Honors & Public Speaking
Stewart has received numerous awards for his contributions to charitable and educational endeavors including the Liberty Bell Award presented by the Shreveport Bar Association, Dillard University’s Distinguished Alumnus of the Year; and the Raymond Pace Alexander Award and the Judge William H. Hastie Award presented by the National Bar Association Judicial Council. The Boy Scouts of America honored Stewart with its highest awards for volunteer service to youth on the local, regional and national levels: the Silver Beaver Award, the Silver Antelope Award, and the Silver Buffalo Award. He has received the Clyde E. Fant Memorial Award for Outstanding Community Service, the 2008 A.P. Tureaud Achievement Award from the Loyola University School of Law Black Law Students Association, and the 2008 The Times Leadership Award sponsored by the Shreveport Times and the Alliance for Education. Stewart also was named Louisiana Outstanding Young Man of the Year by the Louisiana Chapter of the Jaycees and won the Black Leader of the Year award from the Southern University Shreveport-Bossier Afro-American Society.
Stewart frequently addresses student and professional groups, emphasizing the importance of educational achievement and community service, and the need for African-American role models in business and public service.
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