A. B. "Buddy" Hogan came to Father Flanagan’s Boys Home in January of 1952 from Barboursville, VA
(in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains) at the age of 9 to escape the racism and discrimination that prevented him from attending school. He left Boys Town after five and a half years to attend St. Augustine Seminary in Bay St. Louis, MS. Buddy returned to Omaha in January of 1961, alternately attended Creighton University and worked, and was married to Wilma Boone. The couple raised two sons, Buddy, Jr. and Scot of Omaha, and a daughter, April of Stonebridge, GA. They have seven grandchildren.
Mr. Hogan has owned and operated Personalized Programming since 1992. Since 1998, he has also served as the President of Acacia Technology & Management, Inc. Acacia Technology & Management, Inc. , with offices in Chatsworth and Irvine, California and Bangalore, India, licenses CIMS®, the company’s web-based proprietary relational database management software, to assist insurance brokers and construction contractors in administering insurance wrap-up programs for large construction projects. CIMS® is the only web-based insurance wrap-up administration software system available under license to insurance brokers and general contractors. Acacia also provides computer programming and related computer services.
Mr. Hogan managed the Transit Bond Guarantee Program (TBGP) in Los Angeles from 1987 to 1995. The TBGP provided payment and performance bonding and working capital loan assistance to Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises working on eligible transportation 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 through 1970. In 1970, Mr. Hogan was appointed by the Mayor of Omaha as the Director of Public Service Careers, a manpower training program for the City of Omaha. In 1971, Mr. Hogan became the Director of the Public Employment Program for the City. Mr. Hogan authored the first City of Omaha Affirmative 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 InterNorth (now 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, Mr. Hogan developed the membership software program that has been used by over 200 affiliates of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
In 1977, Mr. Hogan was a candidate in the last at-large citywide 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 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.
In 1980, Mr. Hogan designed and 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 conducted "Community Based Computing" at annual computer workshops conducted by Falsoft Publishing in suburban Chicago between 1984-1986; presented a paper with Professor Daniel Boamah-Wiafe on "The Use of PCs in Research" at the National Council of Black Studies' Telecommunications and Culture" annual conference in Boston in 1986; and also taught "Hands on Computers: The Personal Touch", Racial Awareness and Racism classes for the College of Continuing Studies - University of Nebraska at Omaha. Mr. Hogan conducted in-service racial awareness sessions for the Omaha Police Department during the 1970’s.
Mr. Hogan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Latin and Philosophy and the Master of Business Administration degree from Creighton University.
Mr. Hogan’s Omaha community service and recognition includes:
American Institute for Public Service and Channel 7, Jefferson Award
Bedford Place Council, Recognition
Black Caucus of the Omaha Education Assoc., Outstanding Citizenship Award
Big Brothers Big Sisters, Board of Directors
Black Heritage Series, National Black Excellence Award
Catholic Commission on Human Relations, Member
Child Saving Institute, Board of Directors
City of Omaha, Key to the City
Father Flanagan High School, Advisory Board
Greater Omaha Community Action, Board of Directors Chair
Holy Name School Board, Member
International Association of Black Professional Firefighters, Recognition
Mid-America Council, Boy Scouts of America – Iowa-Nebraska, Recognition
Midwest Alliance of Black Managers, Recognition
Nebraska National Guard, Honorary Colonel Commission
Nebraskans For Justice, Recognition
Offutt Air Force Base, MLK Memorial Luncheon Speaker
Omaha Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, Recognition
Omaha Black Forum, Community Service Award
Omaha Charter Study Convention, Vice-Chair
Omaha Coalition Against Apartheid, Member
Omaha NAACP, Life Member
Omaha NAACP Youth Council and NAACP ACT-SO, Recognition
Omaha NAACP, Lawrence W. Mc Voy, Jr. Memorial Award
Omaha Softball association, Board of Directors
San Fernando Valley (CA) NAACP Golden Heritage Life Member
The Society For Black Awareness and Cultural Achievement, Recognition
Third World Coalition of Minority Artists, Recognition
United Methodist Community Center, Recognition
United Way of the Midlands, Board of Directors Budget Committee
University of Nebraska at Omaha Black Studies Department, Recognition
University of NE Medical Center Minority Student Affairs, Recognition
Urban League of Nebraska, Whitney M. Young Memorial Award
World Community of Al’ Islam in the West Recognition 12/20/04 (Rev.)
