The Boeing Company welcomes Morgan State Alumni in the George Washington Room for the celebration of 75 years of existence. (Photo courtesy of Art Lawson) 
Walter Fields, president of Fields Communications shares remarks at the MSU alumni event hosted at Boeing Headquarters in Arlington, Va. (Photo courtesy of Art Lawson) 
Attendees rise to sing the Black national anthem before the day’s programming begins. (Photo courtesy of Art Lawson) 
Tamara Thompson (left) interim chief program officer for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund serves as a moderator during discussions with Larry Robinson, Ph.D, president of FAMU, Glenda Glover, Ph.D., president of Tennessee State University, and David K. Wilson, Ed.D, president of Morgan State. (Photo courtesy of Art Lawson) 
FAMU President Larry Robinson, Ph.D., stands with Shirley Marcus Buckner, Vice Chairman of the D.C. Metro Chapter’s 75th Anniversary Planning Committee and Nathan Brooks, Ph.D., Senior Technical Fellow at Electromagnetics and Antenna Systems Boeing Co. (Photo courtesy of Art Lawson) 
Nathan Brooks, Ph.D., senior officer at Boeing Co. and Dietra Trent, White House HBCU Initiative executive director, enjoy conversation at the luncheon portion of the event. (Photo courtesy of Art Lawson)
By Ashleigh Fields,
AFRO Assistant Editor
Morgan State University alumni gathered at Boeing Headquarters in Arlington, Va. on Nov. 13 to celebrate 75 years of service to their institution. The group hosted historically Black college and university (HBCU) presidents from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), Tennessee State University (TSU) and Morgan State University (MSU) to engage in a panel discussion surrounding the day’s theme of “Reimagining HBCUs Beyond 2024.”
Prominent guests such as Elaine Blackwell, the longest D.C. Metro Alumni Chapter member, Kysha Hancock, former Miss MSU and Bobby Scott (D-Va.-3), Virginia state senator were in attendance. The keynote speaker was Dietra Trent, who serves as the executive director of the White House Initiative on Advancing Equity, Excellence and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities, more commonly known as the White House HBCU Initiative.
