Yvonne Kennedy

Yvonne Kennedy
Born	(1945-01-08)January 8, 1945
Died	December 8, 2012(2012-12-08) (aged 67) Birmingham, Alabama
Organization	Delta Sigma Theta sorority

Yvonne Kennedy (January 8, 1945 – December 8, 2012)^[1]^[2] was an Alabama state representative from Mobile, Alabama,^[1] and a former president of Bishop State Community College. She served as national president of Delta Sigma Theta sorority from 1988-1992.

Biography

Kennedy was born to Leroy and Thelma Kennedy and Taylar and Anthony johnson and attended Bishop State Community College and University of Alabama. She became president of Bishop State in 1981 and resigned from that position in 2007.^[3]^[4] She has represented Mobile in the Alabama House of Representatives since winning a special election in 1979.^[1]^[4] She died on December 8, 2012 at UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama.^[5]

References

1 2 3 "Alabama House of Representatives". Retrieved 2012-05-09.
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↑ Lewis, Lyndsey (2007-07-13). "2 Presidents Resign at Alabama Colleges". Chronicle of Higher Education. 53 (45).
1 2 Thomas, Mary Martha (1995). Stepping Out of the Shadows : Alabama Women, 1819-1990. University of Alabama Press. p. 163. ISBN 9780817307561.
↑ Obituary

Members of the Alabama House of Representatives

Speaker of the House: Mac McCutcheon (R) Speaker pro tempore: Victor Gaston (R) Majority Leader: Micky Hammon (R) Minority Leader: Craig Ford (D)

Phillip Pettus (R) Lynn Greer (R) Marcel Black (D) Micky Hammon (R) Danny Crawford (R) Phil Williams (R) Ken Johnson (R) Terri Collins (R) Ed Henry (R) Mike Ball (R) Randall Shedd (R) Corey Harbison (R) Connie Rowe (R) Tim Wadsworth (R) Allen Farley (R) Kyle South (R) Mike Millican (R) Johnny Mack Morrow (D) Laura Hall (D) Howard Sanderford (R) Jim Patterson (R) Ritchie Whorton (R) Tommy Hanes (R) Nathaniel Ledbetter (R) Mac McCutcheon (R) Kerry Rich (R) Will Ainsworth (R) Craig Ford (D) Becky Nordgren (R) Mack Butler (R) Mike Holmes (R) Barbara Boyd (D) Ronald Johnson (R) David Standridge (R) Steve Hurst (R) Randy Wood (R) Bob Fincher (R) Isaac Whorton (R) Richard Lindsey (D) K. L. Brown (R) Vacant Jimmy Martin (R) Arnold Mooney (R) Danny Garrett (R) Dickie Drake (R) David Faulkner (R) Jack Williams (R) Jim Carns (R) April Weaver (R) Jim Hill (R) Allen Treadaway (R) John Rogers (D) Anthony Daniels (D) Patricia Todd (D) Rod Scott (D) Louise Alexander (D) Merika Coleman (D) Oliver Robinson (D) Mary Moore (D) Juandalynn Givan (D) Alan Harper (R) Rich Wingo (R) Bill Poole (R) Harry Shiver (R) Elaine Beech (D) Alan Baker (R) Darrio Melton (D) Thomas Jackson (D) Kelvin Lawrence (D) Christopher J. England (D) Artis J. McCampbell (D) Ralph Anthony Howard (D) Matt Fridy (R) Dimitri Polizos (R) Reed Ingram (R) Thad McClammy (D) John Knight (D) Alvin Holmes (D) Vacant Chris Blackshear (R) Mark M. Tuggle (R) Pebblin Warren (D) George Bandy (D) Berry Forte (D) Dexter Grimsley (D) Paul Lee (R) Donnie Chesteen (R) Paul Beckman (R) Alan Boothe (R) Chris Sells (R) Barry Moore (R) Mike Jones Jr. (R) Steve Clouse (R) Joe Faust (R) Steve McMillan (R) Randy Davis (R) Adline Clarke (D) Napoleon Bracy Jr. (D) James Buskey (D) Victor Gaston (R) Chris Pringle (R) Jack W. Williams (R) Barbara Drummond (D) Margie Wilcox (R) David Sessions (R)

Republican (70) Democratic (33) Alabama Legislature Alabama House of Representatives Alabama Senate

Delta Sigma Theta National Presidents

Sadie T. M. Alexander, 1919–1923
Dorothy Pelham Beckley 1923–1926
Ethel Lemay Calimese, 1926–1929
Anna Johnson Julian, 1929–1931
Gladys Byram Shepperd, 1931–1933
Jeannette Triplett Jones, 1933–1935
Vivian Osborne Marsh, 1935–1939
Elsie Austin, 1939–1944
Mae Wright Downs Peck Williams, 1944–1947
Dorothy I. Height, 1947–1956
Dorothy P. Harrison, 1956–1958
Jeanne L. Noble, 1958–1963
Geraldine P. Woods, 1963–1967
Frankie Muse Freeman, 1967–1971
Lillian Pierce Benbow, 1971–1975
Thelma Thomas Daley, 1975–1979
Mona Humphries Bailey, 1979–1983
Hortense Golden Canady, 1983–1988
Yvonne Kennedy, 1988–1992
Bertha M. Roddey, 1992–1996
Marcia L. Fudge, 1996–2000
Gwendolyn E. Boyd, 2000–2004
Louise A. Rice, 2004–2008
Cynthia M.A. Butler-McIntyre, 2008–present

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