2013 Distinguished Citizen
WHS Class of 1955
Athletics/Civil Rights
Professional
- Career fighting for the rights of minorities
- Processed and resolved 55,000 cases resulting in benefits to more than 8 million people - 1999-2011
Honors/Awards
- Named All-Big 8 in football
- Co-captain, University of Kansas football team - 1958
- Distinguished Pennsylvanian Award by William Penn Committee - 1981
- Pennsylvania House of Representatives Distinguished Service Award - 2011
- Pennsylvania Senate Distinguished Service - 2010
- Central Pennsylvania Martin Luther King Center "Keeper of the Dream" Award - 2012
- US Post Office Legacy Award - 2004
- US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Outstanding Achievement Award - 1999, 2002
- Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Cornerstone of Excellence Award - 2008
Education
- Washington High School - 1955
- University of Kansas - Bachelor of Science - 1961
Professional Athletics
- During the 1959 season, Floyd played professional football as a member of the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos
Homer C. Floyd - Destined to Become a Difference Maker - on MassillonTigers.com
