Tag: Full Professor

African-American

Dr. Sydney Freeman, Jr. Becomes Historic First at University of Idaho

Dr. Sydney Freeman, Jr. has been promoted to full professor at University of Idaho, making him the first African American man, descended from slaves, in the rank at the school, The Idaho News reported.   Freeman, 36, earned the rank in five years and seven months on tenure track, he said. For most faculty, it […]

March 29, 2021

News Roundup

Dr. Martin Kilson Dead at 88

Dr. Martin Kilson, the first Black to be named a full professor at Harvard University, died last week. He was 88. A trained political scientist, Kilson began his teaching career at Harvard in 1962 and was later named the Frank G. Thomson Professor of Government from 1988 until his retirement in 1999. Born in 1931, […]

April 27, 2019