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T. J. Bryan
T. J. (Thelma Jane) Bryan is an American educator who rose from poverty in rural Maryland to become the first African-American woman to be elected by the University of North Carolina (UNC) Board of Governors (BoG) to serve as Chancellor (education), Chancellor of one of its constituent institutions. Early life and education Born on August 21, 1945, Bryan is one of six daughters born in Scotland, Maryland, to Joseph Webster Bryan and Mary Gertrude Bryan (née Holley). Neither Joseph nor Mary Bryan completed high school, but significantly two of their daughters (T. J. Bryan and Myrtle Elizabeth Bryan Dorsey) earned doctoral degrees and became higher-education chancellors—Bryan at Fayetteville State University (FSU) and Dorsey at Baton Rouge Community College and at St. Louis Community College. While Bryan served as FSU Chancellor, she established the Mary and Joseph Bryan Nursing Scholarship in honor of her parents. A low-income, first-generation college student, Bryan earned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. Baltimore is the largest city in the state, and the capital is Annapolis. Among its occasional nicknames are '' Old Line State'', the ''Free State'', and the '' Chesapeake Bay State''. It is named after Henrietta Maria, the French-born queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, who was known then in England as Mary. Before its coastline was explored by Europeans in the 16th century, Maryland was inhabited by several groups of Native Americans – mostly by Algonquian peoples and, to a lesser degree, Iroquoian and Siouan. As one of the original Thirteen Colonies of England, Maryland was founded by George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, a Catholic convert"George Calvert and Cecilius Calvert, Barons Baltimore" William Hand Browne, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
