Dr. Ruth Simmions

Ruth J. Simmons, a Dillard University graduate, became the first Black president of an Ivy League school when she led Brown University. She later returned to HBCU leadership as president of Prairie View A&M University.

• President of Brown University and later of Prairie View A&M University.
• First African American president of an Ivy League institution.
• Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame in 2014.