TO THE CHAPTER INVISIBLE
Derrick C. Long 1973-2023 Corporate Executive, Military Intelligence Professional, U.S. Army
multi-million-dollar dormi- tory building. The college also made or began reno- vations to several campus facilities, including a historic on-campus chapel, while Lee was president. In 2001, trustees at Alabama State University (ASU) appointed Lee as the ASU’s 11th president. As quoted in the universi- ty’s publication, the ASU Today, Lee pledged to “work to educate students at Alabama State University, understanding that we don’t have to define our clients, we know who our clients are.” Before vacating the presidency in 2008, Lee successfully averted the loss of accreditation, oversaw the revamping of the university’s accounting procedures to meet future accreditation guidelines, and oversaw the dedication of a new $15 million aca- demic building for health sciences as well as a $4.2 million renovation of one of the university’s athletic centers. Besides those endeavors, the university introduced its first doctoral program, a Ph.D. in educa- tional leadership. Graduates have continued the uni- versity’s long and storied history of teaching the next generation of student leaders.
In 2009, Lee agreed to serve as interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at Cambridge College in Massachusetts. The board of trustees subsequently appointed him interim president, a position he held from 2010 to 2011. Repli- cating noble endeavors of past decades, Lee provided Cambridge with valuable academic and organizational leadership before his retire- ment in 2011. Lee’s love of education and service never wavered. Lee remained dedicated to nurturing and mentoring others throughout his life. He earned numerous local, state, and national awards, honors, and recognitions for decades of leadership and service. The Order of Merit for Individual Excel- lence Award of the United Negro College Fund was one of his most beloved commendations. Brother Dr. Joe Lee leaves to cherish his memory: a loving and devoted wife, Margie L. Lee; a son, Dr. Joseph (Luanda) Lee (Alpha Xi 1991); a brother, the Rev. Paul D. Lee; two grand- sons, Christian (Beta Zeta 2023) and Kerrington. He impacted during more than four decades of selfless service in education. ♦
D errick C. Long (Alpha Nu 1994) entered the Chapter Invisible on May 20, 2023, at age 49. Derrick Conway Long was born on July 15, 1973, at Beaufort County Hospital, Washington, NC to Lynette Long and Derrick Pervis. Long graduated as a salu- tatorian from Washington High School in Washington NC, where he joined the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC). He graduated from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University with a B.A. in political science and completed the University’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). He subsequently attended the U.S. Naval War College, where he obtained an M.A. in National Secu- rity and Strategic Studies; the United States Army War College, where he earned an M.A. in Strategic Studies; and the National Intelli- gence University, where he authored his thesis “The Impacts of Biometrics and
Identity Intelligence on Clandestine Operations.” He completed his academic career with a M.S. in Strate- gic Intelligence. Long served the United States Army as a Front Line Operational Leader for nearly eight years, spend- ing time in Korea, North Carolina, and Texas. He then joined the United States Department of Defense in Washington, DC, for the next ten years, first serving as Operational Leader and Chief of Staff and then as an Operations Officer in the Pentagon, becoming the Primary Program Manager for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of Defense on sensitive and complex special operations and counter-terrorism.
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