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MORTIMER H. NEUFVILLE, Ph.D.President, Coppin State University, July 9, 2013 to July 1, 2015 (Interim President, January 23 to July 9, 2013).
Member, Clean Energy Program Task Force, 2013-14. Board of Visitors, Coppin State University, 2013-15.
Interim President, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, August 16, 2011 to June 30, 2012. University of Maryland Eastern Shore: Dean of Agricultural Sciences, 1983-91; Research Director, 1983-95; Associate Director, Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station, 1989-94; Associate Vice-President for Academic Affairs, 1991-93; Acting Vice-President for Academic Affairs, 1993-94. Vice-President for Academic Affairs, 1994-96.
Born in Portland, Jamaica, December 10, 1939. Tuskegee University, B.S., summa cum laude, 1970. University of Florida, M.S. (animal science), 1971, Ph.D. (animal science), 1974. Director, Federal Relations - Food, Environment, and International Affairs, 1997-2000, and Executive Vice-President, 2000-08, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. Consultant, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, 2009-. Faculty member and head of Animal Science Program, Prairie View A&M University, 1974-78. Associate Dean, College of Applied Science and Technology, and Cooperative Research and Extension Program, Lincoln University, Missouri, 1978-83. Honorary Doctor of Science, Tuskegee University, 2001. Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Florida, 2001. International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame, 2008. Married; three children.
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