Thelma Mothershed Wair was inducted into the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Alumni Hall of Fame. She made history as a member of the Little Rock Nine, the African-American students involved in the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School in 1957. She received an MSEd in Counselor Education in 1972, a PMC in Educational Administration in 1978 and an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from SIUE in 2016.
