Linda White

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Linda Marie White[1]

Born April 21, 1942 (1942-04-21) (age 66)[1]
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.[1]

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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[edit] 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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Alpha Kappa Alpha International Presidents[5]
Nellie Quander, 1913-1919  • Loraine R. Green, 1919-1923  • L. Pearl Mitchell, 1923-1925  • Pauline S. Puryear, 1925-1927  • B. Beatrix Scott, 1927-1929  • Maudelle B. Bousfield, 1929-1931  • Maude B. Porter, 1931-1933  • Ida L. Jackson, 1933-1936  • Margaret D. Bowen, 1936-1939  • Dorothy B. Ferebee, 1939-1941  • Beulah T. Whitby, 1941–1946  • Edna O. Campbell, 1946-1949  • Laura Lovelace, 1949–1953  • Arnetta G. Wallace, 1953–1958  • Marjorie H. Parker, 1958–1962  • Julia B. Purnell, 1962–1966  • Larzette Hale, 1966–1970  • Mattelia B. Grays, 1970–1974  • Bernice I. Sumlin, 1974–1978  • Barbara K. Phillips, 1978–1982  • Faye B. Bryant, 1982–1986  • Janet Jones Ballard, 1986-1990  • Mary Shy Scott, 1990–1994  • Eva L. Evans, 1994–1998  • Norma S. White, 1998–2002  • Linda White, 2002–2006  • Barbara A. McKinzie, 2006–current

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  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). Retrieved on 2007-05-16.
  4. ^ Alpha Kappa Alpha Presidents. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated - Xi Alpha Chapter (July 18, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-05-16.
  5. ^ Alpha Kappa Alpha International Presidents. Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority Incorporated. Retrieved on 2007-07-05.

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