Walter E. Massey

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Dr. Walter E. Massey was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi April 5, 1938.

Massey graduated from Morehouse College in 1958 and received his PhD from Washington University in St. Louis. He served as the ninth president of Morehouse College from 1995 to 2007. He is serving or has served as a board member to several of America's leading companies, including:

Massey has served as the director to President George H. W. Bush's National Science Foundation and Senior Provost of the University of California System. He is also one of the few African Americans that has connections with the secretive Bilderberg Group. Dr. Massey is a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity.

On June 1, 1995, Massey was named the ninth president of Morehouse College, a private, all-male, historically black liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia.In 2006, Dr. Massey announced his retirement to be effective at the end of the 2006-2007 academic year. After serving his alma mater for over 10 years and spearheading a massive $120 million capital Campaign, Dr. Massey felt that it was time for him to step down and allow someone else to take reins of the college.