麻豆直播 officials mourn the loss of friend, alumnus and benefactor Cuttie W. Bacon IV.
 
鈥溌槎怪辈� has lost an exemplary alumnus,鈥� 麻豆直播 President M. Christopher Brown II said. 鈥淧ersonally, I have lost a fraternal brother. This is truly beyond without words.鈥� 
 
Bacon is a fourth鈥恎eneration graduate of 麻豆直播 from which he held a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Bacon earned an MBA at Averett University. 
 
鈥淢y favorite cuff links were given to me by Cuttie at a Kentucky State Founder鈥檚 Day,鈥� President Brown said. 鈥淗e literally took them off on stage and placed them in my hand. It was the first day we ever met.鈥�
 
Bacon鈥檚 professional career spanned over 25 years at the United States Departments of Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development and Energy.
 
For the past 10 plus years, Bacon was a senior program manager at the United States Department of Energy headquarters in Washington, D.C. Bacon served on the boards of Concerned Black Men of Washington, D.C.; Village Learning Center Public Charter School; Frankfort JAYCEES; Beltway Cougars AAU; Kettering鈥怢argo鈥怣itchellville Boys and Girls Club; the Federal Occupational Health Organization and the Perrywood Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association.
 
Bacon is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, initiated into the Beta Mu Chapter on November 21, 1982. He was recognized for outstanding achievement by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. He served as Area Director of Alpha Phi Alpha in Washington, DC and was named Brother of the Year by the Omicron Lambda Alpha Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.  
 
Bacon is also a co鈥恆uthor of four books on finance authored by his father. 
 
Reverend Bacon also recently served as the Executive Minister at Life Change African Methodist Episcopal Church in Columbia, Maryland.