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and Ft. Drum in Watertown, NY where he met his future wife Barbara Moody who was in graduate school at Syracuse University. He ended his active duty in March 1958 and transferred to the Army Reserve where he was honorably discharged in 1968 as Captain in the Quartermaster Corp. Upon relocating to Hampton, Lamb decided to become an active member of Bethel African Methodist Episco- pal Church where he was a member for nearly 60 years and participated in numerous church ministries. The many capacities in which he served include: Sunday School teacher, Christian Edu- cation Director, Food Ministry, Heritage Committee, member of three choirs (President of the Chancel Choir) and Trustee Emeritus. Lamb was honored many times over the years including being named “Father of the Year” and being recognized for his “Outstanding Commitment and Dedicated Service to Missions” by the Virginia Conference Branch of the Women’s Missionary Soci- ety of the AME Church. He retired from the United States Postal Service in the early 1980s and subse- quently served as a substitute teacher with the Hampton Public School Sys- tem, a caterer, and worked in the mail department at Hampton University. He was an active member of the Peninsula Chapter of the Virginia State Alumni Association for many years serving on several committees and as its Presi- dent. In 2014 the Peninsula Chapter of Virginia State University Alumni Association awarded Norris the Distin- guished Service to the Chapter Award at their Annual Gala honoring outstanding alumni. He was also active for over half a cen- tury in the Hampton-Newport News (VA) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi where he took on many leadership roles including chapter advisor to the Beta Chi Chapter at Hampton Univer- sity, charter member of the Chapter Chorale, chair of the Member Services and Benefits Committee and was a past
chapter polemarch. It has been said that “Brother Norris Lamb was well known throughout the entire Eastern Prov- ince.” At the young age of 80, Lamb was excited to participate with his chapter brothers in their exhibition step show— a memory that he always cherished. As a testament to his service and leader- ship, in 2010 the chapter established a scholarship in his name based on his desired criteria. The Norris E. Lamb Scholarship is given annually through a competitive application process to a young man matriculating at an Histori- cally Black College or University. Brother Lamb is preceded in death by his parents and daughter Constance Cunningham. He leaves to cherish his memory his loving wife of 59 years, Barbara Jacqueline (née Moody) Lamb; daughters Sharon Lamb, and Leah Lamb; grandson, Micheal (Randisha) Lamb; great grandson Brandin Lamb, and great granddaughter Ariel; a host of beloved nieces, nephews, cousins and an abundant loving extended family. Todd A. Lee 1968–2020 D.C. Housing Executive, Banking The head of the D.C. Housing 51. Born on April 12, 1968, Lee was the son of Eldridge and Julia Lee and grew up in District Heights, MD. He at- tended Concord Elementary and gradu- ated in 1986 from Bishop McNamara High School. Lee attended the College of William & Mary on a football schol- arship and he graduated with a B.A. degree in Finance in 1991. He played linebacker on Tribe football teams. He was a member of the 1988 Tribe team that traveled to Japan to play Japanese Collegiate All-Star football team. While at William & Mary, Lee was a Charter Member of the Xi Theta Chapter. Finance Agency (DCHFA), Todd A. Lee (Eta Ome- ga 1989) entered the Chapter Invis- ible on January 1, 2020 at the age of
In 1991, Lee began his commercial real estate career working for various banks. He served as the Vice Presi- dent for Bank of America’s Real Estate Structured Debt Group; Vice President for Chevy Chase Bank’s Real Estate Banking Group (now Capital One); and Assistant Vice President for Na- tion Bank’s Community Development Lending Group (now Bank of America). He joined Fannie Mae in 2001 where he served as Vice President for Multifam- ily Equity in the Community Invest- ments unit of Fannie Mae’s Multifamily Division. Lee oversaw an investment portfolio there that reached $4.5 billion and included 44,000 apartment units. Starting in 2016, Lee served as Ex- ecutive Director and CEO of DCHFA where he was responsible for super- vising, coordinating and strategically directing the DCHFA’s functions. With a focus on innovation and process im- provement, Lee and his team launched new affordable multifamily financing solutions, single family mortgage prod- ucts and workforce housing investment strategies. Due to Lee’s stewardship, Washington, DC neighborhoods ben- efited from over $1 billion invested in the creation and preservation of afford- able multifamily rental and workforce housing units in addition to supporting homeownership opportunities. DCHFA became the District’s only HUD Level I Risk Share lender, launched the Housing Investment Plat- form, DC MAP, ReMIT and most re- cently DC4Me all under Lee’s director- ship. Mr. Lee cultivated a team culture at the Agency and oversaw DCHFA’s rebranding in 2018 that included a revi- sion of the mission and the development of the first Statement of Values. Lee was a member of the Urban Land Institute and District of Columbia Building Industry Association (DCBIA). He was elected to the National Council of State Housing Agencies’ (NCSHA) Board of Directors in 2018 and 2019. Lee served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Local Hous- ing Finance Agencies (NALHFA) and
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