Background
Rutledge, Essie Manuel Daughter of Ollic Manuel Jones.
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Essie Manuel Rutledge
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Bachelor, Florida A & M, Tallahassee, 1958. Master of Arts, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1974.
Career
Social studies teacher Junior High School, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1958—1961. Instructor, social science Gibbs & St. Petersburg Junior College, St Petersburg, 1961—1967. Assistant professor sociology Macomb County Community College, Warren, Michigan, 1968—1971, University Michigan, Flint, 1974—1976.
Chair, associate professor African American studies Western Illinois University, Macomb, 1976—1984, professor sociology, 1985—2006. Negotiation team, executive board Western Illinois University, Chapter University Professionals Illinois, 1990—2006. Consultant Chicago State University, 1992—1993, Omni Bank, Macomb, 1997, Parent & Child Together, Mount Sterling, Illinois, 2002.
Achievements
Membership
Executive committee member McDonough County Branch, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Macomb, 1992—1994. Chair Equal Opportunity & Fair Housing Commission, 1994—2007. President Lions Club, 2001—2002.
Member of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (life), Association Black Sociologists (executive committee member 1983-1993, president 1985-1986, executive officer 1997-1999), American Sociological Association (committee co-chair to senior chair 1991-1993, DuBois-Johnson-Frazier Award Committee member 2001-2003, associate editor Race & Ethnic Relations Committee research & teaching, member, committee status of women 1978-1980), Delta Sigma Theta (life), Gamma Lambda Chapter Honorary Order of Omega, International Sociology Honor Society, Alpha Kappa Delta.
Connections
Married Albert Chester Rutledge (deceased). 1 child Jeffrey Albert.
Awards
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Recipient Honorary Distinction award, Florida Advertising & Marketing University, 1987, Honorary Faculty Inductee, WIU Blue Key Honorary Fraternity, 1993, Outstanding Faculty award, WIU Black Student Association & Minority Graduate Student Association, 2005, Faculty Excellence award, Western Illinois University, 1991, Affirmative Action Director's award, 2006, Roy Wilkins Civil Rights Leadership award, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Illinois State Conference, 2009, award, WIU Women of Western, 1979, 1990. Postdoctoral fellowship, Gerontological Society America, 1989.Recipient Honorary Distinction award, Florida Advertising & Marketing University, 1987, Honorary Faculty Inductee, WIU Blue Key Honorary Fraternity, 1993, Outstanding Faculty award, WIU Black Student Association & Minority Graduate Student Association, 2005, Faculty Excellence award, Western Illinois University, 1991, Affirmative Action Director's award, 2006, Roy Wilkins Civil Rights Leadership award, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Illinois State Conference, 2009, award, WIU Women of Western, 1979, 1990. Postdoctoral fellowship, Gerontological Society America, 1989.