HALL OF DISTINCTION

VICTOR LEON BRUINTON
Class 1982
Major: Business Administration/Accounting
Title: President 2006-2010

Accomplishments
National President, Winston-Salem State University (2006 – 2010)
Established WSSU NAA Hall of Distinction 2007
Established WSSU NAA Scholarship Endowment 2007
Past President, Raleigh Wake Alumni Chapter, WSSUNAA (6 years)
Past President, North Central District, WSSU NAA (2 years)
Member, WSSU 2009 Athletic Search Committee
Member, WSSU 2006 Chancellor Search Committee
Member, Transition Advisory Group Governor Elect Bev Purdue
37 Sixth District Representative, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Life Member, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Member, 100 Black Men of America
Member, Master Mason, Prince Hall Affiliate, Standard Lodge 134

ETTA HILL
Executive Secretary 1967-1976 (deceased)
Alumni Director 1983-1984

DR. VELMA JACKSON
Alumni Director 1986-1987 (deceased)

CHERYL HARRISON
Class 1982
Title: Interim Alumni Director 1985-1986
Alumni Director 1987-1996

JO YVETTE LEDBETTER HATCHER
Class 1970 (deceased)
Major: Early Childhood Education

Accomplishments
Special Events Chair WSSU NAA (17 years)
Coordinator, National Black Theatre Festival
Retired Educator (Mecklenburg County VA, Saginaw MI, Thomasville NC, Winston-Salem Forsyth County NC
Tarheel Triad Girl Scouts Leader

EARLINE MOORE RICHARDSON
Class 1971
Major: Business Education

Accomplishments
Former WSSU Board of Trustees Member
President, Earline’s Interiors, Furniture Sales and Design
Board of Directors, High Point Convention and Vistors Bureau
BB&T Advisory Board
High Point Chamber of Commerce Board Member

CURTIS L. RICHARDSON
Class 1972
Major: Health and Physical Education

Accomplishments
WSSU Heritage Society
WSSU Foundation Board Member
WSSU 2006 Hall of Fame Inductee
President, Richardson Safety Equipment, Inc.
Vice President, National Association of Guardsmen, Inc.

QUETHER WILKINS
Class 1972
Major: Business
Title: President 1992-1994

Accomplishments
Joined the Secretary of Health, Educcation and Welfare (Joseph A. Califano) as a friend of the court for Discrimination in funding of HBCU’s
Helped grow the Alumni Association’s bank account from $12,000 to over 150,000
Established and chaired the Investment Committee which earned a net profit of $89,000 in 3 years

CATHERINE P. HART
Class 1974
Major: Business Education
Title: President 2002-2006

Accomplishments
Reinstated Alumni Day and Unity Day activities
Designed a log and a motto for the National Alumni Association
Activated affiliation with the UNC alumni Council and Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund

DONALD RAY CURETON, SR.
Class: 1975
Major: Political Science and History

Accomplishments
Facilities Manager of the Northwest Corridor for four recreational centers-Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Parks and Recreation Department, also held many other positions
Veteran of the US Army-received several medals, citations and awards
President of the Charlotte/QC Rams Alumni Chaper for 24 years
2008 Big House Gaines Unsung Hero
Married to Jacqueline Pittmon Cureton, Miss Alumni 2008
3 adult children and daugher-in-law, all WSSU graduates

DR. GWENDOLYN JOHNSON
Class 1975
Major: Business Education
Title: Interim Director Of Alumni Affairs 1984-1986

Accomplishments
First full-time Alumni Director
Organized over 25 Alumni chapters in various states
Organized the first Student/Alumni Association on campus

BARBARA JEAN CORNELIUS MANNING
Class 1960
Major: Elementary Education

Accomplishments
WSSU NAA Secretary
Retired Educator (Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools)
Founder and Director of the United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church Summer Camp
Established the Class of 1960 Endowment Fund

HERMAN MCNEIL
Class 1960
Major: Elementary Education

Accomplishments
WSSU Heritage Society (Charter Member)
WSSU NAA Eastern Atlantic District Leadership
Retired Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department
Past President, Board of Elders Ascension Lutheran Church

HERBERT F. STOVER
Class:1960
Major:Elementary Education
Title: Chaplain, Gold Wayne Chapter

Accomplishments
Retired Director of Student Services, Wayne County Public Schools
27 years of service in Wayne County serving as teacher, principal and administrator
President of the Gold Wayne Chapter for 6 years
Served 4 years in the US Air Force
Master of Arts in Education Administration, East Carolina University
Active in his community and church – Antioch Missionary Baptist
Married to Vivan M. Stover
1 adult daughter who is a WSSU graduate

MARY CATHERINE REESE BUFORD
Class: 1961
Major: Education

Accomplishments
Retired Middle School Teacher, Washington DC Public School System
Ms. Alumni 1988, National Association former Corresponding Secretary, former Recording Secretary, serves on the National Association Scholarship Committee
Served as Eastern Regional Coordinator, Correspondence Secretary, Organization and Extension Chairperson, Washington DC President, Vice President, Secretary, and Recruitment and Scholarship Chairperson
Class of 1961 Reunion Coordinator – 25 years
Active in Westphalia United Methodist Church – Summer Camp Teacher

DONALD R. FAISON
Class 1962
Major: Elementary Education

Accomplishments
Former National Treasurer of the WSSU NAA
Former Associate Superintendent for Human Resources/Wayne County (NC) Public Schools
Chairman. Board of Directors, Wayne County Partnership for Children (SMART START)

LARRY W. WOMBLE
Class 1963
Major: Education

Accomplishments
Retired Educator
House of Representatives-District 71, State of North Carolina
Former City Councilman, City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Diamond Life Member NAACP
Founder and Originator of NC Black Elected Municipal Officials

THEODORE BLUNT
Class 1965
Major: Elementary Education

Accomplishments
Retired Administrator, Red Clay Consolidated School District
Wilmington, DE City Council President
Former WSSU Board of Trustees Chairman
Former WSSU Endowment Board Chairman
Inducted into Halls of Fame at WSSU, Simon Gratz H. S., CIAA, James Weldon Johnson Public Housing Project, National Alumni of Black Colleges and Universities

WINSLOW LOWERY
Class 1965
Major: Elementary Education
Title: Alumni Director 1976-1983

Accomplishments
First full-time Alumni Director
Organized over 25 Alumni chapters in various states
Organized the first Student/Alumni Association on campus

WALTER MARSHALL
Class1965
Major: Health and Physical Education

Accomplishments
Vice President-North Carolina Association of Black County Commissioners
Former President of the NAACP-Winston-Salem Branch
Winston-Salem Chronicle’s Man of the Year award
Masters degree in Intermediate Education-NC A&T State University-1978
Married to Paulette Gwyn Marshall
2 adult children and 3 grandchildren

VERNDENE PAYLOR PETTIFORD
Class 1965
Major: Elementary Education
TitleVice President, Baltimore Chapter

Accomplishments
Retired Assistant Principal-Baltimore City Public Schools – 36 years of service as an educator and administrator
Miss Alumni 1974
President of the Baltimore Chapter, 6 years; Treasurer 10 years
Held several offices at the Eastern District level and leadership positions at the National level
Masters Degree from Morgan State University
Very active in her community and church-Grace Baptist

NAOMI COZART LAWS
Class 1966 (deceased)
Major: Elementary Education

Accomplishments
WSSU NAA Chapter President (24 years)
Retired Teacher-Librarian (Dan River Middle School, VA)
Teacher of the Year 1998-99

MILDRED R. GRIFFIN
Class 1967
Major: Elementary Education

Accomplishments
Miss Alumni WSSU-1986
Zeta of the Year 2006 (Zeta Phi Beta Sorority)
Volunteer of the Year 2005 (Retired Teachers)
Teacher of the Year 1998 – Konnoak Elementary School

SANDRA WILDER
Class 1967
Major: Nursing

Accomplishments
Adjunct faculty member at WSSU Nursing-Distance Learning RN/BSN Option
Served as President of the Nursing Alumni Chapter and Vice President at the National level
Political leader to continue WSSUs Nursing Program in 1989 – obtained 10,000 signatures from the Winston-Salem community to show support
MSN Degree-Nursing Administration-UNC Greensboro
Elected twice as Vice President of the WSSU National Association
Chair of the Bylaws and Membership committees
Active in her community and church – Mount Zion Baptist
1 daughter and two grandsons

CHARLES HAYNES
Class 1953 (deceased)
Major: Elementary Education

Accomplishments
Retired Elementary School Principal (East Orange NJ)
Co-Chair, WSSU NAA Long Range Planning Committee
WSSU NAA Leadership (Chapter President, Treasurer, Secretary, Parlimentarian)
Co-organizer of the WSSU Eastern Atlantic District
WSSU NAA Member 50 plus years

DANIEL WOODARD
Class 1953
Major: Education

Accomplishments
WSSU NAA Treasurer
WSSU NAA Chapter President
WSSU NAA Member 55 plus years
Principal, White Plains High School, First African American Administrator in City School District
Jack and Ina Marash Distinguished Service Award
Pioneer of the Westchester, Rockland, Putnam Cooperative College Committee

PEYTON THOMAS HAIRSTON
Class 1954 (deceased)
Major: Education
Title: President 1998-2002

Accomplishments
Moved the Alumni Association offices back on campus
Secured the services of Morgan and Stanley to advise and handle investment funds
Served on Search Committee for new Chancellor and Athletic Director

V. MADGE MOORE HAYNES
Class 1954
Major: Elementary Education

Accomplishments
Co-Chair, WSSU NAA Long Range Planning Committee
Retired Educator (Charlote NC, Rome NY Schools)
Establishment of the 50th Year Class Reunion Giving Plan (authorized by Chancellor Harold L. Martin – 2004)
WSSU NAA Member 50 plus years

ALICE DALTON MCNEIL
Class 1955
Major: Elementary Education

Accomplishments
Miss Alumni WSSU 1992
Retired Educator (Washington DC Public Schools)
Adjunct Professor, University of District of Columbia and Trinity University
National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education Advisory Team
Founder/Chairperson, “A Circle of Partners: Opening Pathways to the Future”

DR. JAMES W. WRIGHT
Class 1955
Major: Elementary Education
Title: President 1984-1986

Accomplishments
Founding member and President of the New Jersey Alliance of Black School Educators
Performed off Broadway with a group known as Voices Incorporated

SHIRLEY FAISON SIMS
Class 1956 (deceased)
Major: Elementary Education

Accomplishments
WSSU NAA Chapter President
Established the Shirley Faison Sims Scholarship Endowment (WSSU)
Chair, Wayne County Board of Education
Raleigh Dingman Award 2002, NC School Board Association
Long Leaf Pine Award 2002, State of North Carolina

BEAUFORT BAILEY
Class 1957
Major: Elementary Education
Title: President 1992-1996

Accomplishments
Instrumental in the development of WSSU automobile license tag program
Responsible for the preservation of the Simon Green Atkins Home and instrumental in having it restored and placed on campus
Responsible for Simon Green Atkins North Carolina Historical Marker that is found in front of the Atkins Building on campus

DR. CHARLIE BRADY HAUSER
Class 1940 (deceased)
Major: Education
Title: Executive Secretary 1960-1967 (deceased)

Accomplishments
Professor of Education
Representative in the NC General Assembly
Honarary Doctor of Humane Letter
Diamond Life Member of the NAACP

MARIE ALLEN MATTHEWS
Class 1948
Major: Elementary Education

Accomplishments
Retired educator – Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools-38 years of service
Miss Alumni 1966
Treasurer of the Queens Club for 16 years, also served as President
Officer in the WSSU Brown Chapter for many years
Masters Degree in Elementary Education-NC A&T State University