The Masonic Mission
So Long, Brother Robert Miller (1912-1996)
This week we must sa\
good-bye to our friend, our
mentor, our gift from God.
Bro. Robert Miller was the
epitomny of freemasonry.
He earned accalaides and
respect from this community
and this state.
He worked relentlessly as a
newsreporter writing about the
accomplishments of his black
brothers and sisters in the com
munity in an era when news of
the black community was con
sidered to be newsworthy only
if violence was involved.
financial institutions in thi^
state.
Bro. Miller always had a
word of encouragement He
had the ability to communicate
to all ages, races, creeds, and
denominations.
He truly loved the Lord It
we were to write all the accom
plishments in chronological
sequence achieved hy Bro
Miller during his lifetime, it
would be in volumes.
When we remember Robert
Miller, we will remember his
""smile, the warm and allection
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THE MASONIC MISSION
BY Pat Rhodes Landingham
He was instrumental in
turning Victory Credit Union
into one of the most profitable
and secure black-operated
ate family man, the devoted
church member, the mason.
He has passed on to his
reward. His labor was not in
vain. We will miss him deeply.
We will always cherish his
memor\
We love you Bro. Miliar,
hut we have to let you go,
because Clod Loves You Best!
In the early hour on Sunday,
Sept. X. God spoke to our Bro.
Miller. "Well done, thou good
and faithful servant."
We leave you with a heavy
heart.
N J. Foundation earmarks $ 1.8 million to
minority accounting doctoral candidates
KPMG Peat Marwick Foun
dation. a not-for-profit organiza
tion based, in New Jersey,
announced it awarded 15 new
scholarships renewable for the
next 5 years to 15 African-, His
panic-. and Native American
accounting doctoral candidates
beginning the 1996-97 academic
Near
In support ol its continuing
effort to diversity the ranks of our
nations business schools and
eventually the greater business
community, the KPM?j Peat
Marwick Foundation has/ to date,
earmarked a total of SI .829,000
in scholarships to minority
accounting doctoral candidates.
Bernard Milano. executive
director of the KPMG Peaf' Mar
wick Foundation, says the pro
gram "is one more substantial
wa> that we can help get 'more
minority professors in the class
room. We believe that nlore
minority professors w ill vie Id
more minority students, which. \n
turn, will yield more minority
business professionals. something\
all of corporate America will
benefit from."
Milano describes the 15 can
didates who received scholarships
as "some of the most dynamic
and motivated professionals 1
ever met. They will all. no doubt,
serve as important role models to
minority students who. without
mentors, might have overlooked
business as a potential career."
KPMG scholarships are help
ing students in a wide varietv of
ways beyond the immediately
obvious. Several recipients have
made clear that they could not
have returned to school without
the financial support. For one. a
single mother of two children, the
scholarship provides necessary
funding to help support her edu
cation Another student, who pre
viously was forced to crowd her
schedule with an assortment of
part time jobs to make ends meet,
is now able to devote fuller time
and attention to her studies. For a
third student, the KPMG scholar
ship enabled her to select the uni
versity that offered a program in
her field of speciality ? even
though it was clear across the
country and entailed higher liv ing
costs than schools closer to home.
The Minority Accounting
Doctoral Scholarship Program is
part of a large commitment by the
KPMG Peat Marwick Foundation
to increase minority representa
tion, not only in accounting pro
grams at colleges and universi
ties, but in the American work
force.
Presently, African-, Hispanic
. and Native Americans make up
Jese than 5 percent of all business
school faculties. Academic
research has demonstrated that
minority students are discouraged
by the severe scarcity of minority
business school professors serv
ing as role models and mentors.
The results of virtually a mono
ethnic doctoral community are
seen clearly in the accounting
filed where, as a result, minorities
are grossly under-represented.
The scholarship program
complements the PhD Project, a
groundbreaking $1.3 million pro
gram created by KPMG Peat
Marwick that recruits minority
professionals Jrom all business
fields into doctoral programs in
all business disciplines. The Phi)
Project and Doctoral Scholarship
Program attack the root cause of
minority under-represtwfr^TTi<>n"Pfcs
corporate jobs: historically, very
few, minority college students
study business as an entree to a
corporate career.
Both programs have been
tremendously successful. Since
the inception of the PhD Project
two years ago. 78 individuals
who took part in the project have
gone on to enroll in business
Ph.D. programs. Consequently, in
1995 business schools experi
enced a 42 percent increase in the
number ol minority students w ho
^entered business Ph.D. programs.
^ Including the 29 scholarships
renewed earlier this year, the
KPMG Peat Marwick Poundation
no\V provides financial assistance
to 44 minority accounting doc
toral candidates To date, approx
imately two thirds ol all minority
accounting doctoral candidates in
the nation, have received finan
cial support from the KPMG Peat
Marwick Poundation.
J he 15 winners of the
KPMG Peat Marwick Pounda
tion's 1996-97 scholarships fol
low:
Darryl P. Allen. CPA.
George Washington University;
Bridget C Anakwe. Rutgers Uni
versity: Marinilka Barros-Car
rero. University ol Mars land.
Ira W. Bates. University of
Arkansas in Pavettev ille: Rose
Marie A. Clarke. New York Uni
versity: Laura Prances-Gladney.
Southern Illinois University;
Aretha Y. Hill. CPA. Texas A "<Y
M University: Kevin L. James.
University ol Tennessee; W'ede L.
Knuckles. CPA. Oklahoma State
University; Jo Yvette l acy. CPA.
George Washington University;
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Adam S Maiga.
University of Memphis; Karen R.
Nunez. University of Oklahoma:
Mercy G. Quintela. CPA. Univer
sity of Washington; Winifred D.
Scott. CPA. Florida State Univer
sity; Nicole D. Thome. CPA.
University of Iowa
Winston-Salem AIDS Task Force to host ?;
Baby Boomers AIDS awareness benefit
The Wrnston-Salem Chap
ter of the AIDS Task Force will
host Baby Boomers lor AIDS,
an awareness benefit, at the
Benton Convention Center,
Section 3 on Sept. 21 from 7
p.m. to midnight.
The purpose of the event is
to raise money to donate to the
Winston-Salem chapter by pro
moting prevention and educa
tion about AIDS with informed
guest speakers, and providing a
relaxed atmosphere in which
the subject of AIDS can be dis
cussed honestly and openly
among community members.
The event will serve as an
opportunity to promote a
healthy lifestyle and raise the
necessary funding to continue
serving the needs of HIV and
AIDS patients.
Anyone interested in help
ing further AIDS education and
prevention, and having a great
evening of fun is invited.
Salesman: Find a job you like, you'll never have to work
B> MAl RK't C R(X KhR
Community News Reporter
If you have ever considered
being, or wondered what it takes
to be a car salesman, just ask
Kevin Bruce of Flow Chevrolet.
Bruce is the used car man
ager for Flow, and has been a
part of the Flow team for five
years.
Originally from Baltimore,
Md., Bruce moved to the Triad
in 1982. His expertise in sales is
what brought him to the area.
For several years, he worked
as an account executive for a
local television station, and later
became a sales representative .for
a subsidiary of R.J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company. Bruce said
he came to work for Flow in
1991.
According to Bruce, he
always knew he wanted to be ;in
sales, but selling cars interested
him the most.
"My father told me, 'If you
find a job you like, then you'll
never have to work for the rest of
your life,"' Bruce said.
- Bruce said he has found
something he truly likes to do.
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Kevin Bruce is used car sales
manager at Flow Chevrolet.
He also said he likes know
ing that he has taken a challeng
ing situation, overcome it and
helped someone while doing so.
"1 enjoy the fact that people
rely on me and my expertise
when they are looking for a car,"
he said.
Bruce said he likes the idea
of knowing he has helped people
make the right decisions.
"Although the job can get
frustrating when you aren't sell
ing what you think you should,"
Bruce said "It's also good to see
the results when you ve met your
. goals."
Besides helping others
achieve their goals, Bruce is also
a husband and a father.
He and his wife Tilda have
tour children, Marcus Stevensofy
DeShawn Wilson. Kelly White
side, and Nicole Bruce. ' !
He is also the proud grand fa- -
ther of Myracle Stevenson.
Bruce and his''family attend.
Dellabrook Presbyterian Church.
According to Bruce, they
have been attending the church
for five years.
Originally from Baltimore,
Bruce says he doesn't miss liv
ing there.
"I don't miss it, because it's
not the type of place I would
want to raise a family," he said. *
According to Bruce, his
future plans include owning his
own dealership, but he wants to
learn the ins and outs of manage
ment first.
"I think I'd like to become
general sales manager for a cou
ple of years and then maybe start
my own dealership," he said.
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