Buildings and Belonging

Acknowledgements

Buildings and Belonging is a collaborative effort by the African American Alumnae/i of Vassar College (AAAVC), student and faculty researchers, the Office of the President, the Office of Campus Life and Diversity, the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, the Thompson Memorial Library, the Office of Communications, and Facilities Operations.

Special thanks to:

  • The Office of the President
  • Former AAAVC Co-Chairs Karen Clopton ’80, P’19, ’22, and Paula Williams Madison ’74
  • The Hon. Richard Roberts ’74 (retired), former Vassar Trustee
  • Lucey Bowen ’68, project supporter and contributor
  • The AAAVC Steering Committee
  • Quincy Mills, former Director of the Africana Studies Program
  • Diane Harriford, Professor of Sociology
  • Edward Pittman ’82, former Associate Dean of the College for Campus Life and Diversity
  • Tracy Sutherland, former Head of User Services, Main Library
  • James Mundy ’74, P’13, former Anne Hendricks Bass Director of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
  • Mary-Kay Lombino of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center and Elizabeth Nogrady, formerly of the Art Center
  • Researchers Ifeacho Awachie ’20, Athena Davis ’20, and Maimuna Touray ’20
  • Elizabeth Randolph, Jeff Macaluso, and George Laws, former
    Director of Publications, in the Office of Communications
  • Laura Streett and the staff of Vassar’s Archives and Special Collections
  • Facilities Operations