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Robert Lewis Jr. became a business leader in Memphis, and was noted for his efforts at establishing T. O. Fuller State Park. Other noted achievements include advocating for the hiring of the first African-American firefighters in Memphis in 1955, being the first African-American appointed to the city's Alcohol Beverage Commission, and ...
John Joseph Shea Jr. (September 4, 1924 – February 8, 2015) was an American medical doctor, professor and surgeon. [1]He attended Christian Brothers High School, Memphis, Tennessee, the University of Notre Dame and Harvard Medical School.
Philip Hartley Trenary (August 1, 1954 – September 27, 2018) was an American businessman and civic leader who was the CEO and president of the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce and a former CEO of Pinnacle Airlines.
Greenblatt, 1949, Memphis Hebrew Academy. Greenblatt moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where he became the cantor at a local synagogue and teacher in the local Talmud Torah school. [4] In September 1949 he and local resident Seymour Kutner, opened a school of 38 children for kindergarten and first grade, where he was an unpaid teacher.
John and Katherine Dobbs are philanthropists known for funding educational initiatives. In 2012, The Children's Museum of Memphis named their campus "The John and Katherine Dobbs Family Center" following a donation from the couple. [5] Further contributions to exhibits at the museum include the H2Oh! Splash Park. [6]
Robert Knight Morgan (July 31, 1918 – May 15, 2004) was a colonel and a Command Pilot in the United States Air Force from Asheville, North Carolina.During World War II, while a captain in the United States Army Air Forces, Morgan was a bomber pilot with the 8th Air Force in the European theater and the aircraft commander of the famous B-17 Flying Fortress, Memphis Belle, flying 25 missions.