THE SUMMIT
COVER STORY
Frater Dr. W. Franklin Evans, Ph.D. is the ninth President of Voorhees College and he has been in higher education arena over 25 years. He is a Spring 1981 initiate of the University of Georgia Chapter, Zeta Pi of Alpha Phi Alpha. Dr. Herman J. Felton, Jr. J.D., Ph.D. (Delta Psi 1999) is the 17 th President of Wiley College, “Home of the Great Debaters”. Dr. Felton's first presidential appointment was as the 21 st president at Wilberforce University, the nation’s old- est private HBCU. He is also a United States Marine and Desert Storm/Desert Shield Veteran. Dr. Richard “Rick” J. Gallot, Jr., J.D. (Gamma Psi 1985) is the 10 th President of Grambling State University. Brother Dr. Anthony L. Jenkins, Ph.D. Durham (NC) AL 1995) is the 11 th President of West Virginia State University. Dr. Jen- kins is the first graduate in the history of Virginia Tech University’s Educational Leadership and Policy Doctor of Phi-
losophy (Ph.D.) program. Additionally, he is also a former US Army Quarter- master and Veteran. Dr. Michael J. Sorrell, J.D., Ed.D. (Iota Nu 1986) is the 34 th President and longest-serving in the 146-year history of Paul Quinn College. Dr. Sorrell is a Life Member of Kappa Alpha Psi and a member of the Sigma Pi Phi Frater- nity. Under his leadership Paul Quinn has become nationally renowned for its innovative approach of using higher education to address the most persis- tent and pressing problems of society. Dr. Melvin T. Stith, Ph.D. (Epsilon Zeta 1966) is the seventh President of Norfolk State University. As Dean Emeritus, Martin J. Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University; Dean Emeritus, College of Business, Florida State University, he brings more than four decades of higher education leadership and corporate governance ex- perience to Norfolk State University. He is a former US Army Company Grade
Officer who served in the Military Intel- ligence Command in Vietnam and he is also a Combat Veteran. Dr. Dwaun J. Warmack, Ed.D. (Nu Eta 1998) is the 19 th President of Harris-Stowe State University. He is one of the youngest serving President of a four-year institution in the nation. He has more than 18 years of progressive administrative experience in higher edu- cation at five distinct higher education institutions to the position. Each of the eight panelists proffered genuine comments, intercollegiate en- actments, personal experiences, thought provoking scenarios and revelations that included profound story-telling of their initiation and pledge processes as Scrollers turn Neophytes then Pro- phytes developing and emerging into great Kappa Men who are now Chief Executive Officers (CEO) of their higher educational institutions across our Nation.
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