FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jan. 8, 2018
Contact: D. Aileen Dodd, Senior Media and Public Relations Manager, Morehouse College
Office: (470) 639-0734; Mobile: (404) 735-6736
E-mail: aileen.dodd@morehouse.edu
Morehouse College To Host Press Conference For
President David A. Thomas On Jan. 12
WHAT: Press Conference for President David A. Thomas, 12th President of Morehouse College
WHEN: Jan. 12, 2018
12 p.m. Media check-in: All media should arrive on the Lee Street side of Morehouse College. Enter the campus from Westview Drive. The media parking pass and credential check-in table will be located on the right side of the traffic circle on Westview Drive. Media outlets must stop, check in, and pick up their passes. Media will then be directed to the parking area and the Bank of America Auditorium.
1 p.m. The Press Conference will begin with remarks from members of the Morehouse College Board of Trustees and Morehouse College SGA President Kamren J.M. Rollins.
WHERE: Bank of America Auditorium
First Floor
Shirley A. Massey Executive Conference Center
830 Westview Drive SW
Atlanta, Ga. 30314
WHO: Dr. David A. Thomas, Morehouse College President
Dr. Michael Hodge, Morehouse College Acting Provost
Stan Washington '85, Board Trustee, Communications Committee Chair
Avery Munnings '86, Board Trustee, Executive Committee
Dr. Howard Willis '76, Board Trustee and Morehouse National Alumni Association President
Dr. David Wall Rice '95, Presidential Transition Team Member, Associate Provost and Associate Professor of Psychology
Kamren J.M. Rollins, Morehouse College SGA President
NOTE: Reporters interested in attending the event should RSVP to aileen.dodd@morehouse.edu by Jan. 10. Out of state reporters can watch the press conference live and submit questions online at www.morehouse.tv. Please RSVP in advance and supply your email so that you can access the program.
BACKGROUND:
Dr. David A. Thomas has assumed office as the 12th President of Morehouse College, ushering in a new era of leadership for Morehouse, the nation’s largest and most prestigious liberal arts college for men.
His appointment in October 2017 ended a six-month period of leadership transition at the College that began in April when the Board announced its national search for a new Morehouse President. The Presidential Search Committee, assisted by Issacson Miller recruiters, reviewed the profiles of more than 100 executives for the role, including several sitting college presidents.
President Thomas was chosen as the top candidate because of his visionary leadership as a business school administrator and his proven track record in fundraising, which includes a capital campaign that raised more than $130 million in five years for Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.
President Thomas has 30 years of higher education experience. He holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior Studies and a Master of Philosophy in Organizational Behavior degree, both from Yale University. He also has a Master of Organizational Psychology degree from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Administrative Sciences degree from Yale College.
President Thomas is the former H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and the former Dean of Georgetown McDonough.
President Thomas has been meeting with faculty and staff at Morehouse College for the past several months. He officially assumed office on Jan. 1, 2018. He plans to launch a major capital campaign to increase funds for student scholarships, among other needs. He will also focus on making Morehouse a premier institution for research on the black experience, and will work to expand Morehouse’s international outreach, including in its student recruitment and hiring practices. Another priority Thomas is eager to expand is Morehouse’s development of future leaders who are intellectual, spiritually-minded, and capable of creating change that makes the world more just.
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About Morehouse College
Ranked America’s fifth “Most Entrepreneurial College” by Forbes Magazine in 2015, Morehouse College is the nation’s largest liberal arts college for men. Founded in 1867, the College enrolls approximately 2,200 students and is the nation’s largest producer of black men who go on to receive doctorates. Historically, Morehouse also has conferred more bachelor’s degrees on black men than any other institution in the world. Morehouse College is one of the two top producers of Rhodes Scholars among HBCUs. Prominent alumni include: Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; Dr. David Satcher, former U.S. Surgeon General; Shelton “Spike” Lee, award-winning American filmmaker; Maynard H. Jackson, the first African American mayor of Atlanta; and Jeh Johnson, former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. Morehouse currently has more than 16,000 alumni in 40 states and 14 countries.
Attachments:
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Attachments:
A photo accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/5aa7b549-3918-4ef9-8cf2-340ada1faf89