(photo from www.oprah.com)
Oprah Winfrey
Chicago, Illinois

  • Tennessee State University, 1986

  • Television talk-show hostess, actress, producer

  • Nominated for Academy Award for her performance
    in The Color Purple

  • The youngest recipient of the International Radio &
    Television Society's "Broadcaster of the Year" Award, 1988
  • Owner - Harpo Productions

    "It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always."
    (Quote from interview at http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/win0bio-1)
    (*submitted by Shelia Pearman, Washburn University)