Alumni Hall of Fame

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HALL OF FAME 2008 Induction: October 10, 2008 Jefferson City, MO
	Lloyd Lionel Gaines ('35) Missouri Civil Rights Pioneer (Posthumously)		Honorable George Howard, Jr. ('48) United States District Court Judge (Posthumously)
	Donald E. Hudson ('53) College Head Coach		Dr. Elmer P. Martin, Jr. ('69) Educator/Creator of Blacks in Wax Museum (Posthumously)
	Lemar Parrish ('96) Professional Football Player		Henry Stratman ('73) Major General 3rd U.S. Army (Ret.)
	Logan H. Westbrooks ('75) Recording Company Executive	Lincoln, O, Lincoln We thou proud children are

2007 HALL OF FAME Induction: July 21, 2007 Chicago, IL James M. Bailey, Sr. (’39) Educator/Community Leader Dr. Mervyn M. Dymally, Ph.D. Former Lieutenant Governor State of California Dr. Herbert G. Ellis, Ph.D. (’56) Educator/Social Scientist Walter Jefferson, Jr. (’56) United States Military/Aviator (Posthumously) Oliver E. Lake (’68) Composer/Musician/Poet Dr. Bette Spence-Dix (’51) Educator/ 1^st Female Alumni Association President Alva Lee Thomas (’49) Educator (Posthumously)	2006 HALL OF FAME Induction: July 22, 2006 St. Louis, MO Dr. Cortez J. Bradley (’50) Educator Dr. Robert W. Brown (’56) Federal Government Executive/Educator Dr. Henry Givens (’54) Educator/College President Margaret Bush Wilson (’43) Civil Rights Attorney
2005 HALL OF FAME Induction: July 30, 2005 Orlando, FL Ida Mae Simon (Ballard) (’71) Humantarian/Marketing Executive (Posthumously) Florence Shyne Bowers (’57) Medical Researcher/Biologist Mary Frances Everhart (’38) Educator M. Carl Holman (’42) Civil Rights Activist	2004 HALL OF FAME Induction: July 31, 2004 Dallas, TX Dwayne Crompton ('68) Educator Dr. Julius Dix ('50) Educator *Judge Theodore* McMillian ('41) US Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit S St. Louis, MO Joe Outlaw ('61)** Businessman/Entrepreneur
2003 HALL OF FAME Induction: October 10, 2003 Jefferson City, MO Zelma Lloyd Frank, Ed.D. (’57) Educator Dorothy Butler Gilliam (’57) Journalism Dr. Julia H. Hill (’43) Education/Civil Rights Edward A. Rankin, M.D. (’61) Medicine Yvonne Starks Wilson (’50) Education/Politics	2002 HALL OF FAME Induction: July 22, 2002 Atlanta, GA Judge Shellie F. Bowers (’57) Superior Court of the District of Columbia Dr. James Frank (’53) College President/Athletics Joseph Deighton Gibson, Jr. “Jack the Rapper” Pioneering Disc Jockey Dr. Charles Franklin Martin (’49) Scientist/Professor Dr. Lionel H Newsom (’38) College President/Educator
2001 HALL OF FAME Induction: July 28, 2001 Kansas City, MO Clinita Arnsby Ford, Ph.D. (’48) College Professor Ollie W. Gates (’54) Businessman/Entrepreneur Jesse Hill, Jr. (’47) Businessman/Entrepreneur Joseph David Johnson (’68) Businessman/Entrepreneur Leo E. Lewis (’56) Professional Football Player Odell Nails, Ed.D. (’53) Educator	*University Oath* *We will never bring disgrace to Lincoln University* *by any act of cowardice or dishonesty. We will* *fight for the ideals and sacred things of the* *University. We will transmit our University to* *those who come after us, greater, better and* *more beautiful than it was transmitted to us.* .