Miami to honor Wayne Embry and late wife with Freedom Summer of ’64 Award
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Miami University will honor NBA executive and basketball icon Wayne Embry (Miami 58) and his late wife, Theresa Embry (Miami 60), with the Freedom Summer of 64 Award. The award is bestowed by Miami each year upon a distinguished leader who has inspired the nation to advance civil rights and social justice. Photo: Jeff Sabo
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Statue of NBA executive and basketball icon to be unveiled
By Margo Kissell, university news and communications
Miami University will honor NBA executive and basketball icon Wayne Embry (Miami ’58) and his late wife, Theresa “Terri” Embry (Miami ’60), with the Freedom Summer of ’64 Award at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 18, outside the main entrance of Millett Hall, Miami’s basketball arena.
Provided / Tom Tsuchiya
The first statue in Hamilton County of a specific woman will go up before the end of this year. That s the hope of the Women s City Club of Greater Cincinnati. Work to install the statue honoring the late Marian Spencer started this week at Smale Riverfront Park.
Statue Committee Chair Alice Schneider says the original plan was to put the statue in place in June, but the coronavirus pandemic got in the way. Tom Tsuchiya, the sculptor, had to stop working for a while. We had a bit of a setback, but we are on track now, she says. The construction crew is there pulling up the pavers, digging in, then they re going to put some cement down.