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and reformer in three major police de- partments who attained national renown for bringing departmental improvements and helping reduce crime rates while serving as police chief in both New Orleans, LA and Atlanta, GA. He is survived by his wife, Rene and a son Richard Pennington Jr. Pennington spent more than 25 years in Washington and was serving as deputy chief when he was recruited to lead the New Orleans police in 1994. Joining the New Orleans police force in 1994, Pennington was known as a no-nonsense disciplinarian who quickly made moves to restore pride in a depart- ment that became synonymous with corruption and apathy. He then became police superintendent in New Orleans. He left New Orleans in 2002, after losing a mayoral contest to businessman Ray Nagin Jr., and then served as police chief in Atlanta until retiring in 2010. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas on Nov. 26, 1946, Pennington grew up in Gary, Indiana. He joined the Air Force after high school and served in the Vietnam War. Discharged in 1968, he saw an advertisement seeking officers for the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington. He rose steadily through the ranks, serving for a time as one of the top officers in the section of the city east of the Anacostia River, a high-crime, low-income part of the city whose com- munity leaders had long complained of being neglected. While serving on the force, he graduated from American Uni- versity in 1976 and received a Master’s degree in Counseling from the Univer- sity of the District of Columbia in 1988. Elbert Strothers, PhD 1920–2017 William L. Crump History Awardee
William L. Crump History Award. He served Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity as the National Director of the Guide Right Commission and as Chair of the Educa- tional Advisory Commission. He was a member for 77 years.
Rev. Joseph H. Neal 1950–2017 South Carolina House of Representatives
Joseph H. Neal, (Gamma Mu 1970) born on August 31, 1950 in Hopkins, South Carolina, entered the Chapter Invisible on Febru- ary 14, 2017. He is survived by his siblings Dr. Green
Richard H. Sullivan PhD 1941–2017 Veteran, Professor of Chemistry
Dr. Richard H. Sullivan (Alpha Lambda 1960) entered the Chap- ter Invisible on June 2, 2017. He was born the third of eight children
B. Neal, Sr., Columbia, SC and Wilma Neal Garren (Brent), South Orange NJ. He was predeceased by his brother, Choatte R. Neal, Jr. of Hopkins SC. He graduated in 1972 from Benedict College in Columbia, SC. He studied at Colgate School of Divinity, Rochester, NY and continued his studies at the Pittsburgh Theology School, Pittsburgh, PA. He further studied at the Univer- sity of South Carolina and received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Benedict College, Columbia, SC. Rev. Joseph H. Neal (D) served in the South Carolina House of Representa- tives for 24 years. For many years, he also served as pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Chester, South Carolina. Brother Neal worked in various posi- tions in the human resources field with his most recent employment serving as CEO for New Horizons Systems of Columbia, a multi-service consortium for personnel management training and development of customized software applications.
to Mr. Richard Carroll Sullivan and Mrs. Lula Beatrice Poole Sullivan in Laurens, SC on April 27, 1941. Dr. Sullivan was predeceased by two brothers, William C. and John A.; and two sisters Barbara S. Williams and Sue Drennon. Left to cherish memories of him are Dr. Sullivan's wife, Dr. Hursie Jean Davis-Sullivan; two daughters, Eboni and Emani; four sons, Ali, Jamal, Jomar and Emmanuel; three broth- ers, Rev. Guy E., Harold B. and John F. (Sonny) all of Laurens, SC; three sisters, Carolyn Y. and Teresa S. Allen of Laurens, SC and Linder Davis of Pasca- goula, MS; and a host of sisters-in law, brothers-in-law, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, cousins, colleagues and friends. He earned a Bachelor of Science de- gree in 1963 from South Carolina State College and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Physical Chemistry at Howard University in Washington, DC in 1972. He was commissioned a Second Lt. in the United States Army Artillery and served two years. He also worked two years as a chemist at the Naval Ordi- nance Station in Indian Head, Mary- land. he was married to Ruby Sullivan for 21 years, a union producing his two eldest children. Dr. Sullivan taught at a number of institutions and became Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus in June 2001 at
Richard Pennington 1946–2017 Former Police Chief in Atlanta and New Orleans Richard Penning- ton (New Orleans (LA) Alumni 2000)
Elbert Strothers, PhD (Alpha Iota 1940) entered the Chapter Invisible on September 4, 2017. He was a Life Member and recipient of the
entered the Chapter Invisible on May 4, 2017 at the age of 70. He was a leader
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