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Ford Greene is an independent management and telecommunications consultant and serves as president of Frontier Telephone of Rochester. After attending Georgia Tech, he received his bachelor’s degree in computer science and mathematics from Morgan State University. He has also completed postgraduate courses at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia (MBA Certificate Program) and at Johns Hopkins University.

Ralph Long Jr. is a pioneer in the field of information systems and information technology. After attending Georgia Tech, he graduated from

Clark College (now Clark Atlanta University) with a dual degree in mathematics and physics, and became the first black systems engineer for the Large Systems Group in the southeastern United States at IBM Atlanta. After moving to Newark, New Jersey, he would become the first black manager of data processing for a large school district on the east coast.

Lawrence Williams was drafted into the Air Force in 1967 and served honorably in the Vietnam War. During his service, he earned several distinctions and honors. He was selected for the Drum and Bugle Corps in basic training and also chosen for leadership training school, where he graduated at the top of

his class. After retiring from the military, he traveled the world lecturing on the topics of aerospace and aviation.

Atlanta-born Ronald Yancey became Georgia Tech’s first African American graduate in 1965, earning a degree in electrical engineering. Yancey went on to have a successful career with the Department of Defense before moving to the private sector. He has served on the Georgia Tech Alumni Association Board of Trustees.