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RICHARD M. TURNER III, D.M.E., Interim President
Former chair, Department of Music, Stillman College, and Fisk University. President, South Central Community College (now Gateway Community College), New Haven, Connecticut, 1979-85. President, Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon, 1985-86. President, Nashville Technical Institute (now Nashville State Technical Community College), 1988-91. Campus Dean, 1992-94, and Provost, 1995-96, Northwest Campus, Wayne County Community College District, Detroit, Michigan. Interim President, 1994-95, and Executive Vice-President, 1996, Wayne County Community College District, Detroit, Michigan.
Attended Avery High School, Charleston, South Carolina; Fisk University, B.A., 1956. Served in U.S. Army Reserve, 1957-63. Indiana University, M.M.E., 1961; D.M.E., 1961. Special consultant to President, American Association of Community Colleges, 1991-92. Member, American Association of University Professors, 1963- (vice-president, Alabama conference, 1967-68); American Association of Community Colleges, 1979- (board of directors, 1987-1990); American Council on Education, 1979- (international education commission, 1987-90). Board of Trustees, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1984-85. Board of Directors, League for Innovation in the Community College, 1985-88. Board of Trustees, National Commission for Cooperative Education, 1987-2001. President, Turner Associates & Mentors, Inc., 1996-2004. Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Fisk University, 1980. Distinguished Alumnus Award, Fisk University, 1984. Spirit of Detroit Award, Detroit City Council, 1985.
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