The HistoryMakers video oral history with Patricia Mell.

Academic administrator Patricia Mell was born on December 15, 1953 in Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated from Collinwood High School in 1971, and earned her A.B. degree, with honors, from Wellesley College in 1975. She earned her J.D. degree in 1978 from Case Western Reserve Law School. Mell worked for...

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Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Mell, Patricia, 1953- (Interviewee)
Crowe, Larry F. (Interviewer)
Stearns, Scott (director of photography.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
Mell, Patricia, > 1953- > Interviews.
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
Academic Administrator.
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (The HistoryMakers)
Physical Description:1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 20 min., 31 sec.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with Patricia Mell
Patricia Mell
Format: Electronic Video
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Academic administrator Patricia Mell was born on December 15, 1953 in Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated from Collinwood High School in 1971, and earned her A.B. degree, with honors, from Wellesley College in 1975. She earned her J.D. degree in 1978 from Case Western Reserve Law School. Mell worked for the Ohio Attorney General's Office and was corporation counsel for the Ohio Secretary of State. She taught law at Capital University, University of Toledo, Widener University, Wayne State University, Michigan State University and Memphis State University law schools. Mell also served as associate dean for academic affairs at Michigan State University from 1998 to 2001. In 2003, she was appointed dean of the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, the first woman and first African American dean in the school's 104-year history. She wrote about the U.S. Patriot Act and also authored a textbook entitled Criminal Law: Cases, Commentary and Questions.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:02:20:31
Credits:Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Participant or Performer:
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2004 December 15.
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