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Anthony A. Williams
January 2, 1999

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ANTHONY A. WILLIAMS
Mayoral Inauguration
District of Columbia

Our city our future logo

Inaugural
Commemorative
Program

JANUARY 2, 1998


“Nothing has been done...and nothing will be done, until people of good will put their bodies and their souls in motion.”

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Table of Contents

Welcome

Anthony A. Williams, Mayor
Eleanor Holmes Norton, Delegate, U.S. Congress
Linda W. Cropp, Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia

Introducing

Anthony A. Williams
Linda W. Cropp
David A. Catania
Phil Mendelson
Jim Graham
Kathleen Patterson
Vincent B. Orange, Sr.
Sharon Ambrose

Programs

Schedule of Events
Prayer Breakfast
Swearing In Ceremony
Inaugural Celebration
Special Program Participants

Acknowledgements

Inaugural Hosts and Sponsors
Inaugural Committee
Transition Team, Transition Staff and Ward Coordinators

List of Advertisers

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Mayoral Inauguration

Schedule of Events
January 2, 1999

Prayer Breakfast
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
2660 Woodley Road, N.W.
7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

Swearing-In Ceremony
Freedom Plaza
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Inaugural Celebration
International Trade Center
Pennsylvania Avenue at 13th Street, N. W.
7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Honorary Chairpersons
Diane Simmons Williams, Virginia Hayes Williams, and Asantewa Foster

Director
Robert Lee Jones

Counsel
Douglas Patton

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Welcome

Anthony A. Williams
Mayor-Elect

Today I am proud to take the oath of office as the fourth elected Mayor of the District of Columbia. I am profoundly committed to serving the people of our city to the best of my ability. I call upon all who share my love for the District of Columbia -- our nation's Capital -- to join me in this commitment.

Let us join together in a simple vision for our city. It is a city with strong schools, safe streets, vibrant communities, safe and affordable housing and reliable transportation. It is a city that celebrates its rich social and cultural life. It is a city that works for all people, especially our children and senior citizens.

Just days before his death, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke truth when he said, “nothing has been done...and nothing will be done, until people of good will put their bodies and their souls in motion.” We must listen to Dr. King and all come together, put our bodies and souls in motion to achieve the vision of greatness for the District of Columbia.

It is our city.

It is our future.

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Welcome

Eleanor Holmes Norton
Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives

Mayor Anthony Williams and this great city will cross the millennium together. May the bright promise and anticipation of the Williams administration find every success befitting a new beginning and a new century. Nor will the District's goals be met until the city extracts its full measure of freedom, equality, and representation. I look forward to working with Mayor Williams to free our city from Congressional interference, to achieve the same measure of self- government enjoyed by other Americans, and to secure our citizenship rights to full representation in the Senate and the House.

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Welcome

Linda W. Cropp
Council Chairman

As we enter this final year of the second millennium, the members of the Council of the District of Columbia are committed to an effective working partnership to improve the quality of life for all of our residents. This renewed view is predicated upon our full cooperation with the new Mayor, Congressional Delegate, and the Financial Authority. It is our intention to be productive partners and vigilant monitors of all facets of District government operations.

The difficult experiences of the past several years have burnished the blade of Council oversight, and the lessons we have learned will most assuredly serve to significantly improve the quality and comprehensiveness of the Council's legislative agenda. The optimistic enthusiasm of the Council's new members, combined with the valuable insight and experience of continuing Councilmembers, will serve the Council and city well during these coming months and years.

Though our challenges remain great and our frustrations real, the Council's aspirations remain high as we strive to realize our goals. As the Council and Mayor are proceeding to refine our respective roles, however, there must be collaboration and cooperation between public and private sectors in our unique community. “Partnerships for progress,” must be the overriding theme of this new era in District affairs.

Thus, I am looking forward with great anticipation and optimism to the inauguration and installation of the new Mayor and Council. Together, we shall enter the third millennium with an unfaltering trust in our determination to restore the District to the forefront of municipal efficiency and effectiveness.

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Introducing

Anthony A. Williams
Mayor

A Anthony A. Williams served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the District of Columbia from October 1995 to June 1998. Appointed by Mayor Marion Barry to lead the District to financial recovery, Mr. Williams restored fiscal accountability for District agencies, balanced the city's budget, which put the District on a track for the return to self government two years earlier than projected, and delivered a surplus of $185 million in fiscal year 1997.

Having stabilized the city's financial management, Mr. Williams resigned as CFO in June to run for mayor. Mr. Williams brought extensive experience in management and strategic planning to his role as the District's independent CFO. Under his leadership, the District achieved significant improvements in cash management, budget execution and revenue collections.

Prior to joining the District government, Mr. Williams was the first Chief Financial Officer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, appointed by President Bill Clinton and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Mr. Williams also served as the Deputy State Comptroller of Connecticut where he was responsible for the management of 250 separate funds, the state's budget and accounting services.

Mr. Williams was the Executive Director of the Community Development Agency in St. Louis, Assistant Director of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University. He was elected to the New Haven Board of Aldermen, where he served as President Pro Tempore.

Born in Los Angeles, Mr. Williams is the adopted son of Virginia and the late Lewis Williams and is one of eight children. Mr. Williams served in the U.S. Air Force. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Yale College, where he graduated magna cum laude, a juris doctorate from Harvard Law and a master's degree in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Mr. Williams is a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church, as well as several social organizations, including 100 Black Men and the Washington Urban League.

He and his wife, Diane, live in Foggy Bottom. They have one daughter, Asantewa Foster.

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Introducing

Linda W. Cropp
Council Chairman

Linda Washington Cropp has been a public servant for the past 27 years. Upon completion of her studies at Howard University, she received her Bachelors and Masters degree.

Mrs. Cropp began her career as a District public school teacher and later became a guidance counselor. Shortly thereafter, she was elected to the Board of Education as the Ward 4 representative. During her tenure on the Board, she served as vice president and president respectively.

In 1990, Mrs. Cropp was elected as an At-large member to the Council of the District of Columbia. She immediately set about a legislative agenda aimed at reducing crime in our streets, reconceptualizing the city's financial management system, and renewing our commitment to improve the quality of life for all District residents.

Mrs. Cropp was chosen to Chair the Committee on Human Services in 1992. Under her oversight, the Department of Health was created. The re-organized agency focused on Mrs. Cropp's priorities, including prevention and control of substance abuse, reducing infant mortality, eradicating tuberculosis and fighting HIV/AIDS.

An overwhelming vote in 1994 re- elected Mrs. Cropp to her At-Large seat on the Council. She continued to Chair the Committee on Human Services, and was a member of the Committees on Economic Development, Government Operations, and Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. With a clear desire to help people move from dependency to self sufficiency, Linda Cropp introduced the Public Assistance Self Sufficiency Program Amendment Act of 1996. She guided the act through the legislative process and oversaw the District's start to Welfare Reform.

Her colleagues chose her as Acting Chairman in April of 1997, following the death of the late David A. Clarke. After her victory in a special election, Linda Cropp was sworn in on August 8, 1997 as the first woman to chair the Council of the District of Columbia.

In 1998, the voters of Washington, D.C. re-elected Linda Cropp to another four year term as Chairman of the Council. An overwhelming 91 % of the voters demonstrated their support for Mrs. Cropp, as she has shown superior guidance, excellent balance and tremendous support for the city of Washington.

Chairman Cropp is currently a board member of the Travelers Aid Society, Junior Achievement, and the Girl Scouts of the Nation's Capital. She has also served as a member of the United Negro College Fund Advisory very Board, the NAACP and the Rock Creek Civic Association.

In addition to her laudable record as a public servant, there is a private yet equally notable side of the Chairman's life. She is married to Dr. Dwight S. Cropp, Associate Professor of Public Administration at George Washington University. They have two children, Allison and Christopher.

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Acknowledgements

Inaugural Sponsors

PATRONS

Bell Atlantic
Chevy Chase Bank
Fannie Mae
PEPCO
US Airways
Washington Gas

SPONSORS

AT&T
General Motors
Dynamic Concepts
Capital Restaurant
Concepts
Clyde's Restaurant Group
Monument Realty

BENEFACTORS

Double H Housing
Wilkes, Artis, Hendrick and Lane
Riverside Hospital
The Kaempfer Co.
Car America
Trammell & Crow Company

CONTRIBUTORS

The John Akridge Company
Eastbanc, Inc./Millennium Partners
Development Resources, Inc.
Holland & Knight D.C. PAC
IDI Management, Inc.
D.H. Lloyd & Associates, Inc.
Alan B. Fablan
Boone & Sons, Inc.
Breen Capital

Giuseppe Cecchi
Darrel Downing Rippeteau Architects
David Volkert & Associates
Greeley and Hansen
John T. Hazel
Motion Picture Association
Riggs National Corp
Strategic Partner International
Warfield & Sanford, Inc.

FINANCE COMMITTEE

Max Berry, Chair
Michael Allen
Tersh Boasberg
Lisa Bolden
Alma Brown
Michael Brown
Preston Brown
Mabel Cabot
Paul Cohn
Barry Campbell
Vincent Cohen
Peggy Cooper Cafritz
Rod Heller
Dennis Horn
Ginger Laytham
Richard Levy
Ron Linton
Jack Mahoney
Dave Marlin
Sandy McCall
Jonda McFarlane
Joe Moravec
Tom Murray
Thornell Page
Valerie Pinson
Douglas Patton
John Richardson
Frank Saul
Richard Thompson
Mallory Walker

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PRAYER BREAKFAST

MARRIOTT WARDMAN PARK HOTEL
2660 Woodley Road, N.W.
7:30 A.M., SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1999

PROGRAM
“And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us; and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.” PSALMS 90:17

PRELUDE EAST OF THE RIVER STEEL BAND
CARDOZO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR
WELCOME MR. JOSEPH P. YELDELL Master of Ceremonies
PRESENTATION OF COLORS WILSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ROTC CORPS
MUSICAL SELECTION MR. HAROLD CHANDLER “America the Beautiful”
INVOCATION MONSIGNOR RUSSELL DILLARD
St. Paul Augustine Catholic Church

BREAKFAST

MUSICAL INTERLUDE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA YOUTH ENSEMBLE
OPENING PRAYER HIS EMINENCE JAMES CARDINAL DICKEY
Archdiocese of Washington
INTRODUCTION OF DIAS AND SPECIAL GUESTS MR. JOSEPH P. YELDELL
MUSICAL SELECTION VOICES OF HARMONY “Holy, Holy, Holy”
SCRIPTURE READING MR. JOSEPH WEINBERG
Senior Rabbi, Washington Hebrew Congregation
MR. AL HAJJ JOHARI ABDUL-MALIK
Islamic Chaplain, Howard University
REVEREND DR. BARBARA DUNCAN
Canon Pastor, Washington National Cathedral
MUSICAL SELECTION MRS. VIRGINIA HAYES WILLIAMS “The Lord's Prayer”
GREETINGS THE RIGHT REVEREND VINTON R. ANDERSON
Presiding Bishop, Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church
THE RIGHT REVEREND RONALD HAINES
Episcopal Diocese of Washington
MUSICAL SELECTION MR. ERIC TAYLOR
SPECIAL REMARKS THE HONORABLE ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON
Delegate, U.S. House of Representatives
THE HONORABLE ALICE RIVLIN
Chair, Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority
THE HONORABLE LINDA CROPP
Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia
THE HONORABLE TONY P. HALL
Member, U.S. House of Representatives Congressional Prayer Group
PRAYER OF INTERCESSION REVEREND WILLIE WILSON Pastor, Union Temple Baptist Church
A SENSE OF HISTORY THE HONORABLE WALTER E. WASHINGTON
First Elected Mayor, District of Columbia
THE HONORABLE MARION BARRY, JR.
Mayor, District of Columbia
MUSICAL SELECTION DUKE ELLINGTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SHOW CHOIR
“Hold On”
KEYNOTE ADDRESS REVEREND DR. H. BEECHER HICKS
Senior Pastor, Metropolitan Baptist Church
MUSICAL SELECTION PASTOR WINTLEY PHIPPS
“Ordinary People”
MOVING FORWARD THE HONORABLE ANTHONY A. WILLIAMS
CLOSING PRAYER REVEREND FRANK TUCKER
Pastor, First Baptist Church
RECESSIONAL WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL BELL CHOIR

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SWEARING-IN CEREMONY

JOHN A. WILSON BUILDING
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
10:30 A.M., SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1999

PROGRAM

PRELUDE WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY
Children of the Gospel Mass Choir,
Thomas Dixon Tyler and Evelyn Simpson Curenton, Music Directors and Eric Torain, Producer
CALL TO ORDER MR. PAUL SAVAGE
Chairman, Draft Anthony Williams for Mayor Committee
MASTER OF CEREMONIES MR. KOJO NNAMDI
Talk Show Host, WAMU-FM and WHUT-TV
PRESENTATION OF COLORS CARDOZO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL COLOR GUARD
NATIONAL ANTHEM MS. DENYCE GRAVES, Mezzo-Soprano
Marvin Mills, Accompanist,
Director of Music, All Souls Unitarian Church
INVOCATION REVEREND DR. ALVIN O. JACKSON
Senior Pastor, National City Christian Church
OATH OF OFFICE THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
THE HONORABLE DAVID A. CATANIA
Councilmember-At-Large
Oath administered by The Honorable Raymond M. Zimmet
Administrative Law Judge, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

THE HONORABLE PHIL MENDELSON
Councilmember-At-Large
Oath administered by The Honorable Gladys Kessler
U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia
THE HONORABLE JIM GRAHAM
Councilmember, Ward One
Oath administered by The Honorable Ricardo M. Urbina
U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia
THE HONORABLE KATHLEEN PATTERSON
Councilmember, Ward Three
Oath administered by The Honorable Kaye K. Christian
Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
THE HONORABLE VINCENT B. ORANGE, Sr.
Councilmember, Ward Five
Oath administered by The Honorable Wendell P. Gardner, Jr.
Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
THE HONORABLE SHARON AMBROSE
Councilmember, Ward Six
Oath administered by The Honorable Steffan W. Graae
Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
THE HONORABLE LINDA W. CROPP
Chairman
Oath administered by The Honorable Eugene N. Hamilton
Chief Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
MAYORAL OATH OF OFFICE THE HONORABLE ANTHONY A. WILLIAMS
Oath administered by The Honorable Eugene N. Hamilton
Chief Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
OFFICIAL SIGNING OF THE OATH OF OFFICE
PASSING OF THE SEAL THE HONORABLE MARION BARRY, JR.
INTRODUCTION OF THE MAYOR THE HONORABLE ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON,
Delegate, District of Columbia, U.S. House of Representatives
INAUGURAL ADDRESS THE HONORABLE ANTHONY A. WILLIAMS
Mayor, District of Columbia
MESSAGE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
POETRY SELECTION MS. ASANTEWA FOSTER
Honorary Chair and daughter of Anthony and Diane Williams
MUSICAL SELECTION MRS. VIRGINIA HAYES WILLIAMS
Honorary Chair and mother of Anthony Williams
Rickey Payton, Sr., Accompanist
CLOSING MR. PAUL SAVAGE
RECESSIONAL MR. RICKEY PAYTON, SR.
D.C. Arts Commissioner

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INAUGURAL CELEBRATION

INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTER
Pennsylvania Avenue at 13th Street, N.W.
7:00 P.M., SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1999

ENTERTAINMENT

Peaches and Herb
The Orioles
Black Sheep
Groupo Latino
Ja' Michael and Company
Reverb
Ethiopian Dance Ensemble
Groove Key
Mark Nickens
Duke Ellington String Quartet

CASH BAR AND REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED

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Special Program Participants

Denyce Graves

Recognized worldwide as an opera singer of unparalleled prospect, mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves is a native Washingtonian who attended the Duke Ellington School of the Performing arts and furthered her education at Oberlin College Conservatory and the New England Conservatory. Ms. Graves has made a number of important debuts in the Americas and in Europe singing such roles as Baba the Turk in The Rake's Progress, the title role of Carmen, Charlotte in Werther, and Dalila in Samson et Dalila, to name just a few. In recent seasons, she has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, the Zurich Opera, the Washington Opera, the Opera Company of Philadelphia and the Houston Grand Opera.

On the concert stage, she has sung with such renowned orchestras as the Chicago Symphony, Houston Symphony, the Israeli Philharmonic, the Boston Pops, the National Symphony, and the Orchester der Beethovenhalle in Bonn. Ms. Graves' more recent endeavors include her first North American solo recital tour, including a solo performance at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall under the auspices of the Washington Performing Arts Society.

Ms. Graves is a recipient of many awards including the Grand Prix du Concours International de Chant de Paris, the coveted Grand Prix Lyrique, the Marion Anderson Award, and the Eleanor Steber Music Award. She is also a Grand Recipient from the National Endowment for the Arts and from Opera America.

Virginia Hayes Williams

Mrs. Virginia Hayes Williams is the mother of the Honorable Anthony Williams. Born in Paducah, Kentucky, she has been a resident of Los Angeles, California, for many years where she and her late husband, Lewis Williams, raised their eight children.

Though Mrs. Williams is a resident of Los Angeles, she is very connected to the nation's capital. She attended high school at the Washington Union Academy in D.C. and has close family ties in the metropolitan area. While attending high school, at age 14, she was invited to the White House with her mentor, Roland Hayes, where she was introduced to and sang for Eleanor Roosevelt and Mary McCloud Bethune.

Mrs. Williams is a retired postal employee and has enjoyed a career as an opera singer. She has performed with the Lira Opera Company and on the soundtrack of several movies including "Carmen Jones" and "Porgy and Bess."

Mrs. Williams is very active in the senior citizen community of her home district, winning several awards from the City of Los Angeles - including Pioneer Woman of the Year for 1996 and Woman of Religious Achievement in 1997.

Mr. and Mrs. Williams adopted Tony when he was three years old. He is the second of their eight children. All of the Williams children were raised to love God, family and country, to value education, and to be successful in life. They all worked their way through college.

Mrs. Williams has a strong faith in God and credits her success and that of her family's to the power of prayer.

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Introducing

David A. Catania
Council at Large

A native of Kansas City, Missouri, David A. Catania earned a B.S. in 1990 from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Washington, D.C. where he graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. During his senior year at Georgetown University, David served as the research assistant to Dr. Madeleine Albright, the current Secretary of State. He received his J.D. in 1994 from the Georgetown University Law Center. While at the Law Center, David served as an Editor of "The American Criminal Law Review".

Councilmember Catania is an associate in the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, one of Washington's premier law firms. Prior to joining the firm, he was an Attorney for the United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Councilmember Catania was first elected to the Council in a Special Election held on December 2, 1997, at the age of 29. Prior to his election to the Council, David served as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, and chaired the Sheridan-Kalorama Advisory Neighborhood Commission.

Phil Mendelson
Council At Large

Phil Mendelson has been active with District issues since 1975 when he joined the McLean Gardens Residents Association in the fight to save a 43-acre housing complex from destruction. He served as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner from 1979 until his election this past November to the Council. His fellow commissioners elected him to chair the ANC five times. He also served as Vice-Chair of the citywide ANC Assembly for two years.

During the 1980s Mr. Mendelson was a leader against over-development along Wisconsin Avenue. More recently, Mr. Mendelson has led tax reform efforts, including using the courts to require the city to collect under assessed taxes, co-chairing Initiative 51 (approved by 80% of the voters in 1996), and authoring the legislation that created the D.C. Tax Revision Commission. He was a legislative aide at the Council — first for former Councilmember Jim Nathanson and then for the late Chairman David A. Clarke from 1989 to 1996.

Mr. Mendelson received a Bachelor's degree in political science from The American University. He grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, where his mother, Mary Adelaide, served as a community leader and became a national crusader for nursing home reform. His grandmother was president of the Michigan State League of Women Voters, was appointed by President Roosevelt to the federal Office of Price Administration, and was a founder of the Grand Rapids Urban League.

Phil Mendelson is married to Connie Ridgway, a licensed clinical social worker and a message therapist. Their home is in McLean Gardens.

Jim Graham
Council Ward One

A graduate of Michigan State University, Jim Graham received a J.D. degree from the University of Michigan Law School and an L.L.M. from Georgetown University Law Center. He has served as the Executive Director of the Whitman-Walker Clinic since March 1984.

Prior to Whitman-Walker his professional endeavors included a clerkship with retired Chief Justice Earl Warren, a staff attorney position with the U.S. Senate Governmental Affairs Committee (chaired by Senator Abe Ribicoff), and experience in private, agency and public interest law.

Mr. Graham has served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and George Washington University, and supervising instructor at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Mr. Graham is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia and before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Kathy Patterson
Council Ward Three

In September 1994, Kathleen Patterson won the Democratic nomination for the Ward Three Council seat over a two-term incumbent, and in 1998 won re-election without opposition in the general election. In January 1997 she became chairperson of the Government Operations Committee. Her accomplishments as committee chair include Council approval of comprehensive personnel reform legislation, oversight of District job training that led to a Department of Labor review and corrective action plan, a committee report on management reform, and comprehensive legislation to improve the efficiency and reduce costs in the District's workers' compensation program. Ms. Patterson also co-chaired the Council's Special Committee on Police Misconduct and Personnel Management.

Before joining the Council in 1995, Ms. Patterson was director of communications for the American Public Welfare Association (APWA). She was the first member of the APWA staff ever honored with the organization's highest award, the APWA Leadership in Human Services Award.

From 1973 through 1983 she was a reporter for the Kansas City Star, including six years as a Washington Correspondent. Prior to seeking the Ward Three Council seat, Ms. Patterson was a founder of the Washington D.C. Ad Hoc Parents Coalition. The coalition was formed in the wake of the 1992 teacher furloughs.

She earned a bachelor of science in journalism in 1970 from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and a master of arts in English Literature in 1989 from Georgetown University. In 1972 she received a Rotary Foundation Fellowship for a year of graduate work in English at the University of York in England.

A native Californian, she moved to Washington, D.C. in 1977. Her husband Dale W. Liebach, is chief operation officer at Powell Tate, a public affairs firm. They have two children.

Vincent Orange, Sr.
Council Ward Five

Vincent Bernard Orange, Sr., attorney and certified public accountant, graduated from the University of the Pacific where he earned a B.S. in Business Administration in 1979 and a B.A. in Communications in 1980. He received a Juris Doctorate from Howard University School of Law in 1983 and in 1988 a Master of Laws in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center.

Born in Oakland, California, Mr. Orange has worked for the U.S. Department of Army, Contracts Division; U.S. Army Legal Assistant Division at the Pentagon; Arthur Andersen & Co., public accounting firm; University of the District of Columbia; DC Department of Finance and Revenue; the DC Office of the Corporation Counsel; and the National Children's Center, Inc., Value Village Project.

In 1988, he served as United States delegate to the United States/Japan Bilateral Session, in Tokyo, Japan. In 1990, he served as a delegate to the Moscow Conference on Law and Bilateral Economic Relations. In 1991, he was a delegate to the First African/African American Summit convened in Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire and Dakar, Senegal.

Mr. Orange is a member of the Greater Washington Society of CPAs, DC Bar, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Michigan Park Citizens Association, Howard Law Alumni Association, and the Metropolitan A.M.E. Church.

Mr. Orange is married to Gwendolyn Evans-Orange, and they have two sons, Vincent, Jr. and Paul Wesley, and one daughter, Jannie Elizabeth. Mrs. Orange is employed by the DC Public Schools.

Sharon Ambrose
Council Ward Six

First elected in April of 1997 in a Special Election, Councilmember Sharon Ambrose was re-elected in November 1998 to a full four year term, winning 92% of the vote in Ward Six and the only ward in the city which bridges the Anacostia River.

Councilmember Ambrose, her husband and their four children have lived in Ward 6 since 1967. The Councilmember was Chairman of the Friendship House Day Care Parents Association, President of Brent Elementary School PTA, and a Founder of the Capitol Hill Children's Center; she was a Ward Six elected representative to the D.C. Democratic State Committee. Councilmember Ambrose

and her family are members of St. Peter's Parish, on Capitol Hill. Prior to her election to the Council, Mrs. Ambrose served as a senior staff member to former Councilmembers Betty Ann Kane and John Ray.

Councilmember Ambrose is currently a member of the Capitol Hill Kiwanis, the Capitol Hill Restoration Society, the Board of the Anacostia Coordinating Council, Kid Safe, the Metropolitan Washington YMCA, and the Capital Children's Museum. She represents D.C. in the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, where she serves on the regional Transportation Planning Board, the Finance Committee, and chairs the Metropolitan Development Policy Committee.

Councilmember Ambrose is a native of Chicago and received a B.A. degree in English Literature from Saint Xavier University in Chicago.

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Acknowledgements

Inaugural Committees

Honorary Chairpersons
Diane Simmons Williams, Virginia Hayes Williams, and Asantewa Foster

Incorporators
Patricia Elwood, Stephanie Greene, Gwendolyn Hemphill, Douglas Patton, and Max Salas.

Director
Robert Lee Jones

Counsel
Douglas Patton, Patton & Co., LLC

Special Counsel
Robert Krasne, Williams and Connolly

Committee Chairs
Atif Harden, Operations; Joseph P. Yeldell, Prayer Breakfast; Pat Elwood, Swearing In; Stephanie Green, Inaugural Celebration; Amy Smith Johnson, Receptions; Tiffany Blackstone, Public Relations; Scott Bishop, Transportation; Shirley Dabney, Special Services; and Bill Jenkins, Inaugural License Plates.

Committee Co-Chairs
B. Francis Saul II, Prayer Breakfast; Ann Jackson, Swearing In; and Rose Lindsey and Doug Yancey, Inaugural Celebration.

Special Assistants
Vera Abbott, Aiesha Abdul-Malik, Omar Abdul-Malik, Donovan Wayne Anderson, Lisa Arnold, Leslie Berkowitz, Norgie H. Grant Bigger, Scott Bishop, Ronald Bitondo, Richard Brooks, Katie Brown, Dr. Marilyn Tyler Brown, Marshall Brown, Basil Buchanan, Yolando Caraway, Shawne Cayetano, Lew Chapman, Skip Coburn, Barbara Cooke, Daniel Cooper, Charles Cotten, Sally Craig, Shirley Mereday Dabney, Irene Dais, Cindy Diggs, Dr. Deborah Matthews Evans, Linda Finkel-Talvadkar, Douglas Foster, Latoya Foster, Edith Giles, Janet Hall, Jane Harley, Steve Harris, Jeanne H. Harrison, Kenneth Hawkins, Rev. George Holmes, Maude Holt, Marian Humbles, Gregory K. Jackson, June Johnson, Marcus Jones, Mark A. Jones, M. Patricia Jones, Barbara Jumper, Bobbi Krengel, Dorie Ladner, Libby Lawson, Troye Macarthy, Reed Scott Martin, Dennis Merriman, Daryl Lawson Miller, Tiffany Morrison, Mary Myers-Nelson, Ronald Lee Newman, Joel Odum, Nancy Linn Patton, Raj Pahwa, Nathan Price, Jackie Randolph, Barbara Savage, Eric Scharf, Gene Solon, Libby Sprow, Shelly Robinson Smith, Richard Smith, Bernadette Tolson, Chris Warnke, Gerri Washington, Dan Wedderburn, Reina E. A. Wooden, and Doug Yancey.

Special Acknowledgements

Oren Music Conservatory, Piano Division
Hotel Association of Washington
National Theatre
Wilkins Royal Cup Coffee
Willard Hotel
Mary Parham Wolfe
Chuck Burger
ICI Systems, Inc.
Pardoe Real Estate, ERA
Washington Development Corp., JWB, T. Conrad Monts
Ginger Latham
Paul Cohn
Nextel

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Acknowledgements

Williams Transition Team, Transition Staff and Ward Coordinators

Honorary Chairs
Sen. Robert J. Dole and Franklin Raines

General Chair
Marian Wright Edelman

Counsel to the Transition
Douglas Patton

Special Counsel
Kirkpatrick and Lockhart

Team Members
Mario Acosta Velez, Virginia Ali, Girma Allaro, Michael Allen, Cynthia Anthony, Tonya Archer, Elizabeth Bagley, Fernando Barrueta, Shari Barton, Julia Bell, Sally Berk, Diane Bernstein, James Berry, Max Berry, Bob Bethea, Ron Bitondo, Marsha Blanton, Bobbi Blok, Tersh Boasberg, Lisa Bolden, Scott Bolden, Curtis Boykin, Robert Brewer, J. Carter Brown, Marilyn Brown, Michael Brown, Richard Budson, Barry Campbell, Phyllis Campbell, Mary Eva Candon, Betty Catoe, Carlene Cheatam, Mattie Cheek, Tony Cheng, Jeffrey Clarke, Vincent Cohen, Darryl Colbert, Steven Coleman, Maudine Cooper, Jennifer Cover-Payne, Sally Craig, H.R. Crawford, St. Elmo Crawford, Dwight Cropp, George Dalley, Bill Davis, Frank Davis, Bernard Demczuk, Jack Derrick, John Derrick, Nestor Djonkam, Michael Dorsey, James Dougherty, Tom Downs, Anne Drissel, Marie Drissel, Peter Edelman, Lionel Edmonds, Pat Elwood, Thomas Elzey, Deborah Evans, Greg Farmer, Arthur Fawcett, Gregory Fazakerley, Judy Feder, Mary Filardo, Donna Fitzgerald Shuler, Gerald Fitzhugh, James Forman, Elizabeth Fox, Glenn Gerstell, Kathy Ghiladi, Jim Gibson, Robert Goldman, Mildred Goodman, Joan Gordon, Kingdon Gould, Kimi Gray, Linda Greenan, Linda Grigsby, Sonia Guitierez, Michele Hagans, Gilbert Hahn, William Hall, Travis Hardman, Steven Harlan, Edward Hayes, John Hechinger, Dorothy Height, Gwendolyn Hemphill, Julius Hobson, Jr., Kwasi Holman, Ernest Jarvis, Marie Johns, Robert Johnson, Eric Jones, George Jones, Jerome Jones, Robert Jones, Michael Kahn, Canadace Kattar, Bruce Katz, Adam Kidan, James Kim, James Kimsey, Robert King, Thomas Kobus, Bob Krasne, Benjamin Ladner, Erika Landberg, Jephunneh Lawrence, Benny Lawson, Garrett Lee, Barbara Lett-Simmons, Ed Levin, Richard Levine, Richard Levy, Ron Linton, Hugh Long II, Natalie Ludaway, Jair Lynch, Jack Mahoney, David Marlin, ElChino Martin, Sandy McCall, Gregory McCarthy, Stuart McFarland, Jonda McFarlane, Pamela McKee, Floretta McKenzie, Scott Mills, B. Doyle Mitchell, Patricia Montagut, Robert Moore, Joe Moravec, Richard Murphy, Donald Murray, Lucy Murray, Tom Murray, Harold Nelson, Rock Newman, Paula Nickens, Brenda Nixon, Christian Nwachukwu, Leo O'Donovan, Edward O'Sann, Michael Olson, Ellen Opper-Weiner, Thornell Page, Jerome Paige, Larry Parks, Caroline Parris, Bob Pincus, Ed Pocaro, Bonnie Politz, Mark Popovich, Steve Porter, Eric Price, Archie Prioleau, Wendy Puriefoy, Dianne Quinn, Ariana Quiones-Miranda, Jackie Randolph, Delabian Rice-Thurston, Brenda Richardson, Margaret Richardson, Ron Richardson, Harry Robinson, Stephanie Robinson, Wilhelmina Rolark, Juan Romagoza, Peter Rosenstein, Max Salas, Roger Sant, Susan Sarfati, Paul Savage, Andrew Schammes, David Schlein, Pauline Schneider, William Shankin, III, Carol Shapiro, Sarah Shapley, Pat Sheehy, Monte Shepler, Russell Simmons, Samuel Simmons, William Simons, Larry Slagle, Lloyd Smith, Rynthia Sober, Sabrina Sojourner, Ken Sparks, Vincent Spaulding, Lou Stovall, Patrick Swygert, Maurice Sykes, Romaine Thomas, Phyllis Thompson, Carrie Thornhill, Francine Trachtenberg, Steven Trachtenberg, Laura Triggs, Frank Tucker, Joe Tulman, John Tydings, Gilberto Valencia, Mario Velez, Emily Vetter, Mallory Walker, Paul Washington, Matthew Watson, Martha Wattanabe, Tom Wells, Lorraine Whitlock, Joshua Wiener, Eddie Williams, Lindsley Williams, Tom Williamson, and Joseph P. Yeldell.

Transition Staff
Warren Graves, staff director; Max Brown, deputy staff director; Peggy Armstrong, press secretary; Peter Appel, volunteer; Aquanetta Anderson, volunteer; Lee Black, volunteer; Barbara Bradley, special assistant; Regina Brown, scheduling assistant; Rosslyn Brown, volunteer; James Brown, volunteer; Shelley Brown, executive assistant; Anita Carter, correspondence coordinator; Laurie Collins, systems coordinator; Irene Dais, volunteer; James Day, scheduler; Mallie Douglas, press assistant; Doug Foster, volunteer; Rosetta Freeman-Busby, officer manager; Bill Highsmith, transition assistant; David Howard, special assistant; Betsy Kraft, volunteer; Thalia Johnson, volunteer; David King, transition assistant Carolyn Long, volunteer; Tom Massie, web site master; Rose Matthews, transition assistant; Mark McDermott, volunteer; Kay McGrath, special projects director; Charles Onwuche, transition assistant; Trey Perkins, receptionist; Leslie Pinkston, transition assistant; Beverly Rivers, transition assistant; Scott Simpson, staff assistant; Rosslyn Snowden, transition assistant; Ossie Warner, volunteer; and Gary Wolfe, volunteer.

Williams '98 Ward Coordinators
Ward One, Lew Chapman and Gilberto Valencia.
Ward Two, Budd Warren Lane and Susan B. Meehan.
Ward Three, Richard Levine and Anne J. Renshaw.
Ward Four, Fredric N. Harllee and Norman C. Neverson.
Ward Five, David Lenoe Hooper and Ron L. Magnus.
Ward Six, Kathleen Donner and Henry S. (Sandy) McCall.
Ward Seven, Donald G. Murray, Jr., and Paul E. Savage.
Ward Eight, Dion P. Jordan, Jephunneh Lawrence, Sr., and Philip E. Pannell, II

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List of Advertisers in Inaugural Commemorative Program

PEPCO
Chevy Chase Bank
U.S. Airways
AT & T
Bell Atlantic
Industrial Bank
George Washington University
Washington Sports Entertainment
District Cablevision
Fannie Mae
Hotel Association of Washington, DC
BB&T/Franklin National Bank
Arthur Andersen
Southeastern University
Chartered Health Plan
Crestar Bank
Washington Gas
Geico Direct

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