June Sallee Antoine
June Sallee Antoine has enjoyed a full life -- teacher, wife, mother, arts advocate. The arts were a large part of her upbringing, and so June has supplemented her education career by participating in numerous arts, cultural, and civic organizations. She is also co-founder of the Creative Writing Workshop Projects.
June and her husband Albert, a retired NASA scientist, passed along their love of education to their four children, all Ph.D.s in their own fields. They also created a memorial endowment in their daughter's name, administered by the Cleveland Foundation. (At the time of her death, Janice Antoine Lumpkin held a Ph.D. in chemical engineering, and was a well-loved and nationally recognized teacher and researcher at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.)
"To me, the joy of life is constantly learning. And then the other part is sharing it. Philanthropy should be a way of life. It's not how much you give, but the fact that you have the concern and desire to share and grow with others."
Organizations supported by the Antoines include (listed alphabetically):
Cleveland Arts Prize
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Music School Settlement
Cleveland Opera
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
Cleveland School of the Arts
Cleveland Women's City Club Foundation
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Jazz Heritage Orchestra
Karamu House
The NAACP
Ohio Alliance for Arts Education
Ohio Citizens for the Arts
Young Audiences