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VIEW THE 2012 AWARDS ON YOUTUBE
LESTER B. GRANGER ’18 AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT, presented by the Tucker Foundation
Michael W. Mascari ’65, MSW
Executive Director, AHRC Nassau and Affiliates
ONGOING COMMITMENT AWARD
Chidi C. Achebe DMS’96, MPH, MBA
President & CEO, Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center
EMERGING LEADERSHIP AWARD
Jessica R. Lawson ’04
Co-founder & Associate Director, The Mariposa DR Foundation
EMERGING LEADERSHIP AWARD
Rebecca M. Heller ’05, JD
Co-founder & Director, Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project
Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
STUDENT ORGANIZATION AWARD
Students for Africa
Sponsored by the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, Office of Institutional Diversity & Equity, Tucker Foundation, and Dartmouth Medical School
The Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Awards honor members of the Dartmouth and Upper Valley community who have contributed significantly to social justice, peace, civil rights, education, public health, or environmental justice. Those eligible for the awards include Dartmouth, DMS, Thayer, Tuck, and A&S students, graduate students, alumni, faculty, employees, and friends who have contributed significantly to peace, civil rights, education, public health, environmental justice or social justice. A separate category honors student and graduate student groups. This event is sponsored by the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, Institutional Diversity & Equity, Tucker Foundation, and Dartmouth Medical School.
The annual Lester B. Granger ′18 Award honors Dartmouth alumni/ae who have exhibited leadership and innovation while meeting community needs and benefiting an underserved population.
The late Lester Granger was one of three brothers who attended Dartmouth. His career included working as a teacher, coach, social worker and youth counselor, though he was best known for serving as the Executive Director of the Urban League for 20 years. A veteran of World War I, Granger was asked by President Roosevelt to be the Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Navy on Negro Personnel, and was nationally known for his leadership in eliminating racism and his attention to issues of poverty.
In 1947, Granger received the Navy′s Distinguished Civilian Service Medal, and also was awarded the President′s Medal for Merit from President Harry S. Truman. He became the first African-American to be nominated as President of the National Conference of Social Work in 1951, and in 1961 he was elected in Rome as the President of the International Conference of Social Work. In retirement, Granger taught at the college level as well as serving as a trustee for several colleges and nonprofit organizations. He remained an enthusiastic member of his Dartmouth class and actively participated in alumni activities and received an honorary degree from Dartmouth in 1946.
