Name Marguerite Barnett | Children Amy Barnett Succeeded by James H. Pickering Role Academic | |
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Spouse(s) Stephen A. Barnett (divorced)Walter Eugene King (1980-1992) Alma mater Antioch CollegeUniversity of Chicago Books The Politics of Cultural Nationalism in South India Education | ||
Marguerite Ross Barnett Leadership Award Amegy Bank - 2015 Equal Opportunity Day (EOD) GALA
Marguerite Ross Barnett (May 21, 1942 – February 26, 1992) was the eighth president of the University of Houston and a former chancellor of the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Barnett was the first black woman to lead a major A.(American) university.
Barnett was born in Charlottesville, Virginia. She grew up in Buffalo, New York, and graduated from Bennett High School in 1959. After graduating from Antioch College in 1964, she earned a master of science and doctoral degrees in political science from the University of Chicago. Barnett then taught at the University of Chicago Princeton University, Howard University and Columbia University.
She was vice-chancellor for academic affairs at the City University of New York from 1983 to 1986, and chancellor of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, from 1986 to 1990.