Virginia State University - Trojan Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO ONE OF OUR OWN . . . MILTON JOHNSON Mr. Johnson, a native of Petersburg, is an aluumnus of Vlrglnla State Unlverslty. He was a member of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes for flve years. He became a part of the group ln Phlladelphla ln 1973 and went on the with lt to tours of England. Brazil, Puerto Rico, Canada and other places. Playlng both trumpet and Flugelhorn. Johnson appeared wlth the Blue Notes at the Kool Jazz Festlvals during the summers of '74 through '78 and at Carnegle Hall ln '75. Mr. Johnson ls a member of the Petersburg Jazz Ensembly, and Is currently pursuing a Master's degree In music educatlon, here at the Unlverslty. The Trojan Yearbook staff, as well as the entlre unlverslty, are proud of your accomplishments and wlsh you much luck ln all of your future endeavors.

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Davld Halberstam earned a Pulitzer Prize for hls re portlng from Vletnam tor the New York Times in 1962 and 1963 and ls the author of two of the bestselling books of the 1970s. The Power That Be and The Best and The Brightest. On November 27 he lectured at Virginia State Uni verslty. The Best and The Brightest, published in 1972, provlded a detailed look at the period in America which began with John F. Kennedy's Inauguration and ended wlth the extreme political unrest of the late 19605. The Powers That Be provides an eyeopenlng detailed look at the astonishing rise to power and in fluence of the American media. Halberstam, at 45, ls tame and power's own notary pubIic, said the Wash- lngton Post. He was certified as a wielder of power the day John F. Kennedy tried to talk the New York Tlmes Into pulling him out of Vietnam. Ms. MCTYSI E. Epps Senlar ReCl'lCII f Reception Vocal Music MGIOF, Membef of COIWCBTT Cl'lOiT, ODGIC workshop, Theatre Guild, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, OITISQG Pedfl. -J'-lfv, nf' ok-

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xt up A LM Mary Lou WWICITIS Virginia State University Resident Scholar Series Articulate, Distinguished, First Lady of Jazz April 1980