Dean of Divinity School Named President of Underground Railroad Museum

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Ernest Disney-Britton

In 2010, Howard University unveiled two Ethiopian paintings by contemporary artist Meseretu Wondie

OHIO---Last week, Clarence G. "C.G." Newsome, Ph.D., was named as the new president of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati. Newsome, a member of the Duke University Board of Trustees, is former president of Shaw University and former Dean of the Howard University School of Divinity. Newsome has a strong record of bringing local, national and international relevance to the organizations he leads. As Dean of the Howard University School of Divinity, he oversaw the creation of a gallery of religious art, acquiring more than $2.7 million in church artifacts and icons, with support from the Smithsonian Institution.