About Morehouse

JAMES A. HEFNER

Year Elected 2007

Board Committee(s):

  • Educational Policy
  • Finance
  • Investment

Professional Affiliations Include:

  • President Emeritus, Tennessee State University
  • Non-resident fellow at W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African and African American Research, Harvard University

Education:

  • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, South Carolina A&T State University, 1961
  • Master of Arts, Economics, Atlanta University, 1962
  • Ph.D., Economics, University of Colorado, 1971

Achievements:

  • Former president of Jackson State University
  • Thomas/Patricia Frist Professor of Economics & Business at TSU
  • First professor to hold the Charles E. Merrill Chair at Morehouse College