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CCC receives grant
Consumer Credit Counseling of Forsyth County,
Inc., has been awarded a $54,339 grant by the Kate B.
Reynolds Charitable Trust of Winston-Salem, Kathy
Banks, Senior Financial Care program director, said
today.
The grant will be used for operating funds to
enhance the ability of Senior Financial Care to serve
low-income minority clients, according to Banks.
"Our organization has served the elderly of Forsyth
County with personal money management assistance in
the home since 1987," Banks said. "The grant from
Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust will give us addi
tional resources to reach out to seniors of under-served
populations, particularly the African-American commu
nity, to offer budgeting, bill paying assistance, medical
insurance counseling, and credit and debt counseling."
Consumer Credit Counseling of Forsyth County was
founded in 1972 to address the increasing rate of per
sonal bankruptcy filings. Lynn Thrower is chairman of
the board of directors. The agency received the presti
gious George L. Maddox Award in 2001 from the NC
Division of Aging in recognition of Senior Financial
Care as a creative and innovative program serving older
adults.
White man wins discrimination
lawsuit filed against school system
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A federal jury awarded a
white art teacher more than $28,000 after finding that a
western Pennsylvania school district discriminated
against him by hiring a black man for a new teaching
job.
The Pittsburgh jury deliberated for about two hours
last week before ruling in favor of Matthew Colaric, 42,
in his lawsuit against the Pine-Richland School District
and its former superintendent, George Szymanski. The
jury ordered Szymanski to pay $5,000 in punitive dam
ages. while the district is to pay $23,548.
Current Pine-Richland Superintendent Jim Manley
was not in his office Wednesday and did not return a
phone call seeking comment. Susan Roberts, who repre
sented Szymanski and the district, also did not return a
phone call for comment.
Colaric. who has since become a teacher in another
suburban Pittsburgh school district, said he was satisfied
by the verdict.
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Local lawyer is named
chairman of N.C. Bar section
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ber with Adams Kleemeier Hagan
Hannah & Fouts PLLC, has been
named chair of the Construction
Law Section of the North Caroli
na Bar Association. Heckman
received his B.A. degree and J.D.
degree, with honors, from the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. Since joining the
firm in 1991, he has practiced in
the areas of lien, bond, construc
tion law and civil litigation.
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Morris Brown College prepares
for reduced enrollment this fall
ATLANTA (AP) - Morris Brown College, which
lost accreditation in April, will open this fall with a staff
of just 21 faculty members and an enrollment of about
225 students, school officials said.
"If you do not have enough students, you cannot
support the faculty," Leroy Frazier, interim president of
the financially troubled college, said Monday.
"Morris Brown has the same quality of education,"
Frazier said, "as it did before the accreditation questions
came about."
Last year, the 122-year-old historically black school
saw its enrollment slip from 2,547 students to about
l.l 30 as word of the school's financial problems spread.
By attending a non accredited school, Morris Brown
students frannot qualify for federal financial aid. About
90 percent of Morris Brown students relied on that aid
to help pay for their education, including about $10,000
a year in tuition. Federal aid accounted for more than 70
percent of Morris Brown's income.
Salemtowne has new CEO
The Salemtowne board of directors has appointed
Joseph P. Lydon to the position of chief executive offi
cer. Lydon succeeds Kay McGee Phillips, president and
CEO since 1996, who is retiring after 19 years of serv
ice. Phillips will officially step down on Dec. 1.
Lydon comes to Salemtowne having simultaneous
ly served as the administrator/CEO for St. Catherine's
Nursing Center in Emmitsburg. Md.. and as a long-term
care consultant for its corporate partner. Ascension
Health in St. Louis, Mo.
Prior to then, Lydon served as the executive direc
tor of the Kendal at Longwood Continuing Care Retire
ment Community (Kennett Square, Penn.).
Lydon is a licensed nursing home administrator in
Maryland and Pennsylvania. He holds master's degrees
in gerontology from the University of Southern Cali
fornia and in American History from Temple Universi
ty. He earned a bachelor's degree from Niagara Univer
sity.
Lydon has been active in a variety of professional
and civic organizations including the Mid-Atlantic
Non-Profit Health and Housing Association (MAN
PHA); Catholic Health Association; Catholic Charities
USA Assisted Living; Senior Housing Work Group; and
Elderly Housing Coalition.
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CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Analysts say women-run companies are now the
fastest growing segment in entrepreneurship. Ten
years ago when Black Enterprise unveiled its annual
list of the nation's top black-owned industrial/serv
ice companies, the number of women-led businesses
could be counted on one hand. Fast-forward to 2003
and the numbers look a bit different. Of the women
owned companies on this year's industrial/service
list, three are in the top ten. In addition, not only are
there more women-owned companies on the list
(eight) than the previous year, but they are also
steadily climbing toward the top spot on BE's pri
vate equity and advertising agencies lists. Among
these enterprising women is Act 1 CEO Janice
Bryant Howroyd, who attened N.C. A&T State Uni
versity before hitting big in the business world.
Howroyd appears on th e coyer of the current edition
of BE. JJer Torrance, California-based staffing and
professional services business is America's third
largest black-owned company. She's one of several
women CEOs profiled in "She's the Bofs," an in
depth look at women business owners who are set
ting a new standard of excellence and success.
Williams elected to chair
Carolina Board of Trustees
Greensboro native is first black chair at UNC-Chapel Hill
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
CHAPEL HILL Richard T.
"Stick" Williams of Charlotte, a
long-time university advocate and
vice presi
Williams
denl of
diversity,
ethics and
compliance
for Duke
Energy Co.,
has been
elected
chairman of
the Univer
sity of North
Carolina at
v napei run Doaro or inisrees. ne is
the first black chair in the school's
history.
Trustees elected new officers
July 24 to one-year terms on the 13
member board responsible for gov
erning the university.
Also elected as vice chairman
was Nelson Schwab III of Charlotte,
managing director of Carousel Cap
ital. Re-elected as secretary was
Jean Almand Kitchin of Scotland
Neck, president and chief executive
6fficer of Almand's Drug Stores in
Rocky Mount.
Williams joined the UNC board
in 1999. and his current term contin
ues until 2007. He said his goals as
chairman will focus on guiding the
board's activities in support of the
university's long-term aspirations
for excellence in teaching, research
and public service to the people of
North Carolina and beyond.
"J know from my own personal
experiences why Carolina is such a
special public university," Williams
said. "The Board of Trustees and the
university community continue to
reflect upon the qualities that distin
guish Carolina as a leader in Ameri
can public higher education as well
as a tremendous asset for North Car
olina. I want to help drive, along
with my board colleagues, success
ful results for this important work."
he said.
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A native of Greensboro,
Williams graduated from Carolina
w ith a bachelor of science degree in
1975. He has devoted himself over
the past several years to a wide
range of causes at Carolina, serving
as chair of the UNC Board of Visi
tors, which advises the chancellor
and trustees on university issues, as
well as chair of the General Alumni
Association Board of Directors. A
board member of the UNC-Chapel
Hill Foundation, he has served on
the Chancellor's Advisory Commit
tee on the Black Cultural Center and
the search committee that recom
mended James Moeser as chancel
lor.
The former long-time Chapel
Hill resident is well known for com
munity volunteer service and ongo
ing work on towpjgown issues
including serving on a mayor-chan
cellor panel formed in 2000 thai
successfully developed a process
leading to the town's approval of the
university's development plan.
Most recently. Williams joined
another joint town-university com
mittee examining issues related to
proposed modifications of the uni
versity' development plan. He also
serves as a trustee of Brevard Col
lege.
Patel named
interim dean
at Babcock
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Ajay Patel has been named
interim dean of Wake Forest Uni
versity's Babcock Oraduate
School of Management. Patel has
been a faculty member at the Bab
cock School for 10 years and has
served as associate dean for facul
ty and alumni affairs since 2002.
Wake Forest Provost William
Gordon announced Patel's
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tnent last
week.
Patel will
begin his
new
responsi
bilities
Aug. 1.
He will
replace
Dean
Charles
M oy e r,
Patel
wno announced last ran tnat ne
will step down from that position
July 31 and will return to the Bab
cock School's faculty. A national
search to find a permanent
replacement for Dean Moyer is in
progress.
Patel joined the Babcock
School faculty at Wake Forest in
1993 after a previous faculty
appointment at the University of
Missouri. In 2001, he was
. appointed as the first Babcock
Research Professor of Finance.
The professorship was endowed
through pledge gifts from invest
ment counseling firms and Bab
cock School alumni Raymond F.
Bourne and Bryan Somerville.
During his tenure at the Bab
cock School, Patel has won
numerous professional awards
and teaching honors. He is the
recipient of the 2001 Kienzle
Teaching Award, presented annu
ally to a Babcock School faculty
member who represents the high
est standards of teaching excel
lence. Babcock alumni select the
winner in a survey taken two
years after their graduation.
In both 1997 and 2000, Patel
was honored with the Outstand
ing Faculty Award for the Bab
cock School's Charlotte program.
Patel's work has been widely
published in scholarly journals,
and he has won several awards
from academic and practitioner
associations. Patel received a
bachelor's degree from St.
Josephs College, a master of busi
ness administration degree from
the University of Baltimore and a
doctorate from the University of
Georgia.
Black Capitol
cops expected
to take more
legal action*
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
WASHINGTON, DC -
African American Capitol
Police Officers were expected
announce yesterday (July 30) a
second class action lawsuit
alleging the United States
Capitol Police department's
systematic uses efforts to
intimidate them and retaliate
against them. The officers are
currently suing the department
in United States District Court
for a wide range of discrimina
tory practices.
TTte officers claim a pattern
of filing excessive and
unfounded disciplinary
charges against prominent
members of the class action, as
well as a pattern of harassment
including exclusion of class
members from the U.S. Capitol
Complex and a series of auto
tampering, break-ins and van
dalism of class members' auto
mobiles.
Officers Regina Bolden
Whitaker and Arnold Fields,
both of whom are named class
representatives in Blackmon
Malloy v. United States Capi
tol Police Board, have recently
filed complaints with the Con
gressional Office of Compli
ance challenging discriminato
ry and retaliatory disciplinary
actions.