Printable Biography of Justice Alan C. Page

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*Employed full-time as a professional football player while a full-time law student

HONORARY Doctor of Laws: University of Notre Dame, 1993; St. John's University,

DEGREES 1994; Westfield State College, 1994; Luther College, 1995; University of New Haven, 1999

Doctor of Humane Letters: Winston-Salem State University, 2000

PROFESSIONAL Associate Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, 1993-present

EXPERIENCE

Assistant Attorney General, State of Minnesota, 1987-1993

Special Assistant Attorney General (Employment Law Division),

1985- 1987

Associate, Lindquist & Vennum, 1979-1984

Commentator, National Public Radio, 1982-1983

Color Commentator, Turner Broadcasting System, College Football Game of the Week, 1982

Professional Football Player, 1967-1981

National Football League Players' Association Players' Representative, 1970-1974, 1976-1977

National Football League Players' Association Executive Committee, 1972-1975

COMMUNITY Member, American Law Institute, 1993-present.

ACTIVITIES AND

PROFESSIONAL Member, Minnesota State Bar Association, 1979-1985, 1990-present

ORGANIZATIONS

Member, Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers, 1995-present

Member, National Bar Association, 1979-present

Member, American Bar Association, 1979-present

Member, Advisory Board, Mixed Blood Theater, 1984-present

Founder, Page Education Foundation, 1988. Assists minority and other disadvantaged youth with post-secondary education.

Member Board of Regents, University of Minnesota, 1989-1992

Helped establish Kodak/Alan Page Challenge, a nationwide essay contest encouraging urban youth to recognize the value of education. Also a regular speaker to groups of minority students about the importance of education.

Member, Institute of Bill of Rights Law Task Force on Drug Testing in the Workplace, 1990-1991

Board of Directors, Minneapolis Urban League, 1987-1990

HONORS 2001 Academic All-American Hall of Fame, 2001 Dick Enberg Award

AND AWARDS

1999 Sports Illustrated's "The 50 Greatest Sports Figures from Ohio"

Star Tribune's "100 Influential Minnesotans of the Century"

Star Tribune's "100 Most Important Sports Figures of the Century"

1994 Aetna Voice of Conscience Arthur Ashe, Jr., Achiever Award

1993 Inducted into College Football Hall of Fame

WCCO Radio Distinguished Good Neighbor Award

1992 U.S. Sports Academy Theodore Roosevelt Meritorious Service Award

Notre Dame Alumni "Reverend Edward Frederick Sorin, C.S.C."

Award

NCAA "Silver Anniversary" Award

East-West Game "Babe Hollingbery" Award

1991 Inducted into Chicago's Inner City Sports Hall of Fame

National Education Association "Friend of Education" Award

1990 Inducted into the Nike Walk of Fame

1989 Dedicated "Alan Page Drive" in Canton, Ohio

1988 Inducted into the Football Hall of Fame, Canton, Ohio

1987 Completed Edmund Fitzgerald 100-kilometer (62-mile) race

1981 Selected by U.S. Jaycees as one of American's Ten Outstanding

Young Men

1979 First active NFL player to complete a marathon (26.2 miles)

1971 First defensive player in NFL history to receive "Most Valuable

Player" Award. Received numerous awards and honors for

performance in the NFL.