Prezell robinson biography sample

  • Prezell Russell Robinson, longtime President of St. Augustine's College (later University) was born in Batesburg, South Carolina, on August 22, 1920.
  • From undergraduate student to professor of sociology to dean and, ultimately, to president, Robinson has been a guiding light for St. Augustine College.
  • He was the leader of Saint Augustine's College through some difficult times.

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    Saint Augustine’s University celebrates Women’s History Month as a time to highlight women and their contributions to society.

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    SAU FACILITATORS WHO MADE HISTORY

    Dr. Christine Johnson McPhail

    13th President

    Dr. Mabel Matthews

    Former Chair for the School of Business, Director of the Student Development Center (Career Services) and Dean of Academic Affairs

    Dr. Mable Wright

    Former Secretary to the President and Professor of the School of Business. Employed at SAU for 40 years

    Dr. Thelma Roundtree

    Held various positions at SAU from Assistant Professor to Vice President of Academic Affairs

    ALUMNAE WHO MADE HISTORY

    Anna Julia Cooper

    Class of 1882

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    Prezell Russell Robinson

    When Prezell Russell Robinson retired after 28 years as president in 1995, he had achieved his goal of taking a small and largely unknown historically black college and transforming it into a nationally known institution and one of the best colleges of its size in North Carolina. From undergraduate student to professor of sociology to dean and, ultimately, to president, Robinson has been a guiding light for St. Augustine College, located in the city of Raleigh, North Carolina. Believing that educational institutions must exist on a sound financial footing, Robinson operated with a balanced budget during each year of his presidency. He was an energetic fundraiser and was responsible for the endowment at St. Augustine increasing from less than one million to nineteen million dollars. In 1988, he was voted by his peers as one of the most effective college presidents in the United States. The academic and social significance of the historically black college

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    Prezell Russell Robinson, longtime President of St. Augustine’s College (later University) was born in Batesburg, South Carolina, on August 22, 1920, to Clarence Robinson and Annie Foulks Robinson. He is the eighth of nine children. Robinson’s early education began at Leesville Colored Primary School in Batesburg in 1926. However, he left the rural community and moved to Voorhees School and Junior College, 50 miles north, where he later graduated in 1940 with an Associate of Arts degree. Robinson then enlisted in the United States Army during World War II, serving from 1941 to 1943.

    Upon being honorably being discharged from the Army, Robinson continued his education, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and sociology from Saint Augustine’s College in 1946. One decade later he received the Master of Arts degree and the Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1956 from Cornell University in rural education and rural sociology. He later pursued postgraduate work at Har

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