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American educator (1928–2024)

Maxine Buie Mimms (March 4, 1928 – October 8, 2024) was an American educator and founder of the Tacoma Campus of Evergreen State College in Tacoma, Washington.

Mimms was a friend of Maya Angelou and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and served on the advisory board for the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa.

Early life and education

Mimms was born in Newport News, Virginia, on March 4, 1928, to parents Isabella DeBerry Buie and Benson Ebenezer Buie.^[1] She attended Booker T.

Washington School and graduated from Huntington High School with highest honors in 1946.

Dr maxine mimms biography of williams

She earned her B.A. from Virginia Union University in 1950.^[2]

Career

Early career

In the early 1950s, Mimms relocated to Detroit, Michigan, where she served as a social worker.

She would later earn a Ph.D. in educational administration from Union Graduate School in San Francisco.^[3] When her husband was appoi