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Entered Alabama State
University in 1958 and
Graduated in 1962
Worked as a janitor for 25
cents per hour in Kilby Hall
and Jackson Davis Hall
Dormitories
Participated in sit-in
demonstrations to
desegregate lunch counters
Elected Junior Class
President and Chief Justice
of Student Supreme Court
Elected Student Body
President
Renamed Student Newspaper
from Hornet Freshmore to
Hornet Tribune
Employed as Coordinator of
Student Activities
Became Executive Director of
Alabama State Teachers
association at age 26
Led the fight to prevent the
State of Alabama from
locating Auburn University
in Montgomery. As Executive
Secretary of the Alabama
State Teachers Association (ASTA),
Reed contended that ASU
could, if funded properly,
do anything that AUM could
do for the people of
Alabama. ASTA v. Alabama
Public School and College
authority.
Elected president of the
General Alumni Association
As GAA President, persuaded
Dr. Levi Watkins, President
of ASU, to allow ASU to play
Florida A&M in Mobile, thus
initiating the Gulf Coast
Classic
Fought to pass legislation
to create a separate Board
of Trustees for Alabama
State University and Alabama
A&M University
Appointed to ASU Board of
Trustees in 1983.
Appointed chair of Committee
on Finance and Property by
then chair, Patsy Boyd
Parker
Elected Chair of ASU Board
in 1987
As Chairman and with
cooperation of various
Presidents and Board
Approval, initiated
following improvements:
February 2, 2000, extracted
1 million dollars from Gov.
Don Siegelman. From these
funds, new band uniforms
were purchased; 50,000 for
band instruments. Athletic
Weight Room was established
along with the Board-Cabinet
Room in Council Hall. Human
Resources office was
renovated
Installation of the WVAS FM
radio tower
Renovation of Kilby Hall
which houses WVAS-FM
The 12-Court Olean Black
Underwood Tennis Center
Initiated bus repair and
replacement fund
Construction of the band
practice field
Purchase of new band
uniforms three times
Campus expansion over 80
acres including Bel Air
Community
Construction of wrought iron
fence on Carter Hill Road
The Martin Luther King, Jr
Dormitory
Bessie Sears Estelle
Dormitory
Persuaded Governor Wallace
to provide the money to pay
for the Joe L. Reed Acadome
Several Parking Lots
As a City Councilman,
sponsored the resolution
that allowed ASU to play its
football games free at
Cramton Bowl
For 18 years, halted the use
of a culturally biased test
that prevented many of ASU's
students from entering the
teaching profession (Allen
v. State Board of Education)
Conceived the plan for raising and
matching funding for the ASU Trust
for Education Excellence, which was
established by Judge Harold Murphy
in the Knight cases. The Funding
Plan provides for individuals to
establish named scholarship for
themselves, or others, by
contributing 10,000 or more over a
ten year period. Organizations and
Corporations are required to pay
25,000-100,000
Initiated the adoption of ASU
Strategic land use plan with
boundary lines beginning South on
Carter Hill Road, East to Pineleaf
Street, North to I-85 and West on
South Decatur Street, back to the
point of origin
Working through Sen. Bob Wilson of
Walker County to get the first
475,000 for the Levi Waktins
Learning Center
In
2001, Chairlady Catherine Wright
appointed him to chair the Board's
Committee on Finance and Property
Chaired
the fund for Alabama State
University Defense (FASUD). This is
the fund that financed the State
Higher Education Desegregation Case
of Knight v. State
Through
the late John Buskey, legislation
was passed giving ASU and other
4-year public universities the power
of eminent domain, making land
acquisition easier
Initiated the purchase of over 80
acres of land around the campus,
including the Bel Air Community and
400 acres in Brewton, Alabama, where
Southern Norman School is situated
Working through Representatives John
Knight and Bill Fuller, Chairman of
the House Ways and Means Committee,
and Speaker of the House Jimmy Clark
of Barbour County got additional
money to erect a Criminal Justice
Center in conjunction with the
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