 Dr. Ivory V. Nelson, who has achieved a national
reputation for his distinguished leadership in higher education, became the twelfth
president of Lincoln University on August 15, 1999. Before coming to Lincoln, Dr. Nelson
had served as the president of Central Washington University (CWU) for more than seven
years. He was formally inaugurated as Lincoln's president on April 14, 2000. A trained
chemist, Dr. Nelson is listed among the world's top scientists. In addition, he has a record of active community involvement
throughout his 30-plus years in higher education. He served on the board of directors of
Key Bank of Washington and was a member of the Washington State Commission on Student
Learning, by gubernatorial appointment. He also was a member of the Governor's Blue Ribbon
Task Force on the Arts, State of Washington. Dr. Nelson's career in higher education
includes receiving the Fulbright Lectureship, teaching graduate and undergraduate
chemistry, and serving as department head, assistant dean of academic affairs, and vice
president for research.
During the early 1980s, Dr. Nelson also served one year as
acting president of Prairie View A&M University and three years as executive assistant
to the chancellor of the Texas A&M University System. From 1986 to March 1992, he
served as chancellor of the Alamo Community College District, San Antonio, Texas.
While at the University of Kansas, Dr. Nelson's academic
honors included induction into Phi Beta Kappa honorary society, Phi Lambda Upsilon
honorary chemical society and the society of Sigma Xi for scientists. He has subsequently
been inducted into Kappa Delta Phi education honor society, Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Phi
Sigma physics honor society.
Dr. Nelson has authored eleven technical publications in
the field of analytical chemistry, a chapter in one book and a chapter in a monograph. He
has secured extensive outside funding through grants and proposal writing. In addition, he
has acquired significant funding from state legislatures to construct major academic
facilities.
His career in the corporate sector includes assignments as
a research chemist for both Union Carbide and American Oil Company. Dr. Nelson is profiled
in a book entitled, Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century.
The Central Washington University Foundation honored Dr.
Nelson by establishing a $50,000 Ivory V. Nelson Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry,
and the Board of Trustees of CWU passed a Resolution in August 1999 conferring on him the
title of President Emeritus.
He graduated magna cum laude from Grambling State
University, in Louisiana, in 1959, with a bachelor's degree in secondary education,
chemistry. He immediately entered the University of Kansas, Lawrence, where he graduated
with the Doctor of Philosophy degree in analytical chemistry with high departmental
honors.
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