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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Henry Ponder
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Henry Ponder.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Physical Description
1 online resource (8 video files (3 hr., 44 min., 27 sec.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
University president Henry Ponder was born in Wewoka, Oklahoma on March 28, 1928. After hearing a speech by Mary McLeod Bethune in high school, Ponder was inspired to become a university president. He received his B.S. degree in agriculture in 1951 from Langston University, obtained a M.A. degree from Oklahoma State University and a Ph.D. from Ohio State University. Ponder held positions at Virginia State College and Fort Valley State College. After working as vice president of Alabama A&M University, he became president of Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina in 1973. In 1984, Ponder was chosen president of Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. While at Fisk, he was selected as one of the 100 Most Effective College Presidents in the United States. In early 2002, Ponder became President of Talladega College in Alabama. During his presidency, Ponder helped retain the 136-year-old institution's accreditation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
Variant and related titles
History Makers video oral history with Henry Ponder
Henry Ponder
HistoryMakers. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2021
Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performers
Denise Gines, interviewer.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Oral histories.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Also listed under
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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