LexNoir Foundation Scholarship Reception
The Clyde E. Bailey, Sr. Legal Scholarship Fund is sponsored by LexNoir Foundation. Clyde E. Bailey, Sr. was a distinguished patent attorney at the Eastman Kodak Company, who served as the 61st president of the National Bar Association, the oldest and largest association of predominately African-American judges, lawyers and legal scholars in the United States.
As president of the National Bar Association, President Bailey worked tirelessly on behalf of black lawyers throughout the African Diaspora to build relationships and a mutual understanding of common issues and concerns. During his term as president, he also traveled extensively throughout southern Africa to forge relationships between black lawyers in South Africa, Botswana and the United States.
In honor of President Bailey's vision, LexNoir Foundation created a scholarship fund in his name to provide scholarships to black law students and others from historically disadvantaged communities who are interested in pursuing a career in international law. To date, the fund has awarded scholarships to law students from South Africa and Canada.
Our special guests for the Scholarship Reception will be Mr. Ebrahim Rasool, the Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa, and Mr. Taswell Papier from the South African law firm of Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs. As part of the program for that evening, we will be extending a warm welcome to Ambassador Rasool as he begins his new post in the United States. Others from the African diplomatic community are also expected to attend.
LexNoir Foundation is a non-profit corporation recognized as 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. The Foundation serves as the charitable arm of LexNoir, an international network of lawyers connecting the African Diaspora.
Sponsors of the Scholarship Reception include the following:
Nixon Peabody LLP
Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs
HSBC Bank USA, NA
Washington Bar Association
Special guests include the following individuals:
Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool (South Africa)
Dr. Jean Bailey (Howard University)
Taswell Papier (Director, Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs; LexNoir Representative-South Africa)
Nicole Lee (President, TransAfrica Forum)
Contributing guests include the following individuals:
Gold Donor(s) - $1,000
Elizabeth A. Allen
Kendal Tyre
Silver Donor - $500
Patricia Harrison
Bronze Donor - $250
Edward W. Gray
Patron Donor(s) - $100
Joel Armstrong
Sandy Chamblee
S. Kathryn Allen and Maurice Daniel
Kevin Judd
Nicole Lee
Ziyad Motala and Farhana Motala
Veta Richardson
Patricia and Michael Rosier
Donna F. Shuler
Dr. Sonya Smith
Bruce Spiva
Maria Stallings
Andrew and Rachel Weinschenk
Leroy Wilson, Jr.
General Donor(s) - $50
Hassen Adams
Biba Aidoo
Beverly Baker Kelly
Cynthia Bardwell
Everett Bellamy
Jerry Brown
Nadira Clarke
Jeff Cohen
Dawn Crumel
Carol Yvonne Dudley
Ross Eichberg
Boniface Emmanuel
Adam Essa
Richard Everett
Kunle Fagbenle
Steve Feirman
Ben Gyepi-Garbrah
Naomi Hackenberg
Arielle Harry-Bess
David Hegstad
Lawrence Helman
Dionne Lomax
Shelvin Longmire
Sandra Magwood
Milton Marquis
Kagabo Gaston Mpatswe
Victor Mroczka
Olivia Mutambo
Prof. Odeana R. Neal
Sophia Nelson
Tanya C. Nesbitt
Kenneth Nichols
Dr. Lavdena Orr
Miles Pomper
Loren Ponds
Tahir Salie
Wakio Seaforth
Sumeet Sharma
Chari Smith
Orville A. Smith
Cecil Talbott
Patrice Harris Talbott
Megan Tumi
Jennifer Tyre
Timothy Tyre
Steve Vieux
Diana Vilmenay
Mark Wallace
Jennifer Washington
Kristen Wells
Melvin White
Benjamin F. Wilson
David Youngblood
