ** Sharon Pratt, Esq. - attorney, 1st African-American woman elected mayor of a major city (Washington, DC) and third woman, and founder, Pratt Consulting Mrs. JoAnn H. Price - co-founder and managing partner, Fairview Capital Partners, Inc., one of the nation's largest African-American private equity frms Mr. GeraId D. Prothro - Managing Director, IKT Investments, LTD and former Corporate Offcer and Chief Information Offcer, IBM Hon. Peggy Quince - 1st African-American woman on Florida Supreme Court Ms. PhyIicia Rashad - actress CharIotte E. Ray, Esq. - 1st African-American female lawyer ** Ms. Bernice Johnson Reagon - singer, songwriter, teacher Hon. M. Kasim Reed - Mayor, Atlanta, Georgia Dr. Irvin Reid - former President, Wayne State University Reverend Dr. Bernard L. Richardson - Dean, Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, Howard University JuIieanna L. Richardson, Esq. - a leader in preserving African-American oral history Mr. Eric Roberson - singer/song writer Mr. Harry Robinson - former Dean of Architecture and Urban Design, Howard University and Executive Consulting Architect, American Battle Monuments Commission Hon. Spottswood Robinson - Judge, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ** Ms. Wendy RaqueI Robinson - actress Hon. J. Todd Rutherford - South Carolina State Representative Mr. Frank Savage - Chief Executive Offcer, Savage Holdings LLC Mr. MaIik Hassan Sayeed - movie and video producer Hon. Roy Schneider - former Governor, U.S. Virgin Islands Mr. Dumarsais Simeus - Owner, Simeus Foods International Ruth J. Simmons, Ph.D. - President, Brown University 164 Howard University n FACTS ALUMNI Ms. Cynee Simpson - Emmy award and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning anchor for ABC 7 News Mr. Richard SmaIIwood - Grammy award-winning singer Wayman F. Smith, Esq. - former Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Anheuser-Busch Inc., Senior Partner at The Smith Partnership, PC Hon. James R. Spencer - Chief Judge of U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Mr. Luther StovaII - artist Ms. Mary MiIIer SuIIivan - poet, playwright ** H. Patrick Swygert, Esq. - President Emeritus, Howard University Dr. Lydia W. Thomas - former president and chief executive offcer of Noblis, a nonproft science, technology and strategy organization; currently vice chair of the Noblis Board of Trustees. Ms. MiIdred Thompson - painter, printmaker and sculptor ** Dr. TheIma Barnaby Thompson - 12th President, University of Maryland Eastern Shore Mr. Kwame Ture - civil rights activist; founder of the All- African Peoples Revolutionary Party ** Mr. Omar Tyree - author Mr. Stan Verrett - ESPN Anchor DaIe Wainwright, Esq. - 1st African-American ever elected to Texas Supreme Court Hon. Jay WaIker - Maryland State Delegate, former NFL Player Dr. A. Eugene Washington - internationally-renowned clinical investigator and health policy scholar, vice chancellor of Health Sciences and dean of David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles Hon. WaIter Washington - 1st Mayor of the District of Columbia ** Mr. Edward WeIburn - Vice President, General Motors (North America) Mr. Richard WesIey - playwright Hon. Togo West - former Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Secretary of the Army, former President for Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Howard University n FACTS 165 ALUMNI Ms. Fredricka WhiteId - CNN Correspondent Ms. Lynn WhiteId - Emmy Award-Winning actress Hon. DougIas WiIder - 1st African-American elected U.S. Governor (Virginia) Ms. IsabeI WiIkerson - former Columnist, New York Times, Chicago Bureau, 1st African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism Mr. Christopher J. WiIIiams - Chairman, CEO and Founder, The Williams Capital Group, L.P. and Williams Capital Management, LLC Ms. AngeIa Winbush - vocal artist MichaeI Winston, Ph.D. - former President, Alfred Harcourt Foundation Hon. Harris Wofford - former United States Senator from Pennsylvania Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Jr. - former Pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ Hon. Andrew Young - 1st African-American United Nations Ambassador and Mayor of Atlanta ** Deceased 166 Howard University n FACTS REPRESENTATIVE HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS Prince Bandar Ibn SuItan Ibn AbduIaziz - diplomat Ms. Marian Anderson - Grammy Award-winning singer Dr. Maya AngeIou - writer, poet, educator, actress His ExceIIency Ko Annan - diplomat, former Secretary- General of the United Nations Hon. WaIter Annenberg - philanthropist and diplomat ** Mr. James BaIdwin - writer, playwright, poet, civil activist (Awarded Posthumously) ** Ms. AngeIa Bassett-Vance - actress Mr. Harry BeIafonte - human rights activist, actor, singer Ms. PearI BaiIey BeIIson - actress and singer ** Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune - educator and civil rights leader ** Mr. Eubie BIake - jazz pianist, composer ** Hon. JuIian Bond - social activist, professor, writer Mr. Edward RudoIph BradIey - journalist ** Ms. GwendoIyn Brooks - writer ** Hon. Lee Brown - 1st African-American Mayor, Houston, TX Hon. Ron Brown - former U.S. Secretary of Commerce ** Dr. RaIph Bunche - political scientist and diplomat, 1st African-American Nobel Laureate ** Hon. George W. Bush - 43rd President of the United States Ms. Barbara Pierce Bush - former First Lady of the United States Mr. Kenneth ChenauIt - President and CEO, American Express Hon. ShirIey ChishoIm - 1st African-American woman elected to the United States Congress ** Hon. HiIIary Rodham CIinton - U.S. Secretary of State, former U.S. Senator, New York; and former First Lady of the United States Johnnie L. Cochran, Esq. - lawyer ** Dr. Johnnetta B. CoIe - President Emerita, Bennett College for Women and Spelman College Dr. James Comer - psychiatrist, writer, educator Hon. SiIvio Conte - former United States Congress ** ALUMNI Howard University n FACTS 167 WiIIiam Cosby, Ph.D. - educator, philanthropist, author, actor Mr. Sammy Davis, Jr. - entertainer, singer ** Dr. Mark Dean - IBM Fellow and Vice President of Systems in IBM Research Ms. Ruby Dee - actress Ms. Suzanne de Passe - Chairperson and Chief Executive Offcer, de Passe Entertainment Mr. Fredrick DougIass - orator and author ** Ms. Rita Dove - Pultizer Prizewinning Poet Laureate Dr. David C. DriskeII - painter, art historian, educator Dr. W. E. B. DuBois - civil rights activist, sociologist, author, NAACP founder ** Hon. Arne Duncan - U.S. Secretary of Education Ms. Katherine Dunham - dancer, songwriter, author, educator and activist ** Hon. JuIian EarIs - physicist, educator Marian Wright EdeIman, Esq. - Founder and National Director, Childrens Defense Fund Mr. Edward "Duke" EIIington - composer, pianist, Big Band Leader ** Mr. Larry EIIison - co-founder and CEO of Oracle Dr. James Farmer - founder and national director, Congress of Racial Equality ** Mr. WaIter Edward Fauntroy - pastor, activist and former member of U.S. Congress Mr. Laurence John Fishburne - actor, director and producer Ms. EIIa FitzgeraId - jazz vocalist ** Hon. HaroId Ford, Jr. - former U.S. Representative, Chairman of Democratic Leadership Council, NBC News Analyst Dr. John Hope FrankIin - historian and past president of Phi Beta Kappa ** Mr. Thomas Friedman - internationally renowned author, journalist and columnist, The New York Times Hon. WiIIiam H. Frist - former Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate (106th Congress) Ms. Ann Fudge - Chairman and CEO, Young and Rubicam, Inc. ALUMNI 168 Howard University n FACTS ALUMNI Dr. Henry Louis Gates - educator, scholar, writer Ms. Katherine Meyer Graham - Chairman of the Executive Committee of The Washington Post ** Mr. Bryant GumbeI - former television anchor, "The Today Show", "The Early Show" and "Real Sports" Mr. AIex HaIey - author ** Ms. Fannie Lou Hamer - civil rights leader ** Mr. HiII Harper - actor, author Dr. WiIIiam R. Harvey - President, Hampton University Dr. J.C. Hayward - CBS News Anchor Dr. Dorothy Irene Height - social activist, educator ** Mr. Matthew A. Henson - explorer ** Hon. AIexis Herman - 1st African-American Secretary of Labor Dr. EveIyn Brooks Higginbotham - Victor S. Thomas Professor of History, Harvard University Ms. MeIIody Hobson - President, Ariel Investments Ms. Lena Horne - singer, actress ** Ms. Catherine Liggins Hughes - Founder and Chairwoman of Radio One Mr. Langston Hughes - poet, playwright ** Ms. GwendoIyn III - journalist, television newscaster Reverend Jesse L. Jackson - civil rights activist and Baptist Minister Hon. Maynard H. Jackson - 1st African-American Mayor Atlanta ** Ms. Judith Jamison - Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, choreographer and master teacher Mr. James WeIdon Johnson - teacher, poet, songwriter and civil rights activist ** Mr. Quincy Jones - composer, musician Hon. Barbara Jordan - former Member, U.S. House of Representatives, and former Member of U.S. Congress ** Mrs. Jackie Joyner-Kersee - Olympic Gold Medalist Hon. Kenneth Kaunda - 1st President of the Republic of Zambia Hon. WiIIiam Kennard - former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission Howard University n FACTS 169 ALUMNI Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Nobel Laureate, civil rights leader, minister ** Mr. John Legend - singer-songwriter, actor, recipient of nine Grammy Awards Mr. ReginaId Lewis - President/CEO, TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. ** Hon. NeIson MandeIa - 1st African President of the Republic of South Africa Mr. Wynton MarsaIis - Pulitzer Prize-winning musician educator, physicist Dr. WaIter Massey - former President of Morehouse College and American Association for the Advancement of Science, educator, physicist Mr. Chris Matthews - American news anchor and political commentator, "Hardball with Chris Matthews" Hon. Thabo Mbeki - former President of the Republic of South Africa Hon. GabrieIIe K. McDonaId - former Judge Iran-US Claims Tribunal, The Hague, Netherlands Hon. Kweisi Mfume - former President of the NAACP Hon. Festus Gontebanye Mogae - former President of the Republic of Botswana Mr. Marc MoriaI - President and CEO, National Urban League, former Mayor, New Orleans, LA Hon. CaroI MosIey-Braun - former member of the U.S. Senate, Illinois; former U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand Mr. AIIen Neuharth - Founder of USA Today and former Chairman, Gannett Company, Inc. Hon. EIeanor HoImes Norton - U.S. House of Representatives Delegate, District of Columbia Hon. MwaIimu Nyerere - 1st President of the United Republic of Tanzani Hon. Barack Obama - 1st African-American President of the United States Hon. OIusegun Obasanjo - former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Mr. Gordon Parks - photographer, author ** Richard Parsons, Esq. - Chairman of Citigroup and former Chairman and CEO of Time Warner Hon. DevaI Patrick - Governor of the State of Massachusetts 170 Howard University n FACTS ALUMNI Mrs. Irene PoIIin - Co-owner, Washington Wizards and Verizon Center; psychotherapist, author Hon. CoIin PoweII - 1st African-American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of State Hon. Adam CIayton PoweII - former Member of U.S. House of Representatives, NY; 1st African-American elected to Congress from New York ** Hon. John Porter - former United States Congressman Sharon Pratt, Esq. - attorney, 1st African-American woman elected mayor of a major city (Washington, DC) and third woman, and founder, Pratt Consulting Dr. Benjamin Arthur QuarIes - noted African-American historian, educator ** Mr. FrankIin Raines - former Chairman and CEO, Fannie Mae Mr. Addison Barry Rand - Chairman Emeritus, Avis Group; CEO, American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) Mr. A. PhiIIip RandoIph - prominent civil rights leader and the founder of both the March on Washington Movement and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters ** Hon. EIIiot Richardson - former U.S. Secretary of Defense, former Attorney General ** JuIieanna L. Richardson, Esq. - a leader in preserving African-American oral history Mr. PauI Robeson - internationally renowned concert singer, scholar, actor, all-American and professional athlete, writer, multi-lingual orator and lawyer ** Ms. Robin Roberts - television anchor "Good Morning America" Mr. Max Robinson - journalist ** Mr. Smokey Robinson - composer, musician Mr. CarI Thomas Rowan - journalist and author, nationally- syndicated op-ed columnist for the Washington Post and the Chicago Sun-Times ** His ImperiaI Majesty HaiIe SeIassie - Emperor of Ethiopia ** Ruth J. Simmons, Ph.D. - President, Brown University Hon. Rodney SIater - former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Hon. Sonia Sotomayor - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ms. Vivian Stringer - women's basketball coach, Rutgers University Howard University n FACTS 171 ALUMNI Rev. Leon SuIIivan - Founder and Chairman, Opportunities Industrialization Center Hon. Louis SuIIivan - former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and former President of Morehouse Medical School H. Patrick Swygert, Esq. - 15th president of Howard University Hon. WiIIiam ToIbert - former President, Republic of Liberia** Ms. Carmen Turner - former Head of Transit for DC METRO (Posthumously Awarded) ** Mr. Ted Turner - Chairman and President, Turner Broadcasting Hon. Desmond Tutu - Nobel Laureate, General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches Ms. CiceIy Tyson - actress Dr. NeiI deGrasse Tyson - astrophysicist and Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History Hon. Maxine Waters - member of the U.S. House of Representatives, California Mr. Sanford WeiII - Chairman Emeritus and Senior Advisor, Citigroup, Inc. Dr. CorneI West - scholar Dr. CIifton Wharton - former Chairman/CEO, TIAA/CREF, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Ms. IsabeII WiIkerson - former Columnist, New York Times, Chicago Bureau, 1st African-American woman to win the Pultizer Prize in Journalism, author Mr. RonaId A. WiIIiams - Chairman and Chief Executive Offcer of Aetna Ms. Venus WiIIiams - professional tennis player, ranked No. 1 in the World by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) on three separate occasions Mr. August WiIson - award-winning playwright ** Ms. Oprah Winfrey - global media leader, philanthropist, producer Mr. Stevie Wonder - composer, musician ** Deceased 172 Howard University n FACTS PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS WHO ATTENDED, BUT DID NOT GRADUATE FROM HOWARD UNIVERSITY Mr. Anthony Anderson - actor, comedian, and writer Nnamdi Azikiwe - 1st President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ** Mr. Amiri Baraka - writer of poetry, drama, essays, and music criticism Mr. Sean "Puffy" Combs - music producer Mr. Ossie Davis - producer, director, actor ** Mr. PauI Lawrence Dunbar - poet ** Mr. Donnie Hathaway - singer, songwriter ** Mr. Kenny Lattimore - singer Ms. Omarosa ManigauIt-StaIIworth - reality TV personality Ms. MesheII NdegeoceIIo - singer, songwriter Ms. AIani "LaLa" Vasquez - MTV personality Mr. Isiah Washington - award-winning actor Mr. MarIon Wayans - comedian and actor Hon. AIbert Wynn - 1st African-American elected to the U.S. Congress, Prince George's County and Montgomery County, Maryland Sadat X - rapper, educator ALUMNI