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Southern University students, faculty, administrators and alumni joined elected officials and Louisianians from all walks of life last week in pausing to remember Dr. Dolores Spikes, the first woman to lead a public institution of higher learning in Louisiana and the first woman in the U. Spikes died June 1 at the age of The Louisiana House paused for a moment of silence at the State Capitol to remember the dedicated education leader and pioneering administrator for whom the Dolores Margaret Richard Spikes Honors College on the Southern University-Baton Rouge campus is named.

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She will be missed, but her legacy will live on. Southern University has truly lost a giant. Victor Ukpolo said. Spikes truly will be missed. Cedric Richmond, D-La. She blazed a trail and built a legacy that will live on for generations to come. My heartfelt sympathies and prayers are with her family and loved ones. She credited her parents as the single-greatest influence on her life.

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Her mother, who had a tenth-grade education, had a similar attitude. The relationship blossomed and continued to grow after she left Baton Rouge to pursue her graduate studies. Spikes went on to earn a M. The couple had one daughter, Rhonda, who later became a fellow Southern University alum.