Lincoln University Appoints First Woman President
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Dr Henry G Cornaiell Sox 114 LION Lincoln University 1 5352 ALUMNI BULLETIN-LINCOLN UNIVERSITY (USPS 313-940,' LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA 19352 FALL 1986 Lincoln University Appoints Dr. Niara Sudarkasa, an associate vice president for academic affairs First Woman President and professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, has been named president of Lincoln University. The announcement was made Sept. 29, 1986, by the Board of Trustees. She was selected from a field of 103 nominees. "We are indeed fortunate to have persuaded such an outstanding scholar and administrator as Dr. Sudarkasa to lead Lincoln University," said Dr. LeRoy Patrick, chair of the Lincoln Board of Trustees. "Her deep interest in the education of young people is perfectly matched to Lincoln's longstanding commitment to superior undergraduate education," he said. Dr. Sudarkasa, 48, who was unanimously elected to serve as Lincoln's 11th president by the trustees, will assume her new position February 1, 1987. She suc- ceeds Dr. Herman R. Branson, who retired June 30, 1985, after 15 years as the University's chief executive officer. Dr. Donald L. Mullett, vice LINCOLN'S PRESIDENT-ELECT Dr. Niara Sudarkasa receives a hearty round of applause at the luncheon on Homecoming president for fiscal affairs and Day '86. Also shown (left to right) are the Rev. LeRoy Patrick, '39, chair, Lincoln's board of trustees; Dr. Donald L. Mullet, treasurer, has been serving as in- '51, interim president; the Rev. Leonard L. Bethel, '61, who gave the invocation; Dr. Frank Coleman, '35 (standing), terim president. director, Alumni Relations and Robert N. Gardner, an honoree. (See PRESIDENT Page 3) Dedication Ceremony Highlights Homecoming Homecoming '86 at Lincoln and the fitness trail for Professor University featured a slate of varied Robert N. Gardner. activities, highlighted by the Serving as master of ceremony was renaming of three university facilities Lincoln trustee Walter D. Chambers, in honor of three exemplary men who '53. The Reverend LeRoy Patrick, '39, have devoted long and faithful chair of Lincoln's Board of Trustees, service to Lincoln. gave the invocation and led the A dedication ceremony on unveiling. Remarks were by Dr. Homecoming Day, October 25, in- Donald L. Mullett, Lincoln's interim volved the unveiling of plaques to president. rename the University's gymnasium for Professor Emeritus Manuel Rivero, (See HOMECOMING, Page 5) the track for Dr. Wayman R. Coston, Commencement Weekend May 1-3, 1987 Table of Contents on Page 2 "CRACK DOWN ON CRACK" was the theme of this Homecoming '86 parade float. Shown are juniors Kevin Williams and Deidre Hammond. More on Homecoming'86 Inside The Lion 2 C/rc. 5,000 Fall 1986 Edition TABLE OF CONTENTS Class ALUMNI NOTES 1 Lincoln Appoints First Woman President Homecoming '86 Secretaries from the Directory Executive 2 Alumni Notes ( Continued from Pag* 6 ) Secretary 79 4 Class Notes John Sparks 614 E. Woodlawn Street Dr. H. Alfred Farrell In AAemoriam Philadelphia, PA 19144 (Phone number unavailable) At the meeting of THE COUNCIL of '•0 the General Alumni Association on 5 University Facilities Renamed for Two Celestine J. Julien October 25 (Homecoming), the body: 804 Park Place • Approved various changes in the Former Officials, and an Alumnus Brooklyn, NY 11216 'constitution that will be presented at (212)467-8659 the annual meeting in May. • Received the report of the '81 treasurer which gave the net worth of 6 Class Secretaries Directory SharenA. Bevans the Association as $38,748.96, as of 145 Cobbs Creek Pkwy. June 30, 1986. Philadelphia, PA 19139 • Approved a budget of $20,900 as (215)747-8851 submitted by the executive secretary and treasurer. 7 Lincoln Alumni at Homecoming '86, Part I '82 • Received the report of an alumni Winifred J.Parrish trustee covering activities of the 155 Pleasant Street Board of Trustees. Philadelphia, PA 19119 • Approved the recommendation of (215)848-7908 the Association's president, Donald Pierce, that the Board of Trustees be 'S3 asked.to name the President's House Jolinda Agnew the Horace Mann Bond House. 4736 Benning Road, SE, No. 2 • Recognized the presence of Dr. Niara Sudarkasa, Lincoln's president- Tha Lincoln Unlvrtlty Lion is published quarterly (fall, winter, spring, Washington, DC 20019 (Phone number unavailable) elect, who spoke briefly about her and summer) by Lincoln University, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, plans for the University. 19352. Telephone: (215) 932-8300. '84 The next meeting of The Council will be held February 28, 1987, at Entered as second class mail at Lincoln University, Pennsylvania under Theresa Robinson which time three alumni will be Act of August 24,1912. USPS 313-940. 224 York Street selected to receive Alumni Awards at Apt. 2-F the annual banquet. The recipients Compiled and Edited by the Office of Brooklyn, N 11201 will be chosen from reunion classes Public Relations and Publications (718)858-0935 (those ending in '2s or '7s) and will be considered not only for their Editor/Director Sam W. Pressley '35 Editorial Assistant Mary Alice Lyons achievement in their chosen fields Photographers Milton Barbehenn Tracey Hamilton but also for their contributions to 2113 Morris Street Lincoln and the General Alumni Morris t. Brown II Philadelphia, PA 19145 Association. Nominations should (Phone number unavailable) reach the executive secretary not Vice President for Planning and Development. Dr. William E. Gardner, Jr. later than February 20. • Director of Alumni Relations Or. Frank T. Coleman '86 Alumni Secretary Dr. H. Alfred Farrell Natalie B. Barnes 3212HighwoodDr.,SE Washington, DC 20020 (202) 575-5081 Q Support MOVING? Please notify the LU Lion 4 weeks in advance. To change or (All questions and comments regarding class correct your address, please send this form to: Lincoln Lion secretaries should be made to Dr. Frank T. Lincoln Coleman, director, Office of Alumni Relations, — Alumni Bulletin, Lincoln University, Lincoln University, Lincoln University.) Pa.19352 And The Name (Please Print) New Address General City . State Zip Alumni Class ATTACH OLD ADDRESS LABEL from your lafesf issue Association Fall 1986 Edition The Lion 3 Since 1984, she has had primary responsibility for initiating, evaluating, and monitoring the University's effort to recruit and retain minority students. Dr. Sudarkasa, who is from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., holds a master of arts degree and a Ph.D. in an- thropology from Columbia Unjversity in New York. She began~ her un- dergraduate education at Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., which she entered after her junior year in high school on a Ford Foundation Scholarship. After transferring to Oberlin College in Ohio, she graduated with a bachelor of arts degree at the age of 18, in the top ten percent of her class. She has' also studied at the University of London and the University of Chicago, where she was a Carnegie Foundation Fellow with the Committee for the Comparative Study of New Nations. Dr. Sud- darkasa taught at New York DR. NIARA SUDARKASA University before joining the Lincoln's President-Elect Michigan faculty. An active member of various professional associations, Dr. New President Sudarkasa has served on the executive board of the American Takes Office Feb. 1 Anthropological Association and on the Social Science Research Council's ( Continued from Pag» 1 ) Committee on Afro-American Societies and Culture. "I am very honored that the Board Dr. Sudarkasa is married and has a of Trustees has selected me to be the son, who is currently studying law at next president of Lincoln University," Harvard University. said Dr. Sudarkasa. Lincoln University, the oldest of the "A . proud tradition of higher historically Black colleges, was education for Blacks began on this founded as an ail male institution in campus more than 130 years ago. It is 1854. Nearly 100 years later, in 1953, a tradition in which I believe deeply. the University amended its charter to "Lincoln has an enviable record of grant degrees to women students. providing- a quality education' for Earlier, women, were limited to at- students from many ethnic tending classes. Women were first backgrounds in this country, as well permitted to reside on campus in as from many foreign countries. It 1965. accomplishes this in a supportive A multi-purpose, state-related, environment that enables these coeducational and liberal arts in- young people to realize their full stitution, Lincoln offers degrees in the potential as scholars and as in- arts and sciences, business and dividuals," she said. music. The enrollment is 1,200. Lincoln counts among its many "The supportive environment for distinguished alumni Supreme Court CONGRATULATIONS! MANUEL RIVERO (left) shakes hands with Robert N. Black students is a critical ingredient Justice Thurgood Marshall, class of Gardner, shortly after the two were honored at dedication ceremonies which in undergraduate education that has 1930; poet Langston Hughes, class of officially named the Manuel Rivero Hall and Robert N. Gardner Fitness Trail. eluded most of the predominantly 1929; Kwame Nkrumah, the first Also named was the Wayman R. Coston Track in honor of the late Dr. Coston, a white colleges and universities. That prime minister of Ghana, class of 1924 Lincoln graduate who became a nationally known athlete and prominent is why the historically Black in- 1939; Nnamdi Azikiwe, the first East Coast cardiologist. stitutions are graduating the majority president of Nigeria, class of 1930; of the Black students who go on to and actor Roscoe Lee Browne, class of graduate and professional schools 1946.D and become leaders in our society. "I look forward to helping this great University strengthen and continue its historic educational mission," said Dr. Sudarkasa. A member of the Michigan faculty since 1967, Dr. Sudarkasa has served as director of the University's Center for Afroamerican and African Studies and as a research scientist at the Center for Research in Economic Development.