Queens University of Charlotte Athletics

Kent Anderson Leslie is the sixth inductee for the Royals Lifetime Achievement Award which is given to someone who attended Queens for at least two years and has made significant contribution during that time and beyond. Leslie, a 1964 graduate of Queens, served on the Queens Board of Trustees and has lectured and participated in the Alumni Art Exhibits at the University. Additionally, she and her father set up a Presidential Scholarship to honor her mother, Jennie Tate Anderson.
 
Leslie is the author of a 1995 doctoral thesis, Woman of Color, Daughter of Privilege in which she based much of her research on the real-life trial that determined whether Amanda America Dickson was her father's rightful heir. A TV movie by the name of A House Divided was derived from her thesis.
 
Leslie grew up in Marietta, Georgia playing basketball and tennis in grade school. She was the Georgia State Doubles Champion in 1959 and 1960 along with Dinah Tumlin later earning the Sportswoman of the Year Award for her high school tennis team. At Queens, she played tennis, swam with the Dolphin Club, was president of the Athletic Association, and received the Sportsperson Award in her senior year along with Dr. Louise Getting.
 
Following graduation, Leslie played Alta A1 tennis in Atlanta and continued to swim. She started teaching at Marietta High School while her husband, Robert, served in Vietnam. She went on to teach at Agnes Scott College, Emory University, Georgia State University, and Oglethorpe University. Her husband also taught math at Agnes Scott for 35 years. They have two daughters, Jennie and Kate.