Douglass Service Award, The

Douglass Service Award, The, was established in 1969 by the Association of Black Collegians and named for Frederick Douglass, the nineteenth-century black leader who ``epitomized in his life the revolution in the status of his race.'' It is presented annually to the student who ``exemplifies the courage, integrity, intellectual honesty, and moral behavior that gives dignity and sense of purpose to Negro youth across the nation, and in so doing acts in accordance with the academic tradition of preparation for service embodied in the Princeton education.'' Recipients of the award during its early years were: William Roderick Hamilton '69; Brent L. Henry '69; Howard W. Bell, Jr. '70; Leonard G. Brown '71; Jerome Davis '71; Roderick Plummer '72; Karl E. Hammonds '73, Michelle Elizabeth Willis '74; Della Elizabeth Britton '75; Jerry D. Blackmore '76; Valerie Denise Bell '77.

From Alexander Leitch, A Princeton Companion, copyright Princeton University Press (1978).