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Albert W. Dent
1904–1984
United States
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Biography
Albert Walter Dent (September 25, 1904 – February 13, 1984) was an academic administrator who served initially as business administrator of Flint-Goodridge Hospital and later as president of Dillard University (1941–1969), a predominantly black liberal arts college in New Orleans, Louisiana. In these roles, he was a community leader who improved education and health care for African-Americans and impoverished people in the American South.
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