George Barrett
Vanderbilt athletics honors civil rights leaders during Equality Weekend
Feb. 27, 2017—Vanderbilt recently celebrated Equality Weekend, a two-day event that honored 21 of Nashville’s civil rights leaders and marked the 50th anniversary of Vanderbilt breaking the SEC’s color barrier with men’s basketball players Perry Wallace and Godfrey Dillard. The 21 leaders were honored at the Commodores’ men’s basketball game on Feb. 18 and the women’s game on Feb. 19—both Vanderbilt victories.
A Letter to My Daughter: How we made our mark on women’s equity at Vanderbilt
Nov. 20, 2016—This essay is adapted from The Long View: Essays, Poems, Stories (2015, Cordelia Hollis) by Susan Ford Wiltshire, Vanderbilt professor of classical studies, emerita. Wiltshire wrote this piece as a letter to her daughter, Carrie Wiltshire McCutcheon, JD’05, who is an attorney at Baker Donelson law firm in Nashville.
Vanderbilt Law’s Social Justice Program named for renowned civil rights attorney George Barrett
Aug. 26, 2015—The newly named George Barrett Social Justice Program at Vanderbilt Law School pays tribute to the late civil rights attorney through a generous gift to endow the program by 1993 alumnus Darren Robbins.
Obituary: George Barrett, JD’57, Citizen Barrett
Dec. 23, 2014—George Barrett, indefatigable Nashville civil rights lawyer, died Aug. 26 at age 86.
Cardinal Health CEO to speak at Vanderbilt Health Care Conference
Nov. 4, 2014—Health care innovations will be discussed at the Health Care Conference Nov. 7 at the Music City Center.