by Courier Newsroom
The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned that The Hon.Cynthia A. Baldwin was elected Vice Chair of the Fulbright Association in Washington, D.C. for 2020. She served as secretary of the Fulbright Association Board from 2017 to 2019. Established on Feb. 27, 1977, the Fulbright Association is the official U.S. alumni organization of the Fulbright Program, representing 140,000 U.S. alumni, 70 years of Fulbrighters since the program’s inception, and friends of international education. Through the 54 local chapters, the Fulbright Association hosts more than 230 regional and national programs each year for visiting Fulbrighters and alumni throughout the United States. The mission of the Fulbright Association is to advocate for the Fulbright Program and promote international education. The vision is a world where international exchange is widely recognized as a force for peace. Fulbright alumni have occupied key roles in government, academia, and industry. Of the 325,000 plus alumni, 86 have received the Pulitzer Prize,75 have been MacArthur Fellows, 60 have received a Nobel Prize, 37 have served as head of state or government, 10 have been elected to U.S. Congress, and 1 has served as secretary general of the United Nations.
The Hon. Cynthia A. Baldwin was the first African American woman elected to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas and only the third African American and the second African-American woman to serve on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. She retired from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2008. After her retirement from the Court, she became a partner with Duane Morris and also served as the first General Counsel for the Pennsylvania State University. She was a Fulbright Scholarship Lecturer on the Law Faculty of the University of Zimbabwe. She has chaired the boards of the Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities (AGB) and the Pennsylvania State University as well as serving on the board of Duquesne University. A Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania, she recently retired from the corporate board of Koppers, Inc. She also serves on the Advisory Board of the Pennsylvania Center for Women and Politics at Chatham University. Among her many awards are the ATHENA Award, the Heinz History Center History Maker Award and the HistoryMakers Award.
Justice Baldwin has also been featured in the following Marquis’ publications: Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, Who’s Who in American Politics, Who’s Who in the East, Who’s Who of American Women, and Who’s Who in Emerging Leaders in America and is currently featured on Marquis Who’s Who Lifetime Achievers website. She is also the recipient of several honorary doctorates from prestigious universities.
(ABOVE FEATURE PHOTO: CYNTHIA BALDWIN)
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