Earl G. Graves Sr., Caroline Kennedy, John H. Jackson and Ann Best TO BE HONORED AT UNCF’s 65th ANNIVERSARY DINNER
Joye Griffin
UNCF
703-205-3480
Joye.Griffin@uncf.org
Earl G. Graves Sr., Caroline Kennedy, John H. Jackson and Ann Best
TO BE HONORED AT UNCF’s 65th ANNIVERSARY DINNER
FAIRFAX, Va. — UNCF– the United Negro College Fund-- announced their 65th Anniversary Dinner, honoring Earl G. Graves Sr., Black Enterprise Magazine Founder and education advocate, Caroline Kennedy. Graves will receive the Frederick D. Patterson Award for his philanthropic efforts to support minority education and historical black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and Kennedy will receive the President’s Award for her work on behalf of New York City’s public schools. UNCF will also inaugurate a new honor, ”The Ones To Watch Award” which will pay tribute to recent graduates of UNCF Member HBCUs whose careers are marked by both great accomplishment and potential for decades of further service. Dr. John H. Jackson, president and CEO of The Schott Foundation for Public Education and Ann Best, deputy superintendent for human talent for the Houston Independent School District (HISD) will receive this new award.
DATE: Thursday, March 5, 2009
TIME: 6:00 p.m. reception-New York Ballroom
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. dinner and program- Metropolitan Ballroom
LOCATION: Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers
811 Seventh Avenue at West 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019
EVENT 7:00 Michael L. Lomax, Ph.D., UNCF president and CEO Opening Remarks
SPEAKERS:
7:08 Dr. John H. Jackson, president and CEO of The Schott Foundation
Ones To Watch Award Acceptance Remarks
7:14 Ann Best, deputy superintendent for human talent for the Houston
Independent School District (HISD)
8:05 Caroline Kennedy, Vice Chair of The Fund for Public Schools
UNCF’s President’s Award acceptance remarks & video tribute
8:12 Earl G. Graves Sr., Black Enterprise Magazine Founder
Frederick D. Patterson Award acceptance remarks & video tribute
8:24 Michael L. Lomax, Ph.D., UNCF president and CEO remarks
