Frankie Howard-Mason
is honored with a Brick from Ms. Frankie Howard-Mason
1960 First African-American Female - Kansas Girl State - appointed State Supreme Court Judge
1965 First African-American Female - Wichita State University - KMUW Continuity Director
1966 First African-American Female - Wichita Heights High School - Student Teacher Speech and Drama Department
1967 The "Initiating" Charter Member - Wichita State University - Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. - Epsilon Alpha Chapter
1968 Bachelor of Arts, Education - Wichita State University First African-American Female from Kansas - IBM, Inc., Office Products Division, Marketing Support Representative, St. Louis
1972 First African-American Female from Kansas - League of Women Voters Board member in Plainfield, NJ
1975 First African-American from Kansas - League of Women Voters board member, Houston, TX
1985 First African-American Female from Kansas - Alameda County Office of Education, Juvenile Delinquency Division - Teacher
1991 First African-American Female in Kansas - Advisory Board Chair, African-American Male Leadership Academy, Wichita
1999 First African-American - Director of Activities, International Education - Wichita State University
Grandmother -- Victoria Hightower, First African-American woman mortician in Kansas
Mother -- Xavia Hightower-Howard, first African-American woman "licensed" funeral director and embalmer
Daughter --Robbyn L. Mason, CPA and manager, Ernst & Young
Granddaughter-- Ryan Kiara Mason, "in training"
