Dr. Hugh Gloster accepted the challenge to start a new medical school and tapped Alice Gloster Green Burnette, then-director of development at Morehouse College, along with Calvin Brown, Joseph Gayles and Tom Norris, to conduct the feasibility study that recommended starting a two-year basic science school-which later became Morehouse School of Medicine.

There is no doubt that Alice ranks in the top tier of founders of this great school. Perhaps because she was a Morehouse College administrator, or perhaps because she shared her father's vision, Alice embraced the idea of starting and funding a new medical school with enthusiasm. Even when her career took her away from Atlanta, Alice remained interested in the school and provided consultation on fund-raising strategies.

Alice made her mark in the fund-raising field with positions at Howard University and the Smithsonian Institution. She authored a handbook, "The Privilege to Ask," and co-authored "Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising," both of which outlined standards for fund-raising professionals. In 1995, she proudly received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Morehouse School of Medicine on the 20th anniversary celebration of the school. In 2000, she was the recipient of the Rosso Medal, one of the highest honors awarded to fund-raisers.

In her lecture "Hopscotching in the Neighborhood," Alice suggested: "To win at hopscotch, a player cannot step on a line and skip a square, because all squares must be navigated sequentially. It takes a lot of skill and dexterity in order to win-at hopscotch and at fund-raising in the black community."