News&Notes WINTER 2022
A lasting tribute to their efforts JMU community gathers for jubilant rededication ceremony of three campus buildings
(Left): Sheary Darcus Johnson (‘70, ‘74M), in all pink, Madison’s first Black student and graduate, with family and friends. (Above): JMU professors Alexander and Joanne V. Gabbin with their new plaques. (Right): Descendants of Robert Walker Lee.
(Below): JMU historian Meg Mulrooney welcomes attendees. (Right): Harrisonburg Mayor Deanna Reed (fourth from right) and the Algers had front-row seats for the Sept. 24, 2021, ceremony on the Quad.
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