
Grinnell College names new off-campus dorm after pioneering 108-year-old alum
It took Grinnell College 91 years to graduate its first Black female student.
Eighty-five years later, and with growing recognition of her as a figure in the history of the college, she's still around to tell her story.
Edith Renfrow Smith, age 108, was honored Monday as college leaders announced she would be the namesake for the new Civic Engagement Quad at the prestigious Iowa liberal arts school, founded in 1846.
Smith remains healthy and engaged, though she's among the oldest Americans. S