Former Harris-Stowe president remembered as 'icon, trailblazer and change agent'

"Dr. Givens was one that never met a stranger," said LaTonia Collins Smith, the interim president at Harris-Stowe State University. Henry Givens was also a proud St. Louis native. Harris-Stowe's highly respected president emeritus passed away early Tuesday morning. He was 90 years old. He attended St. Louis Public Schools and later earned degrees from Lincoln University in Missouri, St. Louis University, University of Illinois and Harvard University. Givens began his career as a teacher in the…