From the Omaha World-Herald, a short profile of Professor Meredith Bacon, one of UNO’s most honorable professors and an inspiration to thousands of students:
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.