Maker Directory

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ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Margaret Burroughs

Printmaker, Museum Director

ArtMakers

Allan Crite

Painter

EducationMakers

Dolores E. Cross

College President

MediaMakers

Belva Davis

Television Anchor

MedicalMakers

Shirley H. Jones

Marriage and Family Therapist

StyleMakers

Veronica Jones

Fashion Retail Entrepreneur

EducationMakers

George McKenna, III

High School Principal

MusicMakers

William Foster

Academic Administrator, Band Director

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable David N. Dinkins

Mayor

ArtMakers

Gordon Parks

Fiction Writer, Film Director, Photographer, Filmmaker

MedicalMakers

Dr. Richard Payne

Neurologist

ArtMakers, MilitaryMakers

Ed Dwight

Sculptor, Test Pilot

ScienceMakers

Charles A. Harrison

Industrial Designer

EducationMakers

The Honorable Kenneth Smith, Sr.

University President

MusicMakers

Dionne Warwick

Singer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Gloria Jackson Bacon

Medical Director, Physician

ReligionMakers

Reverend Gardner Taylor

Theologian

BusinessMakers

Anderson Jackson

Mortuary Owner

BusinessMakers

Abner Jean "Val" Jackson

Mortuary Owner, Civic Activist

LawMakers

The Honorable Jennifer Jones

Municipal Court Judge

ArtMakers

Noel Mayo

Industrial Designer, Design Professor

MedicalMakers

Dr. Donald E. Jackson

Veterinarian

MediaMakers

Bonita Gooch

Newspaper Publishing Chief Executive

EducationMakers

Bernice Hutcherson

Social Work Professor

SportsMakers

Bob Love

Basketball Player

BusinessMakers

Alvin J. Boutte, Sr.

Bank Chief Executive

BusinessMakers

Leah "Dookie" Chase

Chef, Restaurateur

EducationMakers

Norman Francis

University President

ArtMakers

Kalamu ya Salaam

Poet, Music Critic

MusicMakers

Harold Battiste

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Jazz Musician, Music Producer

MedicalMakers

Dr. Ebenezer Bush

Dentist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable George L. Brown

Lieutenant Governor, State Representative

ArtMakers

Zenobia Washington

Doll Artist

CivicMakers

Irma Josephine Barber

City Government Employee, Seamstress

EducationMakers

Joseph Johnson

College President, University President

LawMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Brown

Clerk of the Circuit Court

EducationMakers

Robert Beale

Chemistry Professor, High School Chemistry Teacher, Academic Administrator

BusinessMakers

Andrew F. Brimmer

Economist

EducationMakers

Archie C. Epps, III

Academic Administrator

MedicalMakers

Dr. Sampson Davis

Emergency Physician

CivicMakers

Lula Cole Dawson

Education Consultant, Government Consultant, Civic Leader

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Augustus F. "Gus" Hawkins

U.S. Congressman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable William Jefferson

U.S. Congressman

ArtMakers

Samella Lewis

Printmaker, Art Curator

MedicalMakers

Dr. Rameck R. Hunt

Emergency Physician

PoliticalMakers

Ronald Walters

Political Science Professor, Political Advisor

CivicMakers

Lonnie G. Bunch, III.

Museum Chief Executive, Curator, Museum Director

CivicMakers

E. Faye Williams

Civic Leader

CivicMakers

Fred C. Matthews, III

Nonprofit Executive

MusicMakers

Lonnie Brooks

Blues Musician