The HistoryMakers video oral history with Janet Purnell.

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 29 min., 36 sec.)) : sound, color.

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Videographer, Scott Stearns.

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Academic administrator and educator Janet Purnell was born in Akron, Ohio on August 30, 1936. She studied education at the University of Akron, where she earned both her B.S. in 1959 and her M.S. in 1971. For twenty-two years, Purnell worked for the Akron Public Schools as both an elementary school teacher and principal. In 1982, she became executive director of the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority. She then worked as CEO of Navic & Associates, where she served as a local and national consultant on establishing diversity in the workplace. In 1990, she returned to her alma mater to sit on the president's cabinet, overseeing all minority initiatives on campus. This position led to her subsequent role as the first executive director of minority development at the university. Since 1985, she provided leadership to historic preservation efforts in Akron. Purnell passed away on November 30, 2008, at the age of 72.

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February 04, 2021

Videographer, Scott Stearns.

Larry Crowe, interviewer.