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The
UK College of Education announced the induction of five new members to
its Alumni Hall of Fame. Induction ceremonies were held on Saturday, September
8th on the football field at Commonwealth Stadium at 1pm (see
photos). Induction into its Hall of Fame is the highest honor the
College of Education bestows upon its alumni. Since 1989, twenty-nine
alumni have received this honor including state governors, university
presidents, educational leaders as well as professional athletes and coaches.
The following are the honorees for 2001:
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Senator
Horace Tate
Ed.D.
in Educational Administration in 1960
Senator Tate is the first African-American to earn, and be awarded,
a Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky. A native of Elberton, Georgia,
he earned a B.S. degree from Fort Valley State College in Fort Valley,
Georgia. Even before he earned his degree from the University of Kentucky,
Tate had already served as a teacher and high school principal in
his home state from 1943-1959. In that year, he was appointed as an
associate professor of education at Fort Valley State College. For
39 years, he worked in educational service, rising through the leadership
ranks at the Georgia Teachers and Education Association.
His political career includes being the first African-American candidate
to seek the office of Mayor of Atlanta in 1969. In that same year,
he served as Director of the National Education Association. Tate
was elected to the Georgia State Senate in 1974. He served as vice-chair
of a state advisory committee to President Richard M. Nixon and, in
1978, was appointed to a term on the National Commission on Libraries
and Information Science under President Jimmy Carter. He has been
a Georgia delegate to the National Democratic Convention in 1972,
'76, '80, '88 and '92. He is retired and living with his wife, Virgina,
in their home in Atlanta. He has three children, Calvin Lee Tate,
Velosia Cecile Tate Marsh, and Horacena Tate, and one granddaughter. |
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President
Harold Jeffcoat
Ed.D. in Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation in 1994
Dr. Harold Jeffcoat began his career in higher education in 1975 following
ten years as professional baseball player. He received his B.A. and
M.A. from the University of South Florida. In 2000, Jeffcoat completed
a Master of Laws degree from the University of Leicester.
He currently serves as President of Texas Wesleyan University in Fort
Worth, holding tenured appointments as Professor of European Law and
Professor of Humanities. In the past 25 years he has served on the
faculties at Baker University and the University of Missouri. He also
served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Missouri before his
appointment at TWU. He is founding director of the European Union
Center, one of ten academic research centers established by the European
Commission in the United States.
Dr. Jeffcoat and his wife, Marie, have three children. Jennifer Marie
Morton, who holds a Masters degree in special education, Michael Jeffcoat,
a freshman at Texas Wesleyan, and Jacqueline, a junior at Paschal
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Elizabeth
"Betty" Hale
B.A. in Health, Physical Education and Recreation in 1963
In July, 2001, Elizabeth "Betty" Hale was appointed President
of the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) in Washington, D.C..
She has served the Institute for the last 20 years, rising through
the leadership ranks as Vice President and Director of IEL's flagship
national education leadership development program, the Education Policy
Fellowship Program.
IEL is a national not-for-profit education leadership organization
that develops and implements programs that connect policy and practice
leaders, strengthen school leaders and encourage greater connections
between communities, researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers.
In addition to her degree from UK, Hale holds graduate degrees from
Harvard University's Graduate School of Education (Ed.M.) and Master's
of Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Hale has served as an education budget analyst in the Governor's Office
for the State of Illinois; and as the Director of Training Programs
for Head Start in the regional office of the U.S. Dept. of Health
and Human Services. She has worked as a teacher and taught with the
Dept. of Defense Education Activity at military installations in Japan,
Ethiopia, Turkey and Italy. She also sits on the board of the Annie
E. Casey Foundation and was formerly a member of the College of Education's
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Phillip
Greer
B.A. in Health, Physical Education and Recreation in 1969
Phil Greer, a native of Jenkins, KY., is a former Wildcat defensive
back.
In addition to his UK degree, he also holds a master's degree from
Georgetown College. Greer earned his Rank II from Eastern Kentucky
University and taught at Tates Creek High School from 1969 to 1987.
He coached football, wrestling, and tennis, and his teams won six
state championships. Greer also served on the other side of the athletic
field as a college basketball referee for the Southeastern, Metro,
Southwest, and Ohio Valley Conferences. In 1998, he was inducted into
the Kentucky High School Sports Hall of Fame. He has remained active
in UK athletics, serving three terms as a member of the athletics
board and three terms as president of the alumni letterman association.
In the early 1970s, Greer formed a real estate partnership and by
1988, Greer Development has become a successful business development
firm in Fayette County. Greer is also serving as chair of the College
of Education's Capital Campaign effort.
Greer and his wife, Mary, also a graduate of UK, have been married
over 30 years. They have three children. Twin daughters, Kristen and
Kelli, graduated from the University of Virginia. Kristen is vice
president of marketing for Christy's in New York City. Kelli earned
her medical degree from the University of Kentucky. Their son, Lee,
also graduated from UVA and is a partner in the I-Visionary Capital
Fund in Lexington. |
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Blanton
Long Collier (1906-1983)
M.A., 1947, UK College of Education
Born in Millersburg Ky., July 2, 1906.
Blanton Long Collier taught and coached basketball, football, baseball,
and track at Paris High School. Following his discharge from the
U.S. Navy after World War II, Collier served twice as assistant
coach with the Cleveland Browns under the legendary Paul Brown.
At Brown's retirement, Collier was named Cleveland head coach. He
led the team to a NFL championship in 1964. Between stints with
the Browns, Collier was head coach of University of Kentucky football
from 1954 until 1961. He was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order,
Phi Delta Kappa, educational honorary fraternity, and Omicron Delta
Kappa, leadership fraternity. Collier was named to the UK Hall of
Distinguished Alumni on April 7, 1975.
During the
ceremony at Commonwealth Stadium, Coach Blanton Collier's posthumous
induction into the College of Education Hall of Fame was accepted
on his behalf by Frank Dickey, President of the University
of Kentucky from 1956 to 1963 and Dean of the College of Education
from 1949 to1956.
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