Earl G. Yarbrough

Infobox University Chancellor
name = Earl Glenn Yarbrough Sr.

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order = President
university = Savannah State University
term_start = May 30, 2007
term_end = Present
birth_date =
birth_place = Wichita, Kansas
death_date =
death_place =
predecessor = Carlton E. Brown
successor =
alma_mater = Wichita State University
California State University at Los Angeles
Iowa State University
residence =
profession =
religion =
salary =
spouse = Patricia Yarbrough
children = Kim Yarbrough
Angela Yarbrough
Delmar Yarbrough
Earl Yarbrough, Jr.
website = [http://www.savstate.edu/news/YarbroughWelcomeJuly07REV.pdf Official Biography]
footnotes =|Dr. Earl Glenn Yarbrough Sr., Ph.D, is the current president of the Savannah State University, a position he has held since May 30, 2007.citeweb|title=Earl G.Yarbrough Sr., Ph.D President Savannah State University|url= http://www.savstate.edu/news/YarbroughWelcomeJuly07REV.pdf|accessdate=2007-08-27]

Biography

Education

Dr. Yarbrough is a native of Wichita, Kansas. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in industrial education from Wichita State University in 1969.citeweb|title=Recommendations Made for Savannah State Presidency|url=http://www.usg.edu/news/2007/051407.phtml|accessdate=2007-08-28] He earned a Master of Arts degree in industrial studies from California State University, Los Angeles in 1974, and a doctorate in industrial education from Iowa State University in 1976.

Early career

Yarbrough’s first academic position was at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma in 1976. In 1984, he moved to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff where he served as Chair of the Industrial Technology Program. In 1986 he was appointed as the founding dean of the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University School of Technology, a post he held until 1998 when he moved to Virginia State University.

Virginia State University

Yarbrough served as a full professor of Industrial Education and Technology and as the Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs at Virginia State University before being named the provost and vice president for Academic and Student Affairs in 1998. He was Virginia State’s chief academic officer from 1998 until 2003.

President-elect of Knoxville College

On December 1, 2006, Yarbrough was named president-elect of Knoxville College, however the institution was unable to arrange funding to pay his salary and the salary of his staff. As a result, the Knoxville College board agreed to terminate Dr. Yarbrough's contract so he could assume the president position at Savannah State. [citenews|title=PC(USA)-related Knoxville College names new president|url=http://www.wfn.org/2006/12/msg00078.html|accessdate=2007-08-28] [citenews|title=Earl Yarbrough Named President of Savannah State University|url=http://www.jbhe.com/latest/index062107_p.html|accessdate=2007-08-28]

President of Savannah State University

On May 30, 2007, Yarbrough became the President of Savannah State University.

Awards and Honors

Yarbrough has received numerous awards and honors including:
*Dr. Alvin Rudisill Exemplary Service Award (1995) - Presented by the National Association of Industrial Technology [citeweb|title=National Association of Industrial Technology Executive Board Meeting|url=http://www.nait.org/assoc/assn.html|accessdate=2007-08-28]
*Kellogg Leadership Fellow in the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education National Leadership Institute (2003) - One of 13 faculty members selected from historically and predominantly Black colleges and universities in the United States. [citeweb|title=NAFEO names first class of leadership fellows - noteworthy news - National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education - faculty chosen from historically and predominantly black colleges and universities - list of the 13 NAFEO fellows|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0DXK/is_14_20/ai_108265864|accessdate=2007-08-28]
*Region 3 Outstanding Industrial Technology Professor Award (2004) - Presented by the University Division of the National Association of Industrial Technology [citeweb|title=University Division Awards|url=http://www.nait.org/divisions/unidiv.html|accessdate=2007-08-28]
*Appointed as a member of the Telfair Museum of Art board of trustees in December 2007. [citeweb|title= SSU president named to Telfair board|url=http://savannahnow.com/node/409637|publisher=Savannah Morning News|date=2007-12-05|accessdate=2007-12-09]

Published Works

*Yarbrough, E. " [http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal?_nfpb=true&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=Earl+G.+Yarbrough&searchtype=keyword&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=kw&_pageLabel=RecordDetails&objectId=0900019b80066757&accno=EJ169165&_nfls=false A Contemporary Role for Industrial Arts] ", "Journal of Epsilon Pi Tau", n.d. 1977.
*Yarbrough, E. G. (1976). " [http://worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/19218960 An analysis of white students' evaluations of black instructors in predominantly white colleges and universities] ". Thesis (Ph. D.)--Iowa State University, 1976.

Personal life

Yarbrough is married (wife Patricia) and the father of four children.

References

External links

* [http://www.savstate.edu/news/YarbroughWelcomeJuly07REV.pdf Biography of Dr. Yarbrough] on the Savannah State University website

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Savannah State University
years=2007 — present