Rosa “Rosie” Gumataotao Rios (1965 - ) Location: Junior Common Room, 1st Floor, Winthrop House Unveiling Date: April 2015 Rosa “Rosie” Gumataotao Rios, Harvard College class of 1987, became the 43rd Treasurer of the United States after a distinguished career in economic development in both the private and public sectors. Ms. Rios is the third Hispanic woman to occupy the position of US Treasurer. As an undergraduate at Harvard, Ms. Rios was the director of Harvard’s Mexican-American dance performance group, Ballet Folklórico, an associate of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, and organized the first Cultural Rhythms Festival in 1986 with other students. In February 2015, Ms. Rios returned to Harvard as honorary host of the 30th Cultural Rhythms Festival. The portrait of Ms. Rios is the first portrait of a Latina at Harvard.
Richard Theodore Greener (1844 – 1922) Location: Annenberg Hall Unveiling Date: April 2016 Richard Theodore Greener was the first African American student to receive an AB degree from Harvard College in 1870, having won the Bowdoin Prize for elocution in both 1868 and 1870. After Harvard, Greener eventually became the first black faculty member at University of South Carolina, where he developed the Classics Department and earned a degree in law. In 1878, he was appointed Dean of the Howard University School of Law. Devoting later life to public service, Greener also served in the Foreign Service as United States Commercial Agent in Vladivostok, Russia. Scholarships are awarded in his name at Phillips Academy and the University of South Carolina.