The Gephardt Institute recently celebrated this year's Gerry and Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award honorees. The award recognizes WashU community members whose efforts reflect their, and the university's, commitment to St. Louis.
Washington University students and faculty have lifted the veil from its co-founder William Greenleaf Eliot, who for years was known as an abolitionist. Although he held anti-slavery views, he vehemently opposed abolitionism and did not see a future for freed Black people in America.