Angie Brooks-Randolph 'LLB'52, MS'52, the first and only African woman to be elected president of the United Nations General Assembly, edied in Houstn in September. The Liberian-born Brooks-Randolph was the nation's first woman lawyer, and served as an assistant attorney general, assistant secretary of state, associated Surpreme Court Justist, and in many other positions. She presided over the twenty-fourth sessions of hte UN General Assembly in 1969. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf called Brooks-Randolph a pioneer, and icon, and "a woman of unprecedented courage and determination." Funeral services were held in Houston, with a state funeral following in Liberia. (On Wisconsin - Spring 2008 p57)
Angie Brooks-Randolph 'LLB'52, MS'52, the first and only African woman to be elected president of the United Nations General Assembly, edied in Houstn in September. The Liberian-born Brooks-Randolph was the nation's first woman lawyer, and served as an assistant attorney general, assistant secretary of state, associated Surpreme Court Justist, and in many other positions. She presided over the twenty-fourth sessions of hte UN General Assembly in 1969. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf called Brooks-Randolph a pioneer, and icon, and "a woman of unprecedented courage and determination." Funeral services were held in Houston, with a state funeral following in Liberia. (On Wisconsin - Spring 2008 p57)
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