Everything about James E Cheek totally explained
Dr. James Edward Cheek, president emeritus of
Howard University, was born in
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, on
December 4,
1932. Despite suffering from severe eye cataracts, Cheek was an honor student Washington Street Grammar School. He graduated from Immanuel Lutheran College with a secondary diploma in 1950 and served as a member of the United States Air Force in Korea in 1951. eventually earning a B.A. in sociology and history from
Shaw University In 1955. Cheek also received a master's of divinity from
Colgate Rochester University in 1958 and a Ph.D. from
Drew University in 1962. During this period, Cheek was honored with a Colgate Rochester Fellowship, a
Rockefeller Doctoral Fellowship and a
Lily Foundation Fellowship.
Howard University President (1968-1989)
Dr. Cheek was a professor of New Testament Theology at
Virginia Union University when he was named president of Shaw University in 1963, at the age of 30. In 1968, he was appointed president of Howard University. During Cheek's twenty-year tenure at Howard, the student population increased by 3,500 and the number of schools, colleges, research programs, full-time faculty and Ph.D. programs increased dramatically. Howard's budget increased from $43 million to $417 million as the federal appropriation went from $29 million to $178 million. He was named Washingtonian of the Year in 1980 and in 1983, while still serving as president of Howard, Cheek was awarded the nation's highest civilian honor, the
Presidential Medal of Freedom. Cheek retired from his position as president of Howard University in 1989.
Awards and Recognitions
The recipient of hundreds of awards and nineteen honorary degrees, Cheek has served as a board member of several colleges and universities including the University of Miami,
Drew University, Colgate Rochester University,
New York Institute of Technology, Benedict College, Florida Memorial College, Fisk University and Howard University. His presidential appointments include the Board of Foreign Scholarships, National Advisory Council to the
Peace Corps,
UNESCO, Commission on Selection of White House Fellows and the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Personal Life
Cheek, now retired, and his wife, Celestine, are parents of a son
James E. Cheek Jr., a screenwriter and director, and a daughter and have two grandchildren. They reside in
Greensboro, North Carolina.
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