Memphis State University - DeSoto Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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Introducing MSU ' s New President Dr. Thomas Carpenter Dr. Thomas Glenn Carpenter suc- ceeded Dr. Billy Mac Jones as presi- dent of Memphis State University. Dr. Carpenter, a MSU alumnus, came to Memphis from the University of North Florida at Jacksonville. He was named new president by the Board of Regents of the State Univer- sity and Community College System on May 22, 1980, and he assumed the position on August 1, 1980. Dr. Carpenter, age 54, is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, and he received his early education in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He received a bachelor of science degree from Memphis State in 1949, a master ' s degree in economics from Baylor Un- iversity in 1950, and his doctorate from the University of Florida in 1963. Dr. Carpenter has had 23 years of professional administrative ex- perience, serving four different schools of higher education. He served at the University of Florida as an in- structor of economics, and was later the assistant director of housing there. He then served 2 years as the director of auxiliary services at Florida Atlantic University. In 1965 Dr. Carpenter went to the University of West Florida to serve as business manager and later as the dean of administration, vice president of administrative services, and acting vice president for academic affairs. In 1969 Dr. Carpenter was ap- pointed president of the University of North Florida, and retained that posi- tion until assuming the presidency of Memphis State. Opposite page: Memphis State University Presi- dent Dr. Thomas Carpenter. Above: MSU students greet the new president. President 11

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10 Affairs

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Welcome To MSU 12 Affairs