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Page 14 Fayetteville State University Homecoming ‘96 Edition 'Alumni Through The Years Fayetteville State University '‘Families of the Year yy Every year during the Founder’s Day ceremony an FSU “Family of the Year” is recognized. These families are honored for the accomplishment of having sent many or all of their children, and sometimes parents, through college at FSU.* -i***. astfiis:-- mm rCSJaa aesosi: r ^ The Williston Family The Wright Family The McEachems, 1991 Family of the Year, with Dr. Lloyd V. Hackley SBSHS 'ssem»-'> ^ SaS>3Be w-^JpW^ljBHREiuCa T_ I I The Williams Family, with Chancellor Lloyd “Vic” Hackley The Owen Family, with Chancellor Charles “A” Lyons The George H. Williams Family, recognized in 1996, with Dr. Willis B. McLeod Fayetteville State University A.lumni William (Bill) Bowser, ‘36 Bill Bower was a Cumberland County native and a graduate of the public schools. He graduated from Fayetteville State in 1936 with a bachelor of science degree. He taught for seven years, and later became the first Black radio personality in Fayetteville. Bowser was a fighfer, literally, from the old school. At age fourteen, he took on the city school system that was charging students from the county a monthly fee to attend school. Through his efforts, this was changed. He supported and advised students from Fayetteville State during the demonstrations of the early sixties. He served as a vice-president of the NAACP and was a fixture at city and county board meetings. A self-proclaimed, “thorn in the side of the establishment,” Bill Bowser was truly a man of conviction and concern. He was that rare breed of man who took a stand against a hostile society on behalf of others and wanted nothing in remrn but justice. Dr. Jeannette M. Council, ‘61 Thomas Council, ‘61 Dr. Jeannette M. Council is a Fayetteville native and earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education. She furthered her education at the Indiana University where she earned a master of science degree and at East Carolina University where she earned her specialist degree. She earned her doctorate from South Carolina State College in 1990. Jeannette Council worked as a classroom teacher for 17 years. In 1980, she was promoted to elementary supervisor for the Fayetteville City School System. When the system merged into the county system in 1985, she became elementary supervisor for Cumberland County Schools. Thomas Council is a Fayetteville native and eamed his bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education in 1963. He furthered his education at Indiana State University where he eamed a master’s degree. Council is an annual underwriter for the Bronco Sports Network and an active member of the Alumni Association. He served a term as president of the National Alumni in 1971. Julius A. Fulmore, ‘48 At their quarterly meeting held September 19, 1996, the board of trustees of FSU elected Fulmore as the new chairman of the board. A native of Maxton, N.C., Fulmore eamed a bachelor’s degree from FSU, an master’s degree from North Carolina A&T University, and a specialist degree from Norfiiwestem University in Evanston, 111. He began his teaching career in 1948 in Mocksville, N.C., and joined the Greensboro Public Schools in 1954 as a sixth grade teacher and later became principal. In 1976, Fulmore was appointed assistant superintendent .of the Greensboro City Schools, and was later was named deputy superintendent. In addition to his service to his alma mater as a member of the board of trustees, Fulmore serves as a trustee of Guilford Technical Community College. D. Hector McEachem, ‘69 McEachem is a native of Fayetteville and eamed his bachelor of arts degree in 1969. He eamed a master’s degree in psychology from North Carolina, State University. He began his career in the personnel 4ivision of Texfi Industries. He worked his way up to the group personnel director. In 1980, he joined Wachovia Bank Personnel Office, and was elected senior vice president of personnel in 1985. He is presently senior vice- president and director of personnel for Wachovia Bank and Trust. ( -r Jack Gravely, ‘67 Jack Gravely earned his bachelor of science degree in history and poUtical science in 1967. He went on to earn his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia 1972, and his doctorate in public administration from Virginia Commonwealth in 1981. Gravely served as an administrative lawyer for Richmond Neighborhood Legal Services in 1972 and moved to the North Carolina Central School of Law in 1973. He held that position until 1978 when he became state director of the Virginia Conference of the NAACP. From 1985 until 1988 he served as the special assistant to the county manager for equal employment ppportunities and affirmative action. In 1988 Gravely joined National I^blic Radio as executive officer, the position he presently holds. Dr. David Neely, ‘75 David Neely is a native of Chicago, and earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology in 1975. He continued his education at the University of Indiana, earning a master’s degree in 1978, and at the University of Iowa Schqcl of Law, where he eamed his Juris Doctor in 1981. He began is career at the University of Iowa in 1979 as university ombudsman. In 1981, he moved to the Illinois State University as associate professor of political science. He was appointed regional director of the National Bar Association in 1985. He is presently serving as the assistant dean at the John Marshall Law School. He has done extensive work in the area of capital punishment discrimination, innovative approaches to recruiting minority employees, and the social reality of Black under-representation in legal education. James Paige, ‘56 James Paige is a native of Fayetteville, North Carolina and eamed his bachelor of science degree in elementary education in 1956. He has done graduate work at the Kean State University, University of Georgia and University of Utah. He has also studied at the Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy and Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science. Paige first pursued his career in education at South Hamett Elementary School and later at Shawtown High School, both in Lillington, North Carolina. In 1962, he became a police officer in East Orange, New Jersey and two years later, re-entered the field of education as a teacher and coach at East Orange High School. In 1966, Paige became an agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. During his six years of service he was assigned in Washington, D.C., St. Louis, Missouri and Detroit, Michigan. In 1972, he left the FBI to become the commissioner of the North Carolina Department of Youth Development. (This made him the first Black in the history of North Carolina to head a state agency.) After two years, he moved to Atlanta to become the director of community service for the U.S. Department of Commerce. He retumed to North Carolina as a senior equal opportunity specialist for the U.S. Department of Labor, the position he presently holds. Mary E. McAllister, ‘58 Mary McAllister is a Fayetteville native and received her bachelor’s degree in 1958. She eamed her master’s degree from East Carolina University. She taught in the Fayetteville City School System before leaving to become director of the local Operation Sickle Cell office. Under her guidance, the office has received acclaim for its efficiency in client service. After serving for many years in the Democrat Women’s Club, McAllister entered the political arena in 1980. She ran and won a four-year term on the the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners. She was re-elected for a second term in 1984, and served as chairman in 1988. After an unsuccessful bid for the N.C. Senate in 1988, she was elected to the N.C. House of Representatives in 1990. ! Dr. Marian Vick-Williams, ‘48 Dr. Vick-Williams is a native of Newton Grove, North Carolina and eamed her bachelor’s degree in 1948. She continued her education at the University of Michigan where she earned her master’s degree in 1954. She did further study at Syracuse University and Duke University, where she earned her educational doctorate in 1968. Dr. Vick-Williams first worked in the public schools for 12 years as an elementary teacher. In 1960, she became director of the Reading Center at Bennett College. She has taught reading at Winston Salem State University, where she served as associate professor from 1962-66. She moved to North Carolina A&T where she taught in the department of elementary education, and now serves as professor of reading. Dr. Jesse F. Williams, ‘64 / a Dr. WiUiams is a native of Sampson County and earned his bachelor.of science degree in biology at Fayetteville ^ State. In addition to excelling in the fi classroom, Williams was the quarterback of the football team, and helped to retum the Broncos to their days of glory. He was a part of the first Bronco tennis team. Williams was also in the concert band. Dr.'Williams taught biology and chemistry at Sampson County High School for two years, then went on to further his education at Howard University School of Medicine. His residency was done at the famous Freedmen’s Hospital. Upon completion of his residency, he assumed the position of fellow instructor in the department of family practice at Freedmen’s Hospital at Howard University. The following year he became an assistant professor in the same department and established a private practice of his own. At the same time, he was also a lecturer for physician’s assistants and the nurse practitioners programs. During the summers he did further study at John’s Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health where he eamed a master of public health degree in 1974. The entire program was completed in two summers. In 1975, Dr. Williams was appointed director of public health for Cumberland Couhty. He heads public health services for one of the largest metropolitan areas in North Carolina. Under his leadership the department has grown. It serves the standard pu^oses for the county as well as a teaching source for regional universities. Its budget has been expanded from $800,000 to nearly $5 million. Music is an important part of his life, especially jazz. Since having been a high school brass player, Dr. WiUiams has played in various jazz bands whilfc in the Washington area. Upon moving to Fayetteville, he helped to charter the Cape Fear Jazz Heritage Society and is co-owner and developer of the Fayetteville Jazz Plaza. He has collected jazz history, antique musical machinery and recoixls. Maggie Wallace Glover Maggie Glover is a native of Florence, S.C. and received her bachelor’s degree from FSU and her master’s of education from Francis Marion College. She served as a classroom instructor in Pittsburgh, Pa. and in Rorence, S.C. For three and a half years, she worked as the juvenile counselor for the Florence Police Department. Presently, she is the allied health studies division counselor at Florence-Darlington Technical College. In the 1988 general election, history was recorded for the 6th State District of South Carolina. The first African-American woman to ever represent the 6th Congressional District, the Honorable Maggie Wallace Glover, was elected to as state representative for South Carolina State District No. 62. She was re-elected to a second term in 1990. At the close of filing for the 1992 general election, Glover was unopposed for the South Carolina State District No. 30. This, too was a first. In 1983, Glover became the first African-American woman elected to the Florence District #1 school board of trustees, and was re-elected to a second term in May of 1986. In 1984 and 1985, she was named Woman of the Year by the Epsilon Chi Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Sorority and Citizen of the Year by the Chi Iota Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity in 1990.*
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