Charlotte LeNora Alston

Background

Alston, Charlotte LeNora was born on October 14, 1933 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Ernest William and Charlotte Franklyn (Taylor) Alston.

Education

Bachelor, Bennett College, 1954; Master of Music, U. North Carolina, 1969; postgraduate, U. North Carolina, 1996; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Iowa, 1972; postgraduate, Gallup Leadership Institute, 1996.

Career

Instructor music, Hiroshima (Japan) Jogakuin College, 1955-1958; instructor, professor music, Bennett College, Greensboro, 1960-1988; chairperson department music, Bennett College, Greensboro, 1973-1988; director division humanities, Bennett College, Greensboro, 1984-1988; vice president academic affairs, provost, Bennett College, Greensboro, since 1988. Choral director Bennett College Choir, Greensboro, 1974-1988. Minister music Trinity AME Zion Church, Greensboro, since 1975.

Workshop director, consultant LivingstoneColl., Salisbury, North Carolina, 1986-1990. Panelist North Carolina Arts Council, Charlotte, 1989. Visiting professor North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, 1987.

Achievements

• Charlotte LeNora Alston has been listed as a noteworthy College administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member City of Greensboro Sit-In 30th Anniversity Committee, 1989. Board dirs.Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, 1981-1985, Eastern Music Festival, since 1996. Member City of Greensboro Carolina Theatre Commission, since 1990.

Member Alpha Kappa Mu, Delta Sigma Theta, Pi Kappa Lambda.

Interests

• Avocation: photography.

Connections

Father:

Ernest William Alston

Mother:

Charlotte Franklyn (Taylor) Alston