1980-89
 

The 80's reinforced the continuous competency and innovation of EREB, through the achievements of its members:

  • Harold A. Dawson was appointed to the Atlanta-Fulton County Zoning Committee.
  • For the purpose of enhancing practitioners specializing in real estate management of the Georgia Chapter of Real Estate Management Brokers Institute, Inc. was organized.
  • Wendell White was elected to serve as the chapter's first President. · Al Knox was appointed Vice Chairman of the Zoning Review Board and later appointed Vice Chair and Chairman of the GREC.
  • Harold A. Dawson, Sr., was elected to serve as Chairman of the Georgia Real Estate Commission and was also the first Black elected to serve as President of the National Association of Real Estate License Law Officials (NARELLO).
  • Joe Richardson was appointed to the Commercial and Industrial Institutional Appeals Board.
  • Mrs. Barbara J. Alexander was appointed Commissioner of the Atlanta Housing Authority.
  • Mrs. Dot Kelly was appointed to the Atlanta Housing Authority and elected to serve as Chairman.
  • Willie Ware, Sr. was appointed to the Fulton County Housing Authority.
  • Miller Johnson, Jr. was appointed to the Fulton County Zoning Appeals Board and was later elected to serve as Chairman.
  • Mrs. Jocelyn C. Peters organized the Women's Council of EREB and was appointed to the Water/Sewer Appeals Board and elected to serve as Chairman.
  • EREB purchased its first building and future home site during the administration of Miller Johnson, Jr., and with the special efforts of Wendell White and T. J. Locke.
  • J.T. Bickers was appointed by Mayor Andrew Young to serve on the Building Permits Task Force.
  • E. Pearl PresIcy was elected to serve as EREB's first female President.
  • EREB's new home was completed under the Chairmanship of Barbara Ann Alexander with special recognition to committee member, the late Q. V. Williamson, for raising over $30,000.00 from EREB's membership to pay for the construction and furnishing of its building under the presidency of Alfred L. Knox.
  • W.F. "Preacher" Smith was appointed to serve on the Georgia Real Estate Commission's Advisory Committee and elected to serve as Chairman.
  • In honor and memory of the late Q. V. Williamson, Sr., EREB established the Q. V. Williamson Memorial Scholarship
  • Fund to assist deserving students in their pursuit of real estate education.
  • EREB took giant steps in education by first, awarding a monetary grant to the Morehouse College Real Estate Institute and secondly, annually awarding monetary scholarships for students attending Clark Atlanta University or any of the colleges affiliated with the Atlanta University Center.
  • Under the chairmanship of Delories Gibson, the EREB Education Committee received its largest educational grant of $18,900.00 from the Georgia Real Estate Commission for the development of three thirty (30) hour post licensing courses: "Management of Housing for the Elderly," "Inner City Property Valuation" and "Commercial Property Sales and Leasing." Through its Education Committee, chaired by Delories Gibson, EREB organized its first Student Chapter.