Here’s the all-time list! All 597 recipients of the New Pittsburgh Courier’s “Men of Excellence” honor, over the course of 12 classes, starting in 2008. Remember, to see photos of some of the honorees, along with photos of the event and other video recaps that are available, click the link below.
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The New Pittsburgh Courier’s “Men of Excellence” all-time honorees
THE CLASS OF 2024 (49)
Legacy Honoree — Robert Hill
James Willie Anderson Jr.
Demario Andrews
Rev. William A. Baker IV
James M. Carter
Kiel Chapman
Robert Cherry
Bernard Clark Jr.
Micheal “Mike” Dean
J.E. Clark Delanois
Chuck Durham
Dr. Shawn Keith Ellies
Rev. Brian Carswell Flannagan Sr.
Michael Lee Gay Sr.
Sam W. Gibson
Rev. Jerrel T. Gilliam
Nathaniel K. Goodson
Ricky Hardy
Lance J. Harrell
Saint “Larry” Harris
Mark D. Henderson
Dr. Chuck Herring
Edgar G. Jackson Jr.
Emmanuel D. Key
Terence King
Michael A. Knight
Sebastian Lacy
Majestic Lane
Mike Logan
Clyde D. Manns Jr.
Kevin J. Miller
Pastor E. Keith Moncrief
Bishop Marvin C. Moreland
James Myers Jr.
Michael C. Nelson
Michael J. Nichols
Robert Poston
Timothy Powell
Jonathan D. Rideau
Shawn A. Shannon
Alphonso Sloan
Morton D. Stanfield Jr.
Brian Vincent Starks
Alfred B. Valentine
Wendell E. Wade Jr.
Dr. Evon Walters
Terrel R. Williams
W. Eugene Wilson
James D. Wimberly III
Dr. Michael Young
THE CLASS OF 2023 (49)
Legacy Honoree — Glenn Mahone
Philip Austin
Edward Baiden
Antoine Bailey
Lonnell Becoate
Jalal Black Sr.
Day Bracey
Rev. Gary L. Brock Sr.
Wade Brown
Aubrey Bruce
Rex A. Burton III
Jeff Capel
Bishop Lee C. Carter Jr.
Ross Chapman
Melvin C. Cherry Jr., MSW
Sam Clancy Sr.
Henry “Hank” Commodore
Brian A. Cook Sr.
Nick M. Daniels
Craig Dawson
Emmanuel Ramon DeAnda
Andrew Dixon, M.Ed
Dion Dupree
Christopher Floyd, A.S.T., B.A., MCJ, PhD
Dwayne C. Fulton
Eric Harper
Michael James Harper
Pete Henderson
Boniface Igba
Rodger Jay
George C. McClure
Anthony Mock
Clay Moorefield
Brandon F. Mosby, F.D.
Khari Mosley
Richard Newell
Jean-Pierre Nsanzabera
Phillip D. Palmer
Rev. Raymond Porter Jr.
Ray Roundtree
Dr. Simeon Saunders
Leighton Seawright
James A. Shealey
Dr. Paul David Spradley
Byron Stripling
Carlitez Thompson
Phillip Lee Thompson Jr.
Thomas R. Walker Jr.
Rev. George Williams
Curtis Youngblood
THE CLASS OF 2022 (50)
Legacy Honoree — Tim Stevens
Will Anderson
Georin Aquila
Michael Jeffery Blackwell
Yardon Brantley
Brian E. Broome
John M. Burwell
Keith Butler
Damon Carr
Clifford “Sly Jock” Charlton
Derrick Lyndell Clark Sr.
Eric Cofield
Hon. Kevin E. Cooper Jr.
Chris Curd
Richard A. Eanes
James Edwell Jr.
Jason England
Randy K. Ford
Richard L. Ford III
Rev. Craig L. Giles
Samuel L. Gill
Jay A. Gilmer, Esq.
Dexter Hairston
Donny E. Hamilton Jr.
Mark Hutchinson
Rev. Andrew Jackson
Mark C. Johnson
Jason S. Jones
Tracy Kelly Jr.
Adam “DJ Blakk Steel” Lewis
Owen J. Macklin Sr.
Joseph McCain
Ronald Moncrief
Malcolm E. Nowlin
Nelson Nyirongo
Rev. Theodore E. Pugh Sr.
Curtis Randle El III, MBA, AIFA
Carl Redwood Jr.
Leon U. Rockymore
Ron Smiley
Pastor Michael H. Smith
Rev. Geoffrey E. Tate II
LaMarcus Thurman
Derrick L. Tillman
Donald C. Walker III
Anthony “Tone” Walls
Mike Warfield
Dr. Johnathan JeVon White
Jamar White, MBA
Rev. Dr. Richard W. Wingfield
Ashley G. Woodson
THE CLASS OF 2021 (50)
Legacy Honoree — Bishop Loran E. Mann
Byron T. Allen
Michael Barnes
Stanley Bell
Roy Blankenship Jr.
Thomas Burley
Johnnie Burton
Stephan Davis
Derrick Davis
Roger W. Davis, EdD
Luther J. Dupree Jr.
Kelton Edmonds, PhD
Vincent D. Elliott
George Fleming
Allan Francette
Robert B. Fulton
Eric Gibson
Damon Givner
Clyburn Halley
Chris Howard
Brent Jernigan
Elijha David King
Tayon Mitchell
Alton Mitchell
Kelly E. Morrissey
Justin Nwokeji
Shabaka Perkins
Anthony W. Pipkin
Michael Potter
Jace Random
Charles J. Reeves
Christopher W. Robinson
Ronald B. Saunders
Leland Scales
Ryan S. Scott
William Simmons, MD
Terry Smith
George C. Spencer Sr.
Mark Stuckey
Daniel Taylor
Shawn Thomas
Chester D. Thompson, DSc.
Curtis Upsher Jr.
Robert D. Walker
Thomas Washington Jr.
Rev. John C. Welch, PhD
Rep. Jake Wheatley Jr.
Brandon White
Marlin Woods, CPC
Dante Works
THE CLASS OF 2019 (51)
Legacy Honoree — William E. Strickland Jr.
Aaron Aldrich
Kevin Alton
Anthony Anderson
Wahad Ansari
Brandon Baker
Eddie Bell
Isaiah Cresent Bey
Pastor Neville A. Brooks
Rev. Dr. Darryl T. Canady
Anthony Carlisle, PhD
Bishop Donald O. Clay Jr.
Harvey Cole Jr.
Parrish Davenport
Austin A. Davis
Charles Deshazier, MD
Donald Gray III
Charles Greer Sr.
Akil “Esoon” Griffin
Deavon Hammonds
Barnett Harris Sr.
Rev. Dr. James H. Harris Sr.
Nelson E. Harrison, PhD
Len Hawkins
Cain Hayes
Dennis Henderson
Leonard Holt
Eric Howze
Rev. James E. Hunt
Anthony Jefferson
Rev. Torrey O. Johnson
Wayne Jones
Robert M. Jones Jr.
Shannon Lawhorn
Jeff Mallory
Gordon Manker
Brother Marlon Martin
Johnnie Miott
William Mitchell Sr.
Brandon Phillips
Darelle A. Porter
Oronde Sharif
Jerome Taylor, PhD
Bernard Taylor Jr., EdD
Adam C. Walker
Darrell L. Warden
Mark Weir
Eric L. Wells
Anthony Williams
Douglas Williams Sr.
Ryan D. Wooten
THE CLASS OF 2017 (46)
Legacy Honoree — Louis “Hop” Kendrick
Joel Acie
Vernard Alexander
John Ayers
Barata Bey
Harold L. Blye
Kenyon R. Bonner
Fred Brown
Quintin B. Bullock, DDS
Brian Burley
Kevin Carter
Lloyd Cheatom
Brandon D. Coney
Christopher Edmonds
Freddie Fields
Rev. Dr. William R. Glaze
Donta Green
Philip Greene Jr.
Robert (Jon) Hairston
Anthony Hamlet, EdD
Leonard Hammonds II
Rahmon Hart, EdD
Jerry Harvey
Richard L. Hatcher II
Carlton Heywood
Todd J. Hollis, Esq.
Jerome Jackson
Robert James
Donnie Kyte
Gabriel Medley
Ricky Moody
David L. Motley
Victor Musgrove
David I. Odom
Emiola Jay Oriola
Kyle Perdue
Robert J. Powell
Dwayne Rankin
Richard A. Stewart Jr.
James E. Taylor, PhD
Josh Taylor
Terrell Thomas
Darryl T. Wiley
Phillip K. Woods, EdD
Jamal Woodson
Ayodeji Young
THE CLASS OF 2014 (50)
Legacy Honoree — Honorable Justin M. Johnson
Legacy Honoree — Honorable Livingstone Johnson
Emmai Alaquiva
Caster D. Binion
Cecil E. Brazos III
Reginald E. Brown, F.A.H.M.
Councilman Rev. Ricky V. Burgess
Bishop Otis L. Carswell
Winford R. Craig
Paradise Gray
Elwin Green
Jeffrey Grubbs
Paul Terrance Harper, PhD
Eugene E. Harris
George Howard
Melvin Hubbard El
Lance Hyde
Billy Jackson
Charles Chernor Jalloh
Kevin L. Jenkins
Rev. Thomas E. Johnson Jr.
Rev. Cornell D. Jones
Darryl E. Jones
R. Blaine Jones II, Esq.
Abass B. Kamara
Brandin Knight
Bob McCall
Everett M. McElveen
Nate Mitchell
Richard L. Morris
Josifani Munyika Moyo BS, MS
K. Chase Patterson
Dr. Chenits Pettigrew Jr.
Clyde Wilson Pickett
Curtiss E. Porter, PhD
Richard G. Portis
James Reid
Gregory T. Rogers, JD
Charles A. Saunders
Pastor Michael H. Smith, M.A.R., CPC
Eric C. Strong
J.T. Thomas
Page Thomas
Frank C. Walker II
Wayne N. Walters
Homer L. Walton, Esq.
Jesse Washington
Honorable Ralph P. Watson
Derrick Wilson
Reginald B. Young
THE CLASS OF 2012 (50)
Legacy Honoree — Aaron A. Walton
Louis T. Alexander
Larry D. Anderson Sr.
David J. Atkins
Kevin Bolding
Tyyrone Brooks
Archie L. Brown
Coach William Brown
Tony Byers, PhD
William M. Carter Jr.
Jonas Chaney
Charles Cook
Frederick B. Crawford
Waverly Duck
Ervin Dyer
Eric Ewell
Bishop Joseph L. Garlington Sr., PhD
Juan Garrett
Pastor Gregory Greene
Steven Griffin
Stanley Holbrook
Cdr.. Eric Holmes
Rodney K. Hopson, PhD
Elliot Howsie, Esq.
Calvin L. Jackson Jr.
Brandon R. Jennings
Vincent O. Johnson
Chief Charles R. Jones Jr.
Fredrick O. Kendrick, PhD
John R. Laymon Jr.
Rev. Dr. Lamar D. Lee Jr.
Brace S. Lowe
Frederick A. Massey Jr.
Darren McCormick
Jesse James McLean Jr.
Linwood Mitchell
Larry C. Pickett
Charles M. Powell Sr.
Julius Lee Redd
Frederick Redmond
Larry S. Smedley
Harvey James Smith Jr.
Kerry A. Stith
Will Thompkins
Dr. Robert L. Thompson
Dr. Morris E. Turner
Eustace Uke
Christophas Walker
Ricardo J. Williams
David A. Young
THE CLASS OF 2011 (53)
Legacy Honoree — Eric W. Springer, Esq.
Kenny Blake
Mel Blount
Scott L. Brown
Mario C. Browne
Kirk M. Bruce
Carlos T. Carter
Frank G. Chester
Gregory James Collier Sr.
Jamaal Craig
Charles T. Curry, PhD
Lee Davis
Frederick Douglas Sr.
Baron “B.B.” Flenory
John L. Ford Sr.
Aaron Gibson
Kevin Gibson, MD
Rev. Glenn G. Grayson Sr.
Edward J. Greene
L.C. Greenwood
Uhuru Hotep, EdD
Roger Humphries
Kenneth L. Huston
Chris Ivey
Steffan R. Johnson
Theodore W. Johnson
Herbert V.R.P. Jones, PhD
Joseph J. Kennedy IV
Andrew M. Lee
Albert Merritt
Ty Miller
Kenneth J. Nesbit
Saihou Omar Njie
Paulo Nzambi
Grady Roberts Jr., PhD
Anthony G. Robins, PhD
Robert “Rock” Robinson
Hon. William Russell Robinson
Howard A. Russell Jr.
Pastor Tim Smith
Mark Clayton Southers
Richard W. Taylor, Esq.
Joe William Trotter Jr.
Dwan B. Walker
Kevin Watson
George A. Webb Sr.
Charles White
John Wilson III
Richard Witherspoon
Jasiri X
In Memoriam — John Adams
In Memoriam — Dave Epperson
In Memoriam — Armon Gilliam
In Memoriam — El Gray
In Memoriam — Nate Smith
THE CLASS OF 2010 (50)
Legacy Honoree — Wendell G. Freeland Esq.
Legacy Honoree — Robert L. Pitts
Legacy Honoree — Robert R. Lavelle (posthumously)
Curtis Aiken
Kevin Amos
James J. Barnes Esq.
John Bettis III
T. Rashad Byrdsong
Kevin W. Cameron
Andrew Cheeseboro
John J. Clark
Ryan Clark
Robin Cole
Clarence F. Curry
Eric Dickerson
Thomas W. Douglas
Darnell Drewery
Dr. Steven Evans
Carlo Anton Fontenot
Edward Gainey
Louis M. Gomez
Harold Hayes
Terrance Hayes
Neddie C. Hollis MSW, LCSW
Sheldon L. Ingram
Reed D. Kimbrough
Elie Kihonia
Robert Kindred
R. Daniel Lavelle
Rev. Dr. Loran E. Mann
Alex Matthews
Dwight Mayo
A. Fulton Meachem Jr.
Max F. Miller
Thomas A. Motley
Tony Norman
Leon D. Pamphile, PhD
Darren K. Parr, Esq.
Alan D. Perry
James L. Rice
Victor A. Roque
William T. Simmon, Esq.
Winston N. Simmonds
Terry M. Smith
Lynn Swann
John Tate
Frank L. Torbert Jr.
John M. Wallace Jr., PhD
Louis E. Waller III
Rob Wilson
THE CLASS OF 2009 (50)
Richard Adams
David Allen
Robert Allen Jr.
Todd Allen
David Anderson
Eric Anderson
Jeffrey Anderson
Tony Atwater
Randall Bacon
Joseph Bailey Sr.
Pastor Jason Barr Jr.
William Bates
Robert Boulware
Randolph Brockington
Russell Bynum
Floyd Cephas
Roderick Craighead
Rex Crawley
Rev. Dr. William Curtis
Evan Frazier
Richard Garland
William Generrett Jr.
Sean Gibson
Charles Gladney
Laurence Glasco
Rev. Marcus Harvey
William Hawthorne
David Hopkins
Davie Huddleston
Ronald Hunt
Michael Jasper
James Johnson Jr.
Rodney Jones
Eric Kelly (posthumously)
Mark Lewis
Marc Little
William Neal Sr.
Edmund Nelson
Ronald Porter
Rep. Joseph Preston Jr.
Milton Raiford
Ramon Rustin
Charles Sanders
Luther Sewell
Howard Slaughter Jr.
Walter Smith Jr.
Dee Thompson
Irvin Williams
Oscar Worthy
Judge Joseph Williams III
THE CLASS OF 2008 (49)
Robert O. Agbede
Ty Alexander
Dr. Christopher Allen
Malik Bankston
Neal A. Barclay
Samuel W. Black
Mark A. Brentley Sr.
Oliver W. Byrd
F. David Coleman
Terry Collier
Dr. Larry E. Davis
Riley Davis
James C. Diggs
Dwayne Dolphin
Edmund D. Effort, DDS
Chief Nathan Harper
Franco Harris
Leon Haynes III
Robert Hill
Dr. Alexander Johnson
Timothy H. Johnson
Clyde B. Jones III
Robert D. Jones
Rev. Dr. Harold T. Lewis
Jerry Lopes
Glenn Mahone, ESQ.
Eric K. Mann
George L. Miles Jr.
Christopher T. Moore
Thaddeus Mosley
Alexander Nichols Jr.
Sylvester Pace
Theodore Roberts Jr.
Vince Sims
Chauncey W. Smith
Gregory R. Spencer
Kenneth Spruill
Samuel J. Stephenson
Tim Stevens
William Strickland
Mike Tomlin
Sala Udin
JW Wallace
Aaron A. Walton
DeWitt Walton
Alonzo W. Webb Jr.
Dwight White (posthumously)
John M. Wilds
Judge Dwayne D. Woodruff
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