Jean Patterson Boone, publisher and president of the Richmond Free Press, accepted the Hill-Robinson Expansion of Freedom Award on behalf of her late husband, Free Press Founder Raymond H. Boone. From left: Dr. Niraj Verma, dean of Virginia Commonwealth University’s L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs; Mrs. Boone; former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder; Dr. Grace E. Harris, retired provost and vice president of academic affairs at VCU; and VCU President Michael Rao.
