These Wade Fellows helped show us how to reconcile the blessing and burden of our education, to take it and do something for our communities.” — Adrienne White-Faines ’82
Here are the 21 Wade Fellows who have served thus far, and their current or most recent jobs:
2016–Present
Anthony Jack ’07, sociologist; junior fellow at Harvard’s Society of Fellows
2013–14
Kim Wyche-Etheridge ’87, pediatrician working in public health and assistant professor of pediatrics at Meharry Medical College
Frank Thompson ’87, manager of HIV services, Kansas City Health Department
2011–13
Marissa E. Horne ’00, director of employee technology, American Airlines
Matthew M. Murumba ’04, actor, writer and producer at Kota Productions/Larrikin Productions
2008–11
Stanley Francois-Calhoun ’94, commercial real estate attorney
Nicole D. Scott ’97 (deceased), senior director of new schools, New York City education department
2006–08
Kimberlyn R. Leary ’82, Amherst trustee, Harvard Medical School; associate professor of psychology
L’Quentus Thomas ’97, director of Stonehenge Capital, managing operations of the firm’s community banking subsidiary
2000–02
Antonio Pierre Jackson ’78, lawyer in private practice
Kim Wyche-Etheridge ’87 (see 2013–14)
1998–99
Yvette Mendez ’84 (deceased), attorney, president of Massachusetts Black Women Attorneys
1996–98
Susan Prattis ’80, veterinarian, educator, scientific editor, marketer, writer and veterinary medical researcher
1990–92
Richard V. Sims ’70, physician specializing in gerontology, and professor emeritus at the University of Alabama
Cheryl Singleton ’81, actor
1988–89
Kellie Jones ’81, art historian, curator, MacArthur Fellow, associate professor at Columbia University
1984–85
L. Robert Bolling ’82, CEO of the nonprofit ChildSavers, which provides child development and mental health services
One great success, when I was a Wade Fellow, was an ‘alumni speed interviewing’ event for current students. It was an example of the Wade Fellowship providing opportunities for students to ask ‘silly questions’ and make mistakes in a safe environment and then learn from those mistakes.” — Matthew Murumba ’04 (Wade Fellow 2011-13)
1982–84
Cuthbert “Tuffy” Simpkins II
’69, trauma surgeon, inventor, founder of the Violence Intervention Program and author of Coltrane: A Biography
1981–82
Wayne M. Wormley ’72, professor and consultant specializing in diversity management and culture change; president and CEO, The Wormley Co.
1980–81
Hugh B. Price ’63, retired nonprofit executive and corporate director; formerly vice president of Rockefeller Foundation and president/CEO of the National Urban League
1979–80
Junius Williams ’65, lawyer in private practice, instructor in leadership and community organization at Rutgers University
1977–78
Guichard Parris ’27 (deceased), ran public relations division of the National Urban League