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<jats:p>Noel Mayo was the first African‐American—not to mention the first African‐American industrial designer—to graduate from Philadelphia's University of the Arts. And even after that, he says, “I learned the hard way that I had to exceed all expectations.”</jats:p><jats:p>From Pittsburgh to Columbus, Ohio, to Hong Kong to Atlanta and Rochester, New York, Dr. Lorraine Justice's career has gone from one pioneering role to the next.</jats:p><jats:p>Looking back on a life spent creating opportunities and paving the way for those to come—in the federal government and elsewhere.</jats:p><jats:p>“It takes a special kind of designer to be successful at a place like the Firm,” says McKinsey's vice president of experience design.</jats:p><jats:p>During his career, Harrison executed more than 700 designs, a significant number of which were successful in the marketplace, and received the National Design Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2008. He was also Sears Roebuck's first African‐American executive. It was not easy getting there.</jats:p>