Dr. Williams Named Among Most Influential HBCU Presidents

Dr. Harry L. Williams has been named among HBCU Digest’s “Top 10 Most Influential HBCU Presidents of 2016.”

Dr. Williams – who is beginning his eighth year as the 10^th president of Delaware State University – is listed as the fifth most influential HBCU president in the country.

According to HBCU Digest, under Dr. Williams’ leadership “Delaware State has emerged as a national HBCU brand in STEM development and support for undocumented students seeking opportunities for higher education. The school also remains among the nation’s most diverse campuses, while maintaining a strong HBCU identity and increasing presence in federal and state opportunities for research and expansion.”

The HBCU Digest’s Top 10 list also includes a former DSU administrator and a former faculty member.

Claflin University President Henry Tisdale, whose 26-year tenure (1978-1994) culminated as the senior vice president and chief academic officer at DSU, is listed as the ninth most influential.

In addition, Central State University President Cynthia Jackson-Hammond, who was a professor of education and the dean of the then-College of Education at DSU from 1998-2003, is listed as the sixth most influential.

The HBCU Digest “Top 10 Influential HBCU Presidents” includes:

1. Dr. Harold Martin – North Carolina A&T State University
2. Dr. Tashni Dubroy – Shaw University
3. Dr. Michael Sorrell – Paul Quinn College
4. Dr. William Harvey – Hampton University
5. Dr. Harry L. Williams – Delaware State University
6. Dr. Cynthia Jackson-Hammond – Central State University
7. Dr. James Clark – South Carolina State University
8. Dr. Ronald Mason – University of the District of Columbia
9. Dr. Henry Tisdale – Claflin University
10. Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover – Tennessee State University.