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Dr.
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Thomas
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Nathaniel
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Dr.
William Hayling
Dr. William Hayling, president and chairman;
Moses Gray, secretary; Oliver Lofton, Esq., vice-president; Jesse
C. Swanigan, treasurer. On May 27, 1987, in Atlanta, Georgia,
this newly formed organization introduced itself to the nation
during its first national conference. Noted speakers included
the late Alex P. Haley and the late Honorable Maynard H. Jackson.
In 1989, Nathaniel Goldston became the organization's second National
president and chairman and grew the organization to 43 chapters.
Thomas W. Dortch Jr. was elected the third National president
and chairman in 1994.
"It is a great blessing to have had the opportunity to be raised
in the home of a great man. My father is truly deserving of his
induction into The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum. William
Hartley Hayling, MD., hails from Trenton, New Jersey. A graduate
of Trenton High School, he entered Boston University as a pre-medical
student and was co-captain of the basketball team and first baseman
for the varsity baseball team. He graduated from Howard University
Medical School at age 23; interned at Harlem Hospital, New York
City, and completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at
Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx, New York.
Dr. Hayling was a Battalion Surgeon in the Korean War and received
a Bronze Star for heroic and meritorious services in 1953. Dr.
Hayling began a private practice in Newark, New Jersey in Obstetrics
and Gynecology, where he practiced for 23 years. He has served
on numerous boards including the Jersey City State College Board
of Trustees and the YMCA. He also served as President of the Howard
University Alumni Club of New Jersey, and the New Jersey State
Medical Society. Since 1981, Dr. Hayling has been Chief of Ambulatory
Obstetrics and Gynecology and Professor at the Charles R. Drew
University of Medicine and Science, King/Drew Medical Center.
He is the founding President of the New Jersey and Los Angeles
Chapters of the 100 Black
Men - a civic organization dedicated to serving the community
and improving the quality of
life of blacks and other minorities. He is founding National President
of 100 Black Men of
America.
Dr. Hayling has written numerous medical papers and is a sculptor,
hunter and avid tennis player. Dr. Hayling is married to Carolyn
Hayling and has two lovely daughters, Pamela Hoffman of Alanta
and Patricia Price of New Rochelle, New York.
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