Category: Education, Museums and Libraries
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Franotie Alston Washington
Franotie Alston, Franotie Washington 1942-2018 Franotie Alston Washington was a lifelong Newark resident who served for 35 years with the Newark Public Schools, much of that time as director of art education. Franotie Alston was born in Newark and lived with her mother Atha Alston at 97 Peabody Place, attending Summer Place School, Elliott Street…
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Mildred Kaiser
1903-1991 Mildred Kaiser taught at Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts for 62 years. She was also an artist and calligrapher, giving private instruction and doing her own work in graphic arts, including with various advertising firms. She showed art at Newark Library in 1978 and 1979. In 1968 she illustrated the book Creative…
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Sister June Favata
c. 1940 — Sister June worked for over 50 years at Saint Vincent’s Academy in Newark, where she was English teacher, program director, vice principal, administrative director and president of St. Vincent Academy, Inc. Her obituary said, “Known as the heart and soul of Saint Vincent Academy, Sister June dedicated her life to the education…
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Mary Wheeler Willis
1929-1987 Mary Willis was a founder of the Newark Day Care Council in 1967 and Springfield Avenue Community School in 1969. In 1987, she former Springfield Avenue Community school was renamed the Mary Wheeler Willis Day Care Center, in her memory. Mary was a lifelong resident of Newark. She was the sister of Newark power…
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Geneva Streeter
1943- Geneva Streeter (Wardell, Campbell) was the first Black “Queen of Rutgers-Newark” campus and her modeling career at Rutgers put her in national magazines. After college, she became a Newark teacher and principal for many years. Geneva Streeter grew up in Newark living at 156 Livingston St in 1950. She graduated West Side High, class…
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Vickie Donaldson
c. 1949 – Vickie Donaldson was a leader of the Black Organization of students during the takeover of Conklin Hall in 1969, and joined the Board of Education at age 23. Later, she became the first woman to be General Counsel of the Newark Board of Education and served as Director of Homeless Services for…
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Betty Harris Neals
1934- Betty Neals is a nationally-recognized poet, who has performed in Newark, New Jersey and nationally, who also had a 37-year teaching career in East Orange. In 1975, she was featured in New York City’s Black History Week and the New York Amsterdam News called her a “Newark born writer” who “is also a beautiful…
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Mary Sue Sweeney Price
1951- Mary Sue Sweeney Price was the director of the Newark Museum from 1993 to 2013. When she retired she was called, “inspirational, insightful, a keen politician, a cultural warrior” and “the grand dame of our arts community.” Mary Sue started working at the Museum in 1975 as supervisor in the public relations office, appearing…