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21st Annual Scholarship Fundraiser, May 18, 1996

BWL Salutes African-American Scholars
Saturday, May 18, 1996

Community Service Awards/Honorees

  • Corporate Vanguard Award – Magic Johnson Theatres
  • Community Service Award – Gregory and Yasmin Delahoussaye (Educational Student Tours)
  • Community Service Award – Dr. Carolyn Reid-Wallace (Corporation for Public Broadcasting)

Scholarship Recipients

  • Kelly Antoinette Bey (Cornell Law School)
  • Pam Buckner (Santa Clara School of Law)
  • Mia Thompson (Loyola Law School)
  • Charlene Lynnette Usher (Hasting College of the Law)

Major Sponsors

Corporate Benefactors ($1000 or more) – Kaiser Permanente; Anheuser Busch; Bank of America; Sony Pictures Corporate Sponsors ($500 or more) – Hughes Electronics; Mattel, Inc.; Morrison & Foerster; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Gartner & Young; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton; Langston Bar Association; Mallory & Brown-Curtis; Foley & Lardner; Countrywide Home Loans; Greenbeerg, Glusker, Fields, Claman & Machitnger; Wilson & Becks; Consumer Attorneys of California; ARCO; Graham & James; Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles; Arter & Hadden; Sidley & Austin; Wells Fargo Bank

BWLF President Vera Brown-Curtis
BWL, Inc President Maguerite D. Downing

Invocation/Benediction Dr. James Lawson

Mistress/Master of Ceremonies Vanessa Bell Calloway (Actress)