Glenda Glover
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Glenda Glover | |
|---|---|
| 7th President of Tennessee State University | |
| In office January 2, 2013 – June 30, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Portia Holmes Shields (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Dwayne Tucker |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Glenda Baskin Glover Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Education | Tennessee State University (BS) Clark Atlanta University (MBA) George Washington University (PhD) Georgetown University (JD) |
Glenda Baskin Glover is an American educator who was the president of Tennessee State University from 2013 to 2024.[1] She is a certified public accountant and an attorney, and is one of two African-American women in the nation to hold the Ph.D-CPA-JD combination.[2][3]
Glover was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee.[1] Her parents were civil rights activists.[4]
She attended Tennessee State University, graduating with a B.S. in mathematics.[2][5] While there, she was president of the Alpha Psi chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, having joined the sorority in 1971.[4][6]
She then attended Clark Atlanta University, receiving a Master of Business Administration in accounting in 1976.[2] She completed a doctorate in business from George Washington University in 1990, and a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1994.[2]
Career
Glover worked as an accountant with Arthur Andersen and was the senior vice president and chief financial officer for Metter Industries.[2] She also worked for a manager with Potomac Electric Power Co.[2]
From 1990 to 1994, she was the chair of the Department of Accounting at Howard University.[4] She then became the dean of the College of Business at Jackson State University.[5] In this capacity, she helped establish the first business Ph.D. program at a historically black college or university in the United States.[2]
On January 2, 2013, Glover became the president of Tennessee State University.[5] She was the first female president of the university.[7] Glover was asked to retire early in 2022 due to the university's high levels of debt.[8] She retired after eleven years, on June 30, 2024, after receiving a $1.7 million contract buyout offer.[8][9]
In 2022, Glover was the vice chair of the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.[10]
