Occupation-Educator-University President
Joyce Ladner (1943- )
Dr. Joyce A. Ladner, activist, sociologist, educator, mentor, and author, worked fervently for equality and justice. Ladner was born Joyce...
Gilda Barabino (1956- )
Gilda Barabino, a biomedical engineer and world-renowned sickle cell researcher, is the first African American and woman president of Olin...
Mokgweetsi Masisi (1962- )
Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi has been serving as the president of the Republic of Botswana since 2018. Masisi was born...
Wayne A.I. Frederick (1971- )
Surgical oncologist and university president Wayne A.I. Frederick was born Wayne Alix Ian Frederick June 17, 1971, in Port of...
Prezell Russell Robinson (1920- )
Prezell Russell Robinson, longtime President of St. Augustine’s College (later University) was born in Batesburg, South Carolina, on August 22,...
John Warren Davis (1888-1980)
John Warren Davis was the fifth and the longest president of West Virginia State University from 1919 to 1953. He...
H. Patrick Swygert (1943- )
H. Patrick Swygert served as 15th president of Howard University for 13 years (1995-2008). He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,...
Norman C. Francis (1931- )
Norman C. Francis is the longest-seated university president in the United States. Born March 20, 1931, in Lafayette, Louisiana, Francis...
Darryll John Pines (1964- )
On July 1, 2020, Darryll John Pines assumed the Presidency of the University of Maryland (UDM) at College Park, the...
