August Brill "Buddy" Hogan, Sr., D'57
August Brill "Buddy" Hogan, Sr., D'57, passed away on June 3, 2018 in Chatsworth, California. Lifetime Member. Former BTNAA Board Member. Hall of History Inductee.
August B. "Buddy" Hogan, Sr. was born in Gordonsville, Virginia on October 13, 1942. He was raised in Barboursville, Virginia until the age of 9, when he was sent to Father Flanagan's Boys Town, near Omaha, Nebraska. He arrived at Boys'Town on January 11, 1952. At Boys Town, he paiticipated on the Midget football team, basketball team, baseball team, the Saint John Berchman's Sanctuary Society [altar boy], and was the President of his Boys Town High School freshman class. He left Boys Town in 1957 to enter St. Augustine's Seminary in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. After graduating from St. Augustine's Seminaty High School, he attended St. Francis Xavier College in Island Creek, Massachusetts. Buddy returned to Omaha in January of 1961, alternately attended Creighton University, worked, and was married to Wilma Boone. The couple raised three children, Buddy, Jr., Scot, and April. They have seven grandchildren.
Mr. Hogan founded Personalized Programming in 1987. He also co-founded [with Shri Sridhar] and served as the President of Acacia Technology & Management, Inc. in 1998. The company's web-based proprietary relational database management software assists insurance brokers, owners, and construction contractors in administering insurance wrap-up programs for large construction projects.
Mr. Hogan managed the Transit Bond Guarantee Program in Los Angeles from 1987 to 1995. The program provided payment and performance bonds and working capital loan assistance to Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises working on subway and rail transit projects in Southern California.
Mr. Hogan managed the first private sector, federally-sponsored job training program in the state of Nebraska for Mutual of Omaha from 1968 to 1970. 1n 1970, he was appointed by the Gene Leahy, Mayor of Omaha, as the Director of the Public Service Careers Program, a City of Omaha manpower training program. ln 1971, Mr. Hogan became the Director of the Public Employment Program for the City. He authored the first City of Omaha Affiirmative Action Program while employed as a Consultant to the Omaha Personnel Director in 1972. In 1973, then Mayor and former U.S. Senator, Edward Zorinsky, appointed Mr. Hogan to his cabinet as the Director of the Human Relations Department, responsible for enforcement of human rights laws.
After four years on the mayor's cabinet, Mr. Hogan served as Director of Fair Employment Practices for lnterNorth (later known as Enron) where he was the corporate consultant to profit center Equal Employment Opportunity Coordinators.
In 1976, Mr. Hogan was elected Treasurer of the Omaha NAACP. He also served as President of the Omaha NAACP for seven years before relocating to Van Nuys, CA in 1988. In the late 1980's, he developed a membership and branch management software program that he donated to more than 200 affiliates of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
In 1977, Mr. Hogan was a candidate in the last at-large City Council election held in Omaha. He finished in 16th place trailing the 15th place finisher by 28 votes. The 15 candidates receiving the most votes in the primary election advanced to the general election. The Omaha NAACP filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court in 1978 challenging the constitutionality of the at-large election scheme for the Omaha City Council. The Nebraska Legislature passed Senator Ernie Chambers' District Election legislation for the Omaha City Council during its next session before the lawsuit went to trial. ln 1980, Mr. Hogan designed and successfully administered the Affirmative Action Plan for the Northern Border Pipeline Company. This plan, which included a program to meet contracting and procurement goals for Minority and Female Business Enterprises was the first of its kind for a natural gas pipeline construction project in the U.S.
Mr. Hogan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Latin and Philosophy and the Master of Business Administration degrees from Creighton University.
As a Lifetime Member of the Boys Town National Alumni Association Mr. Hogan was active in a leadership capacity on the Board of Directors representing the former Region 7, (Western U.S.). His sound advice and wisdom was a welcome addition to the Board of Directors. He was inducted into the Boys Town Hall of History in 2007 for his outstanding accomplishments in life that contributed positively to his community and country.
Mr. Hogan is survived by his wife, Wilma, children, August, Jr., Scot, and April, grandchildren August III, Amanda, Alicia, Anthony, Gerrit, Joya, and Alexis. He is also survived by his sisters Gwendolyn, Virginia and Shirley and a host of nephews, nieces, cousins and in-laws.
Mr. Hogan founded Personalized Programming in 1987. He also co-founded [with Shri Sridhar] and served as the President of Acacia Technology & Management, Inc. in 1998. The company's web-based proprietary relational database management software assists insurance brokers, owners, and construction contractors in administering insurance wrap-up programs for large construction projects.
Mr. Hogan managed the Transit Bond Guarantee Program in Los Angeles from 1987 to 1995. The program provided payment and performance bonds and working capital loan assistance to Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises working on subway and rail transit projects in Southern California.
Mr. Hogan managed the first private sector, federally-sponsored job training program in the state of Nebraska for Mutual of Omaha from 1968 to 1970. 1n 1970, he was appointed by the Gene Leahy, Mayor of Omaha, as the Director of the Public Service Careers Program, a City of Omaha manpower training program. ln 1971, Mr. Hogan became the Director of the Public Employment Program for the City. He authored the first City of Omaha Affiirmative Action Program while employed as a Consultant to the Omaha Personnel Director in 1972. In 1973, then Mayor and former U.S. Senator, Edward Zorinsky, appointed Mr. Hogan to his cabinet as the Director of the Human Relations Department, responsible for enforcement of human rights laws.
After four years on the mayor's cabinet, Mr. Hogan served as Director of Fair Employment Practices for lnterNorth (later known as Enron) where he was the corporate consultant to profit center Equal Employment Opportunity Coordinators.
In 1976, Mr. Hogan was elected Treasurer of the Omaha NAACP. He also served as President of the Omaha NAACP for seven years before relocating to Van Nuys, CA in 1988. In the late 1980's, he developed a membership and branch management software program that he donated to more than 200 affiliates of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
In 1977, Mr. Hogan was a candidate in the last at-large City Council election held in Omaha. He finished in 16th place trailing the 15th place finisher by 28 votes. The 15 candidates receiving the most votes in the primary election advanced to the general election. The Omaha NAACP filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court in 1978 challenging the constitutionality of the at-large election scheme for the Omaha City Council. The Nebraska Legislature passed Senator Ernie Chambers' District Election legislation for the Omaha City Council during its next session before the lawsuit went to trial. ln 1980, Mr. Hogan designed and successfully administered the Affirmative Action Plan for the Northern Border Pipeline Company. This plan, which included a program to meet contracting and procurement goals for Minority and Female Business Enterprises was the first of its kind for a natural gas pipeline construction project in the U.S.
Mr. Hogan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Latin and Philosophy and the Master of Business Administration degrees from Creighton University.
As a Lifetime Member of the Boys Town National Alumni Association Mr. Hogan was active in a leadership capacity on the Board of Directors representing the former Region 7, (Western U.S.). His sound advice and wisdom was a welcome addition to the Board of Directors. He was inducted into the Boys Town Hall of History in 2007 for his outstanding accomplishments in life that contributed positively to his community and country.
Mr. Hogan is survived by his wife, Wilma, children, August, Jr., Scot, and April, grandchildren August III, Amanda, Alicia, Anthony, Gerrit, Joya, and Alexis. He is also survived by his sisters Gwendolyn, Virginia and Shirley and a host of nephews, nieces, cousins and in-laws.