When Jacquenese Amanda Price attended the UA in 1970, there were no black members of the Pom Squad.
Price was the first.
"I was somewhat of a trail-blazer," she said.
Thirty-three years later, she's finally leaving the UA.
More than 100 people filled the Student Union Memorial Center's Grand Ballroom yesterday at a celebration in honor of Price, who retired this year from the human resources department.
"She's missed," said Cathy Nicholson, director of institutional resources and information technology for human resources. "Jacque is unlike anyone I've met. She's a rare person treasured by her coworkers for her civility, warmth and graciousness."
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