Tony Allen, a graduate of William Penn High School, is presently the President of Delaware State University. Allen, a former speechwriter for President Joe Biden, also served as head of the Commander in Chief’s Inaugural Committee. In other positions of leadership, Allen successfully served as the founding president of the Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League and was the co-founder of Public Allies Delaware and a top executive for Bank of America. Allen credits his years at William Penn as preparing him for his stellar career in the public and private sectors.
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WE Discuss: Segregated Schools- a Former Lawmaker’s Perspective
J.J Johnson has lived in the Colonial School district for more than 40 years and spent 14 of those years as a State Representative in the Delaware General Assembly. Johnson took a keen interest in the education of Colonial school children, in part because of his own...
WE Celebrate – David May
David LaFrance May Sr. was born in New Castle, Delaware on December 23, 1943, and was raised in Old New Castle. May excelled in sports at an early age and became a standout athlete while a student at William Penn High School (WPHS). May played baseball, football, and...
WE Celebrate: Jane Mitchell
Jane Mitchell, a resident of Delaware City, was the first African-American to work as a registered nurse in a Delaware hospital. After breaking that color line in 1948 at the Gov. Bacon Health Clinic in Delaware City, Mitchell worked at the Delaware Psychiatric...