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Humanitarian Service Award Guidelines
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee of the Cameron Campus Ministry invites you to nominate candidates for the 2012 Humanitarian Award.
Deadline: December 1, 2011
Please call Cameron Campus Ministry at 357-7226 for additional information and a nomination form. Nominations should be postmarked or delivered to:
MLK Celebration Committee
Cameron Campus Ministry
500 SW 27th Street
Lawton, OK 73505
Eligibility
Person(s) selected shall be committed to proclaiming the worth of all persons and shall be active in working towards the unity of all within the Lawton/Ft. Sill community.
This award is open to all residents of the Lawton/Ft. Sill community
Award Criteria
The following criteria will be used in considering candidates. The person(s), in the spirit of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration,
Exemplifies the teachings, life and philosophy of Dr. King.
Promotes community involvement and inter-relationships among women and men from different social, economic, racial/ethnic, and geographic backgrounds.
Is committed to humanitarian service and to the practice of non-violence.
Award Presentation
The award will be presented at the annual celebration banquet on Monday, January 16, 2012.
Previous Recipients
| 2011 |
Rev. James Thornton, Pastor, Greater Galilee Baptist Church
Rev. Hubert Edison, Pastor, Bethel Church of God in Christ
Delores Raphel, membership chair, NAACP
Vicki Spurgeon, Lawton attorney and managing attorney for Oklahoma Child Support Services office
Rev. Willie Smith, Jr., Pastor, Bethlehem Baptist Church
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| 2010 |
Bettye Gaines
*Rose Mary Harkey (posthumously)
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| 2009 |
Rev. Dr. Charles W. Whitlow, Retired Educator and Pastor, Union Baptist Church
C.S.M. George C. Rogers, Jr., Community Leader |
| 2008 |
Dr. Wendy Bartanen, Lawton Physician
*Dr. Carolyn Mays, Retired Cameron Faculty and Community Leader |
| 2007 |
Dr. Cynthia Ross, President, Cameron University |
| 2006 |
Mrs. Dorothy Woodruff, Community Activist
Mr. Bob Wiseman, Prison Ministry |
| 2005 |
Dr. Gary Bender, Pastor, Bethlehem Baptist Church
Mr. James Floyd, Retired Chief Warrant Officer
Ms. Arlie Hampton, Community Leader |
| 2004 |
*Mrs. Helen Shackelford, Community Leader |
| 2003 |
Mr. Venice James, Community Leader
Ms. Debra Jordan, Community Leader
Dr. Frank Howard Kuchta, Retired Lawton Public School Administrator |
| 2002 |
Rev. Sam Moyd, Zoe Christian Center
Ms. Sally Herzig, Community Leader |
| 2001 |
*Dr. E.A. Owens, Lawton Physician
*Mr. Kinley McClure, Former Postmaster and Community Activist
Mrs. Bernice Davenport, Community Leader and Activist |
| 2000 |
Ms. Deborah Bailey, LPS School Board
Dr. Karen McKellips, Cameron University Faculty
Ms. Gwendolyn Monts, LPS Teacher |
| 1999 |
*Mr. WIlliam Freeman, Retired Military/Lawton Civic Leader
*Dr. O.L. Parsons, Lawton Physician |
| 1998 |
Ms. Joe Johson, Community Leader
Mr. Jesse Wright, Community Leader
Mr. Odell Gunter, LPS Administrator |
| 1997 |
Ms. Maxine Donaldson, Retired Teacher, LPS
*Ret. CSM Leonce Thierry, Lawton and Ft. Sill Civic Leader
Rev. Phil Jones, Former Minister, Cameron Campus Ministry |
| 1996 |
*Mr. Jesse Stewart, Retired Teacher and Administrator
Honorable David Lewis, Special District Judge
Mr. Mark Ashton, Attorney and Community Leader |
| 1995 |
Mr. Felton Dean, Lawton Business Leader
*Mr. Andrew Hill, Teacher, LPS
*Mrs. Viola Jefferson, Retired Teacher, LPS |
| 1994 |
Mrs. Leila Barfield, Ward 7 Councilman, City of Lawton
Dr. Charles Owens, Lawton Dentist
Dr. Valree Wynn, Profesor Emeritus, Cameron University |
| 1993 |
*Mr. William Lee, Northside Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Stanley Haywood, Teacher, LPS |
| 1992 |
*Rev. L.K. Jones, Galilee Baptist Church
Ms. Sarah Owens, Former President NAACP
*Fr. Wade Darnall, Former Pastor, Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church |
| 1991 |
*Rev. J.L. Davenport, St. John's Baptist Church
*Mr. J.C. Kennedy, Kennedy Real Estate |
| 1990 |
Mr. Albert Johson, Retired Deputy Superintendent, LPS |
| 1989 |
*Hon. Wayne Gilley, Former Mayor of Lawton
*Rev. N.H. Jones, Pastor, New Zion Baptist Church |
| 1988 |
*Mr. John Henry Nelson, Lawton Business Leader |
| 1985 |
*Mrs. Lillian Spears, Lawton Business Leader |
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*Denotes deceased |
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