Melvin N. Johnson
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Preceded byJames A. Hefner
Succeeded byPortia Holmes Shields (interim)
Melvin N. Johnson | |
|---|---|
| President of Tennessee State University | |
| In office 2005–2011 | |
| Preceded by | James A. Hefner |
| Succeeded by | Portia Holmes Shields (interim) |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | North Carolina A&T State University Ball State University Indiana University Bloomington |
Melvin N. Johnson is an American academic administrator. He served as the seventh president of Tennessee State University, a historically black public university in Nashville, Tennessee, from 2005 to 2011.
Johnson grew up in Savannah, Georgia.[1] He graduated from North Carolina A&T State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1968.[2] He earned a master's degree from Ball State University in 1974, followed by an MBA and a DBA from Indiana University Bloomington in 1979 and 1983 respectively.[2]
