Dr. Marvalene Hughes, Pioneering HBCU Leader Who Rebuilt Dillard After Hurricane Katrina, Dies
Dr. Marvalene Hughes, who became the first woman president of Dillard University and led the historic New Orleans HBCU through one of the most devastating natural disasters in American higher education history, died. Hughes’ presidency, which began July 1, 2005, was immediately tested when Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast barely one month into her […]
