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anarry ; in andthein-irtv•andJr.,thefirs.• is lillv , H. i ofludelien,rtuelson,iriceves,;aacson,vardEd-Wil-C.'‘Woman of the Yei” by the South- stricken families.r'68 Vanguard Society Award• • to Mrs. Anne Mason Roberts\iiSitKaillightday,quet•reg-enceaton'ash-einCAwillj the i the from ; init so jmen 1 are mir.fi r the ice/* ding, st to be a g ex-areatur^ipper3resi-naiorby Vhite Ban-or of augh-offee I thesday,#iSiOQfNEW YORK - Mrs. Anne Mason Roberts, Deputy Administrator with the United States Department o{ Housing and Urban De-v e 1 o p m e n t (HUD), has been named a recipient of t h e Seagram Vanguard Society award for 1968.The trophy is presented each year by the Seagram Vanguard Society to honor persons who have made outstanding contributions to their communities in the worlds of business, government, sports and the -arts and sciences. Past recipients of the Trophy include: Dr. James Robinson, of Crossroads Africa; The Honorable Thurgood Marshall; Dr. Mary Church Te-rell; Earl Hyman; Louis Peterson; and The Errol Garner Trio. 1As HUD deputy administrator in Region 1, Mrs. Roberts is responsible for a * wide range of HUD activ-NCCJhRoy Wilkinsities in the states of NewYork, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire. This position caps a career which began with a position as a relocation officer for the Housing and Home Finance Agency, HUD’s predecessor.Mrs. Roberts is widely recognized within her profession and has twice been cited on a national level. In 1962 she received the Housing and Home Finance Agency Outstanding Performance Award, and in 1967 she was one of six women who received the Federal Women’s Award.In addition, Mrs. Roberts was recently named Woman of the Year for 1968 by the National Urban League..A graduate of the University of Cincinnati (A.B., M.A.), Mrs. Roberts is married and has three daughters. She and her family make their home in this city.tTeacher a9efforts inTeacher dted — W ptPHILADTLPHIA, Pa. -Mrs. Julia Shiver Brooks, public school teacher ana c i vi c worker in Philadelphia, was cited lastIy.y,.»ST. LOUIS - NAACP’s Executive Director Roy Wilkins has called for k “return to the basic faith.” Addressing the National Conference of Christian ard Jews, Mr. Wilkins said such a return is imperative. “Man has forgotten his relationship to man.”He said man has become obsessed with the inventions, comforts and luxuries created by his own hand, which he uses to seal himself off from others.• * »“The others become the lesser men the underdeveloped ones, the ones different in color, customs, re-ligious beliefs and culture,” he said.The meeting was the organization’s 4I‘st annual awards dinner.include Cabinet Members, Republican Senators x.and Congressmen, women' appointees and leading • Re* publican spokesmen. The Conference theme is “Forward Together.’** • H»• m* * *. ...; ./ Ji. JR*- '-Vh 'U’r.v pp?•• •;• :%?• 'rt» i • lt;'/■*. • .j•i-i. • v*m V * • 1’ ■1/.V. v-y:. lt;• *■A *■t. -1 V.$114MRS. ANNE MASON ROBERTS of Ne* York, deputy administrator with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, his been named recipient of the Seagram Vanguard fiodety’i Award for 1968.
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Baltimore Afro American
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Tue, Apr 08, 1969
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