[HBCU Presidents] Dr. David Holmes Swinton: Benedict College
Posted on 20. Apr, 2010 by Leshell Hatley in Economics, HBCU Presidents, Scholarly Celebrations
Dr. David Holmes Swinton is the 13th president of Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina. As president, Dr. Swinton oversees all areas and departments of the 139-year-old Institution with student enrollment that exceeds 2,800.
Early Life
Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Dr. Swinton moved with his family to Timmonsville, South Carolina at an early age where he attended the Brockington School. He moved to New York City at 12 years of age and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn.
Education
In 1968, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from New York University; in 1971, he was awarded a Master of Arts degree in Economics from Harvard University; and in 1975 he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Economics from Harvard University.
Career
Dr. Swinton is recognized for his academic achievements, his intellectual excellence, and his devotion to higher education. Dr. Swinton’s professional experience includes seven-year tenure as Dean of the School of Business at Jackson State University where he led the successful effort to gain AACSB accreditation for the Business School. Prior to his appointment at Jackson State, he was Director of the Southern Center of Studies in Public Policy and Professor of Economics at Clark College in Atlanta, Georgia.
Author
Dr. Swinton is renowned for his scholarly writings; most notably his analysis of the economic status of African Americans, which has been published in the National Urban League’s The State of Black America. His works have also been published in such professional journals as the American Economics Review, The Review of Black Political Economy, Minority Youth Employment, Public Administration Review, Journal of Urban Analysis, and Business and Society. In 2005, Dr. Swinton’s received the Samuel Z. Westerfield Award by the National Economic Association of African American Economist. The award is presented to African-American economists who have an outstanding record in the economics profession, institutional leadership and service to the community. In 2007, Dr. Swinton was inducted into the South Carolina Black Hall of Fame.
In 1998, Dr. Swinton became the first African-American Chairman of the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce Board in the organization’s 92-year history. In 1999, Dr. Swinton helped organize a group of 50 investors to create South Carolina Community Bank, to preserve the only minority-owned bank in South Carolina. Dr. Swinton has served as Economic Advisor to the National Urban League since 1980, and has been a member of Black Enterprise Magazine’s Board of Economists since 1990. His honors and awards include Phi Beta Kappa, Coat of Arms Society, and Honors in Economics from New York University, Ford Foundation Fellow, Graduate Prize Fellowship from Harvard, the Order of the Palmetto, and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters for the University of Bridgeport. Recently, he received the Luther Wesley Smith Award for distinguished service in strengthening college or seminary programs.
For more information, visit http://www.benedict.edu.
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natasha powell
20. Apr, 2010
Dear Professor,
It does my heart well to know that such inspirational educstor exist today. With all of the many issues at hand, our youth, our future, still have people and obtainable opportunities today. With lay offs, cuts back and all the other issues that has a direct affect on one fsmily, again, it gives me and my fsmily hope that we will have a decent life after eing homeless for 8 years.