Mich. Jenkins is director of human resources for East Cleveland City Schools. Overstreet is a civil engineer who has worked on projects as diverse as the Alaskan Pipeline and Chicago's McCormick Place convention center, and he authored a book on the history of African Americans in Alaska. Savage is a Harvard MBA and former CEO of Personal Physician Care in Cleveland. The success of the OU Brothers shows a slice of African-American life that often isn't talked about, says Assistant Director of Alumni Relations Dexter Bailey, who visited with the group last summer. So often all you read and hear about is what's wrong with black culture.
Members are aware of their uniqueness.
Of the 22 of us, we have a Harvard MBA, a CPA, an attorney, a dentist, sales reps, middle managers, educators. We love our families, who have been part of the strength that keeps us together. African Americans like us do exist. Some graduated from other schools. List includes 18 of 22 OU Brothers members who attended Ohio University.