Our Glorifying the Lions

Television Special Premieres

Saturday, April 13, 2024

7:30 pm | WLWT Channel 5

Additional Air Dates

Sunday, April 14, 4:30 AM - WLWT

Sunday, April 14, 11:00 PM - MeTV

Monday, April 15, 12:30 PM - WLWT

The Annual Glorifying the Lions Awards is a prestigious honor that celebrates seasoned community leaders who have demonstrated a strong commitment to serving the community. The 2024 edition marked our 30th celebration honoring six distinguished leaders who have significantly impacted Southwestern Ohio through their words, actions, and deeds.

The event, known as the Glorifying the Lions Ceremony, is based on a powerful proverb of the Ibo people of Nigeria, emphasizing the importance of acknowledging diverse perspectives in history.

Our 30th Annual

Lions

Our historic 30th Class of Glorifying the Lions honorees are:

Karen Bankston, PhD, MSN, RN, Professor Emerita, UC College of Nursing

Calvin D. Buford, Partner, Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP (Retired)

Michael Fisher, President & CEO, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (Retired)

Delores Hargrove-Young, Vice Chairwoman, d.e. Foxx & Associates, Inc.

J. Phillip Holloman, Co-Founder of the Holloman Center for Social Justice

John E. Pepper, President & CEO, The Procter & Gamble Company (Retired)

The Lions will be honored at the 30th Annual Glorifying the Lions Luncheon Ceremony on Wednesday April 10, 2024, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm at the Cintas Center. 

1994 Lions Honorees 

Dorothy C. Bailey 

Theodore Berry, JD 

John Blanton 

Rev. L.V. Booth 

Edmund Casey, MD 

Virginia Coffey 

Vera Edwards, PhD 

Rev. T. X. Graham 

Dr. Bruce Green 

Joseph A. Hall 

Lawrence Hawkins, PhD 

William Lawless Jones 

Marjorie Parham 

Allene Renfro 

Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth 

Donald Spencer 

Marian Spencer 

Emily T. Spicer 

Fred Suggs 

Ernest Waits, Sr. 

1995 Lions Honorees 

Dewey C. Fuller 

Viola Grayson 

Nannie Hinkston 

William McClain 

Roberta Wooten 

1996 Lions Honorees 

Manuel C. Battle 

Dr. Paul Hough 

Rev. Donald H. Jordon, Jr. 

Elester Parker 

Agnes Duncan Parker 

Allene W. Reed, PhD 

Rossman Turpeau, Sr. 

1997 Lions Honorees 

Otto Armleder 

Chuck Harmon 

Honorable Nathan Jones 

Blanche Kalfus 

Carl Lindner 

Elizabeth F. Oxley 

Edmund H. Oxley 

Belle Miller Watts 

1998 Lions Honorees 

Milton Hinton 

Issac Mincy 

Marjorie Motch 

Dr. Chester Pryor 

Louise Spiegel 

Austin Tillotson 

Dr. Cleota Wilbekin 

1999 Lions Honorees 

William Bowen 

Evelyn Dixon 

Dr. George Hale 

Dr. Sarah Hale 

Izella Kendricks 

John H. Leahr 

William L. Mallory 

Mildred Nichols 

Archie Sherman 

Bobbie Sterne

2000 Lions Honorees 

Mary Bates 

Louise Bowen 

Dorothy Dobbins 

George Rowe, Jr 

Bailey Turner 

Richard Weiland 

2001 Lions Honorees 

Juanita M. Adams 

Barbara L. Farrow 

Katie M. Parker 

Peter J. Randolph 

William J. Williams 

2002 Lions Honorees 

Joseph A. Patterson 

Richard Aft 

Catherine Clement Buford 

Arthur Hull, Jr 

Janet Dumas Keys 

2003 Lions Honorees 

Dr. Charles O. Dillard 

Ernest McAdams 

Louise Stallworth 

Marion Thompson 

Ruth Westheimer 

2004 Lions Honorees 

Leon (Ernest) Robinson 

Cora Fitch-Kendall, PhD 

P. Jeane Goings 

John Henderson, PhD 

Robert Jackson 

Mickey Kaplan 

Dr. Stanley Kaplan 

Daphne Robinson 

Peter Strauss 

2005 Lions Honorees 

Dr. Mrytis H. Powell, PhD 

Rev. Damon Lynch, Jr. 

Hannah H. Thomas 

Carl B. Westmoreland, Sr 

2006 Lions Honorees 

Howard H. Bond 

Doris L. Brown 

Herbert R. Brown 

Ethel Buckner 

Stanley M. Chesley, JD 

2007 Lions Honorees 

Mary Alyce Baughman 

Rev. Dr. Calvin A. Harper 

Myron M. Kilgore 

Jenny C. Laster 

Jack W. Overbeck 

2008 Lions Honorees 

Hon. Jack Sherman, Jr. 

C. Smith 

Jeanette Taylor, PhD 

Judith B. Van Ginkel, PhD 

Clarice White 

2010 Lions Honorees 

Alice Adams 

Sheila J. Adams 

Maurice Adams 

Francie Pepper 

Edwin J. Rigaud 

Miriam West

2011 Lions Honorees 

Judge John West 

Robert H. Crosby 

Schuyler J. Smith 

Merri Gaither Smith 

Marcella G. Trice 

2012 Lions Honorees 

Raymond Brokamp 

Dolores J. Lindsay 

Roland McGoodwin, DDS 

Nancy Whitaker Moody

2013 Lions Honorees 

Susan Upton Farley 

Rev. H.L. Harvey 

Kitty Strauss Rosenthal 

Barbara Smitherman 

2014 Lions Honorees 

Leslie Edwards 

Noreen Hayes 

Carolyn Mazloomi 

Melvin Williams 

2015 Lions Honorees 

Thomas L. Conlan, Jr. 

Barbara Lynch 

Dwight Tillery 

Willie F. Walker 

2016 Lions Honorees 

Dot Christenson 

John E. Moore, Sr. 

Noel Morgan 

Lydia Morgan 

2017 Lions Honorees 

Al Gerhardstein 

John W. Harshaw 

Hon. Rhine McLin 

Gwendolyn Ivory Robinsin 

2018 Lions Honorees 

Don G. Black 

Dan Groneck 

Charley Milton 

Gwen Wilder 

2019 Lions Honorees 

Dr. Ralph Brown 

Patricia Meadows 

Richard Rosenthal 

Morleen Rouse 

2020 Lions Honorees 

James Anderson 

Rev. Dr. Donald E. Jones 

Susan Noonan 

Kathy Wade 

2021 Lions Honorees 

Bootsy Collins 

Patti Collins 

David Dillon 

Father Michael Graham 

Dr. O'dell Owens 

Eileen Cooper Reed 

2022 Lions Honorees 

Donna Jones Baker 

Michael D. Connelly 

Courtis Fuller 

Kay Geiger 

Aurelia (Candie) Simmons 

Lincoln Ware

2023 Lions Honorees 

Bishop Michael E. Dantley, EdD

Stephen L. Hightower

Angelita M. Jones

Camille A. Jones, MD, MPH

Peg Moertl 

Rabbi Dr. Gary P. Zola

2024 Lions Honorees 

Karen Bankston, PhD, MSN, RN

Calvin D. Buford

Michael Fisher

Delores Hargrove-Young

J. Phillip Holloman

John E. Pepper