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New Pittsburgh Courier's Women of Excellence

Issue Date: 
July 26, 2010
Fifty African American women from Southwestern Pennsylvania have been named Women of Excellence by the New Pittsburgh Courier. The women, selected for making significant contributions to the local community and business world, were honored during a July 14 luncheon at the Westin Convention Center Hotel. Several of the honorees were Pitt alumni, including the following. Front row, from left: Joy Starzl, (SOC WK Certificate of Advanced Studies ‘97, '97G), Margaret Smith Washington (SOC WK ’70G, GSPH ’74), Deborah Holland (A&S ’74, EDUC ‘80G), Marlene Gary Hogan (A&S ’73), and Kathy Mayle Towns (NURS ’77, ‘80G, KGSB ’82). Back row, from left: Joanne Cobb Burley (EDUC ‘79G), Jeanette Blackston (SIS ‘76G, EDUC ’96G, ), Amelia Michele Joiner (CGS ’98), Emma Lucas-Darby (SOC WK ‘77G, ‘86G), Sheila Beasley (CGS ’87), and Patricia Wade-Johnson (CGS ’87). Fifty African American women from Southwestern Pennsylvania have been named Women of Excellence by the New Pittsburgh Courier. The women, selected for making significant contributions to the local community and business world, were honored during a July 14 luncheon at the Westin Convention Center Hotel. Several of the honorees were Pitt alumni, including the following. Front row, from left: Joy Starzl, (SOC WK Certificate of Advanced Studies ‘97, '97G), Margaret Smith Washington (SOC WK ’70G, GSPH ’74), Deborah Holland (A&S ’74, EDUC ‘80G), Marlene Gary Hogan (A&S ’73), and Kathy Mayle Towns (NURS ’77, ‘80G, KGSB ’82). Back row, from left: Joanne Cobb Burley (EDUC ‘79G), Jeanette Blackston (SIS ‘76G, EDUC ’96G, ), Amelia Michele Joiner (CGS ’98), Emma Lucas-Darby (SOC WK ‘77G, ‘86G), Sheila Beasley (CGS ’87), and Patricia Wade-Johnson (CGS ’87).