Dr. Joseph N. Yearwood III is a native Washingtonian born in 1944, whose parents sent him to Brooklyn, N.Y. until the age of seven, hoping to avoid the segregation then present in the nation’s capital. After attending Roosevelt Senior High School in D.C., he graduated from Morgan State University and went on to Case Western Reserve University for a master’s degree in physical education, and to the University of Iowa to complete his physical therapy curriculum. He has pursued a life of service in the organizations he has chosen, including his fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi; the Prince Hall Masonry, in which he followed in the footsteps of his father, who served as Worshipful Grand Master of the District of Columbia; his profession as a physical therapist; and his church, Asbury United Methodist Church in D.C. In addition to previous and other current assignments, Dr. Yearwood has been the president of Asbury’s chapter of the United Methodist Men for the past eight years. He remains deeply engaged in all these activities, is a proud grandfather and resides in Bowie, Maryland.