CELEBRATING LINCOLN UNIVERSITY'S EMERITUS CLASS OF 1967

By Gloria Dulan-Wilson

Hello All:

Well, we are now in the History Books - we are officially members of the EMERITUS CLASS 

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS - and oh so much has happened in those 50 years!! Much to celebrate and be proud of - and a few things that we don't dare divulge until the statute of limitations have expired (LOL).

We are the BLACK POWER CLASS - Before the world even knew what BLACK POWER was about!!!

We are the beginning of the wearing of naturals and African clothes.  We are the ones who met with Stokely Carmichael and Doc Hamilton as they planned the next SNCC strategies. We gave asylum to our African freedom fighting brothers from South Africa, Mozambique, Angola, the Congo, as well as classmates to those brothers from newly liberated African countries such as Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Tanzania, Uganda - as you can see, I love bragging about Lincoln University.  

But this a double history, because we also inaugurated our first Alumna as the 14 President of Lincoln University -  DR. BRENDA ALLEN - and I daresay, things are looking up - because we, the mighty majestic class of 1967, the torchbearers of the tradition, fought tooth and nail for a quality president.   We were there to witness her installation and snatch our 163 year legacy from the jaws of mediocrity and put it firmly back on the path of progress and power (that's another article for another post - stay tuned).  We've only just begun to embark on our next Fifty years!

These are some of the highlight photos from our Homecoming and Alumni Weekend - not in any special order.

I just want to let those classmates who attended how happy I was to see them and be with them. And for those of you who missed it, tsk!tsk!tsk!  You really missed a grand time.

We have so much love for Lincoln University, our Alma Mater - and know that had it not been for our wonderful time there and our wonderful professors, mentors and classmates, we would not have enjoyed the wonderful lifetime experiences and memories we share today.

HAIL! HAIL! LINCOLN!!

ME AND MY LINCOLN UNIVERSITY EMERITUS MEDALLION PROUDLY
CELEBRATING FIFTY YEARS OF GRADUATING FROM LINCOLN UNIVERSITY
THE MIGHTY CLASS OF 1967

WITH TWO LINCOLN U SORORS  FROM THE CLASS OF 72

CLASSMATE MARC PEVAR AND WIFE SUSAN - ENTERTAINING US AT LEVI'S PARTY

CLASSMATE LEVI NWACHUKU HOSTED AN ALUMNI PARTY AT HIS HOME WISHING  OUR
FAVORITE PROFESSOR  DR. CHARLES V. (CHUCK) HAMILTON HAPPY BIRTHDAY - THE PHONE WAS PASSED AROUND THE ROOM AND ALL THE CLASSMATES IN TURN WISHED HIM HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND TOLD HIM HOW MUCH WE LOVED AND APPRECIATED HIM
DOC HAMILTON CELEBRATED HIS 88TH BIRTHDAY ON OCTOBER 19, 2017
BUT WE HAVE BEEN CELEBRATING HIM IN SOME FORM OR FASHION FOR FIFTY YEARS

DR. BRENDA ALLEN, LU '81, NEWLY MINTED PRESIDENT OF LINCOLN UNIVERSITY
WELCOMING THE CLASS OF 67 ON OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY

ROBERT (ROB) JOHNSON (wife and daughter in background) AT LU BANQUET & FUNDRAISER -
DONATED $50,000 TO LINCOLN  OR $1000 FOR EVERY YEAR HE GRADUATED FROM LINCOLN
ISSUED A CHALLENGE TO THE CLASS OF 68 TO DO THE SAME AT THEIR UPCOMING 50TH IN 2018

L-R  CLASSMATES RONALD (MOUSE) MOFFITT AND RICHARD (CHUBB) WILLIAMS WITH SISTER/SOROR/FRIEND/CLASSMATE CAROL BLACK AT EMERITUS LUNCHEON

BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEMBER GUY SIMS AT HOMECOMING BANQUET

HOSTESS WITH THE MOSTESS - UGOCHI NWACHUKU WHO LAID OUT A SPREAD THAT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT FOR DAYS AND WEEKS TO COME  

L-R CLASSMATES ED HILL, GRADY (WEASEL) LONG AND BAXTER (BAX) SMITH AT LEVI'S ALUMNI PARTY

CLASSMATE, TRUSTEE MEMBER, FRIEND JOE WILLIAMS CLASS OF 68 

CLASSMATES MARC AND SUSAN PEVAR CLASS OF 67

CLASSMATE HERSCHEL BAILEY - FORMER ASSISTANT TO DR. HAMILTION 

EATING SOME SERIOUS FOOD AT LEVI'S 

SOROR MINNETTA METZ - CLASS OF 72 CELEBRATING 45 YEARS  -  5 YEARS TO GO

L-R: ISOPHENE JOHNSON (Rob's wife) ROB JOHNSON, ED HILL AND GRADY LONG 

L-R: ERNST C. LEVISTER, MD, Direct descendant of the first student to attend Lincoln University in 1854;  DR. BRENDA ALLEN, PRESIDENT OF LINCOLN UNIVERSITY,
AND WILLIAM E. BENNETT, PhD  specialist in Stem Cell Technology
Receiving special recognition from the President 

MARC AND SUSAN ENTERTAIN AT THE PARTY WITH ORIGINALLY COMPOSED FOLK SONGS

SITTING OUT ON THE QUAD OUTSIDE THURGOOD MARSHALL HALL WATCHING
DR. BRENDA ALLEN BE SWORN IN AS OUR 14TH PRESIDENT AND
THE FIRST ALUMNA IN THE
163 YEAR HISTORY OF LINCOLN TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT

14TH PRESIDENT OF LINCOLN UNIVERSITY DR. BRENDA ALLEN

CAKE CONTRIBUTED BY CAROL BLACK - ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!! AND BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED

LINCOLN RABBLE HANGING WITH LEVI AT OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY CELEBRATION

MR. EMERY WIMBUSH, JR - FORMER HEAD OF LINCOLN'S LANGSTON HUGHES LIBRARY AND
LOOKING GREAT AT THE AGE OF 92

L-R: FARUQ IMAN AND GRADY LONG LOOKING AT OUR ORIGINAL YEARBOOK -
FARUQ  MAY BE THE ONLY ONE WHO STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL COPY 

CLASSMATES O 19 67 PROUDLY SPORTING OUR MEDALLIONS 

JOHN PAUL (PABLO) STEPHENS '68 AND EMERY WIMBUSH, JR

OFFICIAL LU RABBLE CLASS OF 67 MAKES THEIR ENTRY TO LEVI'S PARTY - LET THE FUN BEGIN!

LR: HERMAN LAWSON, RICHARD WILLIAMS, BAXTER SMITH, TERRY GOMES, ROB JOHNSON, EDWARD HILL, RONALD MOFFITT 

AT LEVI'S PARTY 

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY CLASS OF 1967 

PRESENTING OUR MEDALLIONS AT THE EMERITUS LUNCHEON 

ROB AND ISOPHENE TAKING A SELFIE

ROB SPORTING HIS CLASS OF 67 JACKET 

THE AFRICAN COLOR GUARD LEADING THE WAY TO THE PRESIDENT'S INAUGURATION



TO BE CONTINUED...

STAY BLESSED &
ECLECTICALLY BLACK
GLORIA  DULAN-WILSON LU '67