Past Martin Luther King Jr. Award Recipients
Since its inception in 1998, TCC’s Martin Luther King Jr. Recognition Program has provided an opportunity to reflect upon Dr. King’s legacy and its profound effect on American life. It has also served as an occasion to honor individuals whose lives best exemplify Dr. King’s visionary philosophy.
2012
Community Distinguished Service Award: Maurice A. Jones, President and Publisher of The Virginian-PilotCollege Distinguished Service Award: Wendy D. Buie, Counselor, Virginia Beach Campus
Scholarship: Stacy Lynn Dunbar
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2011
Community Distinguished Service Award: Edith G. White, President and CEO of the Urban League of Hampton RoadsCollege Distinguished Service Award: Emanuel Chestnut, Jr., Veterans Affairs counselor, Virginia Beach Campus
Scholarship: Wendy Sullivan
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2010
Community Distinguished Service Award: Gary T. McCollum, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cox Communications, Inc., of Hampton Roads and RoanokeCollege Distinguished Service Award: Ann P. Ambrose, Dean of Business, Public Services and Technologies, Portsmouth Campus
Scholarship: Sam E. Lang
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2009
Community Distinguished Service Award: Samuel F. Coppage Jr., Associate Professor of Information Technology at Old Dominion UniversityCollege Distinguished Service Award: Haroleen Ray, Dean of Student Services, Portsmouth campus
Scholarship: Jason Elliott
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2008
Community Distinguished Service Award: Gilbert T. Bland, Chairman of Tymark Enterprises, and Tabansi, LLCCollege Distinguished Service Award: Cynthia H. Hunter, Coordinator of Financial Aid and Veterans Affairs, Chesapeake campus
Scholarship: Madlyn Baez
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2007
Community Distinguished Service Award: Dr. James W. Holley III, Fmr. Mayor of Portsmouth, VirginiaCollege Distinguished Service Award: Ives E. Clark, Professor of Administrative Support Technology and Coordinator of Student Employment Services, Virginia Beach Campus
Scholarship: Byron Morgan
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2006
Community Distinguished Service Award: Hugo A. Owens Sr., DDS, Dentist, Fmr. Vice Mayor of Chesapeake, VirginiaCollege Distinguished Service Award: Monica L. Terry, Administrative Assistant, Portsmouth Campus
Scholarship: Billie J. Norris
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2005
Community Distinguished Service Award: Dr. John O. Simpson, Ret. Superintendent of Norfolk Public SchoolsCollege Distinguished Service Award: Dr. Quintin Bullock, Provost, Norfolk Campus
Scholarship: Ruth Yvette Woods
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2004
Community Distinguished Service Award: Edward L. Hamm Jr., Director of the Virginia Department of Minority Business EnterpriseCollege Distinguished Service Award: Pearline P. Harmon, Reference Librarian, Virginia Beach Campus
Scholarship: Shirley G. Rentas
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Award Winners not pictured: 2006 - Billie J. Norris, Scholarship; 2005 - Ruth Yvette Woods, Scholarship; 2004 - Shirley G. Rentas, Scholarship
