Yvonne Seon (née Reed, formerly Chappelle; born December 20, 1937)[1] is an American professor, university administrator, and Unitarian Universalist minister.
[2] During that time she served as an administrative officer on the High Commission for the Inga Dam, which was the highest governmental role that could be held by somebody who was not a national of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[2] In the late 1960s, Seon married William David Chappelle III and moved to Yellow Springs, Ohio.
[3] She left this position in 1971 to become the founding director of the Bolinga Black Cultural Resources Center at Wright State University.
[5] After completing her PhD in African American studies, Seon became a professor in the history department of Prince George's Community College.