2023 Trailblazers Portrait Unveiling
Six pioneering members of the Vanderbilt community who played significant roles in the university's history were honored at a portrait unveiling and reception as part of festivities kicking off Vanderbilt's yearlong Sesquicentennial celebration on March 25, 2023.
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2019 Trailblazers Portrait Unveiling
Portraits honoring Kate Lupton, David Williams II, K.C. Potter, Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips, and Muhammad Yunus were unveiled on October 18, 2019.
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2018 Trailblazers Portrait Unveiling
The first four Trailblazers portraits were unveiled in October 2018 honoring Vanderbilt alumni Perry Wallace, the Rev. Walter R. Murray Jr., the Rev. James Lawson, and Bishop Joseph Johnson.
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