EXPERIENCE

  • State Senator - 4 terms 1984-1992
  • Vice President, DeKalb College 1981-1985
  • Exec. VP, DeKalb Tech 1985-1989
  • Assoc. Superintendent, DeKalb School System 1989-1995
  • Commissioner, Department of Juvenile Justice 1995-1999
  • State Board of Pardons and Paroles 1999-2006
  • Chair, Development Authority of DeKalb
  • Chair, Georgia Chapter of Westcare

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. in History at Duke University, 1978

  • Masters of Arts in History, Atlanta University, 1969
  • Certificate in Southern History, Johns Hopkins University, 1968
  • Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences, Clark College, 1958