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Emma C. Chappell (born Emma Carolyn Bayton; February 18, 1941 – March 16, 2021) was the founder and CEO of the United Bank of Philadelphia. [1] She was the first African-American woman to form a commercial bank in the United States. [2] She was also the first female vice president of a major bank in the state of Pennsylvania. [3]
This list of honorary degrees lists all honorary degrees, including honorary doctorates. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The Winifred Burks-Houck Professional Leadership Awards are awarded to three categories of recipients: Professional Leadership, Graduate Leadership, and Undergraduate Leadership. [2] Professional women in STEM who exemplify leadership while contributing to the community and students pursuing a degree in a STEM field are considered for this award.
This list of awards honoring women is an index to articles about notable awards honoring women. It excludes media, science and technology and sports awards, which are covered by separate lists, and it excludes orders of chivalry for women. The list is organized by region and country of the sponsoring organization, but some awards are open to ...
The practice dates back to the Middle Ages, when for various reasons a university might be persuaded, or otherwise see fit, to grant exemption from some or all of the usual statutory requirements for the award of a degree. The earliest honorary degree on record was awarded to Lionel Woodville in the late 1470s by the University of Oxford. [6]
Maggie Lena (née Draper Mitchell) Walker (July 15, 1864 – December 15, 1934) was an American businesswoman and teacher. In 1903, Walker became both the first African-American woman to charter a bank and the first African-American woman to serve as a bank president. [2]
Doctoral degrees gained after a rigorous examination are popularly called small doctorate (malý doktorát in Czech or Slovakia). Applicants need a master's degree or a post-graduate degree (5 years+) comparable to Master level or higher and have to write a thesis of 50,000-80,000 words and defend this thesis in a viva voce and a rigorous ...
In 2004, O'Connor received the U.S. Senator John Heinz Award for Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official, an award given out annually by Jefferson Awards. [6] On September 8, 2004, Redwood City, California, dedicated the courtroom of its renovated historical courthouse (now a museum) to O'Connor. [7]