Beverly Wade Hogan is a former university administrator who became the first woman to be named president of

Tougaloo College Tougaloo College is a private historically black college in the Tougaloo area of Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It is affiliated with the United Church of Christ and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). It was established in 1869 by ...

, her alma mater, in 2002.

Early life and education

Hogan is a native of

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. She originally attended

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, but transferred to Tougaloo College after being arrested and briefly incarcerated for her participation in civil rights activism at MVSU. She received a BA in psychology from Tougaloo College in 1972.

Career

During the 1970s, Hogan was an active member of various mental health initiatives across

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. She was a mental health therapist at the Jackson Mental Health Center and a health services coordinator for Friends of Children in Mississippi. In 1974, she was appointed the executive director of the Hinds County Association for Mental Health. She joined the Democratic political movement later that year and supported

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's bid for the Democratic nomination for governor. After Gandy lost to

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, Hogan joined his campaign. In August 1980, Hogan was named executive director of the Mental Health Association in Mississippi (MHAM). She was responsible for the overall implementation and administration of the programs of the association. While serving in this role, Hogan was instrumental in founding a shelter for battered women and the first rape crisis center in Jackson. On January 11, 1984, she was appointed by Allain to the post of executive director of the Governor's Office of Federal-State Programs, becoming the first woman to serve as head of FederalState Programs from the outset of a governor's administration. In 1997, Hogan returned to her alma mater as director of their new $6 million Health and Wellness Center. The facility offered drug abuse counseling, nutrition information, prenatal education, immunizations, and parenting education. During the same year, she was recognized for her mental health efforts at the Friendship Ball. She was eventually promoted to president of Tougaloo College in 2002. As a result of her promotion, she became the first woman to hold the office. She served for 17 years and was succeeded by Carmen J. Walters. Hogan is on the board of directors at the

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, an American

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research foundation founded in 1927 by

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References

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