HAPPY 90th Birthday to Soror Dorothy Irene Height
"For nearly half a century, Dorothy Irene Height has given leadership to the struggle for equality and human rights for all people. Her life exemplifies her passionate commitment for a just society and her vision of a better world." - National Council of Negro Women
Education:
1929 - Graduated Rankin High School, Rank PA (Valedictorian)
1932 - BA New York University, New York City
1933 - Master in Educational Psychology - New York University
New York School of Social Work - Columbia University (Advance studies)
Honorary Degrees:
1967- Doctor of Humane Letters, Tuskegee Institute
1970- Doctor of Humane Letters, Coppin State College
1970- Doctor of Humane Letters, Harvard University
1970- Doctor of Civil Law, Pace University
1974- Board of Humane Letters, University of Massachusetts
1975- Doctor of Humane Letters, Howard University
1975- Doctor of Humane Letters, Smith University
1975- Doctor of Humane Letters, New York University
1977- Doctor of Humane Letters, Bethune Cookman College
1980- Distinguished Service Medal, Barnard College
1981- Doctor of Humane Letters, Spelman College
1982- Doctor of Humane Letters, Emmanuel College
1982 Doctor of Humane Letters, Berea College
1983-Doctor of Humane Letters, Bowie State College
1985- Doctor of Humane Letters, Smith College
1989- Doctor of Humane Letters, College of the City of New York
1989- Doctor of Humane Letters, Lincoln University
1990- Doctor of Laws, Princeton University
1992- Doctor of Humane Letters, Central State University
1993- Doctor of Humane Letters, Tougaloo College
1994- Doctor of Humane Letters, Bennett College
1996- Doctor of Humane Letters, University of the District of Columbia
Degree information provided by the National Council of Negro Women
Height, president of the National Council of Negro Women for more than three decades, organized a successful drive to place a statue of Mary McLeod Bethune in a District of Columbia park. Once erected, the statue became the first of an African American in a public park in Washington, D.C.