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Bernice I. Sumlin is a retired president and business executive. She was born in Dayton, Ohio, and graduated from the University of Dayton with a degree in business administration. She began her career in the banking industry, working for the National Bank of Dayton and then the National City Bank of Dayton. She then moved to the Dayton Power & Light Company, where she served as vice president of corporate services. In 1989, Sumlin was appointed president of the Dayton Power & Light Company, becoming the first African-American woman to lead a major utility company in the United States. She held this position until her retirement in 1997. Sumlin has been recognized for her achievements in business and her commitment to the Dayton community. She was inducted into the Dayton Business Hall of Fame in 1998 and was awarded the Dayton Business Journal's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. She is also a member of the Dayton Women's Hall of Fame. Sumlin is currently 92 years old. Her net worth is not publicly available.

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Occupation Educator
Age 92 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 29 November, 1926
Birthday 29 November
Birthplace Dayton, Ohio, USA
Date of death (2018-01-11) Dayton, Ohio, USA
Died Place Dayton, Ohio, USA
Nationality United States

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2018

Sumlin died in 2018, aged 91 years, in a nursing home in Dayton.

1997

In 1997 Sumlin gave a presentation at the Fourth African American Summit in Harare, Zimbabwe. She was also a national vice president of the National Council of Negro Women, and a fundraiser and organizer for the NAACP.

1974

After several regional and national leadership roles, Sumlin was elected the nineteenth international president of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority in 1974, and completed her term in 1978. She used her leadership position to focus the organization on literacy and education causes. In 1975 Sumlin represented the sorority at International Women's Year events in Washington, D.C., and Mexico City. In 1977, she was named one of Dayton's Top Ten Women. She later received the sorority's Woman of the Decade Award.

1961

Sumlin was a teacher, guidance counselor, special education coordinator, and high school principal in the Dayton Public Schools. In 1961, she helped organize the Westwood neighborhood of Dayton against a zoning variance for a storage yard. From 1970 until she retired in 1980, she was principal of an alternative high school for pregnant students. She was active in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and served on the board of directors at Unity Bank.

1948

Berniece Irene Sumlin was born in Dayton, Ohio, the daughter of Wright R. Sumlin and Gussie Bingham Sumlin. She graduated from Dunbar High School, and from Wilberforce College in 1948, and earned a master's degree in education administration at Miami University in 1951. She became a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha in 1946, and continued working with the sorority for the rest of her life.

1926

Bernice Irene Sumlin (November 29, 1926 – January 11, 2018) was an American educator. She became the nineteenth international president of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority in 1974. She was a national vice president of the National Council of Negro Women.