Dolores Cross

Biography

Dolores Evelyn Cross (born August 29, 1938) is an American educator and university administrator convicted of embezzlement. Cross became the first African-American woman to serve as president of Chicago State University in 1990 and the first female president of Morris Brown College from 1998 to 2002. During Cross's tenure as president, Morris Brown College lost its accreditation in December 2002 amid severe debt, allegations of financial fraud and the absence of a viable financial recovery plan.

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