Johnnetta Betsch Cole

Born: 1936

Country of Birth: USA

Nationality: USA

Ethnicity: Black

Fisk University, no degree-transferred to Oberlin; Oberlin College BA Sociology 1957; Northwestern University MA 1959, PhD 1967, both Anthropology

Field of Study: Anthropology; Museum Director; Educator

Institution/Corporation: Merck & Co.; Rockefeller Foundation;United Way of America; Home Depot; Disney Pixar

Degrees & Memberships: Over 40 Honorary degrees, icluding: Williams College (1989), Bates College(1989), Oberlin College (1995), Mount Holyoke (1998), Mills College (1999), Howard University (2009),N. Carolina A&T State University (2009), Gettysburg College (2017); Member of:Advisory Council of the National Center for Science Education (2013), The Links, Phi Beta Kappa (Yale 1996), National Council of Negro Women, Fellow of the American Anthropological Association, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Toni Morrison Society

Awards: Glamour Woman of the Year Award; The BET Honors Award for Education; 2018, Legend in Leadershipp Award for Higher Education, Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute; 2017, Award for Distinguished Service in Museums, American Alliance of Museums; 2013, Alston-Jones International Civil & Human Rights Award, International Civil Rights Center & Museum; 1995, Golden Plate Award, American Academy of Achievement; 1988, Candace Award, National Coalition of 100 Black Women; 2021, National Hunamities Medal; TransAfrica Forum Global Public Service Award; 2022, Global Athens Award

Achievements: Spelman College s seventh president and the first Black woman to lead the institution (1987-97); co-founded 1 of the US s 1st Black studies program at Washington State University; helped develop W.E.B.DuBois Dept of African-American Studies at University of Massachuesetts; chair of the Johnnetta B. Cole Global Diversity & Inclusion Institute at Bennett College for Women; 1st African-American Chair of the Board of United Way of America; 1st female elected to the Board of Coca-Cola enterprises