The first president, Dr. Richard D. Trent, began his tenure on March 3, 1970.
The method of planning for the college and selection of its first president were unprecedented in the history of the Board of Higher Education. (…) Seven members of the Bedford Stuyvesant Coalition on Educational Needs and Services served on the Presidential Search Committee.
(from: A History of Medgar Evers College by Edwina E. Hamby; originally appeared in the MEC Founders’ Day Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Commemorative Journal, September 28, 1995)
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Dr Richard was my grandfather and I’m his granddaughter and after reading this I was able to learn so much more about his life it’s truly amazing about how smart and cool he was
Hi- if you’re his granddaughter, I know your father. Tell him Erik from Brooklyn/Stuy/Penn says hi!
You have an amazing family!! Your grandfather was a very nice gentleman. And like you said, smart and cool.