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Found this article floating around today (even though it is somewhat old news).

From NPR~

“More than 230 years since Hampden-Sydney’s founding, tradition is very much alive at the Virginia college.

The students, all men, wear bow ties and jackets to football games. On arriving for the school year, students are handed an etiquette guide. The college slogan is simple. It reads: “Forming Good Men and Good Citizens Since 1776.”

And 93 percent of those good citizens at the college are white — unlike the new president of Hampden-Sydney.

It’s a school steeped in the traditions of the Old South — a place that educated the leaders and the children of the Confederate aristocracy. In 1861, Hampden-Sydney’s president even raised a company of men to fight for the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Just 40 years old, the new president, Chris Howard, comes to Hampden-Sydney with a resume most people can’t match in a lifetime: president of his class at the Air Force Academy, Rhodes Scholar, Oxford Ph.D., Harvard MBA, vice president at GE and head of the honors college at the University of Oklahoma.” (click here to read the rest)

More on Dr. Howard~

From Wikipedia

Howard is a 1991 distinguished graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, earning a bachelor of science in political science. While at the Academy, he served as his class president, and as a cadet group commander. He was selected as a First Team Academic All-American as the starting running back on the Air Force Falcons football team. Howard was named a Rhodes Scholar, and he attended Oxford University from 1991 to 1994, earning a Master of Philosophy and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Politics. In 2003, he earned a Master of Business Administration degree, with distinction, from the Harvard Business School.

While in the Air Force, Howard served as a UH-1 “Huey” helicopter pilot and an intelligence officer. He was handpicked to accompany Secretary of Defense William Cohen to Cape Town, South Africa as a military advisor in 1998. He served with the 24th Special Tactics Squadron and earned the Joint Service Commendation and NATO Medals for service in Bosnia. He is currently a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Reserve. He was called to active duty for one year during 2003, serving as the Chief of the Human Intelligence Operations Cell in Afghanistan where he was awarded the Bronze Star. He currently serves as the US Air Force Reserve Air Attaché to Liberia.

In 1999, Howard worked in various capacities for Bristol-Myers Squibb, most notably, serving as a manager on a $100 million HIV/AIDS initiative in southern Africa called Secure The Future.

Howard is the chairman and founder of the Impact Young Lives Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides scholarship and travel opportunities for South African students of color.

Beginning in May 2003, Howard served in General Electric’s Corporate Initiatives Group where he reported to the Chief Information Officer. While working with GE, he led several initiatives, including the company’s effort to expand its African businesses.

In September 2005, Howard became Associate Vice President for Strategic & Leadership Initiatives, and later Vice President at the University of Oklahoma where he also served as the Director of the Honors College Leadership Center, Associate Professor, and a President’s Associates Presidential Professor.

Message from the President-elect of Hampden-Sydney College Dr. Chris Howard

Video on his organization, Impact Young Lives~