Charles Reynold Verret (born ca. October 8, 1955) is a

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academic administrator who has served as the sixth (and second lay) president of

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since 2015.

Biography

Verret grew up in

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and moved to the

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in 1963. He graduated

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with a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

and received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...

. He later served as postdoctoral fellow at the Howard Hughes Institute for Immunology at

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and Center for Cancer Research at MIT. He has served as provost and chief academic officer at

Savannah State University Savannah State University (SSU) is a Public university, public Historically black colleges and universities, historically black university in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is the oldest historically black public university in the state. Th ...

from 2012 to 2015, provost at

Wilkes University Wilkes University is a private university in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It has over 2,200 undergraduates and over 2,200 graduate students (both full and part-time). Wilkes was founded in 1933 as a satellite campus of Bucknell University, and bec ...

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from 2007 to 2012, and as dean of the Misher College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the

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from 2002 to 2007. He also served on the faculty of

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and also at

Clark Atlanta University Clark Atlanta University (CAU or Clark Atlanta) is a private, Methodist, historically black research university in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was founded on September19, 1865, as Atlanta University, it was the first HBCU in the South ...

, where he was chair of the chemistry department from 1996 to 2002 and served as adjunct professor at

Morehouse School of Medicine Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) is an independent and private historically-Black medical school in Atlanta, Georgia. Originally a part of Morehouse College, the school became independent in 1981. History MSM was established at the sugges ...

. In 2015, Verret was appointed president of

, the nation's only Catholic

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Personal life

Verret is

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References

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