Fraternity gala for Judge Jones to feature retired NASA director

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Dr. Earls

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity has scheduled its third Annual Judge Nathaniel R. Jones Community Celebration. The gala event will take place beginning at 6 p.m. May 22 at Mr. Anthony’s, 7440 South Avenue.

The keynote speaker will be Dr. Julian M. Earls, retired director general of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Glenn Research Center. He is now executive in residence at Nance College of Business Administration at Cleveland State University and co-chair of the Science and Mathematics Education Policy Advisory Council for the State of Ohio.

Dr. Earls earned a bachelor’s degree in physics from Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Va.; a master’s in radiation biology from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester, N.Y., and a doctorate in radiation physics from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

He has a master’s in environmental health from the University of Michigan and is a graduate of the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School. He has a doctor of science degree from Vaughn College of Aeronautics in New York and Howard University in Washington, D.C., an honorary doctor of pedagogy degree from Nova Southeastern University in Florida, and honorary doctor of human letters degrees from North Carolina A&T State University, Norfolk State University and Wilberforce University in Ohio.

Dr. Earls is also the author of more than 30 publications.

Highlighting the evening of dinner and dancing will be the presentation of the 2009 Civic Engagement Awards. Recipients will be Mayor Jay Williams, Judge Robert A. Douglas and Molly Seals.

Proceeds from the celebration will benefit the Dr. Herbert L. Armstrong Memorial Scholarship. Ticket donation levels are $35 per individual, or $275 for a table of eight. For tickets and information call (330) 397-8621 or (330) 774-9185. Tickets must be bought in advance, and the deadline is Friday.