The Family Archives
Military records, teaching certificates, letters, clippings, home movies — digitized, searchable, and kept for every generation to come.
US Navy Service — Eight Years Active Duty
Enlistment through honorable service; the beginning of a lifetime in uniform.
US Army Postings, 1980–1996
First Sergeant, Bristol PA · Senior Leaders Instructor, Edison NJ · Operations Sergeant, Fort Meade MD and Wiesbaden, Germany.
Meritorious Service Medals and Service Awards
Including the Armed Forces Service Medal for operations relating to Bosnia, Good Conduct Medal (twice), and the NCO Professional Development Ribbon with four clusters.
Bachelor of Arts in Special Education, 1970
Jersey City State College — earned at night between three jobs and a uniform, with graduate credits in Counseling and Vocational Guidance.
Thirty-One Years in the Classroom
North Hudson Jointure Commission and Hudson County Schools of Technology; GED Examiner and substitute at the A. Harry Moore School after retiring in 2002.
MLK Jr. Parade & Scholarship Committee — Treasurer
Ten years helping send other people’s children to school.
VFW Samuel R. Shelton Post 2294 — Quartermaster
Ten years keeping the books and keeping faith with his fellow veterans.
Andrew Young Black Male Achievement Award
Presented by Gamma Delta Sorority, Inc., Lambda Omega Chapter, for outstanding achievement.
The Family Album — 100+ Photographs
Digitized from eighty-five years of family life; browse them in the Gallery.
Reels and tapes to be digitized and catalogued by year.
His voice, sermons he kept, and family interviews.
A printable booklet of his story for reunions and the scholarship banquet — in preparation.
The family is digitizing more every month. Have a document, recording, or clipping? Send it to the archives.