Trudie kibbe reed biography of abraham lincoln

Trudie Kibbe Reed (born ) is an American academic administrator who served as the fifth president of Bethune–Cookman University from to She was previously the eleventh president of Philander Smith College from to She was its first female president.

Life

Reed was born in ^[1] In , she was among the first Black women to enroll at the University of Texas at Austin where she completed a bachelor's degree and master's degree in social work.^[2][3] She was an administrator at the United Methodist Church for 18 years including as the associate general secretary for the general council on ministries.^[2][3] In this role, she was active in the prison ministry, deaf ministry, and the ministry for the elderly.^[2] In , Reed became the first African American member of the secretariat on the general commission on the status and role of women with the United Methodist Church.^[4] She earned a master's and