Carlton E. Brown

Infobox University Chancellor
name = Carlton E. Brown

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order = President
university = Savannah State College
term_start = Start date|1997|07|01
term_end = Start date|2006|12|31
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birth_place = Macon, Georgia
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predecessor = John T. Wolfe Jr.
successor = Earl G. Yarbrough
alma_mater = University of Massachusetts citeweb|title=A Brief History|url=http://hinesconsultant.com/images/File/A%20Brief%20History.doc|accessdate=2008-09-26]
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profession = educator
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spouse = T. LaVerne Ricks-Brown
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Carlton E. Brown is president of Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia. He assumed office on August 1, 2008. cite web|url=http://thedailyvoice.com/voice/2008/02/what-made-clark-atlanta-univer-000216.php|title=What made Clark Atlanta University President retire?|last=Anderson|first=Michelle D.|date=2008-02-22|accessdate=2008-02-25] He served as president of Savannah State University from July 1, 1997 until December 31, 2006. citeweb|title=SSU - Where Savannah Meets the Sea...|url=http://webpages.charter.net/ssuatl/history.htm|accessdate=2008-08-31]

Biography

Early life

Brown was born in Macon, Georgia.

Education

Brown studied English (with an emphasis in American Studies) at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts graduating in 1971. He then returned to the University of Massachusetts for doctoral study. He completed his doctoral studies in 1979, earning the Ed.D. in Multicultural Education (emphases in educational change and organizational development).

Early career

After completing his undergraduate education, Brown worked as a high school teacher and counselor for three years. While pursuing his doctoral degree, he served as a Program Planning Specialist and as a Program Development Specialist for the National Alternative Schools Program.

From 1979 until 1987 Brown served on the faculty of the School of Education of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. In 1987, Dr. Brown was hired by Hampton University as the Dean of the School of Education. He engineered the creation of the School of Liberal Arts and Education at Hampton in 1990. In 1996, Brown was promoted to Vice President for Planning and Dean of the Graduate College at Hampton.

President, Savannah State University

Carlton E. Brown became SSU’s eleventh president on July 1, 1997, replacing John T. Wolfe Jr. His term as president of the university ended on December 31, 2006.

Interim President, Clark Atlanta University

Clark Atlanta University confirmed on February 15, 2008 that Walter Doyce Broadnax would officially retire on July 31, 2008 and that Brown, the university's executive vice president, would assume the duties as the interim president on August 1, 2008.

President, Clark Atlanta University

On May 16th, 2008 The Clark Atlanta Board of Trustees at its regular meeting, appointed Dr. Carlton E. Brown as the university's third president, effective August 1, 2008.

Personal life

Brown is married to T. LaVerne Ricks-Brown, a former teacher and a 1972 graduate of Hampton University. They have two children Kwame and Jamila.

uggested Reading

*Hall, Clyde W (1991). "One Hundred Years of Educating at Savannah State College, 1890-1990." East Peoria, Illinois.: Versa Press.

References

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Savannah State College
years=1997 — 2006s-ttl|title=Interim President of
Clark Atlanta University
years=2008 —