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Scott, Kesho

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Kesho Scott was an Associate Professor of American Studies and Sociology at Grinnell College who taught at Grinnell College for over thirty-eight years. In March 2024, it was announced that the inaugural endowed chair in the newly established Department of African Diaspora Studies would be named for Scott.

Searchlight Club

The Searchlight Club was organized as a reading circle in the summer of 1892 by six Grinnell women. Originally called the "Reading Club", its name was changed at the suggestion of Rev. George White to "Searchlight Club", since its members were "searching for the light" through study of history, current events, and fine arts. Their first constitution was drafted in 1896.

Selden Lincoln Whitcomb (Class of 1887)

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Seldon Whitcomb was born in Grinnell, Iowa, graduated from Grinnell College in 1887, and was professor of English at the college from 1895-1905. Additionally he was a poet and a writer.

Shore, Monique

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Monique Shore is an ex-member of the class of 1990. She is a member of Team Renfrow (Professor Tamara Beauboeuf, Monique Shore, and Grinnell College students Hemlock Stanier, Libby Eggert, and Evie Caperton) who worked on extensive research into Edith Renfrow Smith and her family roots in Grinnell.)

Smith, Edith Renfrow

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  • July 14,1914 -

Edith Renfrow Smith was born in 1914 in Grinnell, Iowa. In 1937, she became the first black woman to graduate from Grinnell College.

Mrs. Smith was given an honorary degree by College in 2019. In 2022, she was inducted into the Grinnell High School Alumni Hall of Fame. In December 2022, it was announced that the college's new residence hall and civic-engagement quad would be named Renfrow Hall in her honor.

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