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Notable African-American Alumni
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Marjorie Holloman Parker A.M. ’51, Ph.D. ’51 Public education advocate; presidential appointee to City Council in Washington, D.C.; University of the District of Columbia Board of Trustees; one of the first African Americans listed in Green Book |
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James B. Parsons (1911-1993) A.M. ’46, J.D. ’49 First African-American Federal District Court Judge (1991-92) |
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Myrtle Potter A.B. ’80 Founder and operator of The Chapman Group; former executive vice president and COO of Commercial Operations of Genentech Inc.; former president of Bristol-Myers Squibb |
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Roderick W. Pugh Ph.D. 49 Clinical Psychologist; diplomat, American Board of Professional Psychology; author and orator |
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Ellis E. Reid, III (1934 - 2007) J.D. ’59 Former Presiding Justice, Illinois Appellate Court, First District, 5th Division |
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Linda Johnson Rice LAB ’75 President and CEO of Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. |
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John W. Rogers, Jr. LAB ’76 Founder, chairman, CEO & chief investment officer, lead portfolio manager of Ariel Capital Management; University of Chicago trustee; board member of the Laboratory Schools |
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John W. Rogers J.D. ’48 Judge, Juvenile Division of the Cook County Circuit Court; combat veteran and captain, 99th Fighter Squadron (Tuskegee Airmen) |
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Bryan Samuels A.M. ’93 Former director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services |
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Eileen Southern |
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Thomas Sowell Ph.D. ’68 Economist; Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University Stanford University (1980-present); winner of the National Humanities Medal, 2003; winner of the Francis Boyer Award, 1990 |
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Brent Staples A.M. ’76, Ph.D. ’82 Editorial writer for the New York Times (1990-present); winner of the Anisfield Wolff Book Award for his memoir Parallel Time: Growing Up in Black and White (1994) |
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Ken Taylor Ph.D. ’84 Chair of the Philosophy Department at Stanford University and cohost of public-radio show Philosophy Talk |
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Clifford R. Wharton, Jr. Ph.D. ’58 Former chairman and CEO of TIAA-CREF (1987-93); President of Michigan State University (1970-78); Chancellor of the State University of New York System (1978-87); Deputy Secretary of State (Clinton Administration, 1993) |
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Eric Whitaker M.D. ’93 Executive Vice President for Strategic Affiliations and Associate Dean for Community-Based Research, University of Chicago Medical Center; nationally recognized public health authority and expert on minority health issues |
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Edward L. Wilkerson A.B.’75 Jazz composer, arranger, musician, and educator; founder and director 8 Bold Souls and Shadow Vignettes |
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J. Ernest Wilkins Jr. S.B.’40, S.M.’41, Ph.D.’42. Received Ph.D. in mathematics at age 19; second African American elected to National Academy of Engineering |
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Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) A.B. ’08, A.M. ’08 Historian and founder of Negro History Week (1926), which evolved into Black History Month |
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Ava Youngblood M.B.A. ’85 President and CEO of Youngblood Executive Search, Inc.; Strategic Planning Consultant, developed Competitive Intelligence program for Amoco Corporation (BP) |
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