Morgan alumni and supporters had worked to block competing academic programs at nearby universities because that duplication promoted racial segregation. Morgan and its allies in Annapolis were unable to overturn a recent decision by the Maryland Higher Education Commission to let Towson University grant master’s degrees in business administration.
A native of Maryland, Richardson earned his bachelor’s degree in social science from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, a master’s and a doctoral degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
The university’s regents will consider Richardson’s retirement at their November board meeting and start planning a search for his successor.
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