In Memory of Arthur W. Elder, Father of Charlotte Elder (UMBC PROMISE)

Arthur W. Elder II, father of PROMISE member Charlotte Elder (UMBC,
Clinical Psychology) lost his battle with lung cancer on December 17,
2009. Charlotte is also a Meyerhoff Fellow and a member of the Dissertation House.

Charlotte's father was a UMBC alum and great supporter of all up and
coming PhDs so he will be greatly missed by family and friends.


(Contributed by Frances D. Carter, UMBC PROMISE Peer Mentor, Physics & Public Policy)

In Memory Of...

My loving mother, Emma Lee Smith, who passed in April 1974. I wish you were here to share my sadness, my joys, and my many successes.

My missing father, J.C. Jackson, who passed in October 1999. I just found you, but God said it was time to go. I wish you were here to share in my sadness, my joys, and my successes.

Melissa LaToya Browning
PROMISE Protege' 2009

In loving memory of Sekai Ayinde Williams

In loving memory of Sekai Ayinde Williams.

Sunrise 10-8-93

Sunset 6-10-09

"Tell them not to treat foster kids like this.

Tell them not to take kids from their mothers who love them.

Tell them not to treat kids bad just because they have disabilities.

It hurts their feelings."

Son of Asha-Lateef Williams

(PROMISE Peer Mentor, UMCP)

In memory ...

As I learned about the passing of the son of one of our PROMISE members, I began to think about the loved ones of so many of our grad students and team members who have passed away since the major programs of PROMISE began in 2003. 

This post is dedicated to them. They loved, they continue to be loved, and they continue to inspire.  These are the names that I can think of at the moment. Others are free to add in.

* Jessica Soto Perez (left, 1977-2004), one of our own grad students, in our first cohort of PROMISE Peer Mentors (UMBC) http://www.umbc.edu/promise/jessica.html



* Gloria Reynoso, the mother of Gloria Anglon, UMCP PROMISE Coordinator


* Joshua Wheagar (the one who came to prepare the way) Mosley, the son of Dr. Sylvester and Korto Mosley (Sly, former PROMISE Peer Mentor, UMBC)


* The brother of Dr. Johnetta Davis (PROMISE Co-PI, UMCP)


* Professor Philip J. Rutledge, the father of Dr. Janet Rutledge (PROMISE Co-PI, UMBC)
http://www.iun.edu/~newsnw/pg/2007/070201_rutledge.shtml


* Jesse Oyd Harris, Jr., the father of Dr. Robin Smiles (former PROMISE Peer Mentor, UMCP)


* The grandmother of Adrienne Starks (PROMISE student, UMBC)


* The father of Yvette Williams (PROMISE student, UMBC)


* Gladys Franco de Ordóñez , the mother of Patti Ordóñez-Rozo (PROMISE Peer Mentor, UMBC)


* Julia Mae Major, the mother of David L. Major (PROMISE Peer Mentor, UMCP)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=77389809494


And most recently, the young man who inspired this post, Sekai Ayinde Williams, the son of Asha-Lateef Williams (PROMISE Peer Mentor, UMCP). Sekai means: "Full of Laughter" and Ayinde means "We prayed for him."