Please accept my sincere and deep appreciation to you and the St. Louis American Foundation for selecting me for the 2013 Lifetime Achiever in Education Award. I considered it a signal honor and a crowning touch to my educational career.
The Salute to Excellence Awards Dinner was a first-class affair. I commend the foundation and you for annually honoring educators in the metropolitan area in such a splendid manner. Also, it was a special treat for my father and my sisters to be at the dinner to see me so honored because they have been an intricate part of any success I have achieved.
The articles and photos that appeared in the St. Louis American newspaper concerning the award were particularly well done. I have received so many compliments and congratulatory messages as a result of those articles and photos.
Continued best wishes to you and the St. Louis American Foundation for all that is done in support of the St. Louis community.
Lynn Beckwith Jr.
E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor of Urban Education
University of Missouri – St. Louis