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Scott Alumni Association Holds Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Sojourner’s Truth Staff

On March 16, 2019, the Jesup W. Scott High School Alumni Association welcomed nine graduates into its Hall of Fame with a luncheon and induction ceremony at The Pinnacle. The ceremony also included the presentation of the 2098 Scholarship Recipients – 10 Scott students bound for college.

The Hall of Fame program began in 1981 in an effort to honor Scott alumni who had achieved notable success in a range of areas – business, the arts, the professions, government and community service. After 1987, the inductions ended and the Alumni Association became inactive. The Association was re-organized in 2006 and the Hall of Fame induction ceremony began again in 2016.

This fourth induction ceremony in the revived series featured a welcome by hosts Tara Ali, class of 1977 and the Membership Committee Chairman, and Richard Eppstein, class of 1965 and the vice president of the Alumni Association who also presented a brief history of the school.

This year’s inductees were C. Brown; Darlene Sweeney-Newbern; Willie Oliver; Reva Rice; Michael Rosenberg; James W. Scheib; Dr. Stanford Taylor Shulman, MD; Dr. Gerald Stark, MD; Dr. Azure L. Utely, DDS.

C. Brown, a longtime funeral home owner and director, has been a longtime supporter of Scott High School – six of his siblings attended – having worked with the athletic teams and the Scott High School Alumni Association since its revival.

Darlene Sweeney-Newbern joined the Ohio Civil Rights Commission in 1990 as an investigator and has since risen through the ranks to COO-Director of Regional Operations for the agency having handled notable cases along the way and drawing the attention of national media as well.

Willie Oliver was a history teacher at Scott High School from September 1966 to July 2004, also becoming a guidance counselor, boys cross country and track team coach, girls cross country and track team coach and a member of the Booster organization. After his retirement, he continued to work with Toledo Public Schools until 2015.

Reva Rice  has had a long, successful career as an entertainer – music, dance and theater. A Broadway veteran, Rice has also appeared in a host of musicals around the world such as Chicago; Smokey Joe’s Café; Sign, Sealed, Delivered; Ain’t Misbehavin, among others. She has starred alongside stars such as Chaka Khan, John O’Hurley and Patrick Swayze and has been a NAACP Theater Award nominee and a Helen Hayes Award nominee.

Michael Rosenberg is a chartered life underwriter and a chartered financial consultant, who joined Savage & Associates in 1964 at the age of 20, eventually becoming executive vice president and managing director of the Securities Division. He has been a member of the Million Dollar Round Table each year since 1970.

James W. Scheib has been a partner in the independent insurance and financial service firm of Scheib Snow and Company LLC for 43 years. He has been a Life and Qualifying member of the Million Dollar Round Table for more than 50 years.

Dr. Stanford T. Shulman, MD, earned his medical degree from the University of Chicago in 1967 and served on the faculty of the University of Florida from 1972 to 79; became the chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Memorial in Chicago from 1979 to 2015. He was also professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.

Dr. Gerald Stark, MD, earned his MD from St. Louis University School of Medicine and was in private practice as a general surgeon from 1954 until 1999. When private practice ended he returned to St. Vincent Hospital a Chief of Surgery and also as Director of the Surgery Residents Program.

Dr. Azure Utley, DDS, earned her dental degree from the University of Detroit-Mercy School of Dentistry. A lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, Dr. Utley is dean of Clinical Instruction, Department of Orthodontics at the University of Maryland. She is adjunct clinical professor of Prosthodontics at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry

This year’s scholarship recipients were: Jeremyah Savion Belcher, Trinity Bester, Zanaye’ Keshann Chandler, Sheronda Galloway, D’Asia Gover, Yai’Zierra Jelks, Jasiah Monae’ Nelums and Destiny Osaretin Oshodin.

Avie Dixon, Scott Class of 1964 and a long-time teacher at her alma mater, is president of the Alumni Association. The Hall of Fame Committee consists of: Zahra Collins, chairwoman; Doris Jones, co-chairwoman; Tara Ali; Vernice Blanchard; Donald Steve Cole; Richard Eppstein; Theresa M. Gabriel; Susan Hirsch, Johnny Hutton; Stan Odesky; Patricia Squire and Tyra Smith.

 


 

 

   
   


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