Walter Massey was a shy, black boy from Hattiesburg, Miss., when he arrived as a 16-year-old freshman at Morehouse College.
Nearly 40 years later, he returned to change the school that changed him. He served as Morehouse's president for 12 years but will step down in June.
During his tenure, a fund-raising campaign brought in $119 million in three years, and he helped the school land the collection of more than 7,000 handwritten notes, letters and sermons by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. -- the most famous alumnus of Morehouse, the nation's only historically black all-male college.
After presiding over his final commencement May 20, Massey, 69, and his wife, Shirley, will move to Chicago.
''When they write the history of Morehouse, they will certainly focus on the Massey years,'' said Michael Lomax, president of the United Negro College Fund and a 1968 alum.
''He has ensured that the college has the financial resources to compete,'' Lomax said
Robert Franklin -- an Emory University professor and former president of the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta -- has been named Morehouse's 10th president.
Isiah 1:17- Learn to do well. Seek justice, Relieve the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, Plead for the widow.
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Guess what made the Sun-Times this morning...
A story about the outgoing President of Morehouse College Dr. Walter Massey...
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It's a good story about a good man Levois.
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