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"Negro woman receives Ph.D. at summer convocation," September, 1941

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Photocopy only; Archives does not hold original. Contact the University Archives at the University of Iowa: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/contact/ Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 2335 scanner at 600 ppi, 8-bit grayscale. Archival tiff available. -:- OLD GOLD BRIEFS -:- Joins Law Faculty J. S. Williams of Denver, Col., Co¬ lumbia University graduate and spec¬ ialist in administrative law, joins the faculty of the Iowa College of Law this fall. He replaces Clark Byse, on leave from the University, with the Securities Exchange Commission in Washington. V/illiams will be faculty advisor for the ^owa Eaw J^e^'iew, and will teach constitutional law, administrative law, and equity. Negro Woman Receives Ph.D. At Summer Convocation The first Negro woman to obtain a Ph.D. degree from an Iowa school and among the few to reach that scholarly peak in the entire nation, Lulu Merle Johnson was awarded the highest de¬ gree the University offers at the sum¬ mer convocation, August 1. She returns to Talladega, Ala., Col¬ lege this fall, where she is an Assist¬ ant Professor in the Department of History. The second Negro woman to receive the M.A. degree at Iowa, she won that degree here in 1930. Miss Johnson is much interested in Negro education, insists that Negro teachers must be better trained. * * :{: Assumes An Added Duty Robert E. Neff has been named ad¬ ministrator of the Psychopathic Hos¬ pital in addition to his duties as ad¬ ministrator of the General Hospital. Pending the appointment of a perma¬ nent medical director of...
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