Occupation – Education – University Administration
David Dacko (1930-2003)
David Dacko was the first President of the Central African Republic. Dacko was born on March 24, 1930, at Bouchia,...
Mamphela Ramphele (1947- )
Mamphela Ramphele is a South African political leader and physician known for her anti-apartheid activism. Ramphele was born on December...
Julius Franklin Nimmons Jr. (1939- )
The academic historian and university administrator Julius Franklin Nimmons Jr. was born on September 11, 1939, in Danville, Virginia, to...
Gary Stephen May (1964- )
Gary Stephen May is the second African American chancellor of a campus of the University of California after Michael Drake...
William Robert Harvey (1941- )
William Robert Harvey is an educator, businessman, academic administrator, and the longest-serving tenured HBCU president in history, as the 12th...
Benjamin Nnamdi “Zik” Azikiwe (1904-1996)
Nnamdi Azikiwe was the first President of Nigeria and was instrumental in founding a string of newspapers across Nigeria. Azikiwe...
Warren Buck (1946- )
Warren Buck was Chancellor (now Emeritus and professor) of the University of Washington, Bothell (UWB), in Snohomish County, from June...
Richard Ishmael McKinney (1906-2005)
African American philosopher and minister Richard Ishmael McKinney was born on August 8, 1906, in Live Oak, Florida. He began...
