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Zelema Harris

Year Inducted: 1988

Highlights

  • Chancellor of St. Louis University
  • 2008: named St. Louis Business Journal’s Most Influential Women in Business, Most Influential St. Louisans and Most Influential Minorities in Business
  • YWCA of St. Louis Leader of Distinction
  • President of the Year from the American Association of Women in Community Colleges
  • CEO of the Year from the American Association of Community College Trustees
  • Most Valuable Citizen Award and Athena Award for Outstanding Business/Professional Woman from the Champaign County Illinois Chamber of Commerce

Biography

Accomplishments/Honors:

Dr. Harris has received many awards and honors, including the Athena Award for Outstanding Business/Professional Woman from the Champaign County Illinois Chamber of Commerce, the International Leadership Award from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development at the University of Texas at Austin, the Most Valuable Citizen Award from the Champaign County Illinois Chamber of Commerce, the American Association of Community College’s (AACC) Leadership Award, President of the Year from the American Association of Women in Community Colleges, and CEO of the Year from the American Association of Community College Trustees. 

In 2008, she was named a YWCA of St. Louis Leader of Distinction, and was selected as one of the St. Louis Business Journal’s Most Influential Women in Business, Most Influential St. Louisans and Most Influential Minorities in Business. 

Quotes

  • One must seek to come outside of themselves and give more in order to foster self improvement. You must be clear about your values and belief system then it’s easier for like-minded people to open their network to help you. A good attitude and solid values will take you a lot of places.  
  • Personally, I believe life has too much texture to capture it in a single thought or sentence. I love living and am grateful for each day that has been granted to me. Passion, joy and purpose are the foundation on which I've built my life.

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Harris finds her match in St. Louis Community College

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