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? MichuM* Cook of tho Unitod Way and Joan Irvkt of tho Marshall B. Boss ChiUron's
fund Advisory Commhtoo prosontod a thock for $7,100.00 from Mood'* and sup
porton o/ Bats'* commitmont to chUdron in tho community.
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Tho audioncm offorod a standing ovation in rocognition of tho ostoblishmont of Iho
?Hfe; ; ' i Marshall I. Bass ChlUron's fund.
Marshall B. Bom donatmd
this bronw* casta bust at Or.
Martin Luthar King, Jr. la
fSgm lac# fhfllfB flillf
(BCC) an htosday, Jan. 20
and danalad $40,000 vrllh
In tha past six months,
towards tha ostahlishmont
of tha Marshall B. Bass
tndowmant fund to onsurs
tha futuro of tha BCC. Bass
has donatod annually sintm
1989.
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the United Way has ever received.
Therefore, it is extremely historical
and significant.
Because of the importance of
this contribution, a "top-flight"'
group has been slated as members
of the Marshall B. Bass Children's
Fund Advisory Committee:
Marshall Bass, Wilveria B.
Atkinson, Loretta Copeland
Biggs, Robert Brandquist, Joseph
< L. Dickson, Brenda B. Diggs,
Nancy Dunn, James A. Fyock,
Connie F. Gray, Jean Irvin, Nat
Irvin, II, Elva Jones, Virginia K.
Newell, George A. Ragland,
Stephen L. Robertson, William H.
Turner, and Bert Young.
Bass has been an avid philan
thropist in this community for
many years. "I believe that my
strongest affinity for philanthropy
is family upbringing and is spiritu
al in nature. As long as I can
remember, mama taught us to help
and give to others ... In a family
of eleven children, we had to learn
to* give in order to survive," Bass
?aiH
Bass is the ninth child of the
family. His baby sister Dr.
Wilyeria B. Atkinson, director
Project Strengthen Biomed
Research Unit WSSU, agreed to
serve on the Marshall B. Bass
Children's Fund Advisory
Committee. According to Bass,
she joined this endeavor with a
stern challenge. "Marshall Jr., I do
not have time to waste. This pro
gram must be outcome-oriented,"
she said. He saluted and thanked
her for her advice. However,
Atkinson recognizes her brother as
a very generous person with a com
mitment to helping others.
The United Way and the Best
Choice Center, a United Way pro
gram, have become part critical to
Bass' vision for the present and the
future. According to Dorothy
Graham Wheeler, director of the
Best Choice Center, Bass is "a bea
con of light for us" along with his
committee for the Marshall B.
Bass Endowment Fund. Those on
the committee include Thomas
Trollinger, Dr. Raymond Oliver,
Carolyn Hardy and Ernie Pitt.
The goal of the group is to raise 1
million as an endowment over 3-5
years. Within the last six months,
Bass donated $40,000 of his own
money toward the endowment to
ensure that the Best Choice will
sustain itself in the future. The
committee is working to raise the
first $250,000 of which they have
already amassed $100,000. Bass
has contributed to the success of
the center since its charter in 1989.
Another person who recog
nized Bass' giving nature was The
Rev. Father Clifford C. Coles, Ed.
D., rector of the St. Stephen's
Episcopal Church, where Bass has
attended for more than 30 years.
"We are very proud to claim him as
our own. He often works behind
the scenes and is seldom public
about the contributions he makes,"
Coles said. Bass is very active in
the life of the church, as he is a lay
reader of the Bible lessons,
Eucharistic chalice bearer, Past
Senior Warden (19 years), and
Senior Lay Person. He also serves
as the chairman of the Strategic
Planning Committee which covers
long-range spiritual development
of the church, growth of the
church membership, and all out
reach programs of the church.
Bass' foresight and ability to
lead his management consultant
firm effectively came from his
experience in military service. A
retired U. S. Army officer, Bass
served 23 years i the military before
joining RJR Nabisco. He is a vet
eran of World War II, Korea and
Vietnam. He served as military
attache to the Republic of Liberia
and completed tours of service on
four continents. His last military
post in the service was as chief of
worldwide Army Promotion
Systems at the Pentagon from
1967-68. He commanded the
northern-most battalion combat
team in the demilitarized zone in
Korea during 196S and 1966. Bass
holds a Legion of Merit, three
Army ^commendation medals, the
Purple Heart for wounds received
in Korea, and the Combat
Infantryman's Badge, among other
military decorations and awards.
"My army experience was the
basis for by becoming elected offi
cer of RJR Nabisco. Through it I
learned leadership, management,
assuming accountability, plan
ning, commitment and integrity,"
he said. Bass retired as an elected
senior vice president from RJR
Nabisco in 1991. Having been one
of 16 corporate elected officers of
RJR Nabisco, he served as corpo
rate vice president, human
resources, and was subsequently
elected to senior vice president.
Bass is currently president of
Marshall B. Bass & Associates
Consultants, a management con
sultant firm. Consultants offer
public and minority affairs man
agement training and information
on human resources organization
al management.
Bass received a B. S. degree
from the University of Maryland,
University College, College Park.
He also holds doctor of Humane
Letters degrees from Florida A &
M University, Kings Memorial
College, Saint Augustine's College,
Livingstone College, and Winston
Salem State University. In addi
tion, Bass holds a doctor of la\vs
degree from North Carolina
Central University, a doctor of
civil laws degree from Saint
Augustine's College and a doctor
of divinity degree from Tennessee
School of Religion. He is a gradu
ate of the Basic Infantry Officer's
School and the Advanced Infantry
Officer's School, Fort Benning,
Georgia; the Command and
General Staff College, Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas and the
Armed Forces Staff College,
Norfolk Virginia.
Bass is married to the former
Celestine Pate of Raleigh and they
have two daughters: Brenda, a
physician, and Marsha, a business
executive. ?
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