Hall of Fame
Lonesome was a two sport athlete while at Cheyney. He was a 4-year letter winner in both football and basketball. As a football player he was a tight end and a forward/center on the basketball team.
Lonesome is a 1956 graduate of Cheyney University. He went on to earn his masters in counseling from Trenton State (1968) and his doctorate in 1976 from Antioch University. Lonesome is a founder of the Apex Educational Consulting. Apex is a highly skilled group of consultants which specialize in educational solutions that bring practical and innovative approaches to their clients.
Lonesome has extensive professional experience and training in counseling, urban education, management and supervision, assessment and data analysis, program development and teaching. Cass worked at a middle school through college, and with a charter high school. His knowledge is expansive in practical and proven approaches to academic and counseling program development, particularly those challenges faced by diverse academic environments. His recent focus is on assessing and changing thinking patterns and facilitating effective problem solving. He has worked with students and professionals alike, to channel their skills, knowledge and actions for greater success and personal goal attainment. Besides numerous workshop presentations, Cass has authored three articles: Educating the Forgotten African American Youth that addresses the use of traditional tests that unfairly label students; A Structured Tutorial Program for Urban Underachievers at the Twelfth Grade Level which demonstrates the impact of one to one tutoring on student achievement; and Minority Student Achievement: A Comparison of Minority and Non-Minority Views that researches the widening gap between both groups and strategies to address this dilemma.
