An hour with Irvin D. Reid

With accomplishments that stretch from Midtown to Mozambique, it's hard to distill Irvin D. Reid's career into a single job title. In addition to serving as Wayne State Univerisity's first black president from 1997-2008, he's worked as the school's Eugene Applebaum Chair in Community Engagement, facilitated the growth of TechTown, co-created Citizen Detroit, and served as the director of the Forum on Contemporary Issues in Society (FOCIS) and the African Democracy Project. The latter role has taken Reid, along with Wayne State students, to several African nations, where he has discussed policy with presidents and other political leaders, providing Reid with a suitable, singular title: a president among presidents.

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