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Dr. Christine H.B. Grant

Christine Grant served for 27 years as the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women at the University of Iowa, where she held the rank of Associate Professor of Health and Sports Studies, a position she occupied from 1973 until 2005.

During her tenure as Athletics Director, she also served as President of the National Association for Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators, President of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, a member of the United States Olympic Committee, an International Institute for Sport Ethics Fellow, a member of the Board of Directors of the USA Field Hockey Foundation, and numerous NCAA committees and task forces, including the Diversity Leadership Strategic Planning Committee.

Recognized as one of the foremost national experts on gender equity in sport, Grant has testified about Title IX and gender equity before three Congressional committees, served as a consultant to the U.S. Office for Civil Rights Department of Health, Education and Welfare Title IX Task Force and as an expert witness in fifteen court cases related to Title IX compliance and gender equity. Grant has been instrumental in the development of the NCAA Division I Certification program, still participates in the training of NCAA staff and has served on five NCAA Certification Peer Review teams. Grant also has served as a consultant to institutions of higher education and state education agencies on the development of women’s athletics programs.

Grant holds a B.A. in Physical Education and a doctoral degree in Athletic Administration from the University of Iowa as well as a diploma of physical education from Dunfermline College in Scotland.

Dr. Dorothy J. Alston

Dorothy Jean Alston retired from North Carolina A&T University (A&T) as Special Assistant to the Chancellor in 1999 after serving the state of North Carolina for 34 years, 28 of which were spent at A&T. She was responsible for the Administrative Information System facet of the university's computer center, the institutional research and planning office, internal auditing, EPA salary administration, the university registrar, and admissions and enrollment management. She also served as the chancellor's Division Liaison to the Athletics Department and as the Senior Athletics Woman Administrator.

During her career, Alston served as Special Assistant and as Project Director for a Title III grant to establish and expand a campus-wide broadband communications network system, and as director for Title IX and a Professor of Physical Education at A&T.

Prior to her work at A&T, she was an Assistant Professor and an instructor of Physical Education at Fayetteville State University, and a teacher at John M. Langston High School in Danville, VA, and C.F. Pope High School in Burgaw, NC.

Among numerous awards and honors, Alston is an inductee in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Sports Hall of Fame. She has participated in numerous national, professional activities involving higher education research, and she has served in leadership roles for many civic and professional groups.

Alston completed her undergraduate work at A&T, and her master’s and doctorate degrees at North Carolina Central University and the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, respectively. She has other professional development experiences at Harvard University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Dr. Joan S. Hult

Visionary, luminary, fearless pioneer. There is perhaps no better way to describe Dr. Joan S. Hult, the scholar, activist and Indiana University alumna who helped chart the course of equality for women in intercollegiate sport. As a faculty member at Concordia College in Morehead, MN, Hult helped establish the Minn-Koda Women’s Intercollegiate Conference, one of the few such conferences in its day.

She is widely recognized for her diligent behind-the-scenes work in Washington for the passage of Title IX and her comprehensive understanding of the history of women’s basketball—not to mention her passion for the game—which made her perfectly suited to write the book A Century of Women’s Basketball: From Frailty to Final Four.

Professor emerita from the University of Maryland and author of scores of articles and book chapters in her field, Hult received her BS from Indiana University in 1954, her M.Ed from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro in 1958, and in 1967 earned her doctorate from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

Hult also is currently in the process of publishing a second book about the history of women’s athletics, has served as a consultant to both HBO and ESPN, and is part owner of an athletic and sport consulting firm.

Dr. Pearl Kowalski

Dr. Pearl Kowalski was a graduate of East Stroudsburg University and majored in Health and Physical Education. Kowalski then received her master’s degree and doctorate from Temple University in Philadelphia also specializing in Physical Education.

Kowalskihad been a resident of Gloucester City for 50 years. She taught Physical Education and coached field hockey and girls’ basketball for Gloucester City School District, Audubon School District and Glassboro State College (now Rowan University). Kowalskiwas named to the Rowan University and East Stroudsburg University Hall of Fame.

Kowalski served on the board of the New Jersey Education Association, National Education Association, National Coaches Association and currently serves as a First Vice President of the New Jersey Retired Educators Association.

Throughout her life, Kowalski loved to play tennis. Kowalski also served as a referee for field hockey and basketball.

Eleanor R. Lemaire

Eleanor Lemaire served as the Senior Associate Director of Athletics at the University of Rhode Island from 1976-1992. She was inducted in the University of Rhode Island Hall of Fame in 1994.  

Lemaire was a founding member of the Rhode Island Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), served on the AIAW Executive Board as the Region I Representative, the AIAW National Committee and the AIAW Committee on National Qualification. Lemaire also served on the NACWAA Executive Board and was the recipient of the NACWAA District 1 Administrator of the Year Award in 1994.

Sadie Evelyn Magee

Sadie Evelyn Magee served in the athletic department at Jackson State University for 23 years. From 1975-1989, she taught health, physical education and recreation while coaching the women’s basketball team. Her record of 271-154 is one of the best records in the history of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). 

In 1989, Magee left coaching to fill the role of Senior Woman Administrator. Throughout her career, Magee dedicated herself to service as President of MAHPERD, Chair of the Ethnic Minorities Council of the Southern District AAHPERD, and Chair of the AAHPERD Ethnic Minority Council. She also served on the Mississippi Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and the Jackson State University Athletics Association. In 1994, the SWAC named its All Sport Trophy “The Sadie Magee/Barbara Jacket Award.” Magee is also a 1996 inductee in the Alcorn State University Sports Hall of Fame.