Leslie “Leah” Adkins ’09

Leslie “Leah” Adkins ’09 passed away on May 5, 2015, in Los Angeles. From Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Leah came to Dartmouth from Detroit Country Day School. She majored in government and French studies, was hired as a French proctor and spent a semester in France. Leah was dedicated to Alpha Kappa Alpha. She was a senior writer for The Dartmouth and contributor to The Stonefence Review, member of Hill Winds Society, involved with Mentors Against Violence, representative to Student Assembly, theater department actress, advisor with the College’s student health service and member of the Gospel Choir. Leah loved writing and was accepted to the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2009. After receiving her master of science in broadcast journalism, she worked for Dateline, NBC’s signature newsmagazine. Later she completed her M.B.A. coursework at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, where she received a full scholarship as a consortium fellow for graduate study in management and was a Forte fellow. Leah made the dean’s list and received posthumously an M.B.A. and a certificate in the business of entertainment. Leah is survived by her parents, Lynette and Kedrick, sister Lauren ’04, aunts, uncles and extended family, cats Chance and Moxie and many caring friends. Memorial contributions may be made in her name to the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management or the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, New York City chapter.