First Black Ivy League President.(Ruth Simmons)(Brief Article)

Ebony | January 1, 2001 | Copyright

AS a child in rural Texas, Ruth Simmons spent hours in the kitchen watching her mother shell peas, shuck coin and soaking up her lessons about living right. That was a special kind of education, but Ruth had bigger dreams: She wanted to go to college. Her mother could make no promises. "She said, `Possibly if you get a scholarship you can go,'" the 55-year-old recalled at a news conference last fall. But her mother's eyes, Simmons says, revealed her doubt.

If only her mama could see her now.

In November, Dr. Ruth J. Simmons was named president of Brown University, making ...

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