frank mickens, who turned boys and girls high school around, is mourned


	frank mickens, who turned boys and girls high school around, is mourned

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7-11-2009 1:15 PM

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Frank Mickens, Who Turned Boys and Girls High School Around, Is Mourned
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</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/11/nyregion/11principal.html#"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nytimes.com/img/1DD3F25A-67E9-454E-A0C7-B77E4E107E86" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/11/nyregion/11principal.html#"><P>It was a defining moment in Ruth Lovelace’s life: the unexpected announcement over the public address system at the Brooklyn high school where she taught, saying that she had been chosen coach of the boys’ varsity basketball team — the first  female coach of a boys’ team in the Public Schools Athletic League.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/11/nyregion/11principal.html#"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nytimes.com/img/3EB28E1E-ACA2-4518-BD6D-6A3F4C4B4303" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/11/nyregion/11principal.html#"><P class="caption">
Frank Mickens with students at Boys and Girls High School in 1993. 
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