Walter J. Leonard (October 3, 1929 – December 8, 2015) was an American lawyer and university administrator. As an administrator at Harvard University, he pioneered affirmative action in admissions. He was the president of Fisk University, a historically black university in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1977 to 1984.
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3 October 1929 Alma, Georgia, U.S.
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Died |
8 December 2015 (aged 86) Kensington, Maryland, U.S.
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Zodiac | Libra |
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