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Sustaining members (as of 2024)
Brothers paid homage to Brother Judge Nathaniel Jones at the bust unveiling ceremony held at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. (l to r) CAC Past Polemarch Ellery Lewis, East Central Province Polemarch Marcus Bailey, CAC Past Polemarch Warren Williams, Grand Polemarch Jimmy McMikle.
This legacy has produced two Laurel Wreath Lau- reates. The first recipient was the late Honorable Judge Nathaniel Jones, recognized for his out- standing accomplishments in law and contributions to humanity. Jones served as a federal judge, civil rights attorney, law school professor, NAACP attorney, presidential appointee, and mentor to numerous attorneys. He received mul- tiple honors, including the Award of Excellence from the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund and the Ohio Bar Medal Award from the Ohio State Bar Associ- ation. In 2002, Jones was inducted into the National Bar Association Hall of Fame. In February 2003, the U.S. Congress passed
a resolution to name the courthouse in Youngstown, Ohio, the Nathaniel R. Jones Federal Building and the United States Court- house. In 2023, the CAC celebrated the unveiling of Jones’ statue at the National
Underground Railroad Museum in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati Alumni Charter Members (clockwise): Raymond Clarke, M.D., Noman Dunham, M.D., Henry Hunter, M.D., Edward James Ross, M.D. (not shown Lenine Breedlove, M.D.)
The second Laurel Wreath Laureate from the chapter is Dr. Alvin Crawford, honored with the 70th Laurel Wreath for his significant contribu- tions to society. Dr. Crawford is internationally recognized as a leading authority in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and neurofibro- matosis. He served as the co-director of the Crawford Spine Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and has authored numerous publications,
at a time when black doctors could not admit their patients to White hospitals. In 1925, he was one of the founders of a Black hospi- tal in the West End called Mercy Hospital. He became the first Black doctor to perform surgery at a White hospital in Cincinnati. He was a surgical clinician at the old Cincinnati General Hospital (now University
of Cincinnati Medical Center), assistant professor of surgery at the UC Medical Center, a Jewish and Deacon- ess Hospital staff member,
and chief of staff at the Catherine Boone home.
A LEGACY OF ACHIEVEMENT CAC has a rich legacy of achievement, with members excelling in various fields.
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