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Weldon Jackson ’72 Named College’s New Provost
By ADD SEYMOUR JR.
(May, 13, 2009) -- Weldon Jackson ’72, executive vice president and provost at Manhattan College in New York, has been named Morehouse’s new provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs.
Jackson returns to campus after serving as Morehouse’s vice president for Academic Affairs from 1985 through 1996 before leaving for Manhattan. He will assume his new post full time on Jan. 1, 2010.
“An accomplished political scientist and academic administrator, Dr. Jackson will play a critical role in advancing the Renaissance at Morehouse College,” said President Robert M. Franklin Jr. ‘75. “During the fall semester, as provost-elect, he will advise me as a consultant on academic and administrative services. Dr. John Williams, who has served as interim senior vice president for Academic Affairs since August 1, 2008, will continue to provide leadership during this transition period until Dr. Jackson joins Morehouse full time.”
In addition to his bachelor’s degree from Morehouse, Jackson earned a doctorate from Harvard University. He taught political science at Wellesley College from 1977 to 1984 before coming to Morehouse in 1985.
“In returning to Morehouse, my goal is quite simple -- to assist President Franklin in affirming the excellence that is synonymous with Morehouse,” Jackson said. “We all seek to affirm excellence by challenging mediocrity. President Franklin’s clarion call for a renewal of Morehouse to graduate Renaissance Men with social conscience and global perspective reverberates throughout the halls of the academy. I consider it a privilege to be asked to join the College and assist in enhancing our institutional capacity to give the world Renaissance Men that it so desperately needs.”
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