Connie Rolison Corbett · Voices of Illinois · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

Title: Connie Rolison Corbett
Date(s): 5/22/2018
Interviewee(s): Connie Rolison Corbett See all items with this value
Interviewer(s): Bethany Anderson See all items with this value
Interviewer Position: Natural and Applied Sciences Archivist
Summary: Connie Rolison Corbett came to the University of Illinois as a transfer student in 1963, majoring in medical technology. She came to Illinois because she felt lonely at Ohio University, where she spent her freshman year, to join a high school friend who was pledging Delta Sigma Theta. Her pledging semester's 4.9 (out of 5) GPA earned her an appointment to the Office of the National Second Vice President which afforded her opportunities for travel. In one such opportunity she went to Los Angeles and was able to meet Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the mid 1960s.
Subject(s): 1967 graduating class See all items with this value; black students See all items with this value; civil rights movement See all items with this value; delta sigma theta See all items with this value; delta sigma theta alpha nu See all items with this value; martin luther king See all items with this value; richard hatcher See all items with this value
Related Resources: https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=3100