N.Y. Broker Gets Turner's Trumpet Award

NU Online News Service, Jan. 15, 2:40 p.m.EST?A New York insurance broker is one of the recipientsof this year's Turner Broadcasting Trumpet Award.

Ernesta G. Procope, president and chief executive officer ofE.G. Bowman Company, Inc., New York City, received the award fromAtlanta?based Turner Broadcasting System Jan. 7.

The award salutes African-American men and women who havedistinguished themselves in the fields of medicine, education,literature, politics, sports, business and entertainment.

Ms. Procope founded E.G. Bowman as a small insurance agency inBrooklyn, N.Y. in 1953. She directed its growth to become a leadingminority-owned and woman-owned insurance broker.

The firm, which deals in commercial and public entity coverageemploys 40 professionals and serves more than 2,000 clients,including more than 60 Fortune 500 companies.

Along with Ms. Procope, the 10th annual Trumpet Awards honoredNational Security Advisor Dr. Condoleezza Rice, former Senator andU.S. Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun; Yvonne Brathwaite Burke,supervisor, Second District Los Angeles County Board ofSupervisors; the Rev. Dr. Johnnie Colemon, founder, ChristUniversal Temple; Sylvia Flanagan, senior editor of Jet magazine;Spelman College President Dr. Audrey Forbes Manley; Dr. Vivian Pinnof the National Institutes of Health; and U.S. Congresswoman MaxineWaters.

The awards ceremony will be broadcast Saturday, Feb. 23, at 7p.m. EST, and 8:30 p.m. PST, on TBS Super-station. RichardRoundtree, Nancy Wilson and James Avery will act as hosts.