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Ms. Height has been the recipient of several awards including the National Council of Jewish Women's John F. Kennedy Memorial Award (1965); the Lovejoy Award for outstanding contributions in the field of human relations by the Grand Lodge, I.B.P.O. Elks of the World (1968) and by the Congressional Black Caucus as the first recipient of its "William L. Dawson Award" citing her decade of public service to minorities and women (1974).

Regarded as one of the most committed exponents of equal opportunity, Mr. Eklund is credited with being the principal architect of the actions that led Black Enterprise Magazine to describe the insurance firm as "the company most frequently referred to as having the best affirmative action and EEO (equal employment opportunities) programs in the country."

One of the statistics cited about Equitable is that of an estimated 21 black officers employed in all the nation's major insurance firms, 16 of them work for Equitable. Mr. Eklund has also served as Chairman of the Board of Trustee of the National Urban League since 1978.

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