| 词条 | Walter Kimbrough |
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Walter Kimbrough (born c.1967) is an American academic administrator. He is the President of Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana, serving since 2012. Before that, he was President of Philander Smith College from 2004 through 2012. BiographyKimbrough was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the son of Rev. Walter Kimbrough Sr. and Marjorie Kimbrough.[1] He attended local public schools and graduated as salutatorian from Benjamin Elijah Mays High School in 1985.[2] He graduated from the University of Georgia, where he became a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the African-American fraternity. He earned a master's at Miami University in Ohio, and holds a PhD in higher education from Georgia State University.[2] He is known for his work on historically black colleges and universities and on the college experience of African-American men.[2] Kimbrough describes membership in Alpha Phi Alpha as a key to helping him "survive" his years as a black student at the University of Georgia, which has a white-majority student body. He has written about the role of black fraternities and sororities, and became a specialist in student affairs.[2] The Chronicle of Higher Education describes Kimbrough's book Black Greek 101: The Culture, Customs and Challenges of Black Fraternities and Sororities, as "the go-to book on the culture of black fraternities and sororities."[2] He has worked in student affairs at Emory University, Georgia State University, Old Dominion University, and was appointed at the age of 32 as Vice President of Student Affairs at Albany State University in 2000. In 2004 he was selected as President of Philander Smith College, serving into 2012. That year, he started as President of Dillard University, where he continues to serve.[2] Personal lifeKimbrough married attorney Adria Nobles and they have two children together.[2] Honors and awards
References1. ^{{cite news|last1=Harris|first1=Adam|title=Walter Kimbrough’s Higher Calling|url=http://www.chronicle.com/article/Walter-Kimbrough-s-Higher/241507?cid=at&elqTrackId=062467a9436348aaa5503e2970b3f8bd&elq=121dcc3f8736484aac5a6e831df9597b&elqaid=16212&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=7012|accessdate=25 October 2017|publisher=Chronicle of Higher Education|date=22 October 2017}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Kimbrough, Walter}}2. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|title=Walter M. Kimbrough|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20190326091642/https://cmsi.gse.upenn.edu/content/walter-m-kimbrough|website=Center for MSIs|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|accessdate=26 March 2019}} 3. ^1 2 3 "Walter M. Kimbrough", Office of the President, Dillard University 9 : Living people|1960s births|People from Atlanta|University of Georgia alumni|Miami University alumni|Georgia State University alumni|Dillard University|African-American academics|American university and college presidents |
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