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Anne Pruitt-Logan | |
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| Born | Anne Loring Smith |
| Other names | Anne S. Pruitt |
Anne Pruitt-Logan (born September 19, 1929) served as a leading educator and college administrator at several different universities and was committed to providing access to education for historically underserved populations. She was the first black woman to hold the position of president at the American College Personnel Association and the first Black woman to serve as a full professor at Ohio State University.[1] Pruitt-Logan was featured on the cover of Black Issues in Higher Education and was named “Godmother of Minority Graduate Education.”
Early Life
editAnne Loring Smith, was born to Loring A. Smith and Anne neé Ward in Bainbridge, Georgia, on September 19, 1929. At the end of World War II in 1945, she graduated from Hutto High School in Bainbridge.[2][3]
Education
editIn 1949, she received her Bachelor of Science degree from Howard University. She went on to attend Teachers College at Columbia University, receiving a master's degree in Guidance and Student Personnel Administration in 1950.[3] She would return to Columbia Teachers College in 1961 and by 1964 she earned her Ed.D. degree.[3]
Career
editPruitt-Logan served in the education and counseling field for 65 years. After she received her MA, she began her career at Howard University as a counselor from 1950 until 1952. From 1955 until 1950 she was Dean of Women at Albany State College in Georgia, and then from 1960 until 1061 she worked at Fisk University. In 1964 she moved to Case Western Reserve University. By 1979 she moved to Ohio State University as a professor, and was later granted tenure whereby becoming the first African-American woman to be a full professor.[2]
Before she retired from Ohio State University, she held the positions of Associate Dean of the graduate school, and Director for the Center for Teaching Excellence.[1] At Ohio State, she created a ground-breaking new program, Teaching for Minority Student Retention, to help reduce classroom obstacles for minority students.[4] After she left Ohio State, she took the position as dean in residence and scholar in residence for the Council of Graduate Schools.[1] With a colleague, she created a new program, “Preparing Future Faculty,” for the reform of doctorate education.[1]
From 1976 until 1977 Pruitt-Logan served as the president of the American College Personnel Association, thereby becoming the first African American to serve in this role.[5][3]
While working with the Southern Education Foundation, she researched and developed reports on the employment practices and plans for desegregation of higher education states known as the “Adams States,” Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Maryland, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.
Community Involvement
editPruitt-Logan has been involved with various organizations in her community. They include Group Guidance, Peoples Congressional United Church of Christ, the Black Women’s Agenda, Inc., the Columbus Foundation, American Red Cross, and the Commission on the Future at Clemson University.[6] She was one of the pioneering members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.[7]
Publications
editPruitt-Logan authored over 40 articles, book chapters, and books. In 2012, she co-authored Faithful to the Task at Hand: The Life of Lucy Diggs Slowe, a book that discusses Lucy Diggs Slowe, the first dean of women at Howard University.[3]
- Pruitt, Anne S.; Isaac, Paul D. (1985). "Discrimination in Recruitment, Admission, and Retention of Minority Graduate Students". The Journal of Negro Education. 54 (4): 526–536. doi:10.2307/2294713. ISSN 0022-2984.
- Pruitt-Logan, Anne S.; Pruitt, Anne S. (1987). In Pursuit of Equality in Higher Education. Dix Hills, N.Y: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-930390-68-6.[8]
- Miller, Carroll L.L.; Pruitt-Logan, Anne S. (2012-06-01). Faithful to the Task at Hand. Albany: SUNY Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-4258-7.[9]
Honors and awards
editPruitt-Logan was named a senior scholar by the American College Personnel Association in 1989,[1] and in 2024 the association renamed one of their honors after Pruitt Logan.[5]
She was inducted into Ohio State University's Hall of Fame in 2004.[1]
been named to America’s Top 100 Black Business and Professional Women at Dollars & Sense Magazine,[6] and one of the “Top 25 Women in Higher Education” by Diverse Issues in Higher Education in 2013,[7] and earned a doctorate of humane letters from Central State University.[when?] Additionally, she received the 1994 William H. Watson Jr. Memorial Award,[4] and distinguished teaching and Distinguished Scholar Awards.[1]
one source[10]
Personal Life
editShe was married to Ralph L. Pruitt, Sr., and they had a daughter, Leslie. After her husband died, she married Harold G. Logan.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Ohio State University College Of Education Honors Diversity Leader". Black Issues in Higher Education ; Reston. 21 (23): 16. December 30, 2004.
- ^ a b Talley, Jasmaine (2022-07-06). "Beyond Brown v. Board: The Anne Pruitt-Logan papers and the Desegregation of Higher Education". amistadresearchctr. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
- ^ a b c d e f "Anne S. Pruitt (1976-1977) | ACPA". myacpa.org. 2021-01-01. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
- ^ a b "Anne Pruitt Logan Receives Watson Award". Anne Pruitt Logan Receives Watson Award. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
- ^ a b "Renaming of the Presidential Citation to the Anne S. Pruitt-Logan Presidential Citation | ACPA". myacpa.org. 2024-01-17. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- ^ a b Women, Pro (2020-07-29). "ANNE PRUITT-LOGAN". Who’s Who of Professional Women. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
- ^ a b "Alpha Kappa Alpha's Pioneering Sorors Open Doors: A Celebration of Achievement and Excellence". Kappa Alpha Sorority.
- ^ Review of In Pursuit of Equality in Higher Education
- Tollett, Kenneth S. (1988). "Review of In Pursuit of Equality in Higher Education". The Journal of Negro Education. 57 (2): 224–226. doi:10.2307/2295456. ISSN 0022-2984.Orfield, Gary. "Opportunities for Minorities: New Focus of Concern for Higher Education". Change. 21 (3): 50–53. ISSN 0009-1383.
- ^ Reviews of Faithful to the Task at Hand
- Hevel, Michael S. (2015). "Review of Faithful to the Task at Hand: The Life of Lucy Diggs Slowe". History of Education Quarterly. 55 (4): 511–514. ISSN 0018-2680.
- Gasman, Marybeth (2013). "Faithful to the Task at Hand: The Life of Lucy Diggs Slowe". Journal of College Student Development ; Baltimore. Vol. 54, no. 5 – via Proquest.
- Cheatham, Harold E (Summer 2012). "Faithful to the Task at Hand: The Life of Lucy Diggs Slowe". The Journal of Negro Education; Washington. Vol. 81, no. 3. pp. 297–298, 301 – via Proquest.
- ^ "Dr. Anne S. Pruitt-Logan". Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. 2022-10-22. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
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