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January 31, 2013
Diverse: Issues In Higher Education Announces 2013 John Hope Franklin Award Winners
Diverse: Issues In Higher Education is pleased to announce the distinguished 2013 class of
John Hope Franklin awardees.
John T. Casteen III served as president of the University of Virginia from 1990-2010. During
that time, he oversaw a major restructuring of the university's administrative and governance
structures, one of the largest capital funds campaigns ever undertaken, significant improvements
in academic programs, and major expansions of the University's physical facilities. The president
emeritus has been recognized for his outstanding leadership in educating minority students at a
highly selective public university while at the helm of UVa, for the quality of the institution’s
undergraduate teaching, and for success in refinancing following historic reductions in state tax
support at the beginning of the decade.
Mary Hatwell Futrell is the newly-appointed President of Americans for the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. A pioneer in women’s rights within the field
of education and a longtime education advocate, she helped the National Education Association
achieve leadership status in civil and human rights, especially women’s rights, during her tenure
as president there. She has fought to promote equal opportunities for women in the field, and her
leadership has led her to serve as president of the World Confederation of Organizations of the
Teaching Profession and Education International, in addition to her time spent at the helm of the
National Education Association. She recently stepped down as dean of the Graduate School of
Education and Human Development at George Washington University to assume the UNESCO
post. People magazine once named her "one of the most powerful black women in America.”
A distinguished sociologist whose work has largely focused on African-American studies,
William Julius Wilson joined the faculty at Harvard University in 1996, after serving as an
adviser to President Bill Clinton on policy and social issues. He is a past president of the
American Sociological Association and Wilson has been elected to the National Academy of
Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Education,
the American Philosophical Society, the Institute of Medicine, and the British Academy. He has
authored numerous publications on race and is a highly sought-after source on the topic of race
relations.
The Dr. John Hope Franklin Award was created in 2004 to pay tribute to the late Dr. Franklin, an
historian, writer, educator and humanitarian who made significant contributions to shaping the
perspective of American history in the 20th century. Diverse created the award to institutionalize
and celebrate on an ongoing basis his scholarly contributions to the nation. The individuals and
organizations chosen are those whose contributions to higher education are consistent with the
highest standards of excellence.
This year’s award, sponsored by TIAA CREF, will be presented at a reception on Monday,
March 4, 2012 from 7:00-8:00 p.m. during the 95th annual meeting of the American Council on
Education (ACE) to be held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.
For more than two decades Diverse: Issues In Higher Education has been America’s
premier source of timely news, provocative commentary, insightful interviews and indepth special reports on diversity in higher education. Savvy individuals who appreciate
the crucial and ever-changing role that higher education plays in the lives of students,
professionals, their families, and their communities make reading Diverse a regular
reading habit.
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