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Michael Russell
Mike is a native of New Rochelle, NY, but moved to the DC area in 1949. Since then he has graduated from Holy Providence School, a little school run by the Sisters of The Blessed Sacrament for Indi...view moreMike is a native of New Rochelle, NY, but moved to the DC area in 1949. Since then he has graduated from Holy Providence School, a little school run by the Sisters of The Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored Children (Founded by St. Katherine Drexel, who dedicated her life to and gave up every penny of her Drexel fortune to educate and catechize Blacks and Native Americans). After graduating from Archbishop Carroll High, he earned a degree in political science, with a minor in philosophy from Howard University (Go, Bison!) and subsequently served proudly in the 1st Battalion, 70th Armor, in Augsburg Germany. He has been a sales rep for Pfizer Labs and was promoted as the first African American assistant product manager in the pharmaceutical industry. He has been an award winning salesman for Xerox and several other companies, and finally stopped working for other people in 1983. Since then he has been the owner of a small computer company (now defunct), and has been a stage and close up magician and a member of the Screen Actors Guild, with credits in Something The Lord Made, The Wire, and House of Cards. He is a proud father of 3, grandfather of 12 and husband of 1view less