Oscar Academy's newly elected president creates history

Cheryl Boone Isaacs has been appointed the first black president of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. A marketing executive, she is only the third woman to hold the post since the Academy was born.

Cheryl Boone Isaacs has been appointed the first black president of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.

A marketing executive, she is only the third woman to hold the post since the Academy was born 86 years ago.

Boone Isaacs succeeds Hawk Koch, who had to leave after a year, because the Academy rules do not permit any president to serve more than nine consecutive years.

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Boone Isaacs now heads the CBI Enterprises and has been a consultant for films such as The King’s Speech, The Artist and Spider-Man 2.