Ruth J. Simmons

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Biography of Ruth J. Simmons

Dr. Ruth J. Simmons was born Ruth Jean Stubblefield on July 3, 1945. She is the former president of Smith College, Brown University, and Prairie View A&M University, Texas's oldest HBCU, and the former vice provost of Princeton. She earned her bachelor's degree from Dillard University and her master's and doctorate from Harvard in Romance languages and literatures. The president of France named her chevalier of the French Legion of Honor and President Biden named her to the White House HBCU Advisory Board. She lives in Texas.

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