Freeman A. Hrabowski III

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Freeman A. Hrabowski III is an American educator and longtime president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, renowned for his leadership in promoting STEM education and success among underrepresented minority students.

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instanceOf educator
human
university president
academicDegree Bachelor’s degree in mathematics
Master’s degree in mathematics
PhD in higher education administration and statistics
appointedBy Barack Obama
awardReceived American Council on Education Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award
Carnegie Corporation Academic Leadership Award
surface form: Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Academic Leadership Award

Presidential Medal of Freedom
TIAA-CREF Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence
birthDate 1950-08-13
birthPlace Birmingham, Alabama, United States
coAuthorOf Beating the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African American Males
Holding Fast to Dreams: Empowering Youth from the Civil Rights Crusade to STEM Achievement
Overcoming the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African American Young Women
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
describedBySource subject of the PBS documentary “Freeman Hrabowski: Leading by Example”
educatedAt Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
surface form: Hampton Institute

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
employer University of Maryland, Baltimore County
endTime 2022
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Freeman A. Hrabowski III self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hrabowski
fieldOfWork STEM education
education
higher education administration
givenName Freeman
hasChild one son
knownFor Meyerhoff Scholars Program at UMBC
surface form: Meyerhoff Scholars Program
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Engineering
movement American civil rights movement
surface form: civil rights movement
name Freeman A. Hrabowski III self-link
notableEvent participated in the 1963 Children’s Crusade in Birmingham
notableFor leadership in higher education
promoting STEM success among underrepresented minority students
notableWork Meyerhoff Scholars Program at UMBC
occupation mathematician
university administrator
positionHeld Chair of the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans
President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County
religion Baptist
residence Baltimore, Maryland, United States
spouse Jacquelyn Hrabowski
startTime 1992
timePeriod Barack Obama presidency
surface form: Obama administration

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this entity surface form: Hrabowski