Immediately following the removal of President Trent, Dr. Dennis Paul, a faculty member at the college, was appointed Interim Administrator by CUNY while a search for a permanent president was implemented. He remained at the College from 1982-1984 when Jay Carrington Chunn II was selected as the second president of Medgar Evers College. Chunn’s tenure at the college was short lived. Within three years President Chunn was asked to resign and was replaced by Dr. Leo Corbie who became the Acting President until 1989.

FLORENCE TAGER & ZALA HIGHSMITH-TAYLOR. MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE: THE PURSUIT OF A COMMUNITY’S DREAM. 2008. P. 102-1033

President Chunn resigned after the Faculty Organization expressed no confidence in him. Dr. Chunn’s resignation was announced by the CUNY Chancellor, Dr. Joseph S. Murphy. The trustees named Dr. Leo A. Corbie, the university’s Vice Chancellor for student affairs and special programs, as acting president of the college.