Tag: In Memoriam

Improvement to Degree Attainment Rate Should Be a Key Component of Honoring MLK Legacy

Improvement to Degree Attainment Rate Should Be a Key Component of Honoring MLK Legacy

While Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is probably most remembered for his “I Have a Dream” speech delivered in Washington, DC in 1963, his stirring orations began much earlier in his life, going back to when he was an undergraduate student at Morehouse College in Atlanta in the late 1940s. It was at Morehouse in […]

A Memoriam to Doug Laughlin: Boss, Mentor and Friend

A Memoriam to Doug Laughlin: Boss, Mentor and Friend

When I issued an RFP in 2001 to find a firm to handle trade and consumer advertising for Sallie Mae, the Fortune 500 company where I then worked, I didn’t expect it would lead to the finalists becoming two of my enduring friends in the 18 years since. The “winner” of the competition, Mark Russell […]