United States Achievement Academy - National Award Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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UNITED STATES ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY? HALL DF FAM 2 DR. ADRON DORAN Morehead State University President Emeritus The life of Dr. Adron Doran has been a unique blend of educational, political and religious activities, and he has made significant contributions to all three areas. Adron, the son of a farmer who believed in hard work and religion, was born in 1909 in Graves County, Kentucky. His father did not believe in advanced education for his six sons, but Adron managed to complete his high school training in 1928. Since Christianity was instrumental in Adronls selection of a college, he enrolled in the Church of Christ's Freed-Hardeman Junior College in Henderson, Tennessee. He became a minister during his freshman year and has maintained his ministry ever since. In 1930, Doran entered Murray State Teachers College. He married Mignon Louise McClain in his junior year. When he graduated from Murray State in 1932, Adron be- came principal of Boaz School in Graves County. At 22, he was the youngest principal the county had ever hired. Doran served as principal and basketball coach of the high school in Wingo, Kentucky, from 1938-1948. He also became minister of the nearby Trenton Church of Christ and president of the Murray State Alumni. In 1936 he was elected Vice-President of the First District Educational Association and four years later was elected President of the organization. By 1946 he had become so prominent that he was elected President of the Kentucky Educational Association. A strong believer in the importance of high-quality educa- tion, Doran knew that before he could improve Kentucky's educational system he would have to get to the source where improvements could be made. In 1944 he ran for the State House of Representatives and was elected to four straight terms. During his one-year term as Speaker of the House, appropriations for education increased from 510 million to S32 million. Doran earned his M.A. from Murray in 1948 and his Doctorate of Education from the University of Kentucky in 1950. In 1955, Dr. Doran began a 22-year term as Presi- dent of Morehead State University. A small college of 600 when he became President, Morehead State had an enroll- ment of 8,000 by the time he left in 1977. Some of the awards he has received include: the Outstand- ing Service to Education in Kentucky plaque from the Ken- tucky Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, being named Kentuckian of the Year by the Kentucky Press Association 1195915 selection as a Horatio Alger Award win- nerg and the coveted Lincoln Key for success in integration. When asked about the future of America's youth, he said, I see a stronger moral fiber developing. I have so much more conlidence in the younger generation than in the rebel- lious students of the l96O's. Now retired, Dr. Doran and his wife devote much of their time to church work.

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EUNITED STATES ACHIEVEMENT ACADEM 2 LL 0F FAME 2 MILLICENT FENWICK Former U.S. Congresswoman The whole point of government is justice, declares Con- gresswoman Millicent Fenwick. With this conviction, she has become a vital, outspoken advocate of the rights of con- sumers, women, the elderly, the poor, racial minorities and small-business operators. Her remarkable successes have come in spite of limited schooling. Though fluent in several languages and extremely well-informed, Mrs. Fenwick received little formal training beyond age 15, when her father became Ambassador to Spain. She returned to this country in 1929 and soon thereaf- ter began work at Harper's Bazaar. Adolph Hitler impelled Mrs. Fenwick into politics. After hearing him speak, she joined the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Though a writer for Vogue in New York for 14 years, she remained interested in home-state politics and devoted her weekends to community affairs- in particular, civil rights, consumer interests, prison reform and conservation. She served as chairman of the Somerset County Legal Aid Society and of the Bernardsville Recreation Commis- sion, and from 1958 to 1964 was a member of the Bernards- ville Borough Council. From 1958 to 1972, as member and vice-chairman of the New Jersey advisory committee to the United States Com- mission on Civil Rights, Millicent visited building sites to make on-the-scene checks of discrimination charges and at- tend rallies of blacks and Hispanic demonstrators. Winning a seat in the New Jersey General Assembly in 1969, Mrs. Fenwick impressed Governor William T. Cahill with her approach to social problems. He appointed her to head a new state agency as director of the state's consumer affairs, where peers described her as controversial but very respected. At the age of 64 fin 19741, when most of her peers were planning their retirement, Mrs. Fenwick was elected to Con- gress. During her eight years as congresswoman the inde- fatigable Millicent served on several committees, working 12-hour days. Much of her energy was devoted to introduc- ing proposals benefiting the elderly, consumers, and small business operators. In addition, Mrs. Fenwick gained notori- ety in 1975 with heroutspoken statements on human free- dom while in the Soviet Union as a member of a Congres- sional delegation. Dedicated to public service for many years, Mrs. Fenwick has served voluntarily on dozens of organizations, including Stevens Institute of Technology, the New Jersey Historical Society, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Newark Museum, Somerset Hills YMCA and the Somerset County Legal Ser- vices. She has been affectionately parodied by the character Dav- enport Lacey in the cartoon strip DoonesburyF'

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EUNITED STATES ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY? 2 HALL GF FAM is SHIRLEY CHISHOLM Former U.S. Congresswoman An articulate, straightforward champion of the down- trodden, she derives her power from 'the people'. That is Shirley Chisholm, the senior Democratic woman in the U.S. House of Representatives. She is the only Black American- and the only woman-to sit on the powerful House Rules Committee. A member of the Congressional Black Caucus, she is also the secretary of the House Democratic Caucus. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1924, Ms. Chisholm's first years were spent on the island of Barbados in the West Indies. She credits a stable, strict family life and an educa- tional environment demanding excellence for her early achievements. After earning a B.A. Ccum laudej and M.A. in Education and a diploma in Administration from Columbia University, Ms. Chisholm was a school teacher and day nursery director before running successfully for the New York State Assem- bly. She was elected to the 91st Congress in 1968, her consti- tuency being the 12th Congressional District in the borough of Brooklyn, New York. Blacks and Puerto Ricans comprise more than 7096 of the population, the rest being Jewish, Polish, Ukranian and Italian. Thus Ms. Chisholm, who speaks fluent Spanish, represents the most diversified of all congressional districts. Called with admiration a force to be reckoned with and a maverick, Ms. Chisholm won a spot in 1971 on the House Education and Labor Committee-her main field of expertise and interest. There she served for six years before moving to the prestigious Rules Committee, where she is now a ranking member. In 1972 the Congresswoman ran for President, becoming the Hrst black woman to seek America's highest office. Al- though she lost, her name, goals and leadership were brought to national attention. Much has been written about Ms. Chisholm-she is the sub ject of at least six books and numerous magazine articles. The holder of 15 honorary degrees from colleges and univer- sities throughout the country, she is also afliliated with doz- ens of political, educational and public service organizations including: 0 League of Women Voters ' Democratic Women's Workshop ' Brooklyn Branch, NAACP 0 Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Home for the Aged 0 National Association of College Women ' National Advisory Council for the Institute for Studies in Education, Notre Dame ' Honorary Board of Cosmopolitan Young People's Sym- phony Orchestra, Inc., New York City ' Foundation for Research and Education in Sickle Cell Disease 0 Honorary Committee Member, United Negro College Fund