DILLARD UNIVERSITY
2601 Gentilly Boulevard
New Orleans, Louisiana 70122
504.283.8822
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.
GOVERNMENT/LAW
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)
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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 |
ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT/MEDIA
ALICE DUNBAR NELSON, Straight College 1892 Poet and Social Justice advocate
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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
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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 |
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATH AND MEDICINE/HEALTH
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
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JIMMIE 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
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JOHN RUFFIN '65 Former Director, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities |
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BUSINESS
VINCE HUDSON '93 Executive Vice President/Chief Brand Officer, Black Entertainment Television |
NICOLE TINSON-JOHNSON '14 Founder/CEO, HBCU 20x20 |
JOYCE ROCHÉ '70 Former CEO, Girls Inc.; former Board Member, AT&T and former Director, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group
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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
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MARGARETTE PURVIS '95 President/CEO, Food Bank for New York City |
ROLAND PICKENS '85 CEO, San Francisco Health Network |
ATHLETICS
JOHNNY SHELWOOD '64 Men's Basketball Coach, Bishop State College and Mobile Hall of Famer
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ARIEL "MIGHTY" MITCHELL '12 Former Harlem Globetrotter |
BILLY RAY "SUPERTROTTER" HOBLEY '77 Former Harlem Globetrotter
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ALFREDO OTT '05 Professional Basketball Player |
MARLBERT PRADD '67 Former Professional Basketball Player and Louisiana Basketball Hall of Famer |
EDUCATION
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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
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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 |
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
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. |
DILLARD UNIVERSITY
2601 Gentilly Boulevard
New Orleans, Louisiana 70122
504.283.8822