February 20, 2004

United Negro College Fund Names New President

By AUDREY WILLIAMS JUNE

The United Negro College Fund last week named the president of Dillard University, a private historically black college in New Orleans, as its new president and chief executive officer.

Michael L. Lomax, 56, will succeed William H. Gray III, a former congressman who has led the organization for nearly 13 years. The UNCF is the major fund raiser for 39 private historically black colleges and universities.

"He truly understands what it takes to keep these colleges going," said

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