Council of Negro Women with funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The Institute was conceived to foster a cadre of young leaders to assist traditional African-American women's organizations to meet the challenges of the 21st century. For a variety of reasons, the Institute was not able to sustain funding once its initial three-year grant was exhausted. On October 17, 2002, Noble died at New York University Medical Center of congestive heart failure. References External links Jeanne L. Noble papers at the Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College Special Collections Alfred Eisenstaedt photo of Howard students G.T. Wood and Jeanne Noble in Life magazine, 1946 1926 births 2002 deaths 20th-century American educators American education writers Columbia University alumni Howard University alumni New York University faculty People from Albany, Georgia Langston University faculty Delta Sigma Theta members Brooklyn College faculty 20th-century African-American educators 21st-century African-American people Delta Sigma Theta presidents