Background
Whiting, Albert Nathaniel was born on July 3, 1917 in Jersey City. Son of Hezekiah Oliver and Hildegarde Freida (Lyons) Whiting.
Whiting, Albert Nathaniel was born on July 3, 1917 in Jersey City. Son of Hezekiah Oliver and Hildegarde Freida (Lyons) Whiting.
AB, Amherst College, 1938. Student, Columbia, 1938. Student, University Pittsburgh, 1939.
Master of Arts in Sociology, Fisk University, 1941. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Fisk University, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, American University, 1952.
Doctor of Laws, Amherst College, 1968. Doctor of Laws, Western Michigan University, 1974. Doctor of Laws, Duke, 1974.
Doctor of Laws, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, 1981. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), North Carolina Central University, 1983.
Research and teaching assistant, Fisk U., 1939-1941; instructor sociology, director rural community study, Bennett College, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1941-1943, 46-47; assistant professor sociology, Atlanta U., 1948-1953; dean college, professor sociology, Morris Brown College, Atlanta, 1953-1957; assistant dean college, Morgan State College, Baltimore, 1957-1959; dean of college, Morgan State College, 1960-1967; president, North Carolina Central U., Durham, 1967-1972; chancellor, North Carolina Central U., 1972-1983. Member board regents U. Maryland. Sys., 1988-1995.
Board directors American Council Education, Educational Testing Service. Board directors, past president Association State Colleges and Universities. Vice president International Association University President.
Board directors Research Triangle (North Carolina) Institute. Member Maryland Higher Education Commission, 1995-1998. 1st lieutenant Army of the United States, 1943-1946.
Married Charlotte Luck, June 10, 1950. 1 daughter, Brooke Elizabeth.