Trudie Kibbe Reed Explained

Trudie Kibbe Reed
Office:5th President of Bethune–Cookman University
Term Start:August 2004
Term End:2012
Office1:11th President of Philander Smith College
Termstart1:1998
Termend1:2004
Education:University of Texas at Austin
Columbia University
Predecessor1:Myer L. Titus
Successor1:Walter Kimbrough
Predecessor:Oswald Perry Bronson
Successor:Edison O. Jackson

Trudie Kibbe Reed (born 1947) is an American academic administrator who served as the fifth president of Bethune–Cookman University from 2004 to 2012. She was previously the eleventh president of Philander Smith College from 1998 to 2004. She was its first female president.

Life

Reed was born in 1947.[1] In 1966, she was among the first Black women to enroll at the University of Texas at Austin where she completed a bachelor's degree and master's degree in social work.[2] [3] She was an administrator at the United Methodist Church for 18 years including as the associate general secretary for the general council on ministries. In this role, she was active in the prison ministry, deaf ministry, and the ministry for the elderly. In 1977, Reed became the first African American member of the secretariat on the general commission on the status and role of women with the United Methodist Church.[4] She earned a master's and Ed.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her 1989 dissertation was titled, Understanding Adult Learning for Social Action in a Volunteer Setting.[5] Elizabeth Kasl was her doctoral advisor.

Reed served as dean of the leadership institute and director of the graduate program at the graduate program at Columbia College. She founded A Leadership Journal: Women in Leadership - Sharing the Vision. She developed the first minor in Black family studies in the United States. Reed became the eleventh president and first female president of Philander Smith College in 1998, succeeding Myer L. Titus.[6] She was succeeded by Walter M. Kimbrough. In August 2004, she became the fifth president of Bethune–Cookman University, succeeding Oswald Perry Bronson.[7] She retired in 2012.[8] She was succeeded by Edison O. Jackson.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Smith, Jessie Carney . Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events . 2012-12-01 . Visible Ink Press . 978-1-57859-424-5 . 152 . en.
  2. Bates . Gerri . 2007 . These Hallowed Halls: African American Women College and University Presidents . The Journal of Negro Education . 76 . 3 . 373–390 . 0022-2984 . 40034579.
  3. Web site: Harper . Mark . Longa . Lyda . January 22, 2012 . B-CU President Trudie Kibbe Reed resigns . 2023-11-27 . Daytona Beach News-Journal Online . en-US.
  4. Web site: Timeline: Methodism in Black and White . 2023-11-27 . The United Methodist Church . en.
  5. Preciphs . Trudie Kibbe . Understanding Adult Learning for Social Action in a Volunteer Setting . 1989 . Ed.D. . . 251941519.
  6. Web site: A Presidential Timeline · Presidents of Philander Smith College · Philander Smith University Digital Archive . 2023-11-27 . pscdigitalarchive.omeka.net.
  7. Web site: Past Presidents . 2023-11-27 . www.cookman.edu.
  8. News: Stratford . Michael . January 23, 2012 . Bethune-Cookman U. President, Whose Tenure Was Marked by Controversy, Plans to Retire . The Chronicle of Higher Education .