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RETIRING AFTER 37 YEA
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David S. Coley, manager of
the Greensboro District of North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
Company, retired this week after i
37 years with the company. Coley
is a graduate of A&T State
University
(Photo by Braye)
David S. Coley, who gave up
bellhopping 37 years ago to go
into the insurance business, retired
this week as manager of
the Greensboro District of the
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
Company.
Reviewing his long career
with the nation's most successful
black financial business,
Coley said:
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the organization. I have never
felt insecure with them and I
am convinced that that is a real
place for the black man in the
world of business."
Coley had graduated from
A&T State University, but found
out that during the Depression,
he could "make more than
teachers by bellhopping."
Coley joined the firm as an
agent in High Point, N. C.,
knocking on doors to earn his
$15.00 per week.
Promotions came fast for
the energetic young salesman,
and he was made special ordinary
agent In 1938 and assistant
i manager of the district in 1943.
He was promoted to manager
of the Greensboro District in
1961.
A graduate of the Life Insurance
Agency Management School
at French Lick, Ind., Coley was
honored by North Carolina Mu- |
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tual as the firm's "manager of
the year" in both 1962 and 1964.
Aside from his position, Coley
has been active in the Greensboro
Chamber of Commerce,
United Fund, Greensboro Housing
Commission, Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity and the United Presbyterian
Church, where he serves
as an elder.
A native of Wayne County,
N. C., Coley is married to the
former Nelle Artis of Greensboro.
He said his retirement plant
call for "a little travel, a little
nivir wnrk ar?H n little nrWrot-o
selling of insurance."
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Morehead Honored at
Testimonial Banquet
Some 125 persons joined in a
testimonial banquet in honor ol
David Washington Moreheac
Wednesday night at the Sheraton
Inn in Greensboro.
Morehead was executive secretary
and youth director ol
Hayes-Taylor WMCA for 26 yrs.
before joining the North Carolina
office of the department ol
Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) two months ago.
The banquet participants included
a cross-section of community
leadership, nearly equally
divided between black and
white friends and civic work
associates.
Dr. L. C. Dowdy, president of
A&T State University, presented
the university's presidential citation
to Morehead, and the banquet
participants presented
Morehead with a decorative
sculpture, as well as a testimonial
book of nearly 100 letters
from members of Congress,
business associates and friends.
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A delegation from A&T
Presidential assistant Robert
recently appointed to the N
a member of the Postal Ad
and Mrs. Julia S. Brooks, n
Washington, D. ?C. ? Morethan
100 North Carolinians,
mostly from Greensboro, High
Point and Durham, joined 3,000
other persons Sunday evening
to honor the contributions of
Robert J. Brown, a special assistant
to President Nixon.
The event, held in the spacious
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climaxed with the surprise ap- j
pearance of Nixon himself and a
sterling one-hour show by singer
Sammy Davis Jr. and com-1
median Timmie Rogers.
Brown, a former student at
A&T State University, and his
wife, Sally, received numerous
gifts and thousands of dollars
for sickle cell research, an uplift
project in Mississippi and a
project for foster home care.
A native of High Point, N. C.,
where he operates a successful
public relations firm, Brown is
considered to be the highest
black appointee on Nixon's
White House staff.
Heading an official delegation
from A&T was Dr. Lewis C.
Dowdy, president of the university
and Mrs. Ruth Gore, director
of counseling and testing at
A&T and a member of Nixon's
Postal Advisory Group. Both,
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A&T State University has re- i
ceived a $15,000 grant from the |
E. I. DuPont Company to aid
the university's engineering prowere
co-chairmen of the event
Others attending from Greensboro
included Rep. and Mrs.
Henry E. Frye, Marshall Colston,
Richard E. Moore, Dr. Alphonso
Gore, Atty. and Mrs. Walter
Johnson Jr., Mrs. Thomasine
Corbett, Joseph D. Williams Jr., |
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Watkins,
Mr. and Mrs. Don Forney, Atty. '
and Mrs. Ronald Barbee, Mrs.'
Edna Howard, Dr. and Mrs.
Burleigh Webb.
Others in the A&T delegation
included Mrs. Julia S. Brooks,
national president of the A&T
Alumni Association; J. S. Stewart,
chairman of the A&T board
of trustees and Mrs. Stewart;
Dr. Otis Tillman, an A&T trustee
and Mrs. Tillman and 10
members of the A&T Washing- j
ton alumni chapter.
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he dinner Sunday honoring
(it are Mrs. Burleigh Webb,
5; Mrs. Ruth Alphonso Gore,
C. Dowdy, president of A&T;
Alumni Association.
(Photo by Moore)
000 DuPont Grant
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gram.
The grant was the second installment
of a commitment ol
$45,000 made to A&T last year.
In all DuPont has directed
$367,500 toward aiding minority
education. More than two-thirds
of the total ? about $227,500 ?
is being awarded to predominantly
black institutions for education
in science and engineering.
Included are a $25,000 grant
to Meharry Medical College and
second-year grants of $15,000
each to the engineering departments
of six predominantly
black universities with a commitment
to a similar grant fori
one more year.
These universities are Howard
University, North Carolina Agricultural
and Technical State
University, Prarie View Agricultural
and Mechanical College,
Southern University and Agricultural
and Mechanical College,
Tennessee State University, and
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