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Princeton to Name Residential College After Black Alumna
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| Last Edited | BrentinCO Oct 18, 2020 06:15pm |
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| Author | Marie Fazio |
| News Date | Sunday, October 11, 2020 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | On the site of a residential college that for more than 50 years bore the name of Woodrow Wilson, the president who oversaw the segregation of the federal Civil Service, a new Princeton residential college will be built and named after Mellody Hobson, a prominent Black alumna, the university said.
Ms. Hobson, who graduated from Princeton in 1991, serves as a chief executive of Ariel Investments, which describes itself as the first Black-owned investment firm. The residential college, Hobson College, will be the first in the school’s history to honor a Black woman.
The announcement about Hobson College came after the university had faced significant pressure from students and the public to remove Wilson’s name as part of a movement toward racial equality. |
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