{"id":288,"date":"2019-07-18T17:55:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T22:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/?p=288"},"modified":"2023-11-16T10:46:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T16:46:35","slug":"louis-s-hureston-78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/louis-s-hureston-78\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis S Hureston 78"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>At Mendel: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Valedictorian; President \u2013 Senior Class, Student Senate; <br>National Honor Society; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mendelian Editor <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Math, Science, Activities and Mendelian\nAwards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National Achievement\nSemi-Finalist, Illinois State Scholar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mendel Marching Band; Knights of\nAugustine; Mendel Pep Club. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Noteworthy Lifetime Achievements: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BS in Electrical Engineering,\nIllinois Institute of Technology; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bell Labs\nScholarship, Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering National Honor Society <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IIT Stryker\nDistinguished Service Award<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MS in Electrical Engineering,\nGeorgia Institute of Technology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bell Labs\nScholarship<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Executive Training at\nNorthwestern University, Stanford University and University of Chicago<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manager, Pacific Bell and Bell\nLaboratories. Entrepreneur with international business interests. Provided\nconsulting services to federal agencies and international businesses. South\nAfrican efforts have focused on modernization of information technology\ninfrastructure. Oversees a property management business in North America and\nAfrica. With the acquisition of an African property Mont Fleur Bed and\nBreakfast is now one of a handful of African-American Inn Owners in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Member of Alpha Phi Alpha\nFraternity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former National Society of Black\nEngineers (NSBE) National Executive Board Member. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First NSBE International Lifetime\nMember. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outstanding Alumni Award (1985)\nfrom Mendel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officer with Democrats Abroad-South\nAfrica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Quote<\/strong>: \u201cAttending Mendel College Prep had a very profound impact on\nmy life.&nbsp; The most obvious would be\nhonoring the tradition of excellence while embracing a sense of service in\nlife, living my life by a set of constructive ideals while utilizing role\nmodels to create a path. I will forever be grateful for the experience of\nattending Mendel Prep.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Mendel: Valedictorian; President \u2013 Senior Class, Student Senate; National Honor Society; Mendelian Editor Math, Science, Activities and Mendelian Awards National Achievement Semi-Finalist, Illinois State Scholar Mendel Marching Band; Knights of Augustine; Mendel Pep Club. Noteworthy Lifetime Achievements: BS in Electrical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology; Bell Labs Scholarship, Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering National Honor Society IIT Stryker Distinguished &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/louis-s-hureston-78\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hall-of-fame","no-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2413,"href":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions\/2413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}