Executive Director of Finance for the Chicago Defender, Carol Bell, received the Rhomania Torch Award for Communication from the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority – Delta Sigma Chicago Alumnae Chapter.
The sorority also awarded scholarships to Lauren Bradley of
Illinois State University, Larry Fairchild of Oak Park & River Forest High
School and Mercedes Talbert-Williams of King College Prep High School during
the “Everything That Blings” ceremony Saturday at Chateau Del Mar in southwest
suburban Hickory Hills.
Other recipients for the 2011 awards were:
Crystal A. Bell – Education
Oreitha P. Benion – Legacy
Elva M. Dawson – Medicine
Rueben D. Echoles – Fine Arts
Barry K. Elmore – Youth
Darlene Hill – Journalism
Hubert C. Jackson – Youth
Robin Kelly, Ph.D. – Excellence
Gwendolyn Long-Wimes, Ed.D. – Lifetime Achievement
Peggy Sutton – Fine Arts
Ramon “Ramonski Luv” Wade – Service
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