July 1, 1996
Contact: Ann Marie Deer Owens, (615) 322-2706
West Virginia State College president
to head Peabody Alumni Association
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Hazo W. Carter Jr., president of West Virginia State
College, has been elected president of the Peabody College of Vanderbilt
University Alumni Association.
Carter said that he is deeply honored to be serving as president of the
Peabody Alumni Board of Directors.
"The quality of the education that I received is a significant reason
that I have been a president of two colleges for most of my career,"
he said. "Working with James W. Pellegrino, dean of Peabody College,
other members of the board and alumni to help Peabody maintain its position
as one of America's premiere education programs is something with which
I look forward to with enthusiasm."
Carter earned his Ed.D. from what was then called George Peabody College
for Teachers in 1975. While there, he conducted career guidance seminars
throughout Tennessee and was named a director of the Career Guidance Institute,
National Alliance of Business. He also served as vice president of Peabody's
Graduate Council.
He was born in Nashville, Tenn., and received his bachelor's degree from
Tennessee State University in 1968. He served as president of his freshman
class.
Carter received a master's degree in journalism from the University of Illinois
at Urbana- Champaign in 1969. He worked as a public information officer
for the Tennessee Department of Mental Health prior to enrolling in the
doctoral program in higher education administration at Peabody.
He held positions at Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Va., and was president
of Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Ark., before assuming the presidency
of West Virginia State College in Institute, W. Va., in 1987.
Carter is chairman of the Presidents Council for the state college system
of West Virginia. He is also vice president for education for the Charleston
Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Peabody's living alumni include more than 10,000 practicing teachers, 175
school superintendents and 30 college or university presidents.
The college of education and human development has been nationally recognized
for leadership and innovation in education technology, teaching and learning.
Peabody has received the top designation for eight consecutive years in
the Ruggs' survey of high school guidance counselors.
Vanderbilt University is a private research university of approximately
5,800 undergraduates and 4,300 graduate and professional students. Founded
in 1873, the University comprises 10 schools, a public policy institute,
a distinguished medical center and The Freedom Forum First Amendment Center.
Vanderbilt offers undergraduate programs in the liberal arts and sciences,
education and human development, engineering and music; and a full range
of graduate and professional degrees.
-VU-
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