*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.
