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Did you know that...
Dr. Wolfe's first name was Olive named by her aunt and Juanita, named by her dad. She used those two names until age 5 years old when her mother announced that her name given by her mother is Deborah.
Dr. Wolfe was principal of a school when she was 19 years of age.
Dr. Wolfe's mother and father had their doctorate degrees, as does her son, grandson and I am sure, soon to be her grand-daughters and even great grand-daughter.
Dr. Wolfe received over twenty Honorary Doctorates from colleges and universities across the country.
Dr. Wolfe was an advisor to a number of US Presidents including John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.
A high school in Macon County, Alabama bears her name.
A residential dormitory at The College of New Jersey, formerly, Trenton State College bears her name.
Dr. Wolfe was first in more than 16 different ways.
First Black Woman ordained by the American Baptist Church
First chief of professional Staff of the House of Education and Labor Committee of the US Congress during President Johnson's Administration
First Black citizen to serve on the NJ State Board of Education and the State Board of Higher Education
First faculty member at Tuskegee Institute with an earned doctorate
First Black faculty member of the Universities of Illinois and Michigan and first Black full professor at Queens College.
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