The Dr. Clyde D. Carnegie Essay/Scholarship & Art Competition Award Program

Each year the Juneteenth Education Committee recognizes a local educator that has had an impact on the Lansing Community.  This year we salute Dr. Clyde D. Carnegie.

The Dr. Clyde D. Carnegie was installed as the Pastor of Friendship Baptist Church on Sunday, May 1st, 2011. 

Dr. Carnegie holds three degrees from Michigan State University; BS in Biological and Physical Sciences, MA in School Administration, and a PhD in Administration and Higher Education. He is a member of Phi Delta Kappa an Education Honorary and was elected to Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. 

Dr. Carnegie was an educator with the Lansing School District for over 36 years serving as a teacher, and the principal of Walter French Junior High School and at J W Sexton High School for 22 years. He served as a Michigan Commissioner for the North Central Accreditation Association and was an instructor at Lansing Community College and Olivet College. The Dr. Clyde Carnegie Sports Arena was dedicated at Sexton High School on February 24, 2006.