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We are proud to honor our
19th National President,
Dr. Yvonne
Kennedy who was the recipient
of the 2004 Mary Church Terrell Award. Pictured
is Dr. Kennedy at the Red Hat Luncheon during the
Sisterhood Luncheon at the 47th. .Click
here to read
more about her prestigious honor.
More
recently, Dr. Kennedy became the recipient of the YWCA's
highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award
at the Women of Achievement Luncheon for
her lifetime accomplishments and inspiration to those
who lives she has touched.
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In addition,
we are especially proud to feature accomplishments of
our Mobile Alumnae members who have and continue to
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Debra Mack
One of two
African American females to head a field office for the
FBI. In Mobile, she will be responsible for more than
200 employees which includes 57 agents and 36 counties
in southern Alabama. A native of New Orleans, LA, Debra
Mack pledged the Beta Gamma chapter in 1974 at Dillard
University. She has been featured in the Mobile Press
Register and honored in Mobile by various organizations
for her historic achievement. We salute and welcome to
Mobile Alumnae Soror Mack!
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Dr. Juvonda Hodge
First
African American Female General Surgeon to practice in
Mobile, AL. Her practice is within the University of
South Alabama's Health System. Her many interests
include oncology, laparoscopy, and biliary surgery. She
is a member of the American College of Surgeons and the
National Medical Association. She graduated cum laude
from Spelman College in Atlanta and graduated from UMDNJ
- New Jersey Medical School in Newark, NJ. Dr. Hodge was
honored as the YWCA 2006 Women of Achievement
(Rising Star) noted for her dedication to saving lives
and improving the quality of life for others.
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Valena McCants
Recipient of the YWCA 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award.
She was cited as an influential force in securing
scholarship opportunities for women to colleges and
universities throughout the country. Soror McCants was
featured in Delta Sigma Theta National Newsletter,
January 2004 and in the Delta Dear edition of the
Southern Region Gazette for over 57 years of "uninterrupted"
service in Delta Sigma Theta.
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Marsha Cunningham Dawson
was named chief of the US
Army Corp of Engineer’s Information Management Planning
and Requirements Branch in Mobile, Alabama. Marsha
manages a budget of more than $4 million and has been
credited with implementing a new process which provides
IT support to more than 22 remotely located field
offices. Marsha was featured as one of today’s
modern-day technology leaders, People to Watch as They
Rise in the latest issue of the USBE Information
Technology, the US Black Engineer Magazine.
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Other Notable
Deltas from the Port City: |
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Alexis Herman
A native
Mobilian, born in the Port City in 1948. On May 9,
1997, she became the 23rd Secretary of Labor in the
Clinton administration. She is the first
African-American to be nominated for this prestigious
position and the fourth woman to be appointed in 84
years. Her father, Alex Herman, reigned as the first
king of the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association (MAMGA).
A portrait of Ms. Herman was unveiled in the US Dept. of
Labor in her honor.
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Tina Allen
Infamous
Sculpturer and Artist known for creating wonderful
depictions of African American Life inclusive of the
life sized bust of Martin Luther King and Alex
Haley. Tina Allen is a graduate of the University of
South Alabama. and the Visual Arts in New York. She was
recently honored during a reception as a Distinguished
Alumnus of the University of South
Alabama.
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