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Johnetta B. Cole, the celebrated former president of Spelman College, a historically black women's institution in Atlanta, Ga., will be this year's recipient of the Radcliffe Medal...
...award] is meant to honor someone who has made an outstanding contribution, primarily to the lives of women. As a cultural anthropologist [Cole] has a long record of service...She has made significant contributions to the cause of justice," Carty said...
Pointing to the fact the Cole was the first African-American woman to serve as president of Spelman, Carty said, "it's really the quality of her personal and professional achievements that just make her an inspirational figure...
Known as "Sister Prez" on the Spelman campus, Cole's decade-long tenure was marked by a tripling of the school's endowment and a capital campaign which attracted financial support from Oprah Winfrey and a $20-million gift from Bill and Camille Cosby...
...Reported by Maryanne Murray Buechner/New York, Nichole Christian/Detroit, Wendy Cole and Maggie Sieger/Chicago, Nancy Harbert/Albuquerque, Michael Krantz/San Francisco and Elaine Marshall/Reno