Kelly: Trailblazing transgender professor at UNO retiring after 38 years of inspiring students

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20140515/NEWS/140519174/1685#kelly-trailblazing-transgender-professor-at-uno-retiring-after-38-years-of-inspiring-students

By Michael Kelly

PUBLISHED THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2014 AT 1:00 AM / UPDATED AT 3:32 AM

The Faculty Senate president at the University of Nebraska at Omaha completed a third one-year term Wednesday, but not consecutively — and now under a different name from the first two terms.

“Two as Wally,” the out­going president said, “and one as Meredith.”

Meredith Bacon, formerly known as Walter M. Bacon Jr., is believed to be the first transgender person in America elected as a college or university faculty leader.

She not only is stepping away from the leadership position but also is retiring after 38 years as a UNO political science professor.

FULL story at link.

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1. Excellent! We're a changing society and we do need so much change. Everyone in life is

not a carbon copy.