US EditionNorman C. Francis, civil rights champion and recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom, dies at 94
Francis transformed Xavier University into a leading institution for Black medical and STEM education and led the Louisiana Recovery Authority managing billions in post-Katrina rebuilding funds.
- Norman C. Francis, a civil rights pioneer and champion of education, played a pivotal role in helping rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
- Francis served as president of Xavier University, the nation's only predominantly Black Catholic university, for 47 years, doubling enrollment and gaining a national reputation.
- In 2006, President George W. Bush awarded Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his lifelong commitment to civil rights and education.
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New Orleans Catholic leader, longtime Xavier president dies at 94
NEW ORLEANS (OSV News) — Norman C. Francis, who began his 47-year tenure as president of Xavier University of Louisiana on the day Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968 and became a national icon for education and racial justice, died Feb. 18 at Ochsner Hospital. He was 94. Xavier was opened in 1925 by St. Katharine Drexel as the only Black Catholic university in the Western Hemisphere. Under Francis’ leadership, it became an educ…
Norman C. Francis, New Orleans civil rights icon who fostered Xavier, dies at 94
Norman C. Francis led Xavier University for nearly five decades. (Courtesy Norman C. Francis Leadership Institute)Norman C. Francis, the stalwart city leader in civil rights, business and education who led Xavier University for nearly half a century, died early Wednesday morning at Oschner Hospital. He was 94 years old. One of the most influential figures in New Orleans’ recent history, Francis played key roles in both integration efforts of the…
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Norman C. Francis, civil rights champion and recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom, dies at 94
Norman C. Francis, a civil rights pioneer, champion of education and leader who was charged with helping rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, died Wednesday.
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