Elementary school principal and prolific author Dorothy Winbush Riley (MI ’94) died February 21, 2012. As an educator, Riley was the principal coach for the Detroit Public Schools (DPS)/Marygrove College Collaborative, a Title I project that delivers professional services to 23 identified Detroit Public Schools sites. In her spare time, she published more than six books, including The Complete Kwanzaa, a 400-page reference guide about the holiday.
