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April 14, 2021
Born in Hutchinson, Kansas, Lou Jean Fleron was raised on the Great Plains by working-class parents; her mother was a schoolteacher, her father worked in the oilfields. She attributes her commitment to equality to her upbringing – a commitment she’s used for 44 years to make Western New York a better place for working people.
“I’m a Midwestern pragmatist,” says Fleron, who has led the ILR School’s programs in Buffalo, New York, since 1976. “I believe you have to listen to everybody, and you have to work with people where they are, and you have to try to understand diverse interests and come to a common good. That is something that I think ILR, as an institution, is uniquely positioned to do.”
December 22, 2020
Cathy Creighton ’87, who has served multiple roles with the ILR School’s Buffalo Co-Lab for more than a decade, will become its director on Jan. 1, 2021. She succeeds Lou Jean Fleron. Provided
Attorney Cathy Creighton ’87 will take over as director of the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab on Jan. 1, 2021.
For eight years, Creighton taught classes to workers interested in becoming union representatives through the ILR Extension’s Labor Studies Program. A graduate of the ILR School, she has also been involved with ILR’s High Road Fellowship program since its inception in 2009, serving on the program’s advisory board.
“Having Cathy take over the program is like passing the baton to a teammate in a relay race – you feel exhilarated, relieved and actively optimistic,” said Fleron, who has directed ILR programs in Buffalo since 1976. “Her preparation to run the next leg of the race for ILR in Buffalo assures wins in reaching the ultimate team prize –