| Other author/creator | Dawson, Leonard Ervin, 1934- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with Leonard Dawson |
| Portion of title |
Leonard Dawson |
| Abstract |
Educational consultant and former college president Leonard Dawson was born in 1934, in August, Georgia. Earning his B.A. degree from Morris Brown College and his Ed.D. degree from Columbia University, Dawson began his career as a high school teacher in 1954. He entered the world of higher education in 1967, at Paine College, and later worked for the U.S. Department of Education, serving as executive vice president of the R.R. Moten Memorial Institute and director of special projects for the United Negro College Fund. In 1985, Dawson was named president of Voorhees College, where he remained until he retired in 2001. Following his retirement, he was named a senior consultant to the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Dawson has been active with a number of professional and civic organizations, and in 2001 he was awarded the Order of the Palmetto, the highest civilian honor in South Carolina. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer |
Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2003 November 13. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2003.265 HistoryMakers |
