Trudie Kibbe Reed

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Trudie Kibbe Reed
5th President of
Philander Smith College
In office
1998–2004
Preceded byMyer L. Titus
Succeeded byWalter Kimbrough
Personal details
Born1947 (age 76–77)
EducationUniversity of Texas at Austin
Columbia University

Trudie Kibbe Reed (born 1947) is an American academic administrator who served as the fifth president of

Philander Smith College
from 1998 to 2004. She was its first female president.

Life

Reed was born in 1947.[1] In 1966, she was among the first Black women to enroll at the University of Texas at Austin where she completed a bachelor's degree and master's degree in social work.[2][3] She was an administrator at the United Methodist Church for 18 years including as the associate general secretary for the general council on ministries.[2][3] In this role, she was active in the prison ministry, deaf ministry, and the ministry for the elderly.[2] In 1977, Reed became the first African American member of the secretariat on the general commission on the status and role of women with the United Methodist Church.[4] She earned a master's and Ed.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University.[2] Her 1989 dissertation was titled, Understanding Adult Learning for Social Action in a Volunteer Setting.[5] Elizabeth Kasl was her doctoral advisor.[5]

Reed served as dean of the leadership institute and director of the graduate program at the graduate program at

Walter M. Kimbrough.[6] In August 2004, she became the fifth president of Bethune–Cookman University, succeeding Oswald Perry Bronson.[2][7] She retired in 2012.[8][3] She was succeeded by Edison O. Jackson.[7]

References

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    JSTOR 40034579
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  3. ^ a b c Harper, Mark; Longa, Lyda (January 22, 2012). "B-CU President Trudie Kibbe Reed resigns". Daytona Beach News-Journal Online. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  4. ^ "Timeline: Methodism in Black and White". The United Methodist Church. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
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    OCLC 251941519
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  6. ^ a b "A Presidential Timeline · Presidents of Philander Smith College · Philander Smith University Digital Archive". pscdigitalarchive.omeka.net. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  7. ^ a b "Past Presidents". www.cookman.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  8. ^ Stratford, Michael (January 23, 2012). "Bethune-Cookman U. President, Whose Tenure Was Marked by Controversy, Plans to Retire". The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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