2000 Nominees & Recipients:
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ARTS & LITERATURE Dr. Julia Hare Celebrated author & psychologist Viera Whye Artistic Dir. & co-founder, TABIA Theater Co. Sherri Young Exec. Dir., African-American Shakespeare Co. |
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COMMUNITY SERVICE Mark Anthony Jones, Sr. President, 100 Black Men of the Bay Area Ken Norton, Jr. Community activist and volunteer (SF 49er) Carl Ray Conductor of & fundraiser for Historically Black College tours |
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CORPORATE Terrence Carter, Ph.D. V.P., Human Resources, Flextronics International Dixie Garr V.P., Customer Success Engineering, Cisco Systems John W. Thompson, President, CEO & Chairman, Symantec Corp. |
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EDUCATION Professor Cobie Harris, San Jose State University Silvester C. Henderson, UC Berkeley Prof. & Choir Director Debra Watkin, Eastside Union HS Dist. & Intel Carver Scholars Program |
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ENTERTAINMENT Eddie Gale, Trumpeter, San Jose Jazz Ambassador Ledisi, with Anidade, Vocal recording artist & performer Michael Morgan, Music Dir., Oakland East Bay Symphony |
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ENTREPRENEUR/SMALL BUSINESS Dante Bains, Sr., Bains Moving Services Paula & Charles Collins, Founders, WDG Ventures Ron L. Jones, President & CEO, SongPro.com |
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MEDIA Renel Brooks-Moon, TV and radio personality & SF Giants announcer Davey D, Deejay and print, broadcast & Internet news reporter Faith Fancher, KTVU FOX 2 news commentator Jay Harris, Chairman & Publisher, San Jose Mercury News |
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SPIRITUAL LEADER Bishop J.W. Macklin, Glad Tidings C.O.G.I.C. Dr. Ernestine C. Reems, Center of Hope Community Church Dr. Tony Williams, Maranatha Christian Center |
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SPORTS Ken Carter, Richmond HS head basketball coach Phillip L. Mathews, Univ. of SF head basketball coach Tyrone Willingham, Stanford Univ. head menís football coach |
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YOUTH ACTIVIST Clarence Jones, San Jose State University Jonathan Makonnen, SF City College scholar, Math tutor Jandra Williams, Independence HS, Intel Carver Scholar |
*Recipients pictured and in bold
