Millie Bown Russell
kinesiologist and educator
Millie Louise Bown Russell (October 29, 1926 – November 1, 2021) was an American health educator and college administrator based in Seattle. Much of her work as an administrator at the University of Washington involved expanding opportunities for minority students in the STEM pipeline.
Early life and education
Millie Bown was raised in the Seattle area, the daughter of Augustus Bown and Edith Ruth Cahill Bown. Her parents were politically active, and welcomed Paul Robeson and Marian Anderson as guests in their home. One of her sisters was jazz pianist Patti Bown.
Bown was an athletic young woman, and especially excelled at archery and dance in her teens. She earned a bachelor's degree in medical technology from Seattle University in 1948. She was the second Black student to enroll, after Sam Smith, and the first to graduate. In 1971 Russell earned a teaching certificate from the same school. She earned a master's degree in kinesiology in 1978 from the University of Washington, and completed doctoral studies in education at the University of Washington when she was 62 years old, in 1988.
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