University of Dayton eCommons News Releases Marketing and Communications 2-23-1970 Her Excellency Angie Brooks to Speak at the University of Dayton Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.udayton.edu/news_rls Recommended Citation "Her Excellency Angie Brooks to Speak at the University of Dayton" (1970). News Releases. 3593. https://ecommons.udayton.edu/news_rls/3593 This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Marketing and Communications at eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in News Releases by an authorized administrator of eCommons. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON JOE McLAUGHLIN PUBLIC REL ATI ONS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR, GENERAL PUBLICITY DAYTON, OHIO 45409 AREA CODE 513 229-2646 DAYTON, Ohio, February 23, 1970 Her Excellency Angie Brooks, President of the United Nations General Assembly, will speak at the University of Dayton Monday, March 2, as part of the Union Activit ies Organization program entitled "Society's Daughter, the Restless Woman of the Seventies." Co-sponsored by the Dayton Council on World Affairs, the Political Science Department at UD, C.W.O. and the Greater Dayton Alumni Chapter, Miss Brooks will speak at 8:00 p.m. in the Kennedy Union Ballroom. Since 1954, Miss Brooks has served as a delegate from Liberia to the UN. She has served on numerous committees and was the first woman ever to be President of the United Nations Trusteeship Council, winning wide acclaim for her handling of the often unruly committee. She has been Liberia's Assistant Secretary of State since 1958 and has also served as her country's Vice President. Miss Brooks has served as President of the International Federation of Women Lawyers for three years. Born in Virginia, Liberia, in 1928, Miss Brooks is known for her well developed sense of humor and disposition. While still a teenager in Liberia, her pastor helped her to go to school in the United states. She received a BA degree from Shaw University in North Carolina and a law degree from the University of Wisconsin. She continued her studies at London University and received an LLD from Howard University in Washington, D.C. , and a DCL from Liberia University. Miss Brooks has received numerous awards from religious and civic organizations for achievements in the field of human relations. She has also been decorated by eleven governments, including Liberia. -30-.