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Show moreJudge Perry Brooks Jackson graduated magna cum laude from Adelbert College and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, an honoray scholarship society. In 1922, he received his LL.B. from Western Reserve University Law School. He served as editor of The Cleveland Call (Call & Post)from 1923-1927. Judge Jackson was elected to the Ohio Legislature in 1928 and served as a member of the Cleveland City Council. In August 1942, he was appointed muncipal judge by the governor and was subsequently re-elected for two successive terms, becoming the first African American to be elected to a judgeship in Ohio. He became a Common Pleas judge and retired from the bench in 1973 at the age of 77. He continued to serve as visiting judge and arbitrator until his death in 1986.
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Show moreDr. Reynolds Lee, 1913. A Clevelander, Dr. Lee graduated from the Western Reserve Dental School and established a local practice. He was the brother-in-law of J. Walter Wills, owner of one of Cleveland's leading funeral homes.
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Show moreRobert P. Madison, Class of 1948. At his graduation from the Western Reserve University School of Architecture, Mr. Madison received the Jansen Book Prize Thesis Award. He continued his studies at Harvard University and received a Master's in Architecture; he was also elected President of the Class of 1952. Mr. Madison then received a Fullbright Fellowship (1952) to study at the Ecole Des Beaux Arts in Paris, France; he studied urban design and pre-stressed concrete. Mr. Madison opened his first office in 1954. Today, Robert P. Madison, International is a respected, award-winning firm.
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Show moreRobert Shauter, Class of 1923. After receiving his degree from the Western Reserve University Pharmacology School, Mr. Shauter worked for several drug stores. Then, in 1936, he and his wife, Francis, purchased their first store at the corner of East 93rd and Cedar. In 1943, Shauter Drug was expanded and occupied facilties in the Reserve Building at East 55th and Woodland--the center of the Afrcian American business district. Shauter Drug became Shauter Drug Company and a prescription laboratory was opened in 1940 at East 55th and Central. After his sudden death in 1944, Mr. Shauter's wife became president and general manager of the company. She opened a fourth store at East 105th and Ostend. In his honor, friends of Robert Shauter donated to Case's School of Social Sciences (SASS) a kitchen facility for social workers and clients (1946).
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Show moreRussell H. Davis, Class of 1920. Mr. Davis earned an A.B. degree in Education from Western Reserve College. He received the B.S. degree (Chemical Engineering) in 1922 from the Case Institute of Technology. He played both football and basketball with the Western Reserve teams. After working for five years in industrial chemical engineering, Mr. Davis received the first African American male teacher appointment in a secondary school system (1928). Following that, he held several principalships in the Cleveland school system, including Harry E. Davis Junior High (named for his brother). In 1967, Mr. Davis was elected to the State Board of Education and served 18 years as a trustee of the Family Service Association. He also served as a trustee and treasurer of Cleveland's Karamu House, an historical African American theatre and cultural center.
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Show moreCongresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Class of 1971. Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones earned her undergraduate degree from Case Western Reserve University's Flora Stone Mather College. She also received her Juris Doctorate form the Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1974. She also holds honorary doctorates from Myers University, Notre Dame College, and Central State University.Congresswoman Jones is the first African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives from Ohio. She is a resident of the 11th District, which includes parts of 20 municipalities. Currently in her fourth term in office, the Congresswoman, a strong advocate for many issues, has championed wealth building and economic development, access and delivery of health care, and quality education for all. The Congresswoman's committee assignments include being the first African American Woman to serve on the powerful Ways and Means Committee, with her subcommittees being Social Security and Select Revenue Measures. The Congresswoman also serves on the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (Ethics) and is an active member of numerous Congressional Caucuses, including the Congressional Black Caucus and chairs its Housing Task Force.
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Show moreThomas E. Green transferred from the Case School of Applied Science to Western Reserve University Law School in 1905. He graduated from the Law School in 1908. He was known as a fast broken-field runner (as half-back). He was also an outstanding track man and helped Case beat Reserve in a 1903 track meet. Mr. Green also won two first places and scored 15 points at the state conference meet. This was the largest individual point total of any participant. He was declared the best inter-collegiate athlete in the state and was the subject of an editorial in the Sunday Leader newspaper. In 1905, he was an All-Ohio choice in football.
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