Editing Dickinson College (section)

===20th century===
In 1901, John Robert Paul Brock became the first black man to graduate from Dickinson; in 1919, Esther Popel Shaw was the first black woman to graduate.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thedickinsonian.com/life-style/2019/02/14/red-devil-of-the-week-elaine-vivian-watson-class-of-1984/ |work=[[The Dickinsonian]] |date=February 14, 2019 |title=Red Devil of the Week: Elaine Vivian Watson Class of 1984 |access-date=September 1, 2019 }}</ref>

Dickinson also admitted Native American students directly: Thomas P. Marshall, a [[Sioux]] from [[Pine Ridge Indian Reservation|Pine Ridge agency]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thomas Marshall Student Information Card |url=https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/student_files/thomas-marshall-student-information-card |access-date=2024-10-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Zitkala Sa (aka Gertrude Simmons) at Carlisle. |url=https://carlisleindianschool.org/zitkalasa.html |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=Carlisle Indian School}}</ref> [[South Dakota|S. Dakota]], was one of the first such students at Dickinson (his grave can be found in the [[Carlisle Indian Industrial School]] /CIIS/ cemetery).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gone, but not Forgotten: The Children of the Carlisle Indian School Cemetery |url=https://thedickinsonian.com/news/2024/05/01/gone-but-not-forgotten-the-children-of-the-carlisle-indian-school-cemetery/ |last=Rush |first=Isabel |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=The Dickinsonian - the student news site of Dickinson College |author-link= |last2= |first2= |editor-last=Ferrante |editor-first=Disma}}</ref> In 1910, [[Frank Mount Pleasant]] was the first Native American to graduate from Dickinson College.

In the 1990s, the college experienced financial troubles stemming from poor management and acceptance rates climbed upwards. [[Henry Clarke (American businessman)|Henry Clarke]], an alumnus who developed the [[Klondike bar]] into a national brand for an ice cream bar, founded the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues at Dickinson College, and in 1994 established the [[Clarke Center]].<ref name=gdv>{{cite news|first=Christine|last=Hall|title=Henry Clarke, 79, Made Klondike Bar Famous, Former Greenwich Resident |url=http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/obituaries/henry-clarke-79-made-klondike-bar-famous-former-greenwich-resident |work=[[Greenwich Daily Voice]] |date=2013-04-08 |access-date=2013-04-30}}</ref> [[William Durden]], who became the 27th President in 1999, was credited with improving financial climate and revamping the school academics.<ref name="Kirp 2003">{{cite book |last1=Kirp |first1=David L. |author1-link=David L. Kirp |title=Shakespeare, Einstein, and the Bottom Line: The Marketing of Higher Education |date=2003 |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |isbn=978-0-674-01146-5 |pages=52–65 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LUHDJkOaD_kC&pg=PA52 |access-date=14 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114180659/https://books.google.com/books?id=LUHDJkOaD_kC&pg=PA52 |archive-date=January 14, 2023 |language=en |chapter=3. Benjamin Rush’s “Brat”: Dickinson College |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>