Photo: Willard Dumas, First Black EC President

Photo: Willard Dumas, First Black EC President

Willard Dumas, '91

Willard Dumas becomes the first black president of the Executive Committee when former EC president suddenly withdraws from the university. At the time of his inauguration, there had not been bylaws put into place that detailed next steps in the event of the withdrawal from EC president.

Working Group on African-American History, Timeline of African-American History at W&L

1989-05-18

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