Â鶹´«Ã½ University will honor its "Golden Class" graduates during the 2021 Baccalaureate Service on Friday, April 23, at 7:00 p.m. You can watch the service on Â鶹´«Ã½'s or .
Members of the Golden Class are Â鶹´«Ã½ alumni who are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of their graduation from "On a Hilltop High." These revered graduates have helped lay the foundation for Â鶹´«Ã½’s legacy of producing globally - engaged visionary leaders.
This year, in addition to paying tribute to the Golden Class of 1971, Â鶹´«Ã½ University will also honor members of Golden Class of 1970 who were not celebrated last year due to COVID-19.The members of both Golden Classes will receive a Golden Diploma to commemorate their 50th Anniversary as leal and loyal sons and daughters of Â鶹´«Ã½ University. Let's celebrate the Golden Class of 1970 and the Golden Class of 1971.
Class of 1970
- George Alexander
- Clyde A. Bess
- Rose Marie Bland
- Vera McKnight Bodison
- Linda Tucker Booker
- Gloria A. Grant Glover Breland
- Clarence Bridges Jr.
- Sally Black Bridges
- Ludie Fulton Brown
- Carolyn Oliver Campbell
- Idella Waymer Carson
- Lucinda Ladson Cohen
- Queenie L. Crawford
- Gladys Mayrant Evans (Posthumously)
- Vernetta Pinkney Frederick
- Charles B. Gary
- Christine Donna McPherson Harris
- Velma Martin Haywood
- Jenetha McCutcheon Hollis
- Almeta Taiste Howell
- Shirley Anne Hugee
- Joseph H. Jefferson Jr.
- Shirley Nelson Jefferson
- Willa Marion Jennings
- Deloris Williams Johnson
- Liz Zimmerman Keitt
- Linda Faust Keyton
- Ernestine Kennedy King
- Gloria Elaine Gantt Lambright
- Janice Wannamaker Marshall
- Eugene Mincer
- Evelyn Bush Pringle
- Ronald A. Ravenell
- Thelma L. Brown Ravenell
- Betty Jean Sanders (Posthumously)
- Joan Steward-Stevens
- Shirley Taylor
- Glendra D. Smith Watson
- Jennifer Green White
- Patricia Jennings Williams
- Jenette V. Wright
Class of 1971
- Sherry Ann Young Bess
- Lillie Ann Robinson Bonnette
- Ollie M. Glover Boyd
- Willie D. Briggman
- Connie Ervin Brown
- Willie Lee Burgess
- Mattie Jackson Burroughs
- Harvey E. Choplin
- Alexander Cummings
- Rosa Waymyers Kennerly Dance
- Mamie Jenkins Davis
- Mary Frances Thomas DePass
- Pearline Williams Friday
- Brenda Brown Glaze
- Deloris Dickerson Glover
- Loretta Dash Greene
- Samuel W. Hanna
- Carolyn Curry Harper
- Jessica J. Hawkins
- Jimmie Howell
- Cassandra Arletha Jenkins
- Barbara Brown Leaphart
- Mazie Glover Lewis
- Martha Milton Logan
- Earline Fleming McClary
- Paul Edward Nelson
- Cathelyn Peterkin Quick
- Radine James Tate
- Ella Ree Hughes Swinton
- Lois A. Williams Thompson
- Verlie A. Graham Tisdale
- Veronica Copeland Vincent
- Brenda D. Bines-Watson
- Audrey Lavelle Montgomery Wilborn
- Connie D. Williams
- Fred Thomas Williams