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Sydney Brenner, Peter R. Brown, Katherine Dunham, Albert O. Hirschman, Yuan T. Lee, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Howard Raiffa, Mamphela A. Ramphele, Julius B. Richmond, Neil L. Rudenstine, Ruth J. Simmons, Bernard A.O. Williams will receive the degrees...
Katherine Dunham...
Regarded as an eminent scholar and performer of modern dance, Dunham is a pioneer in the use of folk and ethnic choreography...
...after studying the cultures of the West Indies, she founded the Dunham School of Arts and Research, which became the premier training facility for African-American dancers. There she developed her method of dancing, called the “Dunham technique,” which continues to be studied by modern dancers worldwide...
After her academic appointment at Southern Illinois University in 1967, Dunham worked for racial equality by helping to rehabilitate former gang members through the performing arts...