49 Notable alumni of
Southern University and A&M College
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Southern University and A&M College is 1090th in the world, 398th in North America, and 373rd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 49 notable alumni from Southern University and A&M College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Common
- Occupations
- international forum participantwriterrecord producersingerfilm producer
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Lonnie Rashid Lynn, known by his stage name Common (formerly known as Common Sense), is an American rapper, actor, and activist from Chicago, Illinois. He has received three Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award. He signed with the independent label Relativity Records to release his debut studio album Can I Borrow a Dollar? (1992), and gained further critical acclaim with its follow-ups, Resurrection (1994) and One Day It'll All Make Sense (1997). He maintained an underground following into the late 1990s, and achieved his first mainstream success through his work with the black music collective, Soulquarians.
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Randy Jackson
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- composerbusinesspersoninternational forum participantradio personalitysinger
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Randall Darius Jackson is an American record executive, television presenter and musician, best known as a judge on American Idol from 2002 to 2013.
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Avery Johnson
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
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Avery DeWitt Johnson is an American basketball television commentator and former player and coach who most recently served as head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team. He is currently an NBA and college basketball analyst for CBS Sports.
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David Banner
- Occupations
- rappertelevision actoractorcomposerpoet
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Lavell William Crump, better known by his stage name David Banner, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor.
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Lou Brock
- Occupations
- baseball player
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Louis Clark Brock was an American professional baseball left fielder. He began his 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the 1961 Chicago Cubs but spent most of it as a left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. An All-Star for six seasons, Brock was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on his first ballot in 1985 and was inducted into the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame in 2014.
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Bob Love
- Occupations
- motivational speakerbasketball player
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Robert Earl "Butterbean" Love is an American former professional basketball player who spent the prime of his career with the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls. A versatile forward who could shoot with either his left or right hand, Love now works as the Bulls' director of community affairs and goodwill ambassador. His "Butterbean" nickname dates back to his boyhood when he was fond of the legume.
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Russel L. Honoré
- Enrolled in Southern University and A&M College
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in vocational agriculture
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Russel L. Honoré is a retired lieutenant general who served as the 33rd commanding general of the U.S. First Army at Fort Gillem, Georgia. He is best known for serving as commander of Joint Task Force Katrina responsible for coordinating military relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina–affected areas across the Gulf Coast and as the 2nd Infantry Division's commander while stationed in South Korea. He served until his retirement from the Army on January 11, 2008. Honoré is sometimes known as "The Ragin' Cajun".
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Harold Carmichael
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- player of American football
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Lee Harold Carmichael is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for thirteen seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles (1971–1983) and one season for the Dallas Cowboys (1984). Carmichael was the Director of Player Development and Alumni for the Eagles from 1998 to 2014, and a Fan Engagement Liaison from 2014 to 2015, before retiring again in 2015.
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Aeneas Williams
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Aeneas Demetrius Williams is an American former football cornerback and safety who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons, primarily with the Arizona Cardinals franchise. He played college football for the Southern Jaguars and was selected in the third round of the 1991 NFL Draft by the Cardinals, where he spent 10 seasons. During his final four seasons, he was a member of the St. Louis Rams. Williams received eight Pro Bowl selections and three first-team All-Pro honors, as well as being on the second NFL 1990s All-Decade Team. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014.
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Sid Williams
- Occupations
- player of American footballdiplomat
- Biography
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Sidney Williams is an American former diplomat and American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins, Baltimore Colts, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at Southern University.
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Elbert Guillory
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- politicianbusinesspersonlawyer
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Elbert Lee Guillory is a former member of the Louisiana State Senate. An American Republican, he represented District 24, including his native Opelousas, and several rural precincts, from May 2, 2009, when he won a special election, until January 11, 2016, when his full term to which he was elected in 2011 ended.
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José De León
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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José Eugenio De León Domenech is a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tampa Bay Rays, Cincinnati Reds, and Minnesota Twins.
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Murphy J. Foster
- Enrolled in Southern University and A&M College
- Graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Murphy James Foster Jr. was an American businessman and politician who served as the 53rd governor of Louisiana from 1996 to 2004.
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Fred Lewis
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Frederick Deshaun Lewis is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He made his debut on September 1, 2006, with the San Francisco Giants. He is the cousin of former Major League outfielder Matt Lawton. He lived in Chatham, New Jersey for a brief time before moving to Toronto.
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Cleo Fields
- Enrolled in Southern University and A&M College
- In 1984 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- In 1987 graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- politicianentrepreneurlawyer
- Biography
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Cleo Fields is an American attorney and politician who serves in the Louisiana Senate. He represented Louisiana's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 1997 and ran unsuccessfully for governor of Louisiana in 1995. He serves as a state senator for Louisiana's 14th State Senate district, a position he held twice before. Fields is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Kip Holden
- Occupations
- journalistpoliticianlawyer
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Melvin Lee "Kip" Holden, is an American politician who served from 2005 to 2016 as the Democratic Mayor-President of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. The parish includes the state capital of Baton Rouge and smaller suburban cities such as Baker, Central City, and Zachary.
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Willie Davenport
- Occupations
- athletics competitorbobsledder
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William "Willie" D. Davenport was an American sprint runner. He attended Howland High School and college at Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He competed in the 110 m hurdles at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in 1968 and a bronze in 1976, and finishing fourth in 1972. In 1980 he took part in the Winter Olympics as a runner for the American bobsleigh team. Because of the boycott, and the quirk of participating in the Winter Olympics, he was the only U.S. track and field athlete to participate in the 1980 Olympics.
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Rod Milburn
- Occupations
- hurdler
- Biography
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Rodney "Rod" Milburn Jr. was an American athlete who won gold at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich in the 110m hurdles.
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Kidd Jordan
- Occupations
- saxophonistmusic teacher
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Edward "Kidd" Jordan was an American jazz saxophonist and music educator from New Orleans, Louisiana. He taught at Southern University at New Orleans from 1974 to 2006.
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Danny Johnson
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Danny Johnson is an American football cornerback who is a free agent. He played college football at Southern and was signed by Washington as an undrafted free agent in 2018.
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Bennie Adams
- Occupations
- basketball officialbasketball player
- Biography
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Bennie Adams is an American professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association.
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Bunny Greenhouse
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Bunnatine H. Greenhouse is a former chief contracting officer Senior Executive Service (Principal Assistant Responsible for Contracting (PARC)) of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. On June 27, 2005, she testified to a Congressional panel, alleging specific instances of waste, fraud, and other abuses and irregularities by Halliburton with regard to its operations in Iraq since the 2003 invasion. She described one of the Halliburton contracts (secret, no-bid contracts awarded to Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR)—a subsidiary of Halliburton) as "the most blatant and improper contract abuse I have witnessed during the course of my professional career".
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones
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- baseball playeracademic administratorhead coach
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones Sr., known as Prez Jones, was an American educator and administrator. He served as the second president of Grambling State University, a historically black university in Grambling, Louisiana, from 1936 until 1977. He also coached the Grambling State Tigers baseball team, and was inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Robert Holmes
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Robert Earl Holmes was an American football running back who played collegiately at Southern University and professionally in the American Football League for the Kansas City Chiefs, and in the National Football League for the Chiefs, the Houston Oilers, and the San Diego Chargers. He was an AFL All-Star in 1969, and played with the Chiefs in their defeat of the Oakland Raiders in the 1969 AFL Championship Game and in their crushing of the NFL's champion Minnesota Vikings in the fourth and final AFL-NFL World Championship Game. He joined the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League during the 1976 season, playing 5 regular season games and the Western Final. Several years later, he returned to Regina to live. He died on April 14, 2018, at the age of 72.
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Sherian Cadoria
- Enrolled in Southern University and A&M College
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in business education
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Sherian Grace Cadoria is a retired United States Army officer. She became the first African-American woman to achieve general officer rank in the regular United States Army on promotion to brigadier general in 1985. She was the highest ranking black woman in the military at the time of her retirement in 1990. Cadoria is a 1961 graduate of Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Education, and holds a Master of Arts degree in Social Work from the University of Oklahoma. Initially in the Women's Army Corps, she transferred to the Military Police Corps in the 1970s.
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William J. Jefferson
- Enrolled in Southern University and A&M College
- In 1969 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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William Jennings Jefferson is an American former politician from Louisiana whose career ended after his corruption scandal and conviction. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for nine terms from 1991 to 2009 as a member of the Democratic Party. He represented Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, which includes much of the greater New Orleans area. He was elected as the state's first black congressman since the end of Reconstruction.
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Joe N. Ballard
- Enrolled in Southern University and A&M College
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Lieutenant General Joe Nathan Ballard is a former U.S. Army officer who fought in the Vietnam War, and who served as Chief of Engineers, the first African-American to serve in this role.
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Robert L. Williams
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Robert Lee Williams was an American lawyer, judge, and the third governor of Oklahoma. Williams played a role in the drafting of the Oklahoma Constitution and served as the first Oklahoma Supreme Court chief justice. He also served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. As Governor, Williams oversaw the state's response to the United States Supreme Court's ruling against Jim Crow laws and its involvement in World War I. He instituted the Oklahoma State Board of Affairs, which provided central purchasing services to state agencies. Due to his direct administrative role and concentration of power, Williams counteracted the loss of executive power under Governor Lee Cruce.
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Eric Skrmetta
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- lawyer
- Biography
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Eric Frederick Skrmetta is an American politician who represents District 1 (largely surburban New Orleans, eastern Florida Parishes, and River Parishes) on the Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC), an influential regulatory agency which was the political springboard for former governors Huey Long, Jimmie Davis, and John McKeithen. Skrmetta is a member of the Republican Party.
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Chuck Espy
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- politician
- Biography
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Henry William "Chuck" Espy III is an American politician. Espy is Mayor of Clarksdale, Mississippi, elected June 2017. He also was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 2000 to 2016.
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Arthur Miley
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Arthur Miley is an American football outside linebacker who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Southern University for the SU Jaguars. In 2014, Miley was named First-team All-SWAC. He has also spent time with the Miami Dolphins, Carolina Panthers, Indianapolis Colts, Saskatchewan Roughriders, and San Antonio Commanders.
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David Bolen
- Occupations
- sprinterdiplomat
- Biography
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David Benjamin Bolen was an American track and field athlete, Olympian, diplomat and businessman.
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Reggie Williams
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Reginald Dewayne Williams is an American baseball coach and former outfielder, who is the current head baseball coach of the Alcorn State Braves. He played college baseball at Southern from 1979 to 1982 and played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 4 seasons from 1985 to 1988.
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Al Beauchamp
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- player of American football
- Biography
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Alfred Beauchamp is a former professional American football linebacker.
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Michael L. Vaughn
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- politician
- Biography
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Michael L. Vaughn is an American politician who represented District 24 as a Democrat in the Maryland House of Delegates beginning in 2003 until his resignation in 2017.
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Lee Richard
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Lee Edward "BeeBee" Richard was a Major League Baseball player.
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Carla Cotwright-Williams
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- 1973-.. (age 51)
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Carla Denise Cotwright-Williams is an American mathematician who works as a Technical Director and Data Scientist for the United States Department of Defense. She was the second African-American woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics at the University of Mississippi.
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Anthony Henderson
- Enrolled in Southern University and A&M College
- Studied in 1984-1989
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Anthony M. Henderson is a brigadier general in the United States Marine Corps and is currently serving as the Deputy Director, Joint Strategic Planning, Joint Staff J-5.
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Clarence Acox, Jr
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 77)
- Occupations
- jazz musicianteacher
- Biography
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Clarence Acox is an American band director and jazz drummer. He is a native of New Orleans, and has been heard in a variety of settings in the Pacific Northwest.
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Joe Pittman
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Joseph Wayne Pittman was a backup infielder/outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Houston Astros, San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants in parts of three seasons spanning 1981–1984. Listed at 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m), 180 pounds (82 kg), Pittman batted and threw right handed. He was dubbed 'Shoes'.
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Isiah Leggett
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- officialpolitician
- Biography
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Isiah "Ike" Leggett is an American politician from the U.S. state of Maryland and former executive of Montgomery County, Maryland. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Dewon Day
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Amos Dewon Day is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays. He was then taken by the White Sox via the Rule 5 draft in 2005. He had two brief stints with the Chicago White Sox in 2007, sandwiched around a trip to the disabled list. Day appeared in 13 games over a two-month span in which he often struggled, posting an ERA of 11.25 and recording more walks than strikeouts.
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Michelle Amos
- Occupations
- electrical engineerscientist
- Biography
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Michelle Amos is an electronics design engineer at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center. Amos joined NASA in 1990 as an electronics design engineer. She currently designs electrical systems and control equipment in KSC's Advanced Technology Development Center and works on a support team for the International Space Station configuring and documenting its electrical configurations. She is the project manager lead for the shuttle transition and retirement activities.
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Okla Jones II
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Okla Jones II was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
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Dorothy A. Brown
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dorothy Ann Rabb Brown Cook, also known as Dorothy Brown is an American lawyer and politician associated with the Democratic Party who served as the clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County from 2000 through 2020.
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Lula J. Davis
- Born in
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United States - Biography
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Lula Johnson Davis was Secretary for the Majority of the United States Senate from 2008 to 2011. Davis was born in Louisiana. She received a B.S. in office administration and an M.Ed., in guidance counseling from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She began her career with the Senate as a legislative correspondent for Senator Russell B. Long of Louisiana. After Senator Long retired from the Senate in January 1987, Davis worked as an office assistant for the Democratic Policy Committee's Senate floor staff office. In 1993, she became a member of the Democratic floor staff. In 1995, she was promoted to chief floor assistant. In 1997, she assumed the position of assistant secretary. After the retirement of Martin P. Paone, in January 2008, the Senate elected Davis Secretary for the Majority. As Secretary for the Majority, she was a senior procedural advisor to the Senate Majority Leader, Senator Harry Reid, and supervised the day-to-day Senate schedule. In so doing, she often worked with Secretary for the Minority David J. Schiappa. Davis told Senators what they could and could not do when it came to rules and procedure. Consequently, Davis was called “one of the most powerful unelected people in the U.S. Senate.” Davis retired at the end of the 111th Congress.
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Detrick DeBurr
- Enrolled in Southern University and A&M College
- 1987-2001 studied mechanical engineering
- Occupations
- writerentrepreneur
- Biography
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Detrick DeBurr is an entrepreneur, author, and computer/website specialist. He rose to prominence with Deal Us In! How Black America Can Play and Win in the Digital Economy and Build Gamified Websites with PHP and JQuery. He is a co-founder of Game Time Giving. Prior to this, he was Founder/CEO of Digital Rhythm Inc., an IT service provider based in Dallas, Texas, USA.
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Donald J. Delandro
- Enrolled in Southern University and A&M College
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in business administration
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Donald Joseph Delandro was a United States Army brigadier general who served as Adjutant General of the United States Army from 1984 to 1985, the first African-American to serve in the position.
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Edward Honor, Sr
- Enrolled in Southern University and A&M College
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in education
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Edward Honor Sr. was a lieutenant general in the United States Army who served as Director of Logistics (J4) on the Joint Staff from 1987 to 1989. Promoted to brigadier general in 1979, he was the first African-American general officer in the Army Transportation Corps.