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Margaret Bush WilsonMargaret Bush Wilson, WUSTL trustee emerita, prominent civil rights attorney in the 1960s and the first woman of color to chair the board of directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), died Tuesday, Aug. 11, after a short illness. She was 90.

One lane of Kingshighway Boulevard will be closed in each direction between Hospital Plaza and Oakland Avenue from 6:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. Aug. 27 and 28.

Student Financial Services can help departments locate and hire part-time student workers for the 2009-10 academic year — and, at the same time, help departments stretch their budgets a bit further. During this budget-challenged year, departments hiring eligible federal work-study students will only pay 25 percent of the student’s total earnings. The other 75 percent […]

Are you a seasoned professional ready to advance your career and knowledge of the business world? You may be eligible for the 50 percent tuition benefit offered to WUSTL staff and faculty to pursue one of two programs toward a master’s of business administration (MBA) degree at Olin Business School. The executive MBA (EMBA) and […]

Photo by David KilperTiffany Knight, Ph.D. (right), assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, identifies an invasive plant to a group of high school teachers attending the Life Sciences for Global Community degree program at WUSTL this summer.

Marilyn M. Kirk, Ph.D., research associate in biology in Arts & Sciences from 1971-1995 and lecturer in biology in 1972 and ’74, died Aug. 4, 2009, in St. Louis. Kirk, the wife of David Kirk, Ph.D., professor of biology, was 82.

Cretta Wilson, administrative coordinator for admissions and student services at Olin Business School, died June 28, 2009 at age 53.

David Felix, Ph.D., professor emeritus of development economics and economic history in the Department of Economics in Arts & Sciences, died June 13, 2009, in Bangor, Maine. He was 91.

Grace Crozier, secretary/administrative assistant in the office of the dean of Arts & Sciences from 1967-1977, died July 2, 2009. She was 93.

Lynn Imergoot, associate director of intramurals and club sports and former women’s tennis coach, died July 24, 2009, from injuries sustained in a car accident. Imergoot was 60.