WHB HS Distinguished Alumni – Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center

Name	WHB Class	Category	Profession/Accomplishment
Royal Thomas (late)	Class of 1946	Administration & Education	Served as Vice Principal of BHS
Anne Brooks Goodwyn Vintes	Class of 1940	Administration & Education	Math Instructor at BHS and Sponsor of the Beacon Yearbook, and Guidance Counselor at Cochran Elementary School
Laverna Hebron Hall	Class of 1947	Administration & Education	Teacher & Principal in the Anne Arundel County Public School system
Nancy Wood Gist	Class of 1952	Administration & Education	English & Resource Teacher, and Assistant Principal; Member/President and Vice President of the Anne Arundel County School Board (6years); Member and Vice President of the Anne Arundel County Ethics Commission (4years)
Dr. Linda Hicks Boyd	Class of 1964	Administration & Education	Teacher/Administrator/Principal; Maryland State Board of Education Administrator
Otho Johnson	Class of 1948	Administration & Education	Teacher and Principal
Shirley Hicks	Class of 1964	Administration & Education	First African- American Female High School Principal. And Director of Senior High School in Anne Arundel County
Larry Brogden	Class of 1962	Administration & Education	Teacher and Football Coach
Marita Carroll	Class of 1942	Administration & Education	Teacher, Principal, and Civic Activist
Alverta E. Darden	Class of 1958	Administration & Education	Taught 3rd grade at Arnold Elementary School for 33 years; a school which was walking distance from her families’ 40 acre farm in Arnold. As a child she was denied enrollment in the school.
Dr. James Avery	Class of 1964	Administration & Education	Professor and Head of Criminal Justice Department at Coppin State College
Dr. Thelma Thomas Daley, PH.D	Class of 1942	Administration & Education	Voted one of the most influential women in the U.S. by Ebony Magazine.
Dr. Richard C. Thomas, Jr. PhD	Class of 1947	Administration & Education	First Black Administrator for Baltimore County Public Schools
Joseph Butler	Class of 1964	Administration & Education, Military Service	Teacher & Assistant Principal in the Anne Arundel County Public School System; Lieutenant Colonel Retired US Army & Decorated Vietnam Veteran.
Sylvia Gaither Richardson Garrison	Class of 1943	Administration & Education	BHS teacher of French and Social Studies; Fulbright Scholar: University of Paris-Sorbonne; community leader: First female president of the Severn Improvement Association.
Wilbur Jones, Jr.	Class of 1959	Administration & Education	National Science Foundation Scholar, science teacher for Baltimore City Public School System.
Gwendolyn Queen Pindell	Class of 1941	Administration & Education	BHS math teacher, Author of "Think on These Things".
Dr. Eleanor Queen Tignor	Class of 1954	Administration & Education	English Professor at LaGuardia Community college, and State University of New York.
Doris Gaither Brashears	Class of 1950	Administration & Education	Teacher and Principal in A.A.Co. public schools.
Lorraise Gaither Brooks	Class of 1957	Administration & Education	Teacher and Principal in A.A.Co. public schools.
Dr. Preston T. Hebron, Jr. PhD	Class of 1961	Administration & Education	Teacher and Principal in A.A.Co. public schools.
atricia Hebron Handy	Class of 1958	Administration & Education	Teacher,A.A.Co.,Owner/ Administrative Director of F.C.Hamilton, Inc., Director of Morgan University Child Care Center.
Frank Hebron (late)	Class of 1944	Administration & Education	Teacher, Principal and Supervisor of Instruction in Anne Arundel County. He was a lifetime member of the NAACP, the Stanton Bates Alumni Association and the AATA and the Masonic Landmark Lodge#40 at Catonsville, MD; the new Harman Elementary School; will be renamed in his memory: “Frank Hebron Elementary School at Harmon”
Rose Swann Thompson	Class of 1964	Administration & Education	Teacher, Principal and Community College Professor in Anne Arundel County
Connie Johnson Morris	Class of 1963	Arts & Humanities	Author, "Give Yourself Good Credit".
George Trotter	Class of 1965	Arts & Humanities	Artist, Educator and Administrator; designed the 2006 Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center Flag
George Phelps	Class of 1947	Business & Commerce	Civic Leader, Law Enforcement, Owner of Phelps Security Company.
Lonnie C. Brown	Class of 1956	Business & Commerce	A former employee of Wiley H. Bates High School from 1955 until the school closed in 1966 due to desegregation. He purchased property in the Urban Renewal Area of Annapolis' former Fourth Ward in 197 where he established several successful businesses. He was the owner of Brown's Glo-ing Club and L and G Boutique and continued to maintain a Black Business presence in what is now known as the Business Revitalization Area in the city of Annapolis.
J.William Swann	Class of 1936	Business & Commerce	Member the first graduating Class of Bates, Freelance Photographer for the Afro-American Newspaper and Bates High School.
Charles Hicks, Sr. (late)	Class of 1942	Business & Commerce	Mortician and owner of Hicks Funeral Home.
John Chambers (late)	Class of 1945	Business & Commerce	Owner of Chambers Family Barber Shop: Alderman and the First Black Mayor of Annapolis, MD.
Howard Fuller	Class of 1951	Business & Commerce	Owners of H&B Fuller Retail Center Bestgate Road, Annapolis, MD
Betty Fuller	Class of 1954	Business & Commerce	Owners of H&B Fuller Retail Center Bestgate Road, Annapolis, MD
Isaac E. Johnson, Sr.	Class of 1943	Business & Commerce	Owner of the Mulberry Mart.
Dr. Eugene Matthews	Class of 1956	Clergy	District Superintendent of the United Methodist Church, Baltimore Washington Conference
Reverend Mildred Holliday	Class of 1953	Clergy	Administrator, Teacher, and Preacher
Reverend Callie Marita Johnson-Matthews	Class of 1964	Clergy	First female Pastor appointed to serve at the 120 year old Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Annapolis.
Mary Ida Hawkins Craig	Class of 1950	Government & Politics	First African American Secretary for A.A.Co. Executive Joe Alton
Norman Randall	Class of 1956	Government & Politic	Sheriff of Anne Arundel County
Samuel Gilmer (late)	Class of 1942	Government & Politic	Alderman, City of Annapolis, MD
John H. Darden, Sr	Class of 1962	Industrial Arts & Trades	Owner of Darden Automotive, Baltimore, Maryland; Automotive Instructor at Mergenthaler Technical High School and Westside Skills Center, Baltimore,MD
Mark A. Darden, Jr	Class of 1962	Industrial Arts & Trades	Owner & Operator of C & L Automotive Service, Baltimore, MD; 1st African American Automotive Instructor at North Arundel Vocational Technical Center; Awarded medal from Grumman Aerospace for Innovative Technology Design in 1970
James I. Darden, Sr. (late)	Class of 1966	Industrial Arts & Trades	Owner of Darden Trucking & Automotive Service; Diesel Engine Instructor at the Diesel Engine Institute, Cheverly
Hillary Owens, Jr.	Class of 1958	Industrial Arts & Trades	Major Body & Fender Business, Lothian, MD.
Arnold L. Gaither	Class of 1948	Industrial Arts & Trades	Owners/Operators of Gaither’s Trucking;
Carvel D. Gaither	Class of 1953	Industrial Arts & Trades	Owners/Operators of Gaither’s Trucking;
Irvin S. Gaither	Class of 1953	Industrial Arts & Trades	Owners/Operators of Gaither’s Trucking;
Harry Brashears	Class of 1956	Industrial Arts & Trades	Owner & Operator of Bud’s Body & Fender Shop Brownswoods
Earle Brashears	Class of 1946	Industrial Arts & Trades	First Bates Graduate to become a Mechanic and Inspector at Fort George G. Meade, MD
Gilbert Brashears, Jr. (late)	Class of 19__	Industrial Arts & Trades	Owner of Brashears Trucking, Hauling & Excavator; Real Estate Developer who purchased the old Brownswoods 2-room school house and converted it into a modern apartment complex
Reginald “Tiny Tim” Harris	Class of 19__	Law Enforcement	Police Officer and Bailiff in the District Court of Maryland
Sgt. Charles Hicks	Class of 1961	Law Enforcement	Annapolis Police Department
James H. Colbert	Class of 19__	Law Enforcement	Captain of the Annapolis Police Department
Judge Joseph Williams (late	Class of 1938	Legal/Judicial	Judge of the Superior Court of New York; First Bates Graduate to become a Judge.
Judge Essom V.Ricks Jr (late)	Class of 1964	Legal/Judicial	First Bates Graduate to be appointed a Judge in the state of Maryland.
Evelyn Olivia Addison Darden, Esq.	Class of 1963	Legal/Judicial	Established the first African-American, “Mother-Son” law firm in the state of Maryland: Law Offices of Addison-Darden,P.C.; named Natonal Finalist (TLPJ) in 2002 & Trial Lawyers of the Year in 2003 by the Maryland Trial Lawyers Associates (MTLA).
Dr. Ernest O. Brown, M.D.	Class of 1945	Medical, Dental/Nursing	Physician, Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr. Carol Williams-Brown	Class of 1964	Medical, Dental/Nursing	Optometrist in Savannah, Georgia
Alice Wright	Class of 1956	Medical, Dental/Nursing	Registered Nurse, President of Community Health Center, Parole
Della W. Webb	Class of 1965	Medical, Dental/Nursing	Clinical Manager at Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta
Dr. James Roland Randall	Class of 1950	Medical, Dental/Nursing	Doctor of Psychology.
Dr. Melvin D. Howard	Class of 1950	Medical, Dental/Nursing	Doctor of Veterinarian Medicine.
Vashti Holt (late)	Class of 1946	Medical, Dental/Nursing	Certified Registered Nurse at Morgan State University Infirmary.
William Colbert	Class of 1938	Military Service	Member of the Tuskegee Airmen
Benjamin Harris (late)	Class of 1955	Military Service	Lieutenant Colonel Retired, Owner of Ben Harris Bail Bond Service.
Louis J. Boston	Class of 1955	Military Service	Lieutenant Colonel retired, Pastor of First Baptist Church of Annapolis.
Albert Coates	Class of 1942	Military Service	Lieutenant Colonel, US Army Retired.
Henrietta Thompson	Class of 1942	Music	Music scholar with many honors and music affiliations.
Arthur O. Takeall (late)	Class of 1965	Performing Arts & Media	Professional Ventriloquist; Radio Broadcaster, International Law Enforcement Consultant.
Carroll H. Hynson, Jr.	Class of 1954	Real Estate, Land Development & Agriculture	Real Estate Developer, MD State Lottery Commissioner, Bail Bondsmen, Radio Personality at WHUR.
Dr. Burton Davis	Class of 1961	Science & Technology	Scientist; secured numerous patents for Innovative Technology;
George E. Gaither, Jr.	Class of 1955	Science & Technology	Senior Executive for National Security Agency (NSA);
Norman C. Thomas (late)	Class of 1955	Science & Technology	Scientific Research with publications in major science journals; President of Thomas Motor Tours, Inc.
Betty Brown Turner	Class of 1958	Administration & Education	Anne Arundel County Public school teacher and pupil personnel worker, member of the Board of Directors of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Boys And Girls Club and a member of the Annapolis Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Dr. Ambrose Jerald, Jr.	Class of 1961	Science & Technology	Marine Biologist and Chief of Research Planning and Coordination at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s Woods Hole Laboratory in MA. He is currently Director of Academic Programs. Since 1994, he has provided NOAA leadership on national and international affairs in South Africa.
John Makell	Class of 1948	Sports & Athletic Achievement	Professional baseball for the Detroit Lions, played for the Orioles farm team, Teacher at BHS and outstanding male athlete.
Betty Covert	Class of 1950	Sports & Athletic Achievement	BHS teacher and Outstanding Female Athlete
Arthur Thomas	Class of 1960	Sports & Athletic Achievement	Bowie State Football Coach
Jack Dennis	Class of 1951	Sports & Athletic Achievement	Coach at Morgan State University
George Spriggs	Class of 1955	Sports & Athletic Achievement	Professional baseball player with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Owner of Spriggs Construction Company.
Torshia Brown Smith	Class of 1956	Transportation Services	Owner J. Smith Bus Services
Donald C. Armstead	Class of 1950	Transportation Services	Owner of Armstead Bus Company.
Marguerite Askew Kirkland	Class of 1964	Other/Community Services	A founding member of the “Women of Color Scholarship Program” through the A.A.Co. YWCA, Owner of Rebee’s Soul Food Restaurant in Fort Meade, MD
Dr. Jean A. Creek	Class of 1963	Other/Community Services	ommunity Activist in A.A.Co., Educator, Principal and Administrator in the Baltimore City School System, served as President of the Anne Arundel County NAACP; now an International Business Consultant;
Errol E.Brown, Sr.	Class of 1965	Other/Community Services	President and Senior Researcher for the Banneker-Douglas Museum Foundation,Inc., Executive Vice President of the blacks of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. and Senior Member of the Bates History Team and Redevelopment Project
Alma H. Cropper	Class of 1953	Other/Community Services	Past President of the Stanton-Bates Alumni Association, Inc. and present Chairman of the Board of the Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center, Inc.
Elva Geraldine Hicks Glover	Class of 1956	Science & Technology	1960 graduate of Morgan State College with a BS degree in Mathematics. Hired in July 1960, being the youngest of 5 African-American female mathematicians at the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. Played an important role in multiple science projects and activities of the space agency during her 34 years of service to NASA and the Federal Government. During her career she helped to develop algorithmical complex problems including spectral analysis, the scattering of electrons from atoms, excitation of ions by electron impact, the analysis of variable stars and the analysis of the geochemical structure of meteorite.