Citation and remarks upon the presentation of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture to Lord Richard Rogers and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law to Elaine R. Jones, 1999 April 13.

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Citation and remarks upon the presentation of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture to Lord Richard Rogers and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law to Elaine R. Jones, 1999 April 13.

Remarks on Lord Rogers were made by William A. McDonough, Dean of the University of Virginia School of Architecture. Remarks on Elaine Jones were made by Robert E. Scott, Dean of the University of Virginia School of Law.

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Legal powerhouse and civil rights lawyer Elaine Ruth Jones was born on March 2, 1944 in Norfolk, Virginia, the daughter of a Pullman porter and a schoolteacher. Jones observed firsthand the impact of racism on her community, when one of her teachers was represented by Thurgood Marshall in the case,Allen v. Hicks.Jones attended Howard University, where she worked her way through school. Joining the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and becoming dean of pledges, Jones graduated from Howard Universi...

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Scott, Robert E., 1944-

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