EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1881 as Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, for black women.

Location:
Atlanta, GA

Founding Date:
11-Apr-1881

Motto:
Our whole school for Christ

Team:
Jaguars

Enrollment:
2300

Official Website:
http://www.spelman.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
J. Veronica Biggins	Business	19-Oct-1946		Partner, HNCL Search
Aurelia E. Brazeal	Diplomat	24-Nov-1943		US Ambassador to Ethiopia, 2002-05
Rosalind G. Brewer	Business	c. 1962		Senior VP at Wal-Mart
Maia Campbell	Actor	26-Nov-1976		In the House
Ruth A. Davis	Diplomat	28-Mar-1942		US Ambassador to Benin, 1992-95
Marian Wright Edelman	Activist	6-Jun-1939		Founder, Children's Defense Fund
Yvonne R. Jackson	Business	c. 1948		Senior VP at Pfizer, 2002-05
Cynthia McKinney	Politician	17-Mar-1955		Congresswoman from Georgia, 1993-2003 and 2005-07
Keshia Knight Pulliam	Actor	9-Apr-1979		Rudy Huxtable on The Cosby Show
LaTanya Richardson	Actor	21-Oct-1949		Actress/wife of Samuel L. Jackson
Esther Rolle	Actor	8-Nov-1920	17-Nov-1998	Florida Evans on Good Times
Alice Walker	Author	9-Feb-1944		The Color Purple

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Toni Cade Bambara	Novelist	25-Mar-1939	9-Dec-1995	Gorilla, My Love
Staughton Lynd	Historian	22-Nov-1929		Intellectual Origins of American Radicalism
Howard Zinn	Historian	24-Aug-1922	27-Jan-2010	A People's History of the United States

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Rosalind G. Brewer	Business	c. 1962		Senior VP at Wal-Mart
Johnnetta B. Cole	Educator	19-Oct-1936		President of Spelman College, 1987-97
Edward E. Elson	Diplomat	c. 1934		US Ambassador to Denmark, 1994-98
Robert Holland, Jr.	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Ben & Jerry's, 1995-96
Yvonne R. Jackson	Business	c. 1948		Senior VP at Pfizer, 2002-05
Mae C. Jemison	Astronaut	17-Oct-1956		First African-American woman in space
Peter R. Kann	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Dow Jones, 1991-2006
James E. Preston	Business	30-Apr-1933		CEO of Avon, 1988-98
Ray M. Robinson	Business	30-Nov-1947		Former AT&T executive
Bradley T. Sheares	Business	1957		CEO of Reliant Pharmaceuticals
Ruth J. Simmons	Educator	3-Jul-1945		President, Brown University
Donald M. Stewart	Educator	1938		President of College Board, 1987-99
Robert D. Storey	Business	?		Retired Partner, Thompson Hine
Ronda E. Stryker	Business	c. 1954		Stryker heir

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