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Philip G. Hubbard
Philip Gamaliel Hubbard (March 4, 1921 – January 10, 2002) was a university professor and academic administration, administrator who was the first African-American faculty member at the University of Iowa, the first African-American administrator at any of Iowa's state universities and the first African-American vice president at a Big 10 university. In August 2012 Hubbard was inducted into the Iowa African American Hall of Fame. Early life Hubbard was born in Macon, Missouri. His mother taught school in Missouri's racial segregation in the United States, segregated school system. Wanting a better education for her children, she relocated the family to Iowa when Philip was four years old. Iowa schools were racial integration, integrated at that time. His mother, however, could not get a teaching job and found employment as an elevator operator in Des Moines, Iowa. Hubbard graduated there in 1939 from North High School (Des Moines), North High School in Des Moines. He was active i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professor
Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors are usually experts in their field and teachers of the highest rank. In most systems of List of academic ranks, academic ranks, "professor" as an unqualified title refers only to the most senior academic position, sometimes informally known as "full professor". In some countries and institutions, the word "professor" is also used in titles of lower ranks such as associate professor and assistant professor; this is particularly the case in the United States, where the unqualified word is also used colloquially to refer to associate and assistant professors as well. This usage would be considered incorrect among other academic communities. However, the otherwise unqualified title "Professor" designated with a capital let ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
