David Harold Blackwell: 1st African-American in the National Academy of Sciences

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David Harold Blackwell: 1st African-American in the National Academy of Sciences

Posted on 05. Apr, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.

David Harold Blackwell (born April 24, 1919) is Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the University of California, Berkeley, and is one of the eponyms of the Rao–Blackwell theorem. Born in Centralia, Illinois, he was the first African American inducted into the National Academy of Sciences, and the first black tenured faculty member at UC Berkeley.

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Mark Anthony Neal: Professor, Author, and Social Commentator

Posted on 02. Apr, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.

Mark Anthony Neal is Professor of Black Popular Culture in the Department of African and African American Studies at Duke University. He is also a renowned author and speaker and a frequent commentator on various online media outlets, including his own blog.

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Dr. Shawn Blanton: Full Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University

Posted on 22. Mar, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.

Shawn Blanton is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and Director of the Center for Silicon System Implementation.

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[HBCU Presidents] Horace Mann Bond: 1st Black President of Fort Valley State College & Lincoln University

Posted on 02. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.

One of the most respected and influential black educators and intellectuals of the mid-20th century, Horace Mann Bond was at the forefront of black education and civil rights throughout his career – as teacher and key administrator at Fisk University, Dillard University, Fort Valley State College (president, 1939 – 1945), Lincoln University (president, 1945 – 1957), and Atlanta University, where he was dean of the School of Education, 1957 – 1966. Much of Bond’s research emphasized the social, economic, and geographic factors influencing academic achievement. pioneered many projects, including his critiques of intelligence and aptitude testing, his research on black doctorates, and his field work for the Julius Rosenwald Fund.

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Carter G. Woodson: The Father of Black History

Posted on 01. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.

Imagine a world in which people like you have no written history, or that which has been written is incomplete or distorted. Before Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson (1875–1950) began his work, there was very little information, and much of that stereotypical misinformation, about the lives and history of Americans of African descent.

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Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.: Founding Dean and 1st President of Morehouse School of Medicine

Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.

Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., is the founding Dean and first President of Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM). With the exception of his tenure as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from 1989 to 1993, Dr. Sullivan was President of MSM for more than two decades. On July 1, 2002, he left the presidency, but continues to serve on the MSM Board of Trustees, to teach, and to assist in national fund-raising activities on behalf of the school.

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Dr. Arthur J. Bond: Electrical Engineer & Founding Advisor of NSBE

Posted on 21. Dec, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.

Arthur J. Bond (born 1917) was the dean of the School of Engineering and Technology at Alabama A&M University in Alabama, and an activist in the cause of increasing black enrollment and retention in engineering and technology. He was a founding member of the National Society of Black Engineers and part of the team that fought for state funding of engineering at Alabama A&M University.

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Geneva Gay: Education Professor, Researcher, Author

Posted on 18. Dec, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.

Dr. Geneva Gay is a professor of education at the University of Washington-Seattle, where she teaches multicultural education and general curriculum theory. She is nationally and internationally known for her scholarship in multicultural education, particularly as it relates to curriculum design, staff development, classroom instruction and intersections of culture, race, ethnicity, teaching and learning.

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Dr. Cynthia Winston: Professor & Researcher at Howard University

Posted on 16. Dec, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.

Dr. Cynthia Winston is an Associate Professor in the Howard University Department of Psychology and Principal Investigator of the Identity and Success Research Laboratory. She also is the Principal and founder of Winston Synergy L.L. C., a psychology and research consulting firm.

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[HBCU Presidents] Dr. Ivory V. Nelson: Lincoln University

Posted on 15. Dec, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.

Dr. Ivory V. Nelson, who has achieved a national reputation for his distinguished leadership in higher education, became the twelfth president of Lincoln University on August 15, 1999. . A trained chemist, Dr. Nelson is listed among the world’s top scientists.

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Ruth Simmons: 1st Black President of an Ivy League School

Posted on 14. Dec, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.

Ruth J. Simmons was sworn in as the 18th president of Brown University on July 3, 2001. She also holds an appointment as professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Department of Africana Studies. She was president of Smith College from 1995 until the time of her appointment at Brown. She is the first Black President of an Ivy League school.

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[HBCU Presidents] Donald Reaves: Chancellor of Winston-Salem State Univ.

Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.

Dr. Donald Julian Reaves was elected Chancellor at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU), in February 2007, by the Board of Governors of the 16-campus University of North Carolina System, and assumed his duties as Chancellor on August 16, 2007.

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T. Joan Robinson: Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs @ Morgan State

Posted on 30. Nov, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.

Dr. T. Joan Robinson, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Morgan State University received her Ph.D. in Endocrinology/Cell Biology from Howard University after which she completed postdoctoral studies at the prestigious Mayo Clinic and at the Laboratory of Chemistry at NIDDK, NIH. She is a skilled grants-writer, securing approximately $40 million in research grants throughout her career.

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Ronald Mincy: Professor, Researcher, Author of Social Work & Social Policy

Posted on 27. Nov, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.

Dr. Ronald Mincy is the Maurice V. Russell Professor of Social Policy and Social Work Practice at Columbia University. He joined the School of Social Work faculty in 2001 and teaches Introduction to Social Welfare Policy, Program Evaluation, and Advanced Methods in Policy Analysis. He came to the University from the Ford Foundation where he served as a senior program officer and worked on such issues as improving U.S. social welfare policies for low-income fathers, especially child support, and workforce development policies.