"I Heard That": Berry and Vera Lee Clanton Scholarship at SF State; 49ers Rookie Crabtree Debut; the Return of QB Alex Smith ...Rochelle Metcalfebyline‚ Oct. 28‚ 2009“KEEPING THE VISION ALIVE!” EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION! Mrs. VERA LEE CLANTON of San Francisco believe education is the key to succeed in this world, and has been doing her part when in 2000 she founded the BERRY and VERA LEE CLANTON Endowed Scholarship Fund established at San Francisco State University to help provide accessible higher education to needy students! Qualified recipients receive $1,000 - $2000. Mrs. Clanton established the Fund in memory of her late husband, one of the first African American men hired as a LONGSHOREMAN in San Francisco. Mr. Clanton passed in 1972. The couple shared a DREAM to help those who lacked funds but desired a college education. Mrs. Clanton expressed her husband didn’t have an education, but he had a “MASTER’S DEGREE IN LIFE!” |