Harris, Robert L., 1943-....

Robert L. Harris served as Africana Center director from 1986 to 1991 and was reappointed to that position in 2010. From 2000 to 2008, was Cornell's vice provost for diversity and faculty development. Key programs and initiatives established during his tenure as vice provost include the Provost's Academic Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, resulting in the hiring of minority scholars as tenure-track faculty; an annual list of open faculty searches to aid greater collaboration across disciplines and dual-career placement; the Upstate New York Higher Education Recruitment Consortium; and the National Science Foundation-funded CU-ADVANCE Center office. Among other honors and awards, he received the Perkins Prize for Interracial Understanding in 2000 and the Cook Award for Commitment to Women's Issues at Cornell in 2008. He also is the national historian for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, founded at Cornell in 1906.

From the description of Robert L. Harris papers, 1996-2004. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 704092376