Harlow Fullwood, Jr.

From www.msunaa.morgan.edu/achievements/special_contribution_award.htm

Mr. Fullwood, president of Fullwood Foods, Inc., is the owner of several of the most successful Kentucky Fried Chicken franchises in the nation. Mr. Fullwood is a native of Asheville, North Carolina and graduated in 1974 from Baltimore City Community College. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Virginia Union University (VUU) in 1977 where he was a College All-American football player. After a brief stint in the National Football League (NFL), Mr. Fullwood joined the Baltimore City Police Department. He served as an officer for 23 years during which he became the most decorated law enforcement officer in the state of Maryland in terms of community service. He was The Baltimore Sun’s “1979 Policeman of the Year” and received the police department’s “Distinguished Service Award.”

Over the years, Mr. Fullwood has received more than 500 awards for excellence in business and community service. He is a member of the Baltimore Chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Men, and a life member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Through his foundation, the Harlow Fullwood Foundation, Mr. Fullwood has generated and awarded more than $6 million in college scholarships to more than 500 students. The Fullwood Annual Recognition and Benefit Breakfast has become the largest fund-raising event of its kind in Maryland.

Mr. Fullwood is also the author of an autobiography, Love Lifted Me: A Life’s Journey of Harlow Fullwood, Jr.