North Carolina Central University is a public historically black university in Durham,North Carolina. Founded by James E. Shepard in affiliation with the Chautauqua movement in 1909,it was supported by private funds from both Northern and Southern philanthropists. It was made part of the state system in 1923,when it first received state funding and was renamed as Durham State Normal School. It added graduate classes in arts and sciences and professional schools in law and library science in the late 1930s and 1940s.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU),commonly known as Florida A&M,is a public historically black land-grant university in Tallahassee,Florida. Founded in 1887,It is the third largest historically black university in the United States by enrollment and the only public historically black university in Florida. It is a member institution of the State University System of Florida,as well as one of the state's land grant universities,and is accredited to award baccalaureate,master's and doctoral degrees by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
William Brantley Aycock was an American educator who served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1957 until 1964 and was the retired Kenan Professor of Law at the UNC School of Law. He was born in Lucama,North Carolina in 1915.
Jamshed Bharucha is an Indian-American cognitive neuroscientist who has served in leadership roles in higher education. He is the founding vice chancellor of Sai University,Chennai,and is a member of the board of advisors of India's International Movement to Unite Nations (I.I.M.U.N.).
Mark Stephen Wrighton is an American academic and chemist who is President Emeritus of George Washington University and has been serving as Chancellor Emeritus of Washington University in St. Louis since May 2019 after serving as the 14th Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis from 1995 to 2019. He was also appointed by Washington University in St. Louis as the inaugural holder of the James and Mary Wertsch Distinguished University Professorship in August 2020. From January 2022 to June 2023,Wrighton took a sabbatical leave from WUSTL to serve as the interim president of The George Washington University while GWU conducted a presidential search for a replacement for president Thomas LeBlanc.
Charles Edward Young,nicknamed Chuck Young,was an American university administrator and professor. A native of California,Young led the University of California,Los Angeles (UCLA) for 29 years as chancellor and the University of Florida for more than four years as president.
The marching band at Florida A&M University is commonly and widely known as the "Marching 100" or simply "The 100." Since its inception,the band has been credited with 30 innovative techniques that have become standard operating procedures for many high school and collegiate marching band programs.
Richard H. Herman is a mathematician,currently Professor Emeritus of Mathematics,who had served as the Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2005-2009. He previously served there as Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs since 1998. As provost he garnered support for,and administered,a “faculty excellence”program designed to bring established faculty to the institution. Throughout his administrative tenure,sponsored research at the university increased by more than 50%.
E. Travis York,Jr. was an American agronomist,professor,university administrator,agricultural extension administrator,and U.S. presidential adviser. York was a native of Alabama,and earned his bachelor's,master's and doctorate degrees in agricultural sciences. He served as the director of the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service,the administrator of the federal Extension Service,the interim president of the University of Florida,and the chancellor of the State University System of Florida.
Fred Jerome Gainous is an American academic administrator. He was the 9th president of Florida A&M University,serving from 2002 until 2004. He also served as chancellor of Alabama's community college system from 1988 until 2002.
Elsa Alina Murano has been the Director of the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture &Development at Texas A&M University's Agriculture &Life Sciences program since 2012. She was the 23rd President of Texas A&M University from January 3,2008,until her effective resignation on June 15,2009.
Domenico Grasso is an American engineer,professor and the sixth chancellor of the University of Michigan–Dearborn. He has previously served as provost of the University of Delaware,vice president for research and dean of two different colleges at the University of Vermont. Grasso is Smith College's Picker Engineering Program's founding director.
Frederick Stephen Humphries Sr. was an American academic administrator and chemistry professor who served as President of Tennessee State University,and President of Florida A&M University. He was also President and CEO of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education from 2001 to 2003. Florida A&M University conferred the President Emeritus title upon him on December 11,2009. He was Regent Professor at the Florida A&M University College of Law from 2003 until his retirement in 2014.
Jimmy G. Cheek is Chancellor Emeritus and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Higher Education in Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at The University of Tennessee,Knoxville (UTK) and Former Director of the Postsecondary Education Research Center. He is also Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida. As the state's flagship research campus,UT Knoxville is currently ranked as a Top 50 public institution.
Larry Robinson is an American professor and academic administrator,who is the current President of Florida A&M University,a historically black university.
John Michael Palms is an American military officer,nuclear physicist and college professor who also served as president of the University of South Carolina and Georgia State University.
Margaret Katherine "Kathy" Banks is an American academic,engineer,and was the 26th president of Texas A&M University from 2021 to 2023,only the second woman to hold that position out of 41 total presidents at the time,including her interim successor.
Joan T. A. Gabel is an American academic administrator,currently serving as the chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh. She previously served as president of the University of Minnesota.
Elizabeth G. Loboa is an American biomedical engineer,inventor,researcher and academic administrator currently serving at Southern Methodist University (SMU) as provost and vice president for academic affairs.
Michael Amiridis is a Greek-American academic who serves as the 30th president of the University of South Carolina. Prior to this position,he served as chancellor of the University of Illinois Chicago from 2015 to 2022.
