William R. Harvey
After 42 years at the helm, Hampton University President William R. Harvey announced Monday he will retire at the end of June 2022.
Harvey is one of the nation’s longest-serving university presidents and will retire with 44 years at the 152-year-old historically Black private university. He is the eighth longest-serving university president currently serving a term.
“As a Hampton University alumnus and chairman of its board of trustees, the growth and development that I have witnessed under Dr. Harvey’s successful leadership have been, in a word, triumphant,” Trustee Wesley Coleman said in a statement. “The significance of this president’s legendary contributions to Hampton will be celebrated for generations.”
