Yvonne as a child with her father; Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker and her   Save
Yvonne Walker-Taylor Photograph Collection-NAM P2
Description: Photograph of Yvonne as a child lying in a tall grassy area with her father; Bishop Dougal Ormonde Beaconfield Walker and her mother Eva. Bishop Dougal O.B. Walker became president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s. Yvonne later went on to follow in his footsteps, and became one of the first female African American college president in the United States when she was named the 16th president of Wilberforce University in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B06F01_A
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Wilberforce University; African American men; African American women; African American Educators
Places: Yvonne Walker-Taylor Photograph Collection-NAM P2