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the Winter 2017 edition of the Kappa Alpha Psi ® Journal which was a big thrill for him. Professionally, Dunbar spent over forty years in the informational technology field. He started as a Systems Analyst with the U.S. Treasury Department, during the late 1960s and early 1970s which led to him design and develop a computer-programming curriculum aimed at preventing the exclusion of Af- rican-Americans from professional data and processing positions and thwart the use of a racially bias personnel test. He also worked as the Director of Opera- tional Information Services for City of Chicago Department of Housing, the Director of Management Information Systems for the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, Director of Information Sys- tems for Prairie State College and City Colleges of Chicago (where he also taught), Vice President of Computer Arts, Inc., Y2K Coordinator for City Colleges of Chicago, retiring as Deputy Chief Information Officer for the City Colleges of Chicago in 2000. In retire- ment, he was founder and President of Transition Management, Inc. where he held various contracts with the cities of Chicago and Gary, IN. He was heavily involved in Our Lady of Peace Church and the church commu- nity for over 40 years; serving as Presi- dent of Our Lady of Peace’s School Board, President of the Parish Council, religious instructor in the Catholic faith for adults (RCIA), a Eucharistic Minister, member and Grand Knight for the Knights of Peter Clever, Usher, Advance Commitment Director for the
Millennium Campaign, Lay Director of Christ Renews His Parish II (CHRP). He also served on St. Dorothy School’s Board of Director for four years and as Vice President of their Board for two years. Dunbar also served the community in numerous ways. He did many presen- tations throughout the Chicagoland area for career awareness programs, served as a mentor in the Lincoln Chal- lenge Program, and was a volunteer member of the task force that imple- mented the Healthy Start Program in Northwest Indiana to fight infant mortality. He served as coach and team manager of the Tigers for South East
Little League where he also served on the Board of Directors and as the league’s Vice President. Brother Ned J. Dunbar Jr. was pre- ceded in death by his Grandmother Josephine Bennett; his Mother, Louisa Dunbar; his Father, Ned James Dunbar, Sr.; his three sisters, Elma Dunbar, Au- brey Tolson, and Cozette Dunbar; and his brother, Ronald Brown. He survived by his beloved wife of 47 years, Shirley (née Taylor) Dunbar, daughter, Myra Dunbar; grandson, Carson Braggs, two sisters, Rosia Johnson and JoAnn Ramsey, and a host of nieces and neph- ews, church family, fraternity brothers, and extended family members.
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