The Spellman Top Academic Achievement Awards recognize the highest-ranking male and female of African, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latino and Native American heritage in the freshmen, sophomore, junior and senior classes. The honors are given in memory of Seth Spellman, Jr., who was dean of the University's School of Social Welfare, serving until 1980. He was also a professor and past chair of the Department of Africana Studies, which he helped establish in 1969.
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