Word: fisk
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Walter J. Leonard a nationally recognized advocate of affirmative action, will leave his post as special assistant to President Bok at the end of this academic year to become the ninth president of Fisk University, a predominantly black school in Nashville, Tenn...
Leonard, who has been the University's affirmative action officer since 1971, yesterday accepted the offer of Fisk's Board of Trustees, which last Thursday chose Leonard as the university's next president...
...Howard Bennett, chairman of the Fisk Board of Trustees, said last night he thinks Leonard will "very definitely bring vigorous leadership" to Fisk, and added, "I think he'll be successful in leading the university. I'm impressed with his career and his total exposure to collegiate administration...
...second-inning Red Sox rally started when Ellis hit lead off batter Carlton Fisk. Ellis then walked Dwight Evans and gave up a single to Rico Petrocelli which drove in Fisk...
Last week New York Yankee Lou Piniella slid into Boston Red Sox Catcher Carlton Fisk with enough force to trigger a wild on-field brawl-and bloody fights in the stands. One result: Pitcher Bill Lee was so severely hurt that he may be out for the rest of the season. At an Atlanta Braves-Houston Astros game, a controversial first-base call brought the entire Braves bench storming onto the field. The men in blue were forced to leave the stadium with other men in blue-a police escort. In perhaps the ugliest confrontation of this strange young season...