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It's very important in a leadership role not to place your ego at the foreground and not to judge everything in relationship to how your ego is fed.
— Ruth J. Simmons
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Ruth J. Simmons
university teacher, academic administrator
1945
Ruth Simmons is an American professor and academic administrator. Simmons served as the eighth president of Prairie View A&M University, a historically Black university (HBCU), from 2017 until 2023. From 2001 to 2012, she served as the 18th president of Brown University, where she was the first African-American president of an Ivy League institution. During her time at Brown, Simmons was named the best college president by Time magazine. Prior to Brown University, she headed Smith College, one of the Seven Sisters and the largest women's college in the United States, beginning in 1995. During her tenure, Smith College launched the first accredited engineering program at an all-women's college.