Linda White

Linda Marie White[1]
Born 21 April 1942(1942-04-21) [1]
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.[1]
Died 27 February 2010(2010-02-27) (aged 67)

Linda Marie[2] White was Alpha Kappa Alpha's twenty-sixth International President, who served from 2002 to 2006. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in political science from Clark College, and attained a Master of Arts in political science from the University of Chicago. After graduation, she worked as a Social Security area director.[3] She assumed the duties of International President at Alpha Kappa Alpha's 2002 Boulé in Orlando, Florida.[3]

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2002 - 2006 Administration

During her administration as International President of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, White implemented the S.P.I.R.I.T. theme. S.P.I.R.I.T. is an acronym for the following:[4]

S - Sisterhood, Scholarship, and Service
P - Partnership
I - Innovation
R - Respect
I - Investment
T - Technology

The program consisted of initiatives related to health, the African-American family, arts, economics and education. Among other accomplishments, White was also instrumental in implementing the Ivy Reading AKAdemy and the Young Authors Program during her administration.

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References

  1. ^ a b c McNealey, Earnestine G. (2006). Pearls of Service: The Legacy of America’s First Black Sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha. Chicago: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.  p. 251.
  2. ^ Parker, Marjorie H. (1999). Past is Prologue: The History of Alpha Kappa Alpha 1908-1999. Chicago: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.  p. 165.
  3. ^ a b "Alpha Kappa Alpha Presidents". Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. March 20, 2007. http://aka1908.com/centennial/pdf/presidents_pdf.pdf. Retrieved 2007-05-16. 
  4. ^ "Alpha Kappa Alpha Presidents". Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated - Xi Alpha Chapter. July 18, 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20070928055715/http://www.orgs.tntech.edu/aka/AKASpirit.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-16. 

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Alpha Kappa Alpha International Presidents

Nellie Quander (1913) · Loraine R. Green (1919) · L. Pearl Mitchell (1923) · Pauline S. Puryear (1925) · B. Beatrix Scott (1927) · Maudelle B. Bousfield (1929) · Maude B. Porter (1931) · Ida L. Jackson (1933) · Margaret D. Bowen (1936) · Dorothy B. Ferebee (1939) · Beulah T. Whitby (1941) · Edna O. Campbell (1946) · Laura Lovelace (1949) · Arnetta G. Wallace (1953) · Marjorie H. Parker (1958) · Julia B. Purnell (1962) · Larzette Hale (1966) · Mattelia B. Grays (1970) · Bernice I. Sumlin (1974) · Barbara K. Phillips (1978) · Faye B. Bryant (1982) · Janet Jones Ballard (1986) · Mary Shy Scott (1990) · Eva L. Evans (1994) · Norma S. White (1998) · Linda White (2002) · Barbara A. McKinzie (2006) · Carolyn House Stewart (2010)