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Marlon is the founder and co-director of , a re-entry program for formerly incarcerated individuals, which assists with obtaining ID, employment, education, and housing. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana. He obtained bachelor degrees from 91�鶹ӳ����ý and Southern Illinois University in Computer Science and Industrial Engineering Technology, respectively. Marlon's research interest is understanding systemic structures that cause issues of equity, access, and attainment for underrepresented racial minorities in STEM.

2019: Toyia K. Stewart ’93

2018: Binyamin Jones ’07

2017: RoJenia (Judkins) Jones ’07, PhD

2016: Kendall Moore ’09, MD

2015: Jeffrey O. Porter ’98

2014: Marilyn Anderson Rhames ’96

2013: Patricia Ann Askew ’77

2012: Denise Dixon Ferguson ’75

2011: Vernita Jones ’61

2010: Christopher Phills ’00

2009: Dana Spell ’88

2008: Fred Sloan ’76

2007: Christopher Little ’91 (1969-2007)

2006: Emily Guss ’75

2005: Sabrena Thurmond Davis ’95

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