2024 70 Over Seventy Awards
November 9, 2024 @ 11:30AM — 2:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Atheneum Suite Hotel & Banquet: 1000 Brush St Detroit, MI 48226 Get Directions
Join us as we honor the 70 Over Seventy Class of 2024
Because impact is ageless...Hannan Center hosts a luncheon honoring the human potential that continues and, in many cases, increases with age. The 70 Over Seventy Awards highlight the diverse interests, accomplishments, and lifestyles of older adults in Michigan. Awardees are honored in the following categories: Art, Changemaker, Civic + Community Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Lifelong Learning, Lifetime Achievement, and Unsung Hero.
Our 2024 event will be opened by Council President Mary Sheffield, welcome by Vincent Tilford | Hannan Center's CEO, and the Tara Franey Impact Awards will be emceed by evening Fox Detroit news anchor Roop Raj
Entertainment at the luncheon will be: Mr. James Cohen, Sr., the Hannan Center Players, as well as the Brazeal Dennard Chorale
The Class of 2024 | 70 Awardees | 7 Categories
10 Awardees in the category of ART:
Mr. Richard Bennett, Ms. Harriet Berg, Mr. James Cohen Sr, Ms. Carol Cook Reid, Mrs. Patricia Davis, Mr. Gary Glaser, Mr. Bruce James Hunt, Ms. Christine Lawson, Ms. Joya Ruse Keli and Ms. Alinda Wasner
10 Awardees in the category of CHANGEMAKER:
Mr. John C. Barber Jr, Mr. Buddy Budson, Mr. Henry L. Cade, Dr. H.B. Calder, Mr. and Mrs. Cedric Frankling, Mrs. Carmen N'Namdi, Mrs. Marsha Battle Philpot, Ms. Betty Pulliam, Dr. Loretta Smith, and Ms. Esther Woodward
10 Awardees in the category of CIVIC/COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP:
Mrs. Linda Carver Allen, Mrs. Brenda Carter, Mr. Bronson Gentry, Ms. Regina Lawson, Ms. Frances Lewis, Dr. Beth Glover Reed, Mr. Allen M. Seder, Ms. Beverly Smith, Ms. Deborah White, and Ms. Ora Williams
10 Awardees in the category of ENTREPRENEURSHIP:
Ms. Khadijah Ali, Dr. Janice Louise Cardwell, Ms. Wisetta Dolsey, Ms. Acquanetta Glass, Mr. Darwin Griffen, Mr. John N. Henderson, Dr. Adrienne Booth Johnson, Mr. Dennis King, Mrs. Lennette Martin, and Rabbi Alon Tolwin
10 Awardees in the category of LIFELONG LEARNING:
Dr. Patricia Wendolyn Coleman-Burns, Ms. Carolyn Hall, Mr. Terrell Hill, Mr. Christopher Hood, Mrs. Virginia Hosbach, Ms. Bennie Latimer, Ms. Inez Martin, Mr. Jorge Prosperi, Mrs. Marian Camille Stephens, and Mrs. Mary Jo Tucker
10 Awardees in the category of LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT:
Mr. Harvey W. Berman, Esq, Mr. Wayne Brown, Cllr Theretha Dixon, Dr. Gloria House, Ms. Jackie Kallen, Dr. Walter Robert McLean, Prof. Willis C. Patterson, Mr. Ralph Taylor, Mrs. Hilda Vest, and Ms. Ursula Walker
10 Awardees in the category of UNSUNG HERO:
Ms. Adrienne D. Adams, Ms. Sabiha Ashraf, Ms. Josephine Henry Gentry-Smith Huyghe (posthumously), Mr. Joe Johnson, Mrs. Mary Jones, Ms. Jackie Lambert, Ms. Xuemo Lu, Ms. Mary Marinelli, Ms. Euresia Shields, and Mrs. Bobbie Tarbunas
Any proceeds from the 70 Over Seventy Awards assist the nonprofit Hannan Center to provide programming and services to older adults, including emergency grants for seniors in need.