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Elson S. Floyd (February 29, 1956 – June 20, 2015) was an American educator who served as the 10th president of the four-campus Washington State University from May 21, 2007 to June 20, 2015. Floyd was also the first African American to be named president of Washington State University.
Jul 7, 2015 · Elson S. Floyd was the first African American president of three universities, a visionary leader, and a skilled statesman. Elson Sylvester Floyd was born on February 29, 1956, in Henderson, North Carolina. He was raised in this racially segregated town where his father, Elson, was a bricklayer, and his mother, Dorothy, worked in a tobacco ...
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Jun 20, 2015 · Coral Garnick. Seattle Times staff reporters. Elson Floyd, the beloved president of Washington State University who fought successfully for WSU to have its own medical school even as he himself...
Jun 21, 2015 · Elson S. Floyd, whose love for education took him from writing math problems in the sand as a boy when his family could not afford paper to the leader of major university systems, died...
Elson S. Floyd (February 29, 1956 – June 20, 2015) was an American educator who served as the 10th president of the four-campus Washington State University from May 21, 2007 to June 20, 2015. Floyd was also the first African American to be named president of Washington State University.
Jun 20, 2015 · KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Dr. Elson S. Floyd, sixth president of Western Michigan University, died in Washington Saturday, June 20, after a battle with cancer. He was 59. Floyd's death was announced by Washington State University, where he had served as president since 2007.
