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B i o g r a p h y ALAN
C. PAGE
State
Supreme Court Justice
 Alan
C. Page is Minnesota’s first African-American
Supreme
Court Justice. He has established a foundation
to
motivate and assist young men and women of color to
pursue
education beyond high school. He has cosponsored
a
national essay-writing contest to promote
literacy.
Known for his staunch defense as a member of the famed “Purple People
Eaters,”
the Minnesota Vikings’ fierce defensive unit of the ‘70s, he was
elected to the
Pro
Football Hall of Fame. Page is now an ardent defender of equal education
for all
children.
Mr.
Page’s law career actually began during his NFL-playing days when he had
the
foresight
to attend law school at the University of Minnesota at the height of his
football
career
so he could be prepared for life after football. When he retired from the
game in
1981,
he went to work for a Minnesota law firm before being appointed a special
assistant
attorney general in Minnesota. In 1987, he became an assistant attorney
general, and
in 1993, he became an associate justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court.
In addition
to lecturing on a wide range of legal and judicial issues, Alan Page is a
compelling
speaker on creating education opportunities and mentoring for
underprivileged
children.
Alan Page
earned a BA degree in political science from the University of Notre Dame
and a JD
degree from the University of Minnesota. He also has received eight
honorary
degrees.
The
recipient of numerous athletic and humanitarian awards, Page likes to
think of
football as
a past chapter in his life. “If I could choose a way to be remembered,
it
wouldn’t
be my association with football,” says Page. Football is the past--a
good past,
but I’d
want to be remembered with children--my children and other children.”
Beginning
with ten Page Grants awarded in its first year, the Page Education
Foundation
now awards
nearly 600 Page Grants annually. In addition to helping provide college
tuition, the
foundation requires each of its Page Scholars to spend a minimum of 50
hours per school year tutoring and
mentoring younger students in the area of education.
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