New Duties for Three African-American Scholars

Gayle B. Ward was appointed associate provost of student affairs at Rush University in Chicago. He was dean of student services at Richard J. Daley College in Chicago.

Ward holds a master’s degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a law degree from DePaul University.

Arnold Stancell, the Turner Servant Leadership Chair and professor emeritus in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has taken his seat on the National Science Board, the governing body of the National Science Foundation.

Professor Stancell joined the Georgia Tech faculty in 1994 after a 31-year career at Mobil Oil. He is a magna cum laude graduate of the City College of New York and earned a Ph.D. in chemical engineering at MIT.

Carroll G. Robinson, associate professor of public administration at the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University in Houston, was elected trustee of the Houston Community College System. Professor Robinson is a former elected member of the Houston City Council.

Professor Robinson is a graduate of Richard Stockton State College in Pomona, New Jersey. He earned his law degree at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

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