A celebrated historian of political and historical thought, as well as a savvy administrator, Dr. Hanna Holborn Gray championed academic excellence and inclusion in some of the United States’ premier academic institutions.
Hanna Holborn Gray
Category: Alumni
Ruth J. Simmons
As an HBCU scholarship recipient at Dillard University in New Orleans and as the first African American president of an Ivy League university, Dr. Ruth J. Simmons’ educational journey has been long and varied. The common thread in a career of many firsts? A life-long passion for cross-cultural understanding and showcasing Black excellence in academia.
John Hope Franklin
An influential and prolific scholar of African American history, Dr. John Hope Franklin expanded the American consciousness, blazed a trail for scholars of color, and championed international education. His participation in and support of the Fulbright Program as a U.S. Scholar and Chairman of the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board benefitted local and global communities, one connection at a time.
Jonathan Rabb
How do you build and maintain community in digital spaces? It’s a question Jonathan Rabb has asked and answered throughout his career as a journalist, television host, researcher, and CEO. Read more about Jonathan’s work and how his Fulbright experience helped him forge his path.
Diana Wells
Often referred to as a “social innovation champion,” Dr. Diana Wells has used her many international experiences to positively impact under-resourced communities by fostering social entrepreneurship and changemaking. “Fulbright certainly did have an impact on my career and trajectory.”
Her Excellency Dame Ivy Dumont
Her Excellency Dame Ivy Dumont’s passion for learning and forging connections is evident in her service to the people of the Bahamas and in her own personal journey as a wife, mother, teacher, public servant, Fulbright alum, author, and the first woman to serve as Governor-General of the Bahamas. Genuine leadership, in her words, is “an attitude of the heart.”
Rishi Sunak
Fulbright produces leaders who strive to make a positive impact on their communities. In some cases, Fulbright alumni like Rishi Sunak lead through public service with the goal of finding solutions to complex challenges at the local, national, and international level.
Amar Bose
Amar Bose is a Fulbright alum and a household name. Like so many Fulbrighters, he used his intellect, observations, and understanding of what brings people together to make advances that improve the lives and the listening experience of people across the globe.
Jenné Nurse
When asked to describe her Fulbright experience in one word, Jenné Nurse unequivocally replies: “transformational.” Today, Nurse is a champion of education and equity for all Virginia students.
Rosalyn Yalow
Revolutionizing 20th-century medicine, Rosalyn Yalow, Ph.D., was driven to discovery. Born in 1921 in the South Bronx, New York, she eventually became the second American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. That same year, she received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar award to Portugal.