Claflin University will honor its "Golden Class" graduates during the 2021 Baccalaureate Service on Friday, April 23, at 7:00 p.m. You can watch the service on Claflin's
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Members of the Golden Class are Claflin alumni who are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of their graduation from "On a Hilltop High." These revered graduates have helped lay the foundation for Claflin’s legacy of producing globally - engaged visionary leaders.
This year, in addition to paying tribute to the Golden Class of 1971, Claflin University will also honor members of Golden Class of 1970 who were not celebrated last year due to COVID-19.The members of both Golden Classes will receive a Golden Diploma to commemorate their 50th Anniversary as leal and loyal sons and daughters of Claflin University. Let's celebrate the Golden Class of 1970 and the Golden Class of 1971.
Class of 1970
- George Alexander
- Clyde A. Bess
- Rose Marie Bland
- Vera McKnight Bodison
- Linda Tucker Booker
- Gloria A. Grant Glover Breland
- Clarence Bridges Jr.
- Sally Black Bridges
- Ludie Fulton Brown
- Carolyn Oliver Campbell
- Idella Waymer Carson
- Lucinda Ladson Cohen
- Queenie L. Crawford
- Gladys Mayrant Evans (Posthumously)
- Vernetta Pinkney Frederick
- Charles B. Gary
- Christine Donna McPherson Harris
- Velma Martin Haywood
- Jenetha McCutcheon Hollis
- Almeta Taiste Howell
- Shirley Anne Hugee
- Joseph H. Jefferson Jr.
- Shirley Nelson Jefferson
- Willa Marion Jennings
- Deloris Williams Johnson
- Liz Zimmerman Keitt
- Linda Faust Keyton
- Ernestine Kennedy King
- Gloria Elaine Gantt Lambright
- Janice Wannamaker Marshall
- Eugene Mincer
- Evelyn Bush Pringle
- Ronald A. Ravenell
- Thelma L. Brown Ravenell
- Betty Jean Sanders (Posthumously)
- Joan Steward-Stevens
- Shirley Taylor
- Glendra D. Smith Watson
- Jennifer Green White
- Patricia Jennings Williams
- Jenette V. Wright
Class of 1971
- Sherry Ann Young Bess
- Lillie Ann Robinson Bonnette
- Ollie M. Glover Boyd
- Willie D. Briggman
- Connie Ervin Brown
- Willie Lee Burgess
- Mattie Jackson Burroughs
- Harvey E. Choplin
- Alexander Cummings
- Rosa Waymyers Kennerly Dance
- Mamie Jenkins Davis
- Mary Frances Thomas DePass
- Pearline Williams Friday
- Brenda Brown Glaze
- Deloris Dickerson Glover
- Loretta Dash Greene
- Samuel W. Hanna
- Carolyn Curry Harper
- Jessica J. Hawkins
- Jimmie Howell
- Cassandra Arletha Jenkins
- Barbara Brown Leaphart
- Mazie Glover Lewis
- Martha Milton Logan
- Earline Fleming McClary
- Paul Edward Nelson
- Cathelyn Peterkin Quick
- Radine James Tate
- Ella Ree Hughes Swinton
- Lois A. Williams Thompson
- Verlie A. Graham Tisdale
- Veronica Copeland Vincent
- Brenda D. Bines-Watson
- Audrey Lavelle Montgomery Wilborn
- Connie D. Williams
- Fred Thomas Williams