Mr. March Cromuel, Jr., President of the Chesapeake Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Chesapeake, Virginia, was presented the FBI Director's Community Leadership Award on December 8, 1999, at the Norfolk Office of the FBI.

Cromuel's strong commitment to positive community relations and efforts to encourage area youth to become productive citizens made him a natural choice for the Norfolk FBI's award nominee. As President of the Chesapeake chapter of the NAACP, he organizes community forums on race relations and re-established the organization's outreach to at-risk youth.

A dedicated member of Christ Pentecostal Church in Norfolk, Mr. Cromuel, an ordained Deacon, has served as Sunday School teacher, Trustee, Chairperson of the New Members, and Director of Youth, a position that allowed him to organize various activities and outings to area museums and libraries to broaden childrens' horizons and encourage their appreciation of all things cultural. He also established a speaker's bureau with inspirational presenters to further motivate and encourage the youth of his church and community.

Though a native of Tallahassee, Florida, Cromuel has spent most of his life in Hampton Roads. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy where he served for 22 years, and he later received a bachelor's degree in social work from Norfolk State University. Cromuel has held memberships in the Masons, the Chesapeake Men for Progress, and the Norfolk State University Chesapeake Alumni Chapter, and he served as president of the Fairfield Parkwood Civic League.

Married to the former Ida M. Clark of Norfolk and the father of six children, March Cromuel, Jr. has been honored with awards from the U.S. Navy and the National Association of Equal Opportunity in Higher Education.