Prof. Emilie Townes interviewed by UChicago Divinity School
The following is an excerpt from the article “A Little Education Goes a Long Way” featuring Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Religion and Black Studies emilie m. townes published on May 6, 2025 by University of Chicago Divinity School.
The bluster of early May in Hyde Park didn’t dim the joy Rev. Dr. Emilie Townes, AB’77, AM’79, DMN’82, felt upon returning to Chicago to receive a 2025 University of Chicago Alumni Award for Professional Achievement.
“Here, I learned the value of being as clear and precise and honest as possible when talking, writing, thinking, feeling, doing,” Townes said in her remarks at the May 1 ceremony. “And it is because of this skill, which began here in Cobb Hall, that I want to thank the Alumni Association for this award—and the University for the education I received here that has made it so.”
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