A long-ago night at the Pioneer Hotel has become a significant moment in the UA athletic department’s celebration of Black History Month.
Greg Hansen Fifty-two years have passed since Arizona athletic director Dick Clausen drove to Tucson’s downtown Pioneer Hotel, determined to watch the city’s annual Cotillion Ball, at which 30 young women, dressed in fashionable outfits, were presented as debutantes.
After several minutes, Clausen shook hands with Jacque and said,"I look forward to seeing you again." $ { var messages=[ { 'title': 'Subscribe to stay connected to Tucson.', 'msg': 'A subscription helps you access more of the local stories that keep you connected to the community.' }, /* { 'title': 'Subscribe', 'msg': 'Help us continue the important work of covering the COVID-19 outbreak in Southern Arizona by subscribing to the Star at Tucson.com/subscribe.
Her father, James A. Barnes, the son of Mississippi sharecroppers, had attended Tucson’s all-Black Dunbar School in the 1930s before enlisting in the Army and spending nine months with an all-Black artillery battalion in Germany.Delano Price’s father, A.D. Price, also worked in custodial services at the UA. He set such a strong example of overcoming prejudices and Tucson’s 1940s and 1950s racial restrictions that Delano, one of A.D.
Ten years later, she went back to school and earned her UA degree while pregnant with Marquez. She soon earned a master’s degree. Ultimately, the debutante from the 1970 Tucson Cotillion Ball would become coordinator of Human Resources at the University of Arizona. "Dick stayed in touch with us until the day he died," Delano says."We were very fortunate he had the vision to drive to the Pioneer Hotel and introduce himself to Jacque that night in 1970." #article_links_2.tnt-ads { margin-bottom: 0; } .okanjo .panel { border: 0; } .okanjo .panel-body { padding: 0; } .
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