SCAN THIS QR CODE WITH YOUR MOBILE DEVICE TO WATCH DENNIS ARCHER’S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD VIDEO, WHICH WAS SHOWN AT MCCA’S DIVERSITY HONORS GALA.
20 DENNIS W. ARCHER IS A BELIEVER.
HE IS ZEALOUSLY DEVOTED TO THE LAW, ITS POWER TO LIFT UP THE OPPRESSED, AND HE TRUSTS FERVENTLY IN ITS CAPACITY AND DUTY TO ENSURE JUSTICE, EQUALITY, AND FAIRNESS.
L
ike the good men and women before him who have viewed the law as the great equalizer, he believes that it could and should work to make America’s promises true for all people, without passion or prejudice. T roughout an illustrious career, Archer has worn many hats, all
of which have demonstrated an ardent commitment to serving the public interest. After college he worked as a special education teacher before becoming a lawyer and then a professor, a Michigan Supreme Court justice, big-
DIVERSITY & THE BAR® NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2012
city mayor, law fi rm chairman, and the history-making fi rst African American president of the American Bar Association (ABA). What ties all these varied career suc- cesses together for the man who is this year’s recipient of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award? T e desire to leave the world a better place than he found it. Archer said in a speech last year that everyone has the power to make a diff erence, and he is the living embodiment of that sentiment. After working his way through college at Western Michigan University, Archer received a bachelor’s degree
MCCA.COM
ELLIOTT S. HALL, VP OF GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS FOR FORD MOTOR COMPANY SHAKES HANDS WITH U.S. COMMERCE SECRETARY RON BROWN, AS DENNIS ARCHER AND PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON LOOK ON IN MARCH 1994.
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52