Zelma George contributed much of her time and energy to both the arts and philanthropy in her adopted hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. The later opera singer, diplomat, and philanthropist was born December 8, 1903 in Hearne, Texas. George moved to Topeka, Kan. with her family, completing her high school studies there. She graduated from the University of Chicago with a degree in sociology in 1924. She then studied at Northwestern University and the American Conservatory of Music, obtaining a Rockefeller Grant in 1942 to study African-American music. George went about a long process of fortifying her education by obtaining her master’s in personnel administration from New York University and a Ph.D in sociology. (READ MORE)(SOURCE: BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM)
