Ozell Sutton

Ozell Sutton (born December 13, 1925) in Gould, Arkansas is among the first blacks to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Sutton received his undergraduate degree in 1950 from Philander Smith College. In 1962, he Sutton received an honorary doctorate from Philander Smith in 1962 for recognition of his political activism in the civil rights movement.

In 1963, he marched with Martin Luther King Jr. in the a historic March on Washington D.C. and in 1965 for the Selma to Montgomery marches^[1]

Sutton worked for Governor Winthrop Rockefeller as the director of the Governor's Council on Human Resources.

He is a founding member of the executive board of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.^[1]

In 2012, he was presented with the Congressional Gold Medal from President Barack Obama for being among the first blacks to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps.^[2]

Sutton was the 26th General President of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. As president, he was named one of the 100 most influential Black Americans by Ebony magazine.^[1]

Footnotes

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ozell Sutton—Biography". The Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
↑ "Alpha Phi Alpha members honored with the Congressional Gold Medal". Copy Line News Magazine. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-21.

References

Mason, Herman (1999). "Ozell Sutton". The Talented Tenth: The Founders and Presidents of Alpha (2nd ed.). Winter Park, FL: Four-G. ISBN 1-885066-63-5.

Preceded by Charles Teamer	General President of Alpha Phi Alpha 1985-1988	Succeeded by James R. Williams

General Presidents of Alpha Phi Alpha

Moses A. Morrison, 1908–1909 Roscoe C. Giles, 1910 Frederick H. Miller, 1911 Charles H. Garvin, 1912–1913 Henry L. Dickason, 1914–1915 Henry A. Callis, 1915 Howard H. Long, 1916–1917 William A. Pollard, 1917–1918 Daniel D. Fowler, 1919 Lucius L. McGee, 1920 Simeon S. Booker, 1921–1923 Raymond W. Cannon, 1924–1927 Bert A. Rose, 1928–1931 Charles H. Wesley, 1932–1940 Rayford W. Logan, 1941–1945 Belford V. Lawson, Jr., 1946–1951 Antonio M. Smith, 1952–1954 Frank L. Stanley, 1955–1957 Myles A. Paige, 1957–1960 William H. Hale, 1961–1962 T. Winston Cole, Sr., 1963–1964 Lionel H. Newsom, 1965–1968 Ernest N. Morial, 1968–1972 Walter Washington, 1973–1976 James R. Williams, 1977–1980 Ozell Sutton, 1981–1984 Charles C. Teamer, 1985–1988 Henry Ponder, 1989–1992 Milton C. Davis, 1993–1996 Adrian L. Wallace, 1997–2000 Harry E. Johnson, 2001–2004 Darryl R. Matthews, Sr. 2005–2008 Herman "Skip" Mason, Jr. 2009-April 2012 Aaron Crutison (Acting) April 2012-December 2012 Mark S. Tillman 2013-Present

Source: "Alpha Phi Alpha General Presidents". Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Retrieved 2013-08-07.