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Alumni Relations
2601 Gentilly Boulevard
New Orleans Louisiana 70122
Ph. (504)816.4182
alumnirelations@dillard.edu
Office Hours:
M-F 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
The alumni of “Fair Dillard” represent our mission and values. From our roots as Straight University and New Orleans, these graduates exemplify Dillard’s commitment to service, justice, business leadership, creative expression and community engagement.
FLOYD E. WILSON JR.
First Black Councilmember, Prince George County
CARL STEWART ’71
First Black Chief Judge,
5th Circuit Court of Appeals
P.B.S. PINCHBACK, Straight College 1885
First Black Governor of Louisiana
REVIUS O. ORTIQUE JR. ’47
First Black Louisiana Supreme Court Justice
MICHAEL D. JONES ’82
Lead Counsel, Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education (HBCU lawsuit)
JAY BANKS ’82
City councilmember, New Orleans
TRACIE TODD ’01
Judge, Alabama 10th Circuit Court
RUTH CARTER ’82
36th District Court, City of Detroit
NAPOLEON BRACY JR. ’00
Alabama House of Representatives
KARELIA STEWART ’01
Judge, Louisiana First District Court
ALICE DUNBAR NELSON,
Straight College 1892
Poet and Social Justice advocate
BRENDA MARIE OSBEY ’78
Louisiana Poet Laureate 2005-2007
JERICHO BROWN ’98
Pulitzer Prize Winner, Poetry
GARRETT MORRIS ’58
Actor/Comedian
ELLIS MARSALIS JR. ’55
Jazz Composer and Educator
KEITH WOODS ’80
Vice President, Newsroom Training & Diversity, National Public Radio
AYO DAVIS ’98
Senior Vice President, Talent & Casting, ABC Entertainment/Studios
HAROLD BATTISTE ’52
Musician, Composer and Founder of AFO Records
D.J. MCCONDUIT ’09
Emmy Award-Winning Cinematographer
GRAY HALL ’01
Emmy Award-Winning TV Reporter
KRISTI COLEMAN ’11
TV News Reporter, WVUE-TV
BRANDIS FRIEDMAN ’00
TV News Anchor, WTTW-TV
LISA FRAZIER-PAGE ’84
Journalist and New York Times Best Selling Author
TOI THORNTON ’14
TV News Reporter, WALA-TV
PRESTON EDWARDS SR. ’65
Publisher, Black Collegian
DR. NITA LANDRY ’03
OB/GYN and Co-Host, “The Doctors”
TRIVIA FRAZIER WILTZ ’07
CEO & President, Obatala Sciences
SHEILA TLOU ’74
Former Minister of Health, Botswana and Florence Nightingale Medal Recipient
IMMIE EDWARDS ’70
Chemist and First Black Sales Representative, Union Carbide
DR. KAREN L. DRAKE ’79
Perinatologist, OB/GYN and helped deliver the McCaughey septuplets, the world’s first surviving
JOHN RUFFIN ’65
Former Director, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
VINCE HUDSON ’93
Executive Vice President/Chief Brand Officer, Black Entertainment Television
NICOLE TINSON-JOHNSON ’14
Founder/CEO, HBCU 20×20
JOYCE ROCHÉ ’70
Former CEO, Girls Inc.; former Board Member, AT&T and former Director, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group
GLENDA MCNEAL ’82
Senior Vice President, Global Partnerships and First Black Female Executive Committee Member, American Express
MICHAEL GRIFFIN ’94
President/CEO, Daughters of Charity
NICOLE B. THOMAS ’94
First Female President, Baptist Medical Center South
AL LEE ’80
Vice President/Chief Governance Officer, Colgate-Palmolive
CHRIS WALKER ’04
Founder, CDW Services
MARGARETTE PURVIS ’95
President/CEO, Food Bank for New York City
ROLAND PICKENS ’85
CEO, San Francisco Health Network
NICOLE B. THOMAS ’94
First Female President, Baptist Medical Center South
ARIEL “MIGHTY” MITCHELL ’12
Former Harlem Globetrotter
BILLY RAY “SUPERTROTTER” HOBLEY ’77
Former Harlem Globetrotter
ALFREDO OTT ’05
Professional Basketball Player
MARLBERT PRADD ’67
Former Professional Basketball Player and Louisiana Basketball Hall of Famer
DR. WILLIAM W. SUTTON SR. ’53
Former President, Mississippi Valley State University
MILLIE CHARLES ’43
Founding Dean, Southern University at New Orleans School of Social Work
DR. RUTH SIMMONS ’67
President, Prairie View A&M University and First Black Female President of an Ivy League Institution
DR. BEVERLY JACQUES ANDERSON ’65
Professor Emeritus, University of the District of Columbia and Director of Minority Programs, National Academy of Sciences
ROMEO B. GARRETT, Straight College ’32
First Black Professor, Bradley University
MARK TILLMAN ’88
Former General President, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
CYNTHIA BUTLER-MCINTYRE ’76
Former National President, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
LOUIS A. MARTINET, Straight College 1876
Doctor and Founding Member, Comite des Citoyens
RUDOLPHE L. DESDUNES,
Straight College 1882
Author and Founding Member, Comite des Citoyens
JOHN W.E. BOWEN JR.,
New Orleans University 1878
Clergyman and one of the first Black Ph.D. recipients in the U.S.
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