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Election Results
The election is over; ballots have been counted and we are pleased to
announce the new leadership of the Inman Page Black Alumni Council. Please
join us in enthusiastically welcoming:
President - Richard Gray, Jr. '85
President-Elect - Rosetta Hillary '73
Treasurer - Ellen Hunter '04
Secretary - Tiffani Scott '98
The newly elected Officers of IPC were formally inducted on Saturday, November 1, 2008 following a series of events to honor the memory of the late Rhett S. Jones AM'72 PhD'76, Professor of Africana Studies and History and Research Director of the Rites and Reason Theatre. A memorial service for the late Rhett Jones was held at Manning Chapel, followed by the Inman Page Black Alumni Council (IPC) Forum, and the IPC Induction Ceremony and Reception at the Rites and Reason Theatre.
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Committee Descriptions
Development:
Responsible for coordinating individual giving and special events among IPC membership.
Communications and Community-Building:
Responsible for creating structured flow of information within the IPC membership that results in greater awareness of IPC and a consistently high rate of participation.
Alumni Responsibility:
Responsible for creating opportunities for IPC and Brown to increase educational opportunities for Black people outside of Brown University, particularly in the Providence area.
Historian:
Responsible for IPC archives and is the embodiment of its institutional memory, ensuring continuity between the IPC BOG administrations by securing and sharing a documented record of IPC proceedings, activities, and all other significant moments in the life of the organization.
Black Alumni-Student Relations:
Responsible for maintaining bridges and an ongoing healthy relationship between Black alumni and Black students at Brown.
University Policy:
Responsible for advocating for progressive policy positions at the university that improve the quality of education at Brown as it relates to Black student life, admissions, faculty, and the curriculum.
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Past Officers
Board of Governors 2006 - 2008
Officers
- Preston Tisdale '73, President
- Richard Gray, Jr. '85, President-Elect
- Harold Jordan, II '85, Treasurer
- Judith L. Sanford-Harris '74, Secretary
Board of Governors 2004 - 2006
Officers
- Dorsey James '83, President
- Preston Tisdale '73, President-Elect
- Lianne Merchant '82, Treasurer
- Marsha Jones '76, Secretary
Board of Governors 2001- 2003
Officers
- Mark Winston Griffith '85, President
- Dorsey James '83, President-Elect
- Vivian McCoy '74, Treasurer
- Denise Bledsoe Slaughter '75 AM'77, Secretary
Committee Chairs
- Artis Arnold '99, Chair Alumni Responsibility
- Dean Dent '74, Chair, Development
- Lisa Holden-Pitt '75, Co-Chair, Black Alumni-Student Relations
- Leta Malloy '02, Co-Chair, Black Alumni-Student Relations
- Joelle Murchison Hayes '95, Co-Chair, Communications and Community Building
- Kim Wright '90, Co-Chair, Communications and Community Building
- Richard Nurse '61, Chair, University Policy
Ex-Officio Members
- Harold Bailey '70
- Anani Dzidzienyo, Faculty Rep.
- Eldridge Gilbert '05, Student Rep.
- Russell Malbrough '99, Historian
- Alicia Monroe '73
- Carmelle Romain '05, Student Rep.
- Robert Yizar '74, Member-At-Large
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Our Beginnings...
Conception, Birth, Infancy: Inman Page Black Alumni Council
By Russell Malbrough
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IPC Keynote Address
SAVING THE WORLD(AND OTHER AGENDA ITEMS)
By Mark Winston Griffith
KEYNOTE ADDRESS TO THE NEWLY CONSTITUTED INMAN PAGE BLACK ALUMNI COUNCIL
FACULTY CLUB, BROWN UNIVERSITY
OCTOBER 13, 2001
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Brown University First Known Black Graduates Class of 1877:
130 Years in Retrospect
By Russell Malbrough
Prepared for Inman Page Black Alumni Council
Annual Meeting Smith Buonanno Hall ~ May 26, 2007
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