Michael Lomax

Lomax in October 2024

Michael Lucius Lomax is an American educator and former elected official who has served as president and chief executive officer of the United Negro College Fund since 2004. From 1997 to 2004, he served as president of Dillard University, a historically Black university (HBCU). Lomax was elected as a member and then chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, the first African American elected official in history to lead a major county government in the State of Georgia.

Early life and education

Michael Lomax was born October 2, 1947, in Los Angeles, California, to Lucius W. Lomax, Jr. (1910-1973), an attorney, and Hallie Almena Davis Lomax (1915-2011), a journalist.[1][2] His sister, Melanie E. Lomax, the Los Angeles civil rights lawyer, died in 2006.

Lomax attended Morehouse College at the age of sixteen years old, graduating magna cum laude in 1968 with a bachelor’s degree in English[1] and minors in Spanish and history. He and three classmates were the first students inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at Morehouse.[3]

He went on to earn a master's degree in English literature at Columbia University in 1972, and a doctor of philosophy in American and African American studies from Emory University in 1984, where his doctoral dissertation topic was Countee Cullen, a Harlem Renaissance poet who was briefly married to the daughter of W.E.B. Du Bois.[1]

Academic career

In 1969, Lomax joined Morehouse College as an English literature instructor. He served on the faculties of Morehouse College and Spelman College for 20 years.[1][4]

From 1997 to 2004, Lomax served as president and professor of English and African world studies at Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana.[1][5][6] During his tenure at Dillard, student enrollment at the private HBCU increased by 49 percent, private funding by 300 percent and alumni giving more than 2,000 percent. In addition, President Lomax led an aggressive $60 million campus renovation program to improve the living and learning environment for Dillard students.[7]

Public Service

Lomax began his career as an Atlanta public servant in the 1970s. He held several positions, including director of research and special assistant to Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson, the city's first African American mayor, and established Atlanta's Office of Cultural Affairs.[8][9]

In 1978, Dr. Lomax ran for public office and was elected to the Fulton County Board of Commissioners. Two years later, he was elected chairman of the board, becoming the first African American to lead a major county government in Georgia. He served as board chairman for 12 years,[1] overseeing a $500 million annual operating budget and 5,000 county employees. As a commissioner, he helped bring the 1988 Democratic National Convention and the 1996 Olympic Games to Atlanta. He also spearheaded a number of major construction projects, including building Georgia's Interstate 400, expanding and renovating historic Grady Hospital and constructing the new Fulton County government center. He also founded the Fulton County Arts Council, the National Black Arts Festival,[10] and served as commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs in Atlanta.[11] [3]

In 1989 and 1993, he was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Atlanta.[1][12][13][14][15][16]

United Negro College Fund

Since 2004, Lomax has served as president and chief executive officer of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), the largest private provider of scholarships and other educational support to underrepresented students.[1] He launched UNCF's Institute for Capacity Building, which supports member HBCUs to become stronger, more effective and self-sustaining. Under his leadership, UNCF has raised over $5 billion, helping more than 200,000 students earn college degrees and launch careers. In 2023, UNCF was named one of America’s Top 100 Charities.[1]

Annually, UNCF's work enables 50,000 students to go to college with UNCF scholarships and attend its 37-member HBCUs.[17][18][19] Lomax oversees the organization's 400-plus scholarship programs, which award more than 10,000 scholarships a year; the six-year undergraduate graduation rate for UNCF scholarship recipients is greater than the U.S. college students total.[1]

In addition, Lomax has negotiated public and private partnerships to advance HBCUs goals. In 2023, UNCF received a $190 million gift from Fidelity Investments,[1] and in 2024, UNCF received a $100 million unrestricted grant from the Lilly Endowment to support the organization's $1 billion capital campaign.[20] The gift is the largest donation in UNCF's history and expands the pooled endowment for its 37 member HBCU institutions.[20][21]

Lomax was the keynote speaker for the 154th Commencement Convocation at Benedict College, a UNCF member institution.[22]

Boards and Associations

He serves on the boards of Handshake, the KIPP Foundation, Cengage Group and Teach for America. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Senate, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha and Sigma Pi Phi fraternities, a trustee of the Studio Museum in Harlem and a founding member of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture, which he was appointed to by U.S. Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert. U.S. President George W. Bush appointed Lomax to the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

He is a past board member of America's Promise Alliance, The Carter Center and Emory University.

Awards

In 2018, Dr. Lomax received the Dr. Eugene D. Stevenson, Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award from the Higher Education Leadership Foundation (H.E.L.F.), the highest honor bestowed by the foundation.[23] Lomax received Emory University's most prestigious alumni honor, the Emory Medal, in 2004. He also received the Omicron Delta Kappa Laurel Crowned Circle Award, the organization's highest honor, Morehouse's Bennie Achievement Award and 17 honorary degrees.

Personal life

Lomax has three daughters, Michele, Rachel and Deignan and 5 grandchildren.

He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha and Sigma Pi Phi fraternities. Lomax was also inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa in 2000 at Dillard.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Turning 80, United Negro College Fund Stages A Revival. With an ambitious capital campaign, CEO Michael Lomax has led his nonprofit back onto the Forbes 2023 list of America’s Top 100 Charities, ranked by private donations. Forbes. Dec 12, 2023. Updated Jun 5, 2024. https://www.forbes.com/sites/williampbarrett/2023/12/12/turning-80-united-negro-college-fund-stages-a-revival/
  2. ^ "President and CEO". United Negro College Fund. Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2013-01-24. Biography of Dr. Michael L. Lomax
  3. ^ a b "Michael Lucius Lomax". Commencement Archive 2014-2019.
  4. ^ Thomas, John D. (Spring 1998), "The Education of Michael Lomax: The former Fulton County Commission chairman and Emory alumnus is the new president of Dillard University", Emory Magazine
  5. ^ https://www.thehistorymakers.org/sites/default/files/A2017_013_EAD.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ "Dillard President Michael Lomax to Head UNCF", Black Issues, Diverse Issues in Higher Education, February 26, 2004.
  7. ^ "Michael Lucius Lomax". Commencement Archive 2014-2019. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  8. ^ "City of Atlanta Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs – City of Atlanta Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs". ocaatlanta.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  9. ^ "A Homegrown Affair". www.arts.gov.
  10. ^ "Mission & History".
  11. ^ Dubin, Zan (October 15, 1988), "Michael Lomax: A Politician Who Won With Atlanta's Arts Backers", Los Angeles Times.
  12. ^ "JACKSON'S MAYORAL BID BOOSTED AS LOMAX QUITS ATLANTA RACE". Washington Post. 2024-01-01. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  13. ^ Smothers, Ronald (July 24, 1989), "Photo of Michael Lomax, the outgoing Fulton County Commission chairman, campaigning for Mayor with his mother", The New York Times.
  14. ^ May, Lee (August 9, 1989), "Lomax Drops Out of Atlanta Race : Popular Ex-Mayor Jackson Expected to Win a 3rd Term", Los Angeles Times.
  15. ^ "Campbell defeats Lomax in Atlanta mayor's race". UPI. 24 November 1993. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  16. ^ "Campbell defeats Lomax in Atlanta mayor's race - UPI Archives". UPI.
  17. ^ "UNCF President and CEO Dr. Michael L. Lomax Receives Honorary Doctorate from Morehouse College". May 23, 2024.
  18. ^ "Annual Report 2023".
  19. ^ Lumpkin, Lauren; Dorsey, Corinne (2023-07-19). "HBCUs revise admissions policies amid expected surge in applications". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  20. ^ a b Nietzel, Michael T. "United Negro College Fund Receives Record $100 Million From Lilly Endowment". Forbes.
  21. ^ "UNCF CEO Talks Fundraising Success With Donors Big and Small".
  22. ^ UNCF President and CEO, Dr. Michael L. Lomax will be the Keynote Speaker at the Benedict College 154th Commencement Convocation, 29 April 2024
  23. ^ Miles College president receives lifetime achievement award

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