New Leadership

1990 - 1999: NEW LEADERSHIP

Horizons-Upward Bound turned twenty-five in 1990 with a new director at the helm, William Washington. Founding Director Ben Snyder remarked on the occasion of his retirement, “Horizons-Upward Bound, having withstood the test of time, strengthened by the commitment of civic minded organizations and caring individuals, looks forward with confidence to its second quarter of a century.” Washington, who had previously served three years as Assistant Director, would steer the program through the next decade.

HUB’s 25th year involved a symposium on the program, held at Wayne State University, and new plans for fundraising. Events such as Star Search, featuring a talent show performed by area judges and attorneys, and participation in Cranbrook Schools’ fundraiser, Le Gala de Cuisine, became two new avenues of HUB support throughout the 1990s.

HUB also expanded its educational reach beyond Metro Detroit through the establishment of a Regional Upward Bound Math and Science Center. Students from six Midwest states joined the summer program, attending classes at the Institute of Science, but sharing living spaces and recreational activities with HUB students.

Individuals are identified in each image below, if known. Please contact archives@cranbrook.edu with any additional information.

Rev. James H. Evans, Jr. (HUB '69) with HUB Director William Washington, after being installed as President of Colgate Rochester Divinity School, 1990.

Ben M. Snyder, Barbara Harmon-Schamberger, unidentified, Margot Synder, and Phoebe Goldstein (left to right) at HUB's 25th Anniversary Dinner, April 28, 1990.

1969 Alumnus, Fred Blackmon (left), talks with HUB students at Paul Manship’s Armillary Sphere sculpture in the Cranbrook School Quadrangle, 1993.

Family members hug each other at the Theme Day Awards Ceremony, August 7, 1993.

HUB Math/Science program students work in the lab, 1993.

Summer 1991 staff, 1991.

Red Key student, Choua Yang (HUB '95) at the Visitor Breakfast, July 1994.

Margot Snyder and Jeff Martin (HUB '71) at HUB's 30th anniversary banquet, August 6, 1994.

Keynote speaker and President of Colgate Rochester Divinity School Rev. James Evans (HUB '69), CEC President Dr. Lillian Bauder, HUB Instructor Barry Levine, Barry Z. Roberts (HUB '77), Mary Alice Varner, and HUB Advisory Board Member Cyrus Varner (HUB '70), at HUB's 30th anniversary celebration (left to right), August 6, 1994.

Student saxophone ensemble provides music for guests on the Quad during HUB’s 30th anniversary donor reception, August 1994.

HUB Director William M. Washington, Janet Moore and Jim Bilen (left to right) on the Quad at HUB’s 30th anniversary donor reception, August 1994.

HUB students at Star Search 2, April 27, 1995. Standing, second from left: Lynn Roosevelt Wiggins (HUB '97), Bert W. Dearing, III (HUB '96), and Tarian Kendric Marks (HUB '97). Seated, on left: Ebony Rucker (HUB '95), and on right: Sherise A. Brown (HUB '95).

HUB students and faculty at Cleveland Middle School holiday lunch, Winter 1996.

Students in the lab, 1996.

Working on science assignment, left to right: Daniel Blair Hoerle (HUB '97), William Isaac Winston (HUB '96), and Willie Allen Thompson, IV (HUB '97), 1996.