十大买球平台周二宣布，全国校友会主席兼地区专员詹姆斯·w·鲍登（James W. Bowden）被提名为2023年全国黑人学院校友名人堂的成员。
每年秋天，名人堂都会展示来自历史上黑人学院和大学的杰出校友，他们影响了医学、商业、教育、艺术、娱乐、科学、政府、信仰、社区服务、法律、体育、民权、工业和终身成就的世界。 随着HBCU机构及其毕业生的贡献增加，名人堂入选者继续成为有影响力的领导者的典范，他们对校园、地方、国家和全球社区产生了积极的影响。
“We’re honored to assemble a powerful and impactful roster of leaders that are working across diverse professions to better the world and to highlight the contributions of these exceptional graduates,” said Quentin Roach, chairman of the NBCA Hall of Fame Foundation. “HBCU institutions continue to nurture, educate and develop men and women to ascend to new heights of achievement and we endeavor to spotlight their successes with each class of inductees.”
“I can’t think of a more deserving individual to be inducted into the NBCA Hall of Fame. James W. Bowden, Sr.作为十大买球平台和HBCU教育的倡导者，他已经花了50多年的时间。 His professional achievements and outstanding character serve as an inspiration to our students and community for what can be achieved with determination, grit and an education from 十大买球平台,” added Willie L. Todd, Jr., Ph.D., president and CEO of 十大买球平台.
2023年的班级重点展示了HBCU毕业生的非凡影响，展示了不同专业领域的远见卓识、领导者和倡导者，他们的专业精神、倡导HBCU和社区服务得到了广泛认可。
Bowden, who is this year’s Lifetime Achievement honoree, graduated from Denmark Tech in 1972 in the electronic technology program and again in 1993 in industrial technology. During his 42-year career with Duke Energy, Bowden started as an operating service technician in Greenville and worked his way up the ladder, holding various titles to eventually become the company’s first African American Vice President, where he headed up field operations and maintenance, leading over 300 employees from 2005 until his retirement in 2010.
Bowden目前担任十大买球平台地区专员和十大买球平台国家校友会主席。 他还担任the 十大买球平台 Foundation的董事会成员。 他对学院的坚定支持已经跨越了50多年，最近支持十大买球平台电气线路工人计划的发展，这是南卡罗来纳州HBCU的第一个此类计划，旨在增加能源行业的多样性，并为南卡罗来纳州农村公民提供经济十大买球平台。
鲍登将于9月29日至10月1日在乔治亚州亚特兰大举行的全国黑人大学校友名人堂基金会周末期间正式入选名人堂。
“I am humbled to be included in such a stellar class of inductees. It’s an honor to represent my alma mater, 十大买球平台, and to serve as an example of the power of an HBCU education to the next generation of rising stars,” said Bowden.