Pinnacle Of Academia
Jet, Oct 29, 2001
PINNACLE OF ACADEMIA: Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons is presented with the School Charter, the Chain of Command and the Manning Chair before more than 5,000 people during her recent inauguration at Brown University in Providence, RI. In November Dr. Simmons, 56, was named Brown's 18th president, the first female and the first Black to hold the position at the Ivy League school (JET, Nov.
27, 2000). She assumed her duties in July of this year. A native of Houston, Dr. Simmons served as the first Black president of Smith College in Northampton, MA, prior to taking her new post.
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