Ruth Simmons was the 18th president of Brown University, the first black president of an Ivy League institution. Simmons was elected to the position in 2000. In 2001, Ruth Simmons made history when she became the first African-American president of an Ivy League university, as well as Brown University’s first female president. Prior to this […]

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