Debra Saunders-White
Debra Saunders-White | |
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11th Chancellor of North Carolina Central University | |
In office June 1, 2013 – November 26, 2016 | |
Succeeded by | Johnson O. Akinleye |
Debra Saunders-White (January 8, 1957 – November 26, 2016) was the eleventh chancellor of
Early life and education
Saunders-White was born in
Career
Saunders-White worked at IBM from 1979 to 1994, first as a systems engineer and then in marketing. She taught college preparatory mathematics at St. George's School in
In 2006, Saunders-White left Hampton University to become the vice chancellor of Information Technology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.[2] During her time at UNCW, she also served in the Office of Institutional Diversity as the interim associate provost and the chief diversity officer.[1]
In May 2011, Saunders-White began serving as deputy assistant secretary for higher education programs in the Department of Education. She left in 2013 after being appointed as the 11th chancellor of North Carolina Central University. NCCU is a public historically black university located in
Saunders-White died on November 26, 2016, from complications of kidney cancer at the age of 59.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Debra Saunders-White Selected as 11th Chancellor of North Carolina Central University" (Press release). North Carolina Central University. February 8, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
- ^ Gonzales, Jason (March 25, 2011). "Vice chancellor at UNCW to work for Obama administration". Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ^ "North Carolina Central chancellor dies after cancer battle". Archived from the original on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2016-11-26.