Rowan Welcomes Clarence B. Jones as MLK Breakfast Speaker
Rowan Welcomes Clarence B. Jones as MLK Breakfast Speaker
December 13, 2005
Clarence B. Jones, former counsel and draft speechwriter for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will be the featured speaker at Rowan University?s 20th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast on Monday, January 16, at 9:30 a.m. in the Eynon Ballroom. The event is open to the public.
Proceeds from the breakfast, which is sponsored by the Rowan University Foundation and held each year to honor Dr. King?s achievements, benefit the William H. Myers Scholarship Endowment Fund, which provides financial support for high-achieving minority students.
Among his many accomplishments, Jones served as counsel to Dr. King in 1963 and helped negotiate a settlement of the civil rights demonstrations for desegregated department stores and public accommodations with the City of Birmingham, Ala. Former President Bill Clinton presented Jones with a White House Letter of Commendation for his work in Birmingham. Jones also helped negotiate the end of the Attica State Prison inmate rebellion in New York State in 1971.
A graduate of Columbia College, Columbia University, and Boston University School of Law, Jones is an executive consultant with Marks Paneth & Shron, LLP, Certified Public Accountants, and Marks Paneth?s Strategy Group as well as a principal in MPS? affiliated consultant company, The Africa Strategy Group. He also is president and CEO of CBJ Multimedia Associates Inc. and CBJ Associates Inc., boutique investment banking and consultant services companies. He is vice chairman of the Advisory Board of Institutional Investors Consulting Corporation and a member of the executive board of the Black Sports Agents Association. He has served as a member of the board of trustees of The Africa America Institute, a foundation specializing in political, economic and health issues in Africa.
Jones has been involved in numerous other business and professional ventures, including serving as investment banking advisor to the Ministries of Finance in Jamaica, Zambia and the Bahamas. He was the first African American to become a partner in a Wall Street investment banking firm and an allied member of the New York Stock Exchange. In 1985, he was appointed executive vice president and producer of Appolo Entertainment Television.
Tickets for the Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast cost $40 per person. Tables of eight are available for $320. For tickets, contact Diana Vallandingham at (856) 256-4500 ext. 2401.
Proceeds from the breakfast, which is sponsored by the Rowan University Foundation and held each year to honor Dr. King?s achievements, benefit the William H. Myers Scholarship Endowment Fund, which provides financial support for high-achieving minority students.
Among his many accomplishments, Jones served as counsel to Dr. King in 1963 and helped negotiate a settlement of the civil rights demonstrations for desegregated department stores and public accommodations with the City of Birmingham, Ala. Former President Bill Clinton presented Jones with a White House Letter of Commendation for his work in Birmingham. Jones also helped negotiate the end of the Attica State Prison inmate rebellion in New York State in 1971.
A graduate of Columbia College, Columbia University, and Boston University School of Law, Jones is an executive consultant with Marks Paneth & Shron, LLP, Certified Public Accountants, and Marks Paneth?s Strategy Group as well as a principal in MPS? affiliated consultant company, The Africa Strategy Group. He also is president and CEO of CBJ Multimedia Associates Inc. and CBJ Associates Inc., boutique investment banking and consultant services companies. He is vice chairman of the Advisory Board of Institutional Investors Consulting Corporation and a member of the executive board of the Black Sports Agents Association. He has served as a member of the board of trustees of The Africa America Institute, a foundation specializing in political, economic and health issues in Africa.
Jones has been involved in numerous other business and professional ventures, including serving as investment banking advisor to the Ministries of Finance in Jamaica, Zambia and the Bahamas. He was the first African American to become a partner in a Wall Street investment banking firm and an allied member of the New York Stock Exchange. In 1985, he was appointed executive vice president and producer of Appolo Entertainment Television.
Tickets for the Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast cost $40 per person. Tables of eight are available for $320. For tickets, contact Diana Vallandingham at (856) 256-4500 ext. 2401.