Gloria Randle Scott Explained
Gloria Randle Scott (born Gloria Dean on April 14, 1938, in Houston, Texas) is an American educator and the first African-American to be elected as president of the Girl Scouts of the USA.[1]
Born and raised in Texas, in 1959 Scott became the first African-American to receive a degree in zoology from Indiana University. She also received a Ph.D. in Higher Education from Indiana in 1965.[2] She was president of the Girl Scouts from 1975 to 1978 and remains on the board of directors. She was president of Bennett College, serving from 1987 until in 2001. In 1993, Gloria Randall Scott was elected to the Common Cause National Governing Board.[3] [4]
Scott is a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.
Scott was featured in Pulitzer-Prize-winning-photographer Brian Lanker's 1989 photobook I Dream A World: Portraits of Black Women who Changed America.[5] [6]
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Notes and References
- Lanker . Brian . I Dream A World . National Geographic . August 1989 . 176 . 2 . 211.
- Web site: Hometown Hero Dr. Gloria Randall Scott, First African-American National President of Girl Scouts USA, Visits Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council . 2007-03-21 . Oliver . Lady . March 2007 . Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council . https://web.archive.org/web/20071008185359/http://www.gssjc.org/news/2007/3-pres.cfm . 2007-10-08 . dead .
- Web site: Dr. Gloria Randle Scott - 12th President of Bennett College. 2007-03-21. TopBlacks. https://web.archive.org/web/20061125223815/http://www.topblacks.com/education/gloria-randle-scott.htm. 2006-11-25. dead.
- 3133823 . The Travails of a Small Black College . Spring 2002 . 35 . The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education . 29 . 10.2307/3133823 .
- Book: Lanker. Brian. I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women who Changed America. Summers. Barbara. Stewart, Tabori & Chang. 1989. 978-1-55670-092-7. en.
- Web site: Lanker. Brian. 1987–1988. Gloria Dean Randle Scott [Photograph]]. 2021-05-10. Harvard Art Museums. en.
