# @howard1867 on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2019-10-02T19:44:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Howard University (@howard1867) — https://gondola.cc/howard1867

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HUPrez17 pens a letter to the Howard University community on the loss of alumna Jessye Norman. An excerpt of that letter shares: .
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.“...Today, and onward, we will feel the impact of this significant loss to the arts, to music, and the world. 
Norman was one of those once-in-a-generation singers who did not simply follow in the footsteps of others but staked out her niche in the history of singing.
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She entered Howard University on full-tuition scholarship at 16 years old & graduated cum laude in 1967 from the College of Fine Arts. She continued her studies at the Peabody Conservatory and the University of Michigan, earning an M.A. degree in 1968. On the occasion of the 1982 Commencement Convocation, Howard University conferred upon Ms. Norman the honorary Doctor of Music degree. A distinguished leader and caretaker of alma mater’s legacy, she served on the Howard University Board of Trustees from 2002–2014. .
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Her accolades include numerous Grammy Awards; the Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medal; the Kennedy Center Honors; and more than 40 honorary doctorate degrees from colleges, universities and conservatories around the world. Former United Nations Secretary-General Xavier Perez de Cuellar made her an Honorary Ambassador to the United Nations in 1990. In 2000, Howard honored Ms. Norman with the Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award. In 2006, she received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and served as the guest vocalist at our Charter Day Dinner. In 2009, she was honored with the National Medal of the Arts—the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the U.S. government. .
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I had the pleasure of congratulating Ms. Norman for her receipt of the Honorary Doctor of Music degree and selection as the 2016 commencement orator at Oberlin. .
During her address, Ms. Norman shared these profound and timeless words: “You see, art brings us together as a family because it is an individual expression of universal human experience....Ms. Norman’s legacy will live in the students who walk the halls of Howard. I find solace in the fact that the answer to her wish to see more faces like hers in the opera world may be found on our campus...” #HowardForever 🙏🏾

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