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11/24/08
Junior Golf Hero Hogan Loses Battle to Cancer at Age 55

Omaha, NE - Steve Hogan, past recipient of the Nebraska Golf Association's Special Recognition Award and Nebraska's first African-American PGA member, died Saturday afternoon at the age of 55.

Hogan, head golf professional at Miller Park, started Hogan's Junior Golf Heroes in 1990 to teach golf to neighborhood children. The program, which uses golf as a hook, provides inner-city boys and girls the opportunity to learn and play the game of golf and develops youth etiquette and social skills. It recently became part of the worldwide First Tee program.

Hogan received the PGA of America's National Junior Golf Leader Award in 2003 and the Nebraska PGA Section's Junior Golf Leader Award in 1999 and 2002. Other awards include Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Citizen of the Year, 2008 Citizen of the Year, the 2005 USA Kids Golf’s – One of the top 50 Golf Teachers, 2002 National Conference of Community and Justice (NCCJ) Award, 2001 Red Cross Heartland Heroes Award, 2001 Dr. Martin Luther King’s Living the Dream Award, 2000 Durham Western Heritage Museum’s African - American Award, and the1997 Jefferson Award Winner for Community Contribution.

Hogan is survived by his wife of 24 years, Danette, sons Anthony Edwards, Steve Hogan II, and daughter Sierra. Funeral arrangments have been set for 10 a.m., Saturday Nov. 29 at Salem Baptist Church in Omaha.