The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge,Massachusetts. Established in 1861,MIT has since played a key role in the development of modern technology and science,ranking it among the top academic institutions in the world.
The George Washington University is a private federally chartered research university in Washington,D.C. Chartered in 1821 by the United States Congress,GWU is the largest institution of higher education in the District of Columbia.
Harvard Kennedy School (HKS),officially the John F. Kennedy School of Government,is the school of public policy and government of Harvard University in Cambridge,Massachusetts,United States. The school offers master's degrees in public policy,public administration,and international development,four doctoral degrees,and many executive education programs. It conducts research in subjects relating to politics,government,international affairs,and economics. As of 2021,HKS had an endowment of $1.7 billion. The School is a member of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA),a global consortium of schools that seeks to train leaders in international affairs.
Morehouse College is a private historically black men's liberal arts college in Atlanta,Georgia. Anchored by its main campus of 61 acres (25 ha) near downtown Atlanta,the college has a variety of residential dorms and academic buildings east of Ashview Heights. Along with Spelman College,Clark Atlanta University,and the Morehouse School of Medicine,the college is a member of the Atlanta University Center consortium. Founded by William Jefferson White in 1867 in response to the liberation of enslaved African-Americans following the American Civil War,Morehouse adopted a seminary university model and stressed religious instruction in the Baptist tradition. Throughout the late 1800s and early 1900s,the college experienced rapid albeit financially unstable institutional growth by establishing a liberal arts curriculum. The three-decade tenure of Benjamin Mays during the mid-20th century led to strengthened finances,an enrollment boom,and increased academic competitiveness. The college has played a key role in the development of the civil rights movement and racial equality in the United States.
Louis Wade Sullivan is an active health policy leader,minority health advocate,author,physician,and educator. He served as the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during President George H. W. Bush's Administration and was Founding Dean of the Morehouse School of Medicine.
Clark Atlanta University is a private,Methodist,historically black research university in Atlanta,Georgia. Clark Atlanta is the first Historically Black College or University (HBCU) in the Southern United States. Founded on September 19,1865,as Atlanta University,it consolidated with Clark College to form Clark Atlanta University in 1988. It is classified among "R2:Doctoral Universities –High research activity".
Mordecai Wyatt Johnson was an American educator and pastor. He served as the first African-American president of Howard University,from 1926 until 1960. Johnson has been considered one of the three leading African-American preachers of the early 20th-century,along with Vernon Johns and Howard Thurman.
David Satcher,is an American physician,and public health administrator. He was a four-star admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as the 10th Assistant Secretary for Health,and the 16th Surgeon General of the United States.
Lawrence Seldon Bacow is an American lawyer,economist,author and university administrator,and the current and 29th president of Harvard University. He took office on July 1,2018,succeeding Drew Gilpin Faust. Before assuming the presidency,Bacow was the Hauser leader-in-residence at the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He was previously at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and has been a member of the President and Fellows of Harvard College,one of the university's governing boards,since 2011.
Nathan Dwight Baxter is the 10th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania and the 1,010 in succession in the Episcopal Church. He was elected as bishop coadjutor on July 22,2006,and consecrated on October 22,2006. Baxter's friend Archbishop Desmond Tutu preached the sermon.
The Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) is a consortium of five predominantly African-American denominational Christian seminaries in Atlanta,Georgia,operating together as a professional graduate school of theology. It is the largest free-standing African-American theological school in the United States.
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg was the 15th President of the George Washington University,serving from 1988 to 2007. On August 1,2007,he retired from the presidency and became GW's President Emeritus and University Professor of Public Service at the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration.
Mark Stephen Wrighton is an American academic and chemist,and the current President of the George Washington University. In September 2021,Wrighton was named the Interim President of The George Washington University for an 18-month term and succeeded Thomas LeBlanc in January 2022. During his time at GWU,he will concurrently be on sabbatical from Washington University in St. Louis where he is the James and Mary Wertsch Distinguished University Professor and Chancellor Emeritus. Wrighton served as the 14th Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis from 1995 to 2019.
John Henry Morgan is the Karl Mannheim Professor of the History and Philosophy of Social Sciences at the Graduate Theological Foundation,where he also served as president until 2013. A prolific author,his academic work has explored the intersection of theology,philosophy,psychology and culture.
Robert Michael Franklin Jr. is an American author,theologian,ordained minister,and academic administrator who served as the tenth president of Morehouse College from 2007 to 2012. Franklin is a visiting scholar in residence at Stanford University's Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute. In January 2014,he became director of the religion program at the Chautauqua Institution.
Samuel DeWitt Proctor was an African-American minister,educator,and humanitarian. He was active in the Civil Rights Movement and is perhaps best known as a mentor and friend of Martin Luther King Jr.
Carol Yvonne Espy-Wilson is an electrical engineer and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland (UMD) at College Park. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1987.
The Graduate School of Political Management (GSPM) at the George Washington University is a school of political management and applied politics,strategic communications and civic engagement. Its graduates hold a variety of professional titles including campaign managers,pollsters,speechwriters,communications professionals,legislative aides and directors,candidates,lobbyists,and new media experts.
David Anthony Thomas is an American psychologist,expert on organizational behavior,and academic administrator who currently serves as the 12th president of Morehouse College,a historically Black men's college in Atlanta. From 2017 to 2018,he was the H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Before that,Thomas served at the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business as its Dean from 2011 to 2016 and as the William R. Berkley Chair and Professor of Management from 2016 to 2017.
John C. Knapp is an American academic administrator serving as the 13th president of Washington &Jefferson College in Washington,Pennsylvania. Previously,he served as 12th president of Hope College,a private Christian liberal arts college located in Holland,Michigan.
