University of Missouri-St. Louis in Normandy in St. Louis County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Marguerite Ross Barnette
Chancellor of the University of Missouri-St. Louis
| | 1986 - 1990 | |
"Public, urban universities have the mandate to provide educational opportunity and access to diverse populations." - Marguerite Ross Barnett
Chancellor Marguerite Ross Barnett helped transform the University of Missouri-St. Louis from an emerging campus to a nationally recognized metropolitan research university. She attracted record support for scholarships and new facilities including a research building and an addition to the campus library that now houses the historic St. Louis Mercantile Library.
Barnett also preached the power of diversity and set UMSL on a course to reflect the community it serves. A centerpiece of her efforts was the award-winning Partners for Progress Initiative academic programs designed to enhance mathematics and science literacy among elementary and secondary school students to better ensure their matriculation to college.
Barnett was also the first African American and first female to serve as Chancellor of the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Erected by University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education • Science & Medicine • Women.
Location.
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Regionally, this marker was in Greater St. Louis. It was also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it was in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it found itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: St. Vincent Greenway Trail - 3.5 Miles (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); UMSL Commons (approx. 0.2 miles away); St. Vincent Greenway - University of Missouri - St. Louis (approx. 0.3 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); Combat Wounded Veterans (approx. 1.2 miles away); Lloyd Lionel Gaines (approx. 1.4 miles away); Legendary "Cool Papa" Bell (approx. 1.9 miles away); Harriet Robinson Scott (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Normandy.
Photographed by Garrett Koch, August 31, 2025
5. Marguerite Ross Barnette Marker MISSING!
Due to this major reconstruction project in the area where the marker was, it is not on display nor is there any indication to where the marker might have been moved.
Credits. This page was last revised on September 3, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 27, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 242 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 27, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 5. submitted on September 1, 2025, by Garrett Koch of Saint Louis, Missouri.
