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Ruth Austin Knox (born June 18, 1953 in Augusta, Georgia) [1] was the president of Wesleyan College, located in Macon, Georgia. She was installed as Wesleyan's twenty-fourth president in 2003 and served until mid-2017. A 1975 graduate (as a Golden Heart), she is Wesleyan's first alumna president and its second woman president.

Before becoming president, Knox was a lawyer in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a 1978 graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and Order of the Coif. From 1985-1988, she was president of the Wesleyan Alumnae Association. She chaired the Alumnae Campaign to fund teaching chairs for the College from 1990-1993, and became a member of the board of trustees in 1993. Knox became chairman in 1994, and served in that position until she was appointed acting president in May 2002. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Hubbell, Martindale (April 2000). Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory: Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho (Volume 7 - 2000). Martindale-Hubbell. ISBN   9781561603763.
  2. ↑ President of the College
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