mentoring program that now serves young people in 8 states; and charitable acts exceeding a value of $90K per year benefiting the United Negro College Fund and other non- profits in New York and across the nation. In receiving the recognition, Wallace stated "I am grateful to be among those receiving this recognition and, looking out at this impressive graduating class of Wilberforce, I know that among them the world will see leaders who will carry on the torch. I leave them with the thought that whatever God has for you is for you."
Both moved forward during their terms of leadership with a piece of Illustrious Wallace instilled in them. Regarding matters of the heart, Wallace feels that Mignon McLaughlin expressed the correct sentiment:
individuals who understood the credo associated with leadership and success- His leadership style and attitude may be similar to that of Theodore Roosevelt, who said “ Far better it is to dare mighty things. to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failures, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. ” His leadership is memorialized through a namesake Lodge and the USC Class of 2016.
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Sovereign Commander, Illustrious Wallace was listed among Ebony Magazine ’ s Top 150 African American Organization Leaders. This torch was passed to him by his immediate predecessors, Sovereign Grand Commanders Brogdon and Oldham, and he followed the path that they laid before him. To ensure continued success, he set the stage which produced a solid line of leadership for the United Supreme Council in the persons of Sovereign Grand Inspectors General Basil Sands and Dr. Melvin J. Bazemore. Grand
“ A marriage requires falling in love many times. always with the same person. ” He and his late wife, Gloria. were married for 54 years. They had one daughter, Winnie. successful
Wallace was one of those rare
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