Bachelor of Arts in speech communication and theatre, 1973

• First African American residential undergraduate at Samford (1969)
• Served more than 40 years on the staff at Alabama A&M University, retiring in 2015
• Manager of WJAB-FM 90.9 radio at Alabama A&M, leading the NPR-affiliate station to become a jazz and blues icon in the Tennessee Valley
• Director of Alabama A&M’s Telecommunications and Distance Learning Center
• Holder of a master’s degree in urban and regional planning from Alabama A&M
• Died March 10, 2017

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