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William C. Jason (October 21, 1859 – July 8, 1943) was an American college president and minister. He is the longest serving president (1895 to 1923) in the history of Delaware State University, [1] a historically black institution of higher education. In assuming the leadership of the fledging college in only the fourth year of its operation ...
In July 2017, Allen became the provost and executive vice president of the Delaware State University. [4] He became president in 2020. [4] In 2021, he was appointed by U.S. president Joe Biden as the chair to the president's board of advisors on historically black colleges and universities. [4]
The Delaware College for Colored Students was established on May 15, 1891, by the Delaware General Assembly. [6] The name was changed to the State College for Colored Students by state legislative action in 1893 to eliminate confusion with Delaware College, which was attended by whites in Newark, Delaware. [7] It first awarded degrees in 1898.
Oakland University – Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, President; Oberlin College – Carmen Twillie Ambar, President; Occidental College – Jonathan Veitch, President; Oglethorpe University – Lawrence Schall, President; Ohio State University – Michael V. Drake, President Ohio State University, Marion Campus – Gregory Rose, Dean/Director
Memorial statue of Dr. Jerome Holland, president of Delaware State College from 1953 to 1960 In early 1953, Holland met newly elected Delaware Gov. J. Caleb Boggs . After a couple of meetings between the two, Gov. Boggs convinced the Board of Trustees of Delaware State College to fill the school's leadership vacancy by appointing Holland to be ...
He also served as the inaugural president of the Board of Trustees of then-Delaware College for Colored Students outside of Dover (legislatively renamed in 1893 as the State College for Colored, and which is currently Delaware State University). He would serve board president from the College's beginning in 1891 until about 1909.
Wilma Ann Mishoe (born September 5, 1949) is an American academic administrator who served as the eleventh president of Delaware State University from 2018 to 2019. She was the interim president of Wilberforce University in 2014.
In early 2021, the college faculty voted "no confidence" against Wesley's last president, Robert E. Clark II, but Wesley College's board of trustees subsequently dismissed the resolution and supported him. [9] [10] On June 30, 2021, Delaware State University (DSU) began the formal process of purchasing Wesley College. [11]