Washington named Wayne State Board of Governors chair

Michigan Chronicle, February, 2005

Michigan Chronicle 02-08-2005 Jacquelin Washington was recently named chair of the Wayne State University Board of Governors as an elected officer. Washington joined Eugene Driker as unanimous by their colleagues to one-year terms as chair and vice chair respectively. She was elected to an eight-year term in 2001 and Driker was appointed to a four-year term by former Gov.

John Engler in 2002 to fill a vacancy. Washington, retired president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southeast Michigan, has distinguished herself as a community advocate serving on the boards of several non-profit organizations. She was the first African-American elected to serve as president of the national NOW-Legal Defense and Education Fund which litigates and educates on issues...

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