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{{Short description|American football player and judge (born 1945)}}
{{for|the British Olympic hockey player|Alan Page (field hockey)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Alan Page
| image               = 2020JusticeAlanPage.jpg
| caption             = Page in 2020
| order               = 
| office              = Associate Justice of the [[Minnesota Supreme Court]]
| term_start          = January 4, 1993
| term_end            = August 31, 2015
| predecessor         = [[Lawrence R. Yetka]]
| successor           = [[Natalie Hudson]]
| birth_name          = Alan Cedric Page
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1945|8|7}}
| birth_place         = [[Canton, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = 
| spouse              = {{marriage|Diane Sims Page|1973|2018|end=died}}
| children            = 4
| residence           = 
| religion            = 
| profession          = {{hlist|Attorney|Judge}}
| awards              = [[File:Presidential Medal of Freedom (ribbon).svg|border|23px]] [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] (2018)
| module              = {{Infobox NFL biography
| embed       = yes
| name        = Alan Page
| image       = A Page.png
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| alt         = 
| caption     = Page in 1969
| number      = 88, 82
| position    = [[Defensive tackle]]
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 4
| weight_lb   = 245
| high_school = [[Central Catholic High School (Perry Township, Ohio)|Central Catholic]] <br> ([[Canton, Ohio]])
| college     = [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]] (1964–1966)
| draftyear   = 1967
| draftround  = 1
| draftpick   = 15
| pastteams   = 
* [[Minnesota Vikings]] ({{NFL Year|1967|1978}})
* [[Chicago Bears]] ({{NFL Year|1978|1981}})
| highlights  = 
* [[List of NFL champions (1920–1969)|NFL champion]] ([[1969 NFL Championship Game|1969]])
* [[NFL Most Valuable Player]] (1971)
* [[AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year|NFL Defensive Player of the Year]] (1971)
* 5× First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1970 All-Pro Team|1970]], [[1971 All-Pro Team|1971]], [[1973 All-Pro Team|1973]]–[[1975 All-Pro Team|1975]])
* 3× Second-team All-Pro ([[1969 All-Pro Team|1969]], [[1972 All-Pro Team|1972]], [[1976 All-Pro Team|1976]])
* 9× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1968 Pro Bowl|1968]]–[[1976 Pro Bowl|1976]])
* [[NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team]]
* [[NFL 1970s All-Decade Team]]
* 50 Greatest Vikings
* Minnesota Vikings 25th Anniversary Team
* Minnesota Vikings 40th Anniversary Team
* [[Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor]]
* [[Minnesota Vikings#Retired numbers|Minnesota Vikings No. 88]] retired
* 2× [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|National champion]] ([[1964 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|1964]], [[1966 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|1966]])
* Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1966 College Football All-America Team|1966]])
; NFL record
* Most safeties in a season: 2 (tied)
| statlabel1  = [[Quarterback sack|Sacks]]
| statvalue1   = 148.5
| statlabel2   = [[Safety (gridiron football score)|Safeties]]
| statvalue2  = 3
| statlabel3   = [[Interception]]s
| statvalue3   = 2
| statlabel4  = Interception yards
| statvalue4  = 42
| statlabel5  = [[Fumble]] recoveries
| statvalue5  = 23
| statlabel6  = [[Touchdown]]s
| statvalue6  = 3
| pfr         = P/PageAl00
| HOF         = Alan-Page
| CollegeHOF  = 1860 
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| education           = [[University of Notre Dame]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) <br> [[University of Minnesota]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
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'''Alan Cedric Page''' (born August 7, 1945) is an American former [[Minnesota Supreme Court]] [[judge]] and professional [[American football|football]] player for the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears. He was the NFL's MVP in 1971.<ref name=apieaz>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WqpfAAAAIBAJ&pg=3339%2C4146465 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |last=Litke |first=James |agency=Associated Press |title=Alan Page: leaving 23 years behind isn't easy |date=November 25, 1981 |page=1C}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] in 2018.

Playing [[college football]] at the [[University of Notre Dame]], Page gained national recognition as a [[defensive tackle]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) during 15 seasons with the [[Minnesota Vikings]] and [[Chicago Bears]]. Following his retirement, he then embarked on a legal career. Page earned a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in political science from the [[University of Notre Dame]] in 1967 and a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] from the [[University of Minnesota Law School]] in 1978. Page served as an associate justice of the [[Minnesota Supreme Court]] from 1993 until he reached the court's mandatory retirement age of 70 in 2015.

Page was the first defensive player in NFL history to win the [[National Football League Most Valuable Player Award|MVP Award]] and only [[Lawrence Taylor]] has done it since. He is a member of both the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] (1993) and the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] (1988) and is considered one of the greatest [[Lineman (American football)|defensive linemen]] ever to play the game.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wallstcheatsheet.com/sports/the-top-10-greatest-nfl-defensive-linemen-of-all-%C2%ADtime.html/?a=viewall |title=Wall Street Cheat Sheet, "The Greatest Defensive Linemen of All Time." |access-date=January 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130014902/http://wallstcheatsheet.com/sports/the-top-10-greatest-nfl-defensive-linemen-of-all-%C2%ADtime.html/?a=viewall |archive-date=January 30, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2018, President [[Donald Trump]] awarded Page the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2018/11/14/medal-freedom-honoree-alan-page-will-put-aside-his-feelings-about-trump/|title=Medal of Freedom honoree Alan Page will put aside his feelings about Trump|last=Boren|first=Cindy|date=November 16, 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>

==Early life==
Page was born and raised in [[Canton, Ohio]].<ref name="interview">[https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/05/16/gary-eichten-and-alan-page Former Minn. Supreme Court Justice Alan Page on life, education, football and the law], [[Minnesota Public Radio]].  May 16, 2017.</ref> His parents stressed the importance of education and of doing his best regardless of what others did.<ref name="interview"/> His mother died when he was 13.<ref name="interview"/> Page said he wanted to become a lawyer when he was a child.<ref name="interview"/>

Page graduated from [[Central Catholic High School (Perry Township, Ohio)|Canton Central Catholic High School]] in 1963, where he starred in several sports and excelled in [[High school football|football]]. He worked on a construction team that erected the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]], laying the groundwork for the building in which he would one day be enshrined.

==College football==
After high school, Page played college football at the University of Notre Dame. As a senior, he led the [[1966 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Fighting Irish]] to a [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|national championship]] in 1966,<!--{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}--> and was a consensus {{nowrap|[[1966 College Football All-America Team|All-American]].<ref name=apieaz/>}}<!--{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}-->

Page was presented with one of the 1992 [[Silver Anniversary Awards (NCAA)]] for achieving personal distinction since his graduation. In 1993, he was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]]. In 2005, he was awarded the [[National Football Foundation Distinguished American Award]].

In 1967, Page participated in the [[East-West Shrine Game]] and 25 years later received the "[[Babe Hollingbery]]" Award for his performance as he was inducted to that game's Hall of Fame. Page was named to the Academic All-American Hall of Fame in 2001 and as such received the [[Dick Enberg]] Award. Page also won the [[Walter Camp Alumni of the Year]] award in 1988.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.waltercamp.org/newsrelease/release4.htm |title=Walter Camp News Release |access-date=May 1, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701023656/http://www.waltercamp.org/newsrelease/release4.htm |archive-date=July 1, 2007  }}</ref>

==Professional football==
[[File:1986 Jeno's Pizza - 18 - Alan Page (Alan Page crop).jpg|175px|left|thumb|Page <!--(''left'')--> tackling running back [[Lawrence McCutcheon]]<!--an opponent for the Vikings--> in [[1977 Minnesota Vikings season|1977]]]]
<!--After graduating from Notre Dame,-->Page was a first round selection (15th overall) in the {{nowrap|[[1967 NFL/AFL draft]]}} by the [[1967 Minnesota Vikings season|Minnesota Vikings]], for whom he played for 11 seasons, through [[1977 Minnesota Vikings season|1977]]. He is one of 11 Vikings to have played in all four [[Super Bowl]]s ([[Super Bowl IV|IV]], [[Super Bowl VIII|VIII]], [[Super Bowl IX|IX]], [[Super Bowl XI|XI]]) in which the team appeared. Page joined the [[Chicago Bears]] in [[1978 Chicago Bears season|1978]] and played there for [[1981 Chicago Bears season|four seasons]] and amassed an additional 40 sacks.

As a right defensive tackle, Page had an unusual 3-point stance, placing his left rather than his right hand on the ground. During his 15-year career, the Vikings won four conference titles and one [[1969 NFL Championship Game|league championship]]. Page was a member of the Vikings' "[[Purple People Eaters]]," a defensive line adept at sacking or hurrying the quarterback. Page played in 218 consecutive games without an absence ([[Most consecutive starts (NFL)#Consecutive games started|215 consecutive in the starting line-up]]), during which he recovered 22 fumbles, made 148½ sacks (Vikings-108½,<ref>[http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/11918016.html  startribune.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202195703/http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/11918016.html |date=February 2, 2009 }},</ref> Bears-40), and scored three touchdowns (two on fumble recoveries and one on an interception return). He also recorded three safeties, the second most in NFL history, and blocked 23 kicks.<ref>[https://www.profootballhof.com/players/alan-page/ HOF: ALAN PAGE Class of 1988]</ref> He set a career-high with 18 sacks in 1976 and is unofficially credited with five other seasons of 10 sacks or more.<ref>[http://www.purplepride.org/vikings/yearsack.cfm purplepride.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502150017/http://www.purplepride.org/vikings/yearsack.cfm |date=May 2, 2008 }}</ref><ref>[http://assets.chicagobears.com/assets/tradition/AllTimeResults2006.pdf chicagobears.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080229033614/http://assets.chicagobears.com/assets/tradition/AllTimeResults2006.pdf |date=February 29, 2008 }}</ref>

While in the NFL, Page earned [[All-Pro]] honors six times and made second-team all-league three additional times.<ref name="Alan Page Stats">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PageAl00.htm|title = Alan Page Stats|website = [[Pro-Football-Reference.com]]}}</ref> He was voted to nine consecutive Pro Bowls.<ref name="Alan Page Stats"/> He was voted All-Conference 10 times, in 1968 and 1969 as All-Western Conference and in 1970 through 1977 and 1980 as an All-National Football Conference.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alan Page |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/alan-page/ |website=profootballhof.com |publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame |access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref>

In 1971 Page was named both the [[National Football League Defensive Player of the Year Award|AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year]] (the first player to be named such) and the AP's [[National Football League Most Valuable Player Award|NFL Most Valuable Player]].<ref>{{cite web |title=AP NFL Most Valuable Player Winners |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/awards/ap-nfl-mvp-award.htm |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher=Sports-Reference, LLC. |access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref> Page was the first defensive player to be named MVP since the award's inception. Only one other defensive player, [[Lawrence Taylor]], has ever received the award. Page was also voted the [[Newspaper Enterprise Association Defensive Player of the Year Award|NEA NFL Defensive Player of the Year]] in 1973.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alan Page Highlights |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/alan-page/highlights/ |website=profootballhof.com |publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame |access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref>  In 2019 Page was chosen as a member of the NFL's 100th Anniversary All-Time Team.

===NFL player representative===
Page was [[National Football League Players Association]] player representative from 1970 to 1974 and in 1976–1977, and a member of the NFLPA Association Executive Committee from 1972 to 1975. He was one of the fifteen [[plaintiff]]s in ''[[John Mackey (American football)|Mackey]] v. National Football League'' in which Judge [[Earl R. Larson]] declared that the [[Pete Rozelle|Rozelle rule]] was a violation of [[United States antitrust law|antitrust law]]s on December 30, 1975.<ref>{{cite web | last=Wallace | first=William N. | title=Rozelle Rule Found In Antitrust Violation | website=The New York Times | date=1975-12-31 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/31/archives/rozelle-rule-found-in-antitrust-violation-rozelle-rule-judged-in.html | access-date=2025-05-08}}</ref><ref>[https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/407/1000/2281018/ ''Mackey v. National Football League, 407 F. Supp. 1000 (D. Minn. 1975)'' &ndash; Justia.com.] Retrieved December 12, 2023.</ref> He was named to the Vikings' 40th Anniversary Team in 2000. Along the way, Page was named the Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Week three times: week 9, 1967; week 8, 1968; week 13, 1971. In 1988 Page was further honored by his induction into the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]. In 1999, he was ranked number 34 on ''The Sporting News''' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players, the highest-ranking Viking player. He received the NFL Alumni Career Achievement Award in 1995 for attaining success in his post-NFL career.

== Post-career ==

===Broadcasting===
After his playing career he dabbled in the media, first as a commentator on [[TBS (TV network)|Turner Broadcasting System]] covering the ''College Football Game of the Week'' series during the Fall of 1982 and then as a commentator on [[National Public Radio]] in 1982–1983.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

===Legal career===
Long before Page's football career came to a close, he was laying the groundwork for his future role as a justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. While still playing for the Vikings, Page attended the [[University of Minnesota Law School]], from which he received a Juris Doctor in 1978. After graduating, he worked at the Minneapolis law firm [[Lindquist and Vennum]] from 1979 to 1984 outside the football season. Page was appointed Special Assistant Attorney General in 1985, and soon thereafter promoted to Assistant Attorney General.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mn.gov/law-library/research-links/justice-bios/alan-page.jsp|title=Alan C. Page|website=Minnesota State Law Library|language=en|access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref>

In 1992, Page was elected to an open seat as an associate justice of the [[Minnesota Supreme Court]], becoming the first African-American to serve on that court. He was reelected in 1998 (becoming the biggest vote-getter in Minnesota history), again in 2004, and for a final time in 2010: Minnesota has [[mandatory retirement]] for judges at the end of the month in which they turn 70.

On January 7, 2009, Page was appointed by Chief Justice [[Eric Magnuson]] to select the three-judge panel that heard the election contest brought by [[Norm Coleman]] in the [[United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2008|2008 U.S. Senate election]].<ref>{{cite web| title = Top justice won't pick Minn. Senate lawsuit judges| publisher=Minnesota Public Radio| date = January 7, 2009| url = http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/01/07/top_justice_wont_pick_minn_senate_lawsuit_judges/| access-date =January 7, 2009}}</ref>

== Personal life, community work and other activities ==
[[File:President Donald J. Trump Presents Medal of Freedom to Alan Page - 45863434012.jpg|thumb|right|President Donald J. Trump presents the Medal of Freedom to Alan Page Friday, November 16, 2018, in the East Room of the White House.]]
Alan and Diane Sims Page were married from 1973 until her death in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.twincities.com/2018/10/02/diane-sims-page-revered-philanthropist-dies-at-74/|title=Diane Sims Page, revered philanthropist and wife of Alan Page, dies at 74|date=October 2, 2018|publisher=twincities.com}}</ref> They met while she was working for General Mills and he was playing for the Minnesota Vikings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vikings.com/news/diane-alan-page-s-storybook-began-with-chance-meeting-20007090|title=Diane & Alan Page's storybook began with chance meeting|date=December 17, 2017|publisher=Minnesota Vikings}}</ref> Page is a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former pro athlete and jurist says faith about doing good, avoiding evil |url=https://catholicphilly.com/2016/11/news/national-news/former-pro-athlete-and-jurist-says-faith-about-doing-good-avoiding-evil/ |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Catholic Philly |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1988, the Pages founded the Page Education Foundation. It provides financial and mentoring assistance to students of color in exchange for those students' commitment to further volunteer service in the community, an idea suggested by their daughter Georgi. The Page Education Foundation has awarded grants to more than 7,500 students, who in turn have given more than 475,000 hours of their time to young children. Upon his retirement from the bench, Page plans to continue the foundation's work and find other ways to encourage students of color to be successful in school, especially by developing critical thinking skills.<ref>{{cite web| title = Alan Page leaving Supreme Court to focus on youth | publisher = Twin Cities Pioneer Press | date = April 4, 2015 | url = http://www.twincities.com/2015/04/06/alan-page-leaving-supreme-court-to-focus-on-youth/| access-date = March 4, 2016}}</ref>

Page and his daughter Kamie Page have written four children's books:  ''Alan and His Perfectly Pointy Impossibly Perpendicular Pinky'' (2013), ''The Invisible You'' (2014), ''Grandpa Alan's Sugar Shack'' (2017), and ''Bee Love (Can Be Hard)'' (2020). Proceeds from the sales of these books support the Page Education Foundation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.page-ed.org/ |title=Home |website=page-ed.org}}</ref> Page is the subject of the authorized biography ''All Rise: The Remarkable Journey of Alan Page'' (2010).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.triumphbooks.com/all-rise-products-9781600785047.php|title=All Rise|website=www.triumphbooks.com|access-date=2019-12-29}}</ref>

Page has a passion for running and runs on a regular basis. In 1979, he became the first active NFL player to complete a marathon. His running routine, which he took up while helping his wife quit smoking, is believed to have contributed to his dismissal from the [[Minnesota Vikings]]. His running schedule of 35–40 miles per week during the season, and 55 miles per week in the offseason, caused his weight to drop below that dictated by the Vikings.<ref>Martz, Ron. "A lineman who runs and runs". ''St. Petersburg Times''. October 22, 1978</ref>

The Pages, instigated by Diane Page, also created the [https://www.dapcollection.com/ Diane and Alan Page Collection], an extensive collection of Americana and [[Jim Crow]]-related memorabilia.<ref name="jimcrow">{{cite web|url=http://www.ferris.edu/News/jimcrow/links/alanpage.pdf|title=Going on the offensive|publisher=Minneapolis Star Tribune|first=Bill|last=Ward|date=August 3, 2007|access-date=January 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111194302/http://www.ferris.edu/News/jimcrow/links/alanpage.pdf|archive-date=January 11, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2012 Page appeared in a Minnesota-filmed episode of [[PBS]]' [[Antiques Roadshow (U.S.)|Antiques Roadshow]] with an 1865 banner commemorating [[Abraham Lincoln]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Olson|first=Mark W.|title=Behind the scenes at Antiques Roadshow|url=http://www.chaskaherald.com/news/behind-the-scenes-at-antiques-roadshow/article_ad7e0e77-e40e-5de8-b0de-fc60a154adbd.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140430004033/http://www.chaskaherald.com/news/behind-the-scenes-at-antiques-roadshow/article_ad7e0e77-e40e-5de8-b0de-fc60a154adbd.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 30, 2014|access-date=April 29, 2014|newspaper=Chaska Herald|date=May 7, 2012}}</ref> In 2018 the banner and select items from the Diane and Alan Page Collection were exhibited at the [[Minneapolis Central Library]] in an exhibit called '[https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/we-keep-this-present-so-that-were-not-doomed-to-repeat-the-past-diane-alan-page-testify-exhibit-opens-in-minneapolis/ Testify]', which coincided with [[Super Bowl LII]] in Minneapolis.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2018/01/31/alan-page-exhibits-slavery-artifacts-in-time-for-super-bowl/109965400/ |title=Alan Page exhibits slavery artifacts in time for Super Bowl |publisher=USA Today |date=January 31, 2018 |access-date=February 15, 2018}}</ref> The Testify exhibit, directed and produced by Georgi Page, returned to the library in 2023 with additional [https://griver.org/library-news/testify-photo-gallery-display Testify photographic displays] appearing throughout the state at various regional libraries.

In June 2017, after a campaign initiated by students at [[Alexander Ramsey]] Middle School in Minneapolis, the school's name was changed to Justice Page Middle School.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rename Ramsey|url=http://page.mpls.k12.mn.us/rename_ramsey_4|website=Justice Page School|access-date=May 24, 2018|archive-date=May 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514080559/http://page.mpls.k12.mn.us/rename_ramsey_4|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2018, Page contributed $1,000 to Democrat [[Dean Phillips]], who beat Republican [[US Representative]] [[Erik Paulsen]] to win [[Minnesota's 3rd congressional district|Minnesota's Third Congressional District]] seat.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Meitrodt |first1=Jeffrey |title=Alan Page to receive nation's highest civilian honor |url=https://www.startribune.com/alan-page-to-receive-nation-s-highest-civilian-honor/500208512 |publisher=The Minnesota Star Tribune |access-date=9 January 2025 |date=11 November 2018}}</ref>

In November 2018, President [[Donald Trump]] awarded Page the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/11/16/alan-page-presidential-medal-of-freedom-page-education-foundation/|title=Alan Page Receives Presidential Medal Of Freedom|date=November 16, 2018|access-date=November 16, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

In January 2020, Page and [[Neel Kashkari]] proposed amending a portion of the [[Minnesota Constitution|Minnesota State Constitution]] to read, "All children have a fundamental right to a quality education that fully prepares them with the skills necessary for participation in the economy, our democracy, and society, as measured against uniform achievement standards set forth by the state. It is a paramount duty of the state to ensure quality public schools that fulfill this fundamental right."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.minneapolisfed.org/~/media/assets/pages/education-achievement-gaps/ed-amendment-explained.pdf|title=Proposed Minnesota Constitutional Amendment|website=Federal Reserve Bank Of Minneapolis|access-date=2021-02-07|archive-date=August 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827064222/https://www.minneapolisfed.org/~/media/assets/pages/education-achievement-gaps/ed-amendment-explained.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On October 30, 2020, the North St. Paul/Maplewood/Oakdale School District (ISD 622) announced a new elementary school to be built at 2410 Holloway Avenue in Maplewood will be named Justice Alan Page Elementary School, scheduled to open in September 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Name selected! Justice Alan Page Elementary School|url=https://www.isd622.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=1&ModuleInstanceID=3668&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=24879&PageID=1|access-date=2020-10-30|website=ISD622.org|language=en|archive-date=November 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124224517/https://www.isd622.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=1&ModuleInstanceID=3668&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=24879&PageID=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Professional accolades and memberships==
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===Honorary degrees===
'''Honorary Doctorates in Humane Letters''':
[[Macalester College]], 1999;
[[Winston-Salem State University]], 2000;
[[Gustavus Adolphus College]], 2003;
[[University of Notre Dame]], 2004;
[[Duke University]], 2011; [[Hamline University]], 2019.

'''Honorary Doctorates of Law''':
University of Notre Dame, 1993;
[[St. John's University (Jamaica, NY)|St. John's University]], 1994;
[[Westfield State College]], 1994;
[[Luther College (Iowa)|Luther College]], 1995;
[[University of New Haven]], 1999;
[[Carleton College]], 2016.

===Professional organizations===
*Member, [[American Law Institute]], 1993–present
*Member, Minnesota State Bar Association, 1979–1985, 1990–present
*Member, Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers, 1980–present
*Member, [[National Bar Association]], 1979–present
*Member, [[American Bar Association]], 1979–present
*Member, Advisory Board, Mixed Blood Theater, 1984–present
*Founder, Page Education Foundation, 1988. Assists minority youth with post-secondary education.
*Member, Board of Regents, [[University of Minnesota]], 1989–1993
*Helped establish Kodak/Alan Page Challenge, a nationwide essay contest encouraging urban youth to recognize the value of education.
*Member, Institute of Bill of Rights Law Task Force on Drug Testing in the Workplace, 1990–1991
*Board of Directors, Minneapolis [[Urban League]], 1987–1990

==See also==
* [[List of most consecutive starts and games played by National Football League players#Consecutive games started|List of consecutive starts by National Football League players]]
* [[Purple People Eaters]]
* [[List of African-American jurists]]
* [[List of American professional sports figures who held elective office]]
* [[List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Minnesota]]

== References ==
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