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Boldviewsxx (talk) 16:15, 16 May 2009 (UTC) Thomas Glenn Pelham
Born Cairo, Georgia married Susan Tillman 1965 one child Thomas Glenn Pelham Jr. Died Monroe,Georgia
Georgia state senator 1959-1963 Emory University Director of Debate 1961-62; 1963-1972 Active in Speech assn of America Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Delta Modern Barkley Forum High School Debate Tournament NDT 1965(Larry Woods, Charles Clark), 1966(Larry Woods, Bill Boice),1967(Susan Cahoon, Joe Longino),1968(Susan Cahoon, Joe Longino),1969,1970(Nicholas Lotito),1971(Melissa Wade, Bruce Albrecht),1972(Melissa Maxcy,Bruce Albrecht, Lilly Correa, Michael Kidwell) Judge, Monroe Georgia Author, Speaking Easy summer workshops integrated Marsha Houston
Pelham's Speak easy by Thomas Glenn Pelham (Two Tom Publishers, 1979) SOURCE http://openlibrary.org/a/OL1763695A/Thomas-Glenn-Pelham
EMORY DEBATE In 1959, Cairo high school, coached by Glenn Pelham, won the Barkley Forum for High Schools. In 1961, the Barkley Forum membership asked the same Glenn Pelham, who would also serve two terms in the Georgia State Senate, to coach the Emory University debate team. He accepted and the Barkley Forum went on to become one of the most successful debating organizations in the country. In 1967, Emory won its first national title in academic debate when Susan Cahoon, Mark Frankel, Joe Longino, and Bill McDaniel brought home the DSR-TKA national championship. Since 1967, Emory debate has won over twenty national championships. In 1972, Glenn Pelham retired. The Barkley Forum has always been firmly committed to supporting high school forensics. The high school tournament, the Barkley Forum for High Schools, began in 1951, and continues today providing top-flight national competition at the high school level. In addition, the BFHS takes the opportunity of the tournament to showcase successful high school participants in final rounds packed with large audiences. The BFHS also honors the high school teachers who work hard to provide a forensics education to their students. Each weekend throughout the school year, thousands of high school teachers take time to travel to high school debate tournaments out of sheer commitment to the value of forensic pedagogy. The BFHS sponsors the Barkley Forum Key Society, a national honor society of high school coaches inducted for their demonstrated commitment to the art of forensics education.
The Barkley Forum also hosts the Emory National Debate Institute, begun in 1965, to provide training and education for high school teachers and students. This two-week session brings some of the nation's finest forensic minds to campus each summer to explore the scholastic debate topic and learn fundamentals of debate. Members of the Forum are frequently assigned to assist metro area programs as part of a supervised educational studies internship and make guest appearances at schools upon request. The Forum sponsors seven middle school tournaments, six Atlanta UDL high school tournaments, and an Atlanta UDL city championship for high schools and middle schools. The Forum also provides faculty support to workshops and tutorials across the U.S. as the primary consultant and trainer for the UDL national education reform movement.
Beginning in 1960, the Barkley Forum moved beyond public debates and began to use competitive debate to increase civic involvement. Under the direction of Mr. Thomas Glenn Pelham, the Forum began the Emory National Debate Institute, in part to increase debate opportunities, but also to improve the overall educational opportunity for high school students in Georgia and nearby states. Mr. Pelham also initiated the tradition of the Barkley Forum Annual Awards Banquet, at which students, staff, and faculty of Emory are acknowledged for their support of Forum activities and goals. Additionally, the Emory Chapter of Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha, the honorary academic forensics society, awards the Georgia Speaker of the Year. The honor, presented to a Georgian for intelligent, responsible, and effective communication, reaffirms the Barkley Forum's commitment that the art of forensics should be used for the benefit of the broader community. The recipients present a brief speech, usually demonstrating their commitment to civil society. Past recipients include former President Jimmy Carter; former UN Ambassador Andrew Young; Benjamin Mays, leader in education; Mills B. Lane, investment banker; Robert Shaw, former director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; and Leah Sears of the Georgia Supreme Court, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter; actress, activist, and philanthropist Jane Fonda; former United States Senator Max Cleland; Pulitzer Prize Winning political cartoonist Mike Lukovich; and, former United States Congressional Representative Bob Barr among others. Mr. Pelham signified his commitment to public service by serving two terms as a Senator in the Georgia State Legislature.
SOURCE http://www.emory.edu/BF/about.php
The National Debate ProjectInspired by the success of the nation's first UDL, Barkley Forum alumni of Emory University founded the Glenn Pelham Memorial Fund, Inc. in 1987
The Glenn Pelham Memorial Fund, Inc.
An outgrowth of Emory University’s Barkley Forum, the The Glenn Pelham Memorial Fund is a nonprofit organization designed to administer the program’s finances, foster integrated relationships between the university partners, and implement a long-term fundraising strategy.
The Glenn Pelham Memorial Fund is the most successful nonprofit debate organization in the nation. Since 1996, the Glenn Pelham Memorial Fund has attracted and dispersed more than two million dollars in grant monies to support debater-oriented programs for underserved urban and rural students. More than 600 high school students have received scholarships to summer debate institutes as a results of the foundation’s efforts. Having won 20 national championships since 1995, Emory debaters serve as a consistent source of the most qualified mentors anywhere for traditionally underserved populations. SOURCE http://communication.gsu.edu/special.html
This sets up the Final round of the Emory U. BFHS: The Thomas Glenn Pelham Tutorial to be judged by key coaches.XX debate SOURCE http://gaforensics.com/2008/01/barkley-forum-thomas-glenn-pelham-silver-key-debate-cx.html
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"the Glenn Pelham Memorial Foundation was created in 2002 in honor of Emory University’s beloved visionary and debate coach Glenn Pelham. hrough the influence and support of the Glenn Pelham Memorial Foundation, urban debate leagues were founded in 18 of the nation's largest cities, including Atlanta, New York, Baltimore, Milwaukee, and Miami. Over 37,000 undeserved students and their teachers have participated nationally in urban debate programs and 90% have graduated from high school; 75% have attended college. In addition to the urban debate leagues, the Glenn Pelham Memorial Foundation has supported the creation of The Atlanta Urban Debate League, Nashville Urban Debate League, Miami Dade Urban League, Debate Across the Curriculum, Computer Assisted Debate Project, Georgia Middle School Debate League, The Debate Center at Georgia State University, and the Emory University National Debate Institute." SOURCE http://glennpelham.org/history.html
Supporting the work of the National Debate Project academic consortium (Emory, Georgia State, New York, and Tennessee State Universities) debate programs, students learn to express their opinions constructively, rather than resort to violence. Debate education initiatives target undeserved children early in school, when they are the most vulnerable. The Glenn Pelham Memorial Foundation brings debate skills and opportunities to these children through the following programs Urban Debate Leagues Students successfully compete in tournaments against other area schools including the most elite private institutions. Currently there are six urban debate leagues established or supported through the Glenn Pelham Memorial Foundation (Atlanta, Baltimore, New York City, Miami-Dade, Milwaukee, and Nashville). Additional consulting support has been delivered to urban debate league programs in 15 other cities including Kansas City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington D.C. SOURCE http://glennpelham.org/programs.html
1956 - The 54th Annual BARKLEY FORUM - 2009 The Barkley Forum for High Schools is dedicated to those who have built the current tournament experience. The Barkley Forum for High Schools has several institutions dedicated to honoring excellence in forensics. The Hall of Champions remembers the winners of past years. The listing of member Chairs honors schools with strong forensic programs of today and yesterday. Retired Key coaches are recalled and honored. The Forum was in existence long before the birth of any contestant taking part in the 54th tournament. Thus, the tradition that built the 2009 Barkley Forum for High Schools is an integral part of the future.
The Forum salutes those who guide students in education, citizenship, character, creativity and recognition. The Forum congratulates those moderators who know how to teach students to motivate themselves and direct the necessary work to raise funds, to discipline young minds, to run interference where necessary, and to stimulate educational experience rather than pettiness. The Barkley Forum especially appreciates those coaches who can teach the value of vision beyond the trophy.
Your participation in the 54th tournament affirms the pride Emory takes in the efforts of the various schools that have built the Forum. Emory recognizes its debt to you. Thus, in a way thanking you and them, the 54th year will salute success.
BARKLEY FORUM MEMBERSHIP
Two hundred eighteen schools do hold or have held Chairs of Membership in the Barkley Forum for High Schools at Emory University. The currently active schools, all reflecting quality performance of the past, have automatic reservations at the annual January meetings. Their memberships are valid for a minimum of two years. It is not necessary for the schools holding active Chairs to apply for participation in the current year. However, they should complete the application forms for the individual participants and return them by the deadline to facilitate the acceptance of the maximum number of non-member schools. Guaranteed reservations will only be held until December 1 to maximize competitive opportunities for all schools.
A member school may be absent for one year without endangering its standing. The second absence in succession vacates the Chair. Likewise, a member school may render an inferior performance at the Barkley Forum for one year without endangering its standing. Two successive years of substandard performance will question the membership. Guests are optional candidates for membership by two successive years of better-than-average performance or instant success. A number of schools are now under consideration.
Engraved plaques are presented to member schools. Membership recognizes high quality forensics performance resulting from commitments from the schools. Danville High School (KY), Dreyfoos School of the Arts (FL), Hockaday School (TX), Marjory Stoneman Douglas (FL), and Ransom Everglades School (FL) are the 2008 member schools.
GOLD KEY AWARDS
The most prestigious presentation made by the Emory Barkley Forum is the presentation of the GOLD KEY. A select number of Directors of Forensics will be added in 2009 to this exemplary list of previous recipients. The recognition of those so named will take place at the Opening Awards Assembly on Friday, January 23rd to which all participants, coaches, and judges are invited.
The complete listing of the notable coaches and honorary designees can be found from the link “Gold Key Society.” Invitation to the KEY Society is a lifetime designation.
In 2008, Michael Bacon (Newburgh Free Academy, In honorarium), Allen Louden (In honorarium), Tracey McFarland (Dallas Jesuit), and Jim Wakefield (Ft. Lauderdale) were tapped into membership in the KEY society.
AWARDS TO THE PARTICIPANTS The SILVER KEY - In commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the Barkley Forum in 1980, the Grand Championship was denoted by the SILVER KEY, a small sterling silver emblem duplicating the design of the prestigious Gold KEY awarded only to the KEY Coaches. The SILVER KEY indicates a Barkley Forum Champion and may be worn only by first-place winners in debate, the first-place individual debater, the first-place winners in Lincoln-Douglas, Extemporaneous Speaking, Original Oratory, Dramatic Interpretation, Duo Interpretation, Prose & Poetry (formerly offered), Public Forum and Student Congress. The KEY has no written marking visible to the public and is a piece of fine jewelry suitable for any occasion. While trophies will be granted as usual for the appropriate victories, the SILVER KEY belongs to the Barkley Forum victors of the future.
The Trophy KEY - Uniquely, the Barkley Forum trophy is a larger KEY cast from an antique brass KEY hidden in Georgia from Sherman's March to the Sea in 1864. This original KEY was discovered and donated to the Emory Barkley Forum by Susan and Thomas Glenn Pelham. Nashville attorney Larry David Woods, a distinguished alumnus of Emory and former President of the Forum as well as National President of the Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha debate fraternity, gave a grant to have KEYS cast each year from the original.
SOURCE http://www.joyoftournaments.com/defn/8/4/8416/_8416_jot6.htm
The Gold KEY Society of the Barkley Forum
1. Evelyn Anderson Campbell*
1964 Montgomery Bell Academy
2. Rose B. Johnson
1964 Woodlawn
3. Dorothy McColl Lupold
1964 A. C. Flora
4. Harold Donald Phillips
1964 Central Gwinnett
5. Elliot Tourret Schmidt
1964 McCallie
6. Elizabeth Hall Vickery
1964 Hart County
7. Peggy Maxwell Childs*
1965 Cross Keys
8. Matilou Bolton Duke
1965 BGA
9. Sandra Worthington Silvers*
1965 Calhoun
10. Robert H. Woodland
1965 Clarkesville
11. Michael James Longsdon*
1966 Leon
12. Sister Mary Elaine Ryan*
1966 St. Pius X
13. Etta Scarborough*
1966 Sarasota
14. Hunter A. Strickland*
1966 Putnam County
15. Jane Wright Eldridge
1967 Madison (Hunters Lane)
16. Franklin Dean Grant*
1967 Chamblee
17. Hazel Green Gann
1968 Unicoi County
18. Eugene C. Loring*
1968 Central Gwinnett
19. Anne Douglas White
1968 John Overton
20. Robert Dillard Ballentine
1969 Woodward
21. James Lewis Mann II
1969 Dreher
22. Linda Whitaker Rothwell
1969 Dutch Forte (Irmo)
23. Mary Dean
1970 Bluefield
24. Charles Frederick Clark
1971 North Springs
25. James Madison Copeland
1971 Marquette University HS
26. John Robert Hester*
1971 Frayser
27. Selma Earnest Ridgway
1971 Montgomery Bell Academy
28. Kenneth H. Rosenthal
1972 Coral Gables
29. Thomas Edward Shoemate*
1972 Lakeside
30. David Thomas Mellon Horn, Jr.
1973 Bishop McDevitt
31. Harry T. Klugel
1973 Wheaton
32. John Sexton
1973 St. Brendan
33. Ralph E. Carey*
1974 Miami Beach
34. Brother Gregory Rene Sterner
1974 Calvert Hall
35. William Miles Vogel
1975 Lakeland
36. Theodore Phillip Wolf
1975 North Springs
37. Phyllis Flory Barton*
1976 Princeton
38. Charles Edwin Brower*
1976 Dallas-Jesuit
39. Robert Stanley Erwin
1976 Virgil T. Grissom (Calhoun)
40. Tony Wayne Anderson
1977 Peachtree
41. Charline Ladd Burton
1977 Heritage Hall
42. Esther Wolf Kalmbach
1977 Whitmer
43. Thomas Glenn Pelham*
1977 In honorarium
44. Ted Woodrow Belch
1978 Glenbrook South (GBN)
45. Julia Blyton Roberts
1978 Paducah-Tilghman
46. Richard B. Sodikow
1978 Bronx Science
47. George King Mengert
1979 Pace
48. Rhoda Kirchner Radow*
1979 Nova
49. Thomas Wooten Williams
1979 Chillicothe
50. Ralph Eugene Bender
1980 Centerville
51. Dale Lauder McCall
1980 Twin Lakes (Wellington)
52. George Henry Stege
1980 Glenbrook South
53. Virginia Priest Sutherland
1980 Myers Park
54. Melissa Maxcy Wade
1980 In honorarium
55. Kenny Dale Barfield
1981 Mars Hill
56. Thomas Donald Smith
1981 Firestone
57. Barbara Burns Swisher
1981 Charles Henderson
58. Dennis Duane Winfield
1981 In honorarium
59. Lanny Dean Naegelin*
1982 Winston Churchill
60. Paula Harris Nettles
1982 Woodward
61. James John Unger
1982 In honorarium
62. James E. Fleissner
1983 Kinkaid
63. Susan Tillman Pelham
1983 In honorarium
64. William Woods Tate, Jr.
1983 Montgomery Bell Academy
65. Daryl J. Fisher
1984 Isidore Newman
66. Lois Cromar Hintze
1984 Heritage Hall
67. James Shipp
1985 Marysville
68. Charles Spurlock
1985 Pace
69. Paul Allen Newman
1986 Kinkaid
70. Leslie Earl Phillips
1986 Lexington
71. Rhae Martin Swisher, Jr.
1986 In honorarium
72. Lee James Turner
1986 Pine Crest
73. Greg Edward Varley
1986 Lakeland
74. Patricia Bailey
1987 Homewood
75. Roberta Dawes
1987 Overton
76. Bob Frank
1987 Great Bridge
77. Father Raymond Hahn
1987 Cathedral Prep
78. Walter Alan Ulrich*
1987 In honorarium
79. David Baker
1988 St. Mark’s
80. Eric Brannen
1988 Westminster
81. Sally Schecter
1988 Hendrick Hudson
82. Tim Averill
1989 Manchester
83. Dennis DeYoung
1989 Montgomery Bell Academy
84. Fran Berger
1990 Miami Palmetto
85. Eric DiMichele
1990 Regis
86. Marilee Dukes
1990 Vestavia
87. Glenda Ferguson
1990 Heritage Hall
88. Alex Pritchard
1991 Greenhill (Westwood)
89. Randy Shaver
1991 Thomas Wingate Andrews
90. Jeffrey Wortman
1991 Glenbrook North
91. Byron Arthur
1992 Jesuit – New Orleans
92. Brent Farrand
1992 Newark Science
93. David Richardson
1993 Omaha Westside
94. Merle Ulery
1993 North Miami Beach
95. James Paul Hunter
1994 Oak Park-River Forest
96. Gloria Robison-Robinson
1994 St. James (Ronald Reagan)
97. Paul Slappey*
1994 In honorarium
98. Chris Wheatley
1994 Pace
99. Marie Dzuris
1995 Centerville
100. Rich Edwards
1995 In honorarium
101. Julie Sheinman
1995 Stuyvesant
102. John Woollen
1995 Enloe
103. Richard Bracknell
1996 Carrollton
104. Randy McCutcheon
1996 Albuquerque Academy
105. Bruce Rogers
1996 Northside
106. Ed Williams
1996 Charlotte-Latin (Woodward)
107. Sandra Davis
1997 Battle Ground Academy
108. Rose Joyce
1997 Monticello
109. Michele Coody
1997 St. James
110. Tom Sullivan*
1998 In honorarium
111. David Glass
1998 Edgemont
112. Sheryl Kaczmarek
1998 Newburgh Free Academy
113. Matthew Whipple
1998 Glenbrook South
114. Alan Coverstone
1999 Montgomery Bell Academy
115. Aaron Timmons
1999 Greenhill
116. David Cheshier
2000 In honorarium
117. Betty Maddox
2000 In honorarium
118. Greg Myrberg
2000 Iowa City West
119. Charles Oakes
2000 Battle Ground Academy
120. J.W. Patterson
2000 In honorarium
121. Kandi King
2001 Winston Churchill
122. Michael Jablonski
2001 In honorarium
123. Dan Lingel
2002 Dallas-Jesuit
124. Jim Wade
2002 Milton
125. Jane Boyd
2003 Grapevine
126. Frank Seaver
2003 Woodward Academy
127. Tommie Lindsey
2004 James Logan
128. Lisa Miller
2004 Nova
129. Bill Newnam
2004 Emory University
130. David Huston
2005 Highland Park
131. Linda Oddo
2005 New Trier
132. Warren Sprouse
2005 Cedar Rapids Washington
133. Jonathan Alston
2006 Newark Science
134. Sharon Semmens
2006 In honorarium
135. Doug Springer
2006 New Trier
136. Tara Tate
2006 Glenbrook South
137. Scott Wunn
2006 National Forensics League
138. Eric Emerson
2007 Kinkaid
139. Lexy Green
2007 College Preparatory
140. Jenny Heidt
2007 Westminster
141. Jay Rye
2007 Montgomery Academy
142. Pam Cady Wycoff
2007 Apple Valley
143. Michael Bacon*
2008 Newburgh Free Academy, In honorarium
144. Allen Louden
2008 In honorarium
145. Tracey McFarland
2008 Dallas Jesuit
146. Jim Wakefield
2008 Ft. Lauderdale *Deceased SOURCEhttp://www.joyoftournaments.com/defn/8/4/8416/goldkey.htm
The Hall of Barkley Forum Champions
Year
School Coach
1956
Woodlawn Rose B. Johnson
1957
Perry (Georgia) Mrs. J.O. Coleman
1958
Central Gwinnett Harold Don Phillips
1959
Cairo (Georgia) Thomas Glenn Pelham
1960
Hart County Elizabeth Hall Vickery
1961
Hart County Elizabeth Hall Vickery
1962
Clarksville Robert H. Woodland
1963
Sarasota Etta Scarborough
1964
Madison Jane Wright Eldridge
1965
Clarksville Robert H. Woodland
1966
Calhoun Sandra Worthington Silvers
1967
Calhoun Sandra Worthington Silvers
1968
Coral Gables
Pittsburgh-Central
Kenneth N. Rosenthal
Brother Gregory Rene Sterner
1969
Marquette UHS
Enterprise
James Madison Copeland
Rebecca Baker
1970
St. Brendan
Murrah
John Sexton
Ruth McDonald
1971
Marquette UHS
Marquette UHS
James Madison Copeland
James Madison Copeland
1972
Marquette UHS
St. Brendan
James Madison Copeland
John Sexton
1973
Miami Beach
Marquette UHS
Ralph E. Carey
James Madison Copeland
1974
Miami Beach
Bronx Science
Ralph E. Carey
Richard B. Sodikow
1975
St. Brendan
Miami Beach
John Sexton
Ralph E. Carey
1976
Montgomery Bell
Nova
Selma Earnest Ridgway
Rhoda Kirschner Radow
1977
Bronx Science
Montgomery Bell
Richard B. Sodikow
Selma Earnest Ridgeway
1978
Pace
Jesuit-New Orleans
George King Mengert
Kevin Twohy
1979
Calhoun
Firestone
Sandra Worthington Silver
Thomas Smith
1980
Newark
Bronx Science
Thomas Sullivan
Richard B. Sodikow
1981
Lakeland
Maine East
William Miles Vogel
Lisa Hamm
1982
Bronx Science
Glenbrook North
Richard B. Sodikow
Pamela Schultz
1983
Glenbrook North
Bronx Science
Pamela Schultz-Tacoma
Richard B. Sodikow
1984
Bronx Science
Glenbrook North
Richard B. Sodikow
Thomas Sullivan
1985
St. Mark’s
Caddo Magnet
David Baker
Don Bellanger
1986
Kinkaid
Westminster Schools
Paul Newman
Eric Brannen and Greg Myrberg
1987
Westminser Schools
Stuyvesant
Eric Brannen and Greg Myrberg
Julie Sheinman
1988
Westminster Shools
Edgemont
Eric Brannen and Greg Myrberg
Robert Bunten
1989
Lake Braddock
Roosevelt
Vicki Drinnon
Paul Klousia and David J. O’Connor
1990
St. Mark’s
Glenbrook North
David Baker
Jeff Wortman
1991
Upper Arlington
Omaha-Westside
Marie Dzuris
G. David Richardson
1992
Glenbrook North
Pace
Jeff Wortman
Chris Wheatley
1993
Westminster Schools
Lexington
Eric Brannen and Greg Myrberg
Leslie Phillips
1994
Greenhill
Charlotte Latin
Alex Pritchard and Aaron Timmons
Edward Williams
1995
Lexington
T.A. Edison
Leslie Phillips
Timothy Kane
1997
Caddo Magnet
Greenhill
Don Bellanger
Alex Pritchard and Aaron Timmons
1998
Greenhill
East Grand Rapids
Alex Pritchard and Aaron Timmons
Rebecca Knack
1999
Glenbrook South
Montgomery Bell
Matthew Whipple
William Woods Tate, Jr., Dennis DeYoung, and Alan Coverstone
2000
Glenbrook North Ted Belch College Preparatory Ryan Mills
2001
Greenhill
Woodward
Alex Pritchard and Aaron Timmons
Frank Seaver, Ed Williams, and Paula Nettles
2002
Woodward
Pace
Frank Seaver and Paula Nettles
Chris Wheatley, Jenny Heidt, and Josh Coffman
2003
Woodward
College Preparatory
Frank Seaver and Paula Nettles
Lexy Green
2004
C.R. Washington
Glenbrook North
Warren Sprouse
Ted Belch
2005
Kinkaid School
Highland Park
Eric Emerson
David Huston
2006
Westminster
Woodward
Jenny Heidt
Frank Seaver and Paula Nettles
2007
Westminster
Greenhill
Jenny Heidt and David Heidt
Aaron Timmons
2008
Cathedral Prep
St. Mark's
Father Ray Hahn and Brian Manuel
Tim Mahoney and Jason Peterson
SOURCE http://www.joyoftournaments.com/defn/8/4/8416/hallchamps.htm
Member Schools of the Barkley Forum for High Schools
1963
Chair 1 Hart County (v) Hartwell, Georgia Chair 2 Montgomery Bell Academy Nashville, Tennessee Chair 3 Woodward Academy College Park, Georgia Chair 4 Clarksville (v) Clarksville, Tennessee Chair 5 Sarasota (v) Sarasota, Florida Chair 6 St. Pius X Atlanta, Georgia Chair 7 Cross Keys (v) Atlanta, Georgia Chair 8 A.C. Flora (v) Columbia, South Carolina Chair 9 Battle Ground Academy Franklin, Tennessee Chair 10 Leon (v) Tallahassee, Florida Chair 11 Dreher Columbia, South Carolina Chair 12 Central Gwinnett (v) Lawrenceville, Georgia Chair 13 Shades Valley (v) Birmingham, Alabama Chair 14 E.W. Grove (v) Paris, Tennessee Chair 15 Cohn (v) Nashville, Tennessee Chair 16 Clarkston (v) Clarkston, Georgia Chair 17 Jonesboro (v) Jonesboro, Georgia Chair 18 Science Hall (v) Johnson City, Tennessee Chair 19 Unicoi County (v) Erwin, Alabama Chair 20 Indian Springs (v) Helena, Alabama Chair 21 Woodlawn (v) Birmingham, Alabama Chair 22 Central (v) Knoxville, Tennessee Chair 23 Sylacauga (v) Sylacauga, Alabama Chair 24 Gainesville (v) Gainesville, Georgia Chair 25 McCallie (v) Chattanooga, Tennessee Chair 26 Calhoun Calhoun, Georgia Chair 27 Westminster Schools Atlanta, Georgia Chair 28 Sewanee Military Academy (v) Sewanee, Tennessee Chair 29 Putnam County (v) Eatonton, Georgia Chair 30 Spring Valley (v) Columbia, South Carolina
1964
Chair 31 Hunter’s Lane (Madison) Madison, Tennessee Chair 32 Baker (v) Columbus, Georgia
1965
Chair 33 Commerce (v) Commerce, Georgia Chair 34 Chamblee (v) Chamblee, Georgia Chair 35 High Point Central High Point, North Carolina Chair 36 W.P. Davidson (v) Mobile, Alabama Chair 37 Mary Persons (v) Forsyth, Georgia
1966
Chair 38 John Overton Nashville, Tennessee Chair 39 Asheville (Lee H. Edwards) (v) Asheville, North Carolina Chair 40 Avondale (v) Avondale Estates, Georgia
1967
Chair 41 Dalton (v) Dalton, Georgia
1968
Chair 42 Coral Gables Coral Gables, Florida Chair 43 Clarke Central (v) Athens, Georgia Chair 44 McGill Institute (v) Mobile, Alabama
1969
Chair 45 Marquette UHS Milwaukee, Wisconsin Chair 46 Enterprise (v) Enterprise, Alabama Chair 47 Central Catholic Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Chair 48 Lakeside (v) Atlanta, Georgia Chair 49 Bluefield (v) Bluefield, West Virginia Chair 50 North Springs (v) Atlanta, Georgia
1970
Chair 51 Northside Warner Robins, Georgia Chair 52 Frayser (v) Memphis, Tennessee Chair 53 St. Brendan (v) Brooklyn, New York Chair 54 Bishop McDevitt (v) Wyncote, Pennsylvania
1971
Chair 55 R.J. Reynolds (v) Winston-Salem, North Carolina Chair 56 Wheaton (v) Wheaton, Maryland
1972
Chair 57 T. Wingate Andrews High Point, North Carolina Chair 58 Boston College HS (v) Boston, Massachusetts Chair 59 Miami Beach (v) Miami Beach, Florida Chair 60 Ursuline Academy (v) Bethesda, Maryland
1973
Chair 61 Baldwin (v) Milledgeville, Georgia Chair 62 Bronx Science Bronx, New York Chair 63 Peachtree (v) Atlanta, Georgia Chair 64 West Springfield (v) Springfield, Virginia Chair 65 Whitmer (v) Toledo, Ohio
1974
Chair 66 Dallas-Jesuit Dallas, Texas Chair 67 Lakeland Shrub Oak, New York Chair 68 Pace Academy Atlanta, Georgia Chair 69 Upper Arlington (v) Columbus, Ohio
1975
Chair 70 Bremen (v) Bremen, Georgia Chair 71 Grissom (v) Hunstville, Alabama Chair 72 Paducah-Tilghman (v) Paducah, Kentucky Chair 73 Princeton (v) Cincinnati, Ohio Chair 74 Walter Panas (v) Peekskill, New York
1976
Chair 75 Heritage Hall Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Chair 76 Norland (v) Miami, Florida Chair 77 North Miami Beach North Miami Beach, Florida Chair 78 Nova Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Chair 79 St. Frances de Sales (v) Toledo, Ohio
1977
Chair 80 Chillicothe (v) Chillicothe, Ohio Chair 81 Charles Henderson Troy, Alabama Chair 82 La Rue County (v) LaRue, Kentucky Chair 83 Mars Hill Mars Hill, Alabama Chair 84 Oviedo (v) Orlando, Florida
1978
Chair 85 Jesuit New Orleans, Louisiana Chair 86 Myers Park Charlotte, North Carolina Chair 87 Rockland (v) Rockland, Massachusetts
1979
Chair 88 Centerville Centerville, Ohio Chair 89 Firestone (v) Firestone, Ohio Chair 90 Glenbrook North Northbrook, Illinois Chair 91 Glenbrook South Glenview, Illinois Chair 92 Marysville (v) Marysville, Ohio Chair 93 Newark Academy (v) South Orange, New Jersey Chair 94 Parkview Lilburn, Georgia Chair 95 Palm Beach Lakes (Twin Lakes) West Palm Beach, Florida Chair 96 Vero Beach (v) Vero Beach, Florida
1980
Chair 97 Kinkaid Houston, Texas Chair 98 Savannah Country Day (v) Savannah, Georgia Chair 99 Terry Parker (v) Jacksonville, Florida
1981
Chair 100 Winston Churchill San Antonio, Texas Chair 101 LaSalle Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Chair 102 Isidore Newman New Orleans, Louisiana Chair 103 Pine Crest Fort Lauderdale, Florida Chair 104 Pius XI (v) Milwaukee, Wisconsin Chair 105 Selma (v) Selma, Alabama
1982
Chair 106 Irmo (v) Irmo, South Carolina
1983
Chair 107 Putnam City (v) Putnam City, Oklahoma Chair 108 Valley Des Moines, Iowa
1984
Chair 109 Americus (v) Americus, Georgia Chair 110 Caddo Magnet Shreveport, Louisiana Chair 111 Cathedral Prep Erie, Pennsylvania Chair 112 Detroit-Catholic Central (v) Detroit, Michigan Chair 113 Palmetto Miami, Florida
1985
Chair 114 Hendrick Hudson New York, New York Chair 115 Hillsboro (v) Nashville, Tennessee Chair 116 Lexington Lexington, Massachusetts Chair 117 St. Mark’s Dallas, Texas
1986
Chair 118 Great Bridge (v) Chesapeake, Virginia Chair 119 Homewood Birmingham, Alabama Chair 120 Mauldin Mauldin, South Carolina Chair 121 Southridge (v) Miami, Florida Chair 122 Stuyvesant New York, New York Chair 123 George Washington Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1987
Chair 124 Greenhill Dallas, Texas Chair 125 Loyola Wilmette, Illinois Chair 126 Manchester Manchester, Massachusetts
1988
Chair 127 Edgemont Scarsdale, New York
1989
Chair 128 Carrollton Carrrollton, Georgia Chair 129 Mountain Brook Birmingham, Alabama Chair 130 Oak Park-River Forest (v) Oak Park, Illinois Chair 131 Prince Edward (Fuqua) (v) Farmville, Virginia Chair 132 Regis New York, New York Chair 133 Vestavia Vestavia Hills, Alabama
1990
Chair 134 Athens College (v) Athens, Greece Chair 135 Bishop O’Dea (v) Seattle, Washington Chair 136 Henry Clay (v) Lexington, Kentucky Chair 137 Newark Science Newark, New Jersey
1991
Chair 138 Enloe Raleigh, North Carolina Chair 139 Hume Fogg (v) Nashville, Tennessee Chair 140 Jesuit Tampa, Florida Chair 141 Monticello Monticello, New York Chair 142 Thomas Jefferson (v) Alexandria, Virginia Chair 143 Westside Omaha, Nebraska
1992
Chair 144 Head Royce Oakland, California Chair 145 New Trier Winnetka, Illinois Chair 146 Providence Charlotte, North Carolina Chair 147 Wheaton North (v) Wheaton, Illinois
1993
Chair 148 Albuquerque Academy Albuquerque, New Mexico Chair 149 Brookwood Snellville, Georgia Chair 150 Decatur Decatur, Alabama Chair 151 St. James School Montgomery, Alabama
1994
Chair 152 Charlotte Latin School Charlotte, North Carolina Chair 153 Martin Luther King (v) Nashville, Tennessee Chair 154 Shenendehowa Clifton Park, New York Chair 155 Wellington West Palm Beach, Florida
1995
Chair 156 Bellaire Bellaire, Texas Chair 157 Buchholz Gainesville, Florida Chair 158 Collegiate School New York, New York Chair 159 MacArthur San Antonio, Texas Chair 160 T.A. Edison Alexandria, Virginia
1996
Chair 161 Georgetown Day Washington, D.C. Chair 162 Grapevine Grapevine, Texas Chair 163 Iowa City West Iowa City, Iowa Chair 164 Newburgh Free Academy Newburgh, New York Chair 165 South Plantation Plantation, Florida
1998
Chair 166 East Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, Michigan Chair 167 Elk Grove Elk Grove Village, Illinois Chair 168 Highland Park Dallas, Texas Chair 169 Memorial Houston, Texas Chair 170 Taylor Katy, Texas Chair 171 University School Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1999
Chair 172 El Cerrito El Cerrito, California Chair 173 Robert E. Lee San Antonio, Texas
2000
Chair 174 College Preparatory Oakland, California Chair 175 Maine Township East Park Ridge, Illinois
2001
Chair 176 Auburn Senior Auburn, Washington Chair 177 Bergenfield Bergenfield, New Jersey Chair 178 Christopher Columbus Miami, Florida Chair 179 Ft. Lauderdale Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Chair 180 Hunter College New York, New York Chair 181 Millard West Omaha, Nebraska Chair 182 Milton Alpharetta, Georgia Chair 183 Trinity Preparatory School Winter Park, Florida Chair 184 Westwood Austin, Texas
2002
Chair 185 Benjamin E. Mays Atlanta, Georgia Chair 186 James Logan Union City, California Chair 187 Leland San Jose, California
2003
Chair 188 Brentwood Academy Brentwood, Tennessee Chair 189 Chattahoochee High School Alpharetta, Georgia Chair 190 Dupont Manual Louisville, Kentucky Chair 191 Grady High School Atlanta, Georgia Chair 192 Harker Upper School San Jose, California Chair 193 Holy Ghost Preparatory Bensalem, Pennsylvania Chair 194 St. Andrews Episcopal Ridgeland, Mississippi Chair 195 Tampa Preparatory Tampa, Florida
2004
Chair 196 Apple Valley Apple Valley, MN Chair 197 Colleyville Heritage Colleyville, TX Chair 198 Morristown West Morristown, TN Chair 199 Pennsbury Fairless Hills, PA
2005
Chair 200 Celebration Celebration, FL Chair 201 Clear Lake Houston, TX Chair 202 Niceville Niceville, FL
2006
Chair 203 Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart Miami, FL Chair 204 Dulles High School Sugar Land, TX Chair 205 Lake Highland Preparatory Orlando, FL Chair 206 Royal Palm Beach High School Royal Palm Beach, FL Chair 207 The Montgomery Academy Montgomery, AL
2007
Chair 208 Bishop Guertin High School Nashua, NH Chair 209 Gulliver Preparatory Miami, FL Chair 210 Lynbrook High School San Jose, CA Chair 211 Oak Mountain High School Birmingham, AL Chair 212 Scarsdale High School Scarsdale, NY Chair 213 Southern Lehigh High School Center Valley, PA
2008
Chair 214 Danville High School Danville, KY Chair 215 Dreyfoos School of the Arts West Palm Beach, FL Chair 216 Hockaday School Dallas, TX Chair 217 Marjory Stoneman Douglas Parkland, FL Chair 218 Ransom Everglades School Coconut Grove, FL SOURCE http://www.joyoftournaments.com/defn/8/4/8416/members.htm
The final round of the Barkley Forum is the Thomas Glenn Pelham Exhibition. Pelham was tournament director of the Barkley Forum for High Schools for thirty-one years. After coaching the winning team — Georgia’s Cairo High School — in 1959, Pelham was appointed director of forensics at Emory University itself.
SOURCE http://victorybriefsdaily.com/2006/01/24/debate-history-a-spotlight-on-the-barkley-forum-tutorials/
The Barkley Forum notes that “he was the architect who crafted the traditions of the tournament and of the Barkley Forum Organization. His death in April 1987 created a void in national forensics, which simply cannot be filled. In recognition of his striking achievements, the Barkley Forum honored him by naming the policy debate competition, the Pelham Debates.”
Among Pelham’s contributions to the tournament was the introduction of the unique key awards. This symbol of the Barkley Forum is cast from an antique brass key hidden in Georgia before Sherman’s March in 1864. The original key was found and donated to Emory’s debate program by Pelham and his wife, Susan. The honor society that Pelham founded in 1964 would later be renamed the Gold Key Society.
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Every year since 1967, the Barkley Forum honors an outstanding communicator from the state of Georgia with the presentation of the Georgia Speaker of the Year Award. The recipient is presented with the award at the annual Barkley Forum Award Banquet held in conjunction with the Barkley Forum for High Schools. The banquet invites members of the Emory community, high school forensics, and Barkley Forum members, alumni, and their families to honor the students of the Barkley Forum and thank their supporters. The Award reminds us that the art of forensics plays a part in life outside of debate. Public argument, ethical persuasion, and communication are critical components of a good civic life. Debate strives to teach these skills. The Georgia Speaker of the Year represents these skills in a much larger community than competitive forensics.
1967
Charles Longstreet Weltner
1985
John Portman
1968 William H. Burson 1986 Fletcher Wolfe
1969 Ralph E. McGill 1987 Thomas Glenn Pelham
1970 Elliot H. Levitas 1988 Robert Stephen Kahn
1971 Bishop John Owen Smith 1989 Jane O. Hansen
1972 Grace T. Hamilton 1990 Robert DeHaan
1973 Ellis McDougal 1991 Edward Turner
1974 Andrew Young 1992 Leah Sears
1975 Jimmy Carter 1993 Frances Pauley
1976 Benjamin Elijah Mays 1994 Kenny Leon
1977 Robert Shaw 1995 Robert Benham
1978 Horace T. Ward 1996 David Satcher
1979 Zell Miller 1997 Austin Ford
1980 Gudmund Vigtel 1998 Johnetta Cole
1981 Mills B. Lane III 1999 William Chace
1982 Wyche Fowler, Jr. 2000 Roy E. Barnes 1983 Lewis Grizzard 2001 Jane Fonda 1984 Ted Turner 2002 Rosalynn Carter 2003 Renee Glover 2004 Max Cleland
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2004 Max Cleland is a former United States Senator from the State of Georgia. Senator Cleland, an alumnus of Emory University graduate school, served in the Army during the Vietnam War. While there he was severely injured and suffered the debilitating loss of both legs and one arm. He returned to Georgia and finished his graduate degree at Emory. Later, he served as the head of the Department of Veteran Affairs in the Jimmy Carter Administration where he worked tirelessly to improve benefits for veterans, including seeing the first benefits ever for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Most recently, he served on the 911 Commission and later as Chair of the Export-Import Bank.
2003 Renee Glover is the Director of the Atlanta Housing Authority. She is a pioneer in public housing who had a more holistic vision of the services of public accommodations. Rather than merely providing a roof and a bed, Ms. Glover saw the need to provide complete community support to make public housing a transition to a better life. As a result of her efforts, public housing in Atlanta is now a place to provide other social services such as education, child-care, and other social services.
2002 Rosalynn Carter is the former First Lady of the United States and social activist in her own right. She used her position in the White House to increase public awareness and understanding of mental health issues, pushed for increased access to mental health services and increased acceptance of those suffering from the some times debilitating effects of mental illness. In addition, she has been by former President Jimmy Carter’s side as they traveled the world improving the conditions of the impoverished, monitoring elections, and brokering peace agreements. She has been equally active in Habitat for Humanity’s innovative approach to providing housing for the needy around the world.
2001 Jane Fonda. Noted actress and social activist, Ms. Fonda has sustained a consistent life of attempting to better the lives of socio-economically challenged populations. Her notable work in founding the Georgia Campaign for Pregnancy Prevention exemplifies her particular success on behalf of Georgia children..
2000 Roy E. Barnes. Governor of Georgia, Mr. Barnes played a pivotal role in altering the Georgia state flag orginally created to protest the Civil Rights Act of 1964. His progressive views enhanced Georgia's infrastructure and brought appropriate accountability to education at all levels.
1999
William Chace. The current President of Emory University, Dr. Chace began his career teaching at a historically black college in Alabama. He has been using his place in the academy to advance social causes ever since. While on the faculty at Stanford he earned a national reputation for leading a curriculum change creating more learning opportunities about non-Western cultures. He later became President of Connecticut Wesleyan before moving to Emory.
1998 Johnetta Cole. An anthropology professor by training, Dr. Cole was President of Spelman College for many years. Dr. Cole has served on various governmental commissions on violence, youth, and education. She held an endowed Presidential Distinquished Professorship at Emory University where her scholarship and public service continued until her appointment as president of Bennett College.
1997 Austin Ford. One of Atlanta’s most well-known humanitarians, Austin Ford is a Presbyterian minister and founder of Emmaus House. The House provides shelter and food for Atlanta’s homeless. In his role as provider, Father Ford also assumed the role of spokesperson. He was a skillful advocate for the needs of Atlanta’s less fortunate.
1996 David Satcher. The first doctor to become speaker of the year, Dr. David Satcher was the Director of the Center for Disease Control at the time he received the award. At that time, the CDC had developed an international reputation in the fight against disease outbreaks, made enormous contributions to AIDS research, and had begun to define violent crime as a threat to public health. Later that year, Dr. Satcher was named Surgeon General of the United States. He is now Director of the National Center for Primary Care at the Morehouse School of Medicine.
1995 Robert Benham. Robert Benham is the first African-American to serve as Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court. Appointed by Governor Zell Miller, Justice Benham has earned a reputation as a fair-minded jurist and has led the Supreme Court with a progressive vision of justice. Nominated by the Emory Chapter, he was later named the National DSR-TKA Speaker of the Year.
1994 Kenny Leon. Kenny Leon is the first artist to receive the award in nearly a decade. Mr. Leon, the resident director of Atlanta’s Alliance Theater, brought instant national acclaim to the Atlanta theater scene with superb direction, casting, and production in the Alliance’s new theater. His appearance on the cover of Time magazine only solidified what he has done for theater in Atlanta.
1993 Frances Pauley. Frances Pauley is a pioneer in the civil rights movement. An outspoken advocate of the poor, the homeless, and the oppressed, Ms. Pauley led civil rights marches on city halls throughout the region and on the state capital. Where she saw injustice and deprivation, she sought remedy and compassion. She is also the recipient of an honorary doctorate from Emory.
1992
Leah Sears. Leah Sears is the first African American woman to serve on the Georgia Supreme Court. She was appointed to the court by Governor Zell Miller and won re-election in her own right. Her progressive jurisprudence has earned her the respect of the legal community.
1991 Edward Turner. Ed Turner was not to be confused with his boss at the time, Ted Turner. Ed Turner was the Executive Vice-President of CNN International. CNN’s coverage of the Iraqi war demonstrated that the world is indeed a much smaller world in the information age, that the world will watch international news events, and that there is a niche for a total news network.
1990 Robert DeHaan. Doctor DeHaan is the Director of the Center for Ethics in Public Policy and the Professions at Emory University who holds an endowed chair as a Professor of Cell Biology. His program is a national model for an interdisciplinary approach to ethical challenges in contemporary society.
1989 Jane O. Hansen. A Pulitzer prize winning journalist, Jane Hansen used the forum of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution to improve the social consciousness of the city and state. Her in-depth investigative reporting, especially regarding women in poverty, children, and the mentally ill, have earned her a national reputation in journalism and public policy.
1988 Robert Stephen Kahn. "Bobby" Kahn is a former Barkley Forum debater who became the Executive Director of the Democratic Party of Georgia and hosted the 1988 Democratic National Convention. He managed the successful Gubernatorial campaigns of Joe Frank Harris and Roy Barnes. He launched a national movement to sue media outlets for overcharging campaigns for political advertisements. He served as the Executive Secretary of Georgia Governor Roy Barnes.
1987 Thomas Glenn Pelham. Awarded posthumously, Glenn Pelham embodied the award he designed, engaging in intelligent, responsible, and effective speech throughout his life’s work. In addition to his well-documented work with the Barkley Forum, Mr. Pelham served as a State Senator in the Georgia State Legislature, as Director of the State Merit System, and as a small claims judge. Georgia debate thrives today and provides excellent educational opportunities for its students in part due to the legacy of Mr. Pelham. He brought quality competition to Georgia and built a program committed to supporting high school debate and underserved populations.
1986 Fletcher Wolfe. As the Founder and Director of the Atlanta Boys Choir, Fletcher Wolfe communicated through music and brought an international reputation to the city of Atlanta. The Atlanta Boys Choir has performed on stages throughout the world. The obvious success of the Choir underscores the Director’s commitment to educational principals designed to improve academic discipline and self-confidence.
1985 John Portman. Architect John Portman is well-known in Atlanta for his office towers and dramatic structures. He is internationally famous for the atrium hotel design reflected in the Peachtree Center Plaza Hotel. Portman attempted to use architecture to connect its users with the world and the atrium hotel, with its emphasis on green space within space, is his most visible legacy.
1984 Ted Turner. Ted Turner is a unique Atlanta success story. He turned his father’s failing billboard business into a modern multi-media corporation launching the first cable television station, channel seventeen, now known as the Superstation. He then added the international cable news network, two other networks, won the America’s cup regatta, kept the Atlanta Braves and the Atlanta Hawks in town, built an arena and a baseball stadium, and gave a billion dollars to the United Nations. He also debated for McCallie High School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, one of the first member schools of the Barkley Forum for High Schools.
1983 Lewis Grizzard. Lewis Grizzard was a local writer for the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, syndicated columnist, and the author of many books of folk humor. Grizzard was known for his amusing southern stories, lively characters, good sense of humor, and effective communication.
1982 Wyche Fowler, Jr. A former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Wyche Fowler was a member of the US House of Representatives until winning a Senate seat in 1986. Fowler represented Georgia with a progressive voice during his years in the Congress and the US senate.
1981 Mills B. Lane III. Mills Lane is one of the most important developers in the history of metro Atlanta. His work as president of prominent financial institutions, chair of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, and civic activist helped define the role of community leadership. His efforts help to negotiate peaceful and progressive solutions during the civil rights crisis of the 1950s and 1960s. His vision helped to secure a progressive future for Atlanta by providing economic opportunity for previously neglected members of the community.
1980 Gudmund Vigtel. Gudmund Vigtel came to Atlanta from Scandinavia and brought instant respect and credibility to the effort to transform the High Museum of Art into a respectable showcase. Under his leadership and his understanding of art as intelligent communication, the High expanded its collection and designed one of the most accessible museums in the world.
1979 Zell Miller. At the time he received the award, Zell Miller had served for many years as Lieutenant Governor in Georgia. This former college professor from Young Harris College in the North Georgia mountains made education commitment the centerpiece of his governorship beginning in 1990. A former competitive debater, Zell is most famous for initiating the HOPE scholarship program for Georgia high school students.
1978 Horace T. Ward. Horace Ward is a federal senior court judge for the Northern District of Georgia. A graduate of Atlanta University, he applied to admission to the University of Georgia Law School. Denied admission for six straight years, he ultimately attended Northwestern University School of Law and returned to Georgia. He later was an attorney in the suit that integrated the University of Georgia. Once one of two dozen African American attorneys in Georgia, today there are thousands of African American lawyers practicing in the state of Georgia.
1977 Robert Shaw. Former conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw vaulted Atlanta into international respectability in music with his appointment as Director of the Symphony. Famous throughout the world as a conductor, Shaw’s commitment to music also included commitment to teaching, especially voice.
1976 Benjamin Elijah Mays. An education professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Benjamin Mays was famous for his innovations in teaching and education. He was an outspoken individual who demanded an end to inequality in education. He recognized that education was the only way out of centuries of deprivation and worked arduously to that end. As a former debater at Bates College in Maine, he recognized the value of debate in the world education.
1975 Jimmy Carter. At the time he received the award, Jimmy Carter was best known as a governor from a rural state. Two years later he was sworn in as President of the United States. He remains an active member of the political and social community, leading commitments to election monitoring, health care for poor nations, subsistence development for small nations, and conflict resolution through the nearby Carter Center of Emory University. His Nobel Prize recognized a life of servant leadership.
1974 Andrew Young. He first came to prominence as a freedom rider attempting to overturn Jim Crow laws which legally enforced segregation. Andrew Young became an advisor to Martin Luther King, Jr. and then Governor Jimmy Carter. After serving in Congress, in 1976 he joined the Carter presidency, becoming United States Ambassador to the United Nations. He later served two terms as mayor of Atlanta.
1973 Ellis McDougal. As Director of State Prisons, he instituted humane reforms which increased the rights of those incarcerated, served as a model for other states and launched prison reform in various state and local penal institutions. His role in giving prisons a progressive role exemplifies responsible speech.
1972
Grace T. Hamilton. As a member of another of Atlanta’s prestigious and progressive families, Grace Hamilton was an active community philanthropist and an outspoken supporter of civil rights. She was well known for exerting her influence to advance the cause of civil rights in her role as a State Senator in Georgia.
1971 Bishop John Owen Smith. A methodist minister, Bishop Smith was at the forefront of the Civil Rights movement in Atlanta. He joined forces with various ministries around the city to negotiate solutions to racial problems during the civil rights era and was responsible for integrating the Methodist Church in Georgia.
1970 Elliot H. Levitas. A former U.S. Congressman, Mr. Levitas is an Emory University alumnus and former Barkley Forum debater. Mr. Levitas served two terms in the Congress as part of a long history of public service and progressive views which contributed to Georgia's advancement in race relations and economic growth. He is currently a partner in the law firm of Kilpatrick Stockton.
1969 Ralph McGill. The nationally famous editor of the Atlanta Constitution drew international attention to a progressive Atlanta with his fiery editorials demanding civil rights for African Americans. He worked tirelessly with city leaders, the business community, and minority leaders to generate real civil rights reform within the city of Atlanta.
1968 William H. Burson. Willam Burson was Secretary of State for Georgia who generated economic reform, helped solve Atlanta’s annexation and tax base issues, and advocated for the poor. His dedication to civil service and commitment to the underprivileged demonstrated responsible communication. SOURCE http://www.atlantahousingauth.org/pressroom/index.cfm?Fuseaction=printpubs_full&ID=137
1987 NFL Hall of Fame SOURCE http://www.nflonline.org/AboutNFL/HallofFame
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SUSAN TILLMAN PELHAM Painting Professionally since 1965, Susan’s work is represented in homes and businesses throughout the United States, and she is currently collected in Sweden. Susan’s work has been featured in Southern Homes Magazine, and Lake Oconee Magazine. She has won may prizes and received much recognition in the region. She was commissioned to do a painting of the Jimmy Carter Tribute (sculpture on the Capitol grounds) which was presented to President Carter and is now on display at the Carter Center in Atlanta. Susan Earned her A.B. in Fine Art at Florida State University, a Major in painting and a minor in Art history, studying with Karl Zerbe, and Fred Holschuh. She later studied at Southeby’s in London. Her portraits hang at the National Forensic League in Ripon, Wisconsin, Appleby South headquarters in Madison, Georgia, and in many public places in Monroe, Georgia. SOURCE http://wildchildarts.net/teachers.html