Template:Did you know nominations/Walter J. Leonard


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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 09:18, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Walter J. Leonard

 * ... that Walter J. Leonard, an African-American administrator, pioneered affirmative action in admissions at Harvard University in the 1970s?
 * ALT1: ... that Walter J. Leonard designed "one of the country's earliest and most effective affirmative-action programs, which became a model for other universities around the country"? Sources:
 * ALT2: ... that Walter J. Leonard resigned from the presidency of Fisk University after clashing with its biggest donors?

Created by Zigzig20s (talk). Self-nominated at 19:51, 15 December 2017 (UTC).


 * format, will review --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:32, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Decent bio, on good sources, no copyvio obvious. Please do me two favours in the article: give a location for Fisk, and find a wording for "Leonard had a wife, Betty Singleton, a son and a daughter" that sounds less like they were his property ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:55, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
 * The location is in the lede.Zigzig20s (talk) 10:58, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I've also rephrased the personal life section. Sorry if it sounded too phallogocentric.Zigzig20s (talk) 17:40, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you, also for a new word. Yes, it's in the lead, now that you say it I rememberm but I didn't before, and others may have the same memory failures ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:23, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Is this what you want please?Zigzig20s (talk) 19:40, 17 December 2017 (UTC)