
David K. Wilson
President at Morgan State University
David Kwabena Wilson is the 10th inaugurated president of Morgan State University, Maryland's public urban research university and its largest HBCU, a post he has held since 2010. Raised in a sharecropping family in McKinley, Alabama, he earned bachelor's and master's degrees at Tuskegee University and a master's and doctorate in education at Harvard. Before Morgan State he was chancellor of the University of Wisconsin Colleges and University of Wisconsin-Extension and vice president for university outreach and associate provost at Auburn University. During his presidency Morgan State has raised more than $1 billion for campus construction and completed its largest fundraising campaign.
Notable Achievements
- Named by Forbes one of the 10 Top Black Higher Ed CEOs to Watch in 2023
- Received the 2023 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education
- Elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Led fundraising of more than $1 billion for campus construction and renovation at Morgan State
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