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Charlene Drew Jarvis (born July 31, 1941, in Washington, D.C. [3] as Charlene Rosella Drew) is an American educator and former scientific researcher and politician who served as the president of Southeastern University until March 31, 2009. [4] Jarvis is the daughter of the blood plasma and blood transfusion pioneer Charles Drew. [5]
Elaine Ryan replaced Charlene Drew Jarvis as university president on March 31, 2009, after Jarvis had been president for 13 years. [11] Prior to losing accreditation, the university was negotiating a merger with Graduate School USA (formerly Graduate School, USDA), also based in Washington, D.C. [12]
Charlene Drew Jarvis , 1979–2001 (won special election after Dixon became chairman) Adrian Fenty , 2001–2007; Muriel Bowser , 2007–2015 (won special election after Fenty became mayor) Brandon Todd , 2015–2021 (won special election after Bowser became mayor) Janeese Lewis George , 2021–present
His daughter Charlene Drew Jarvis served on Council of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 2000, was the president of Southeastern University from 1996 until 2009, and was a president of the District of Columbia Chamber of Commerce. [22]
She criticized incumbent Charlene Drew Jarvis, saying Jarvis had too much allegiance to big businesses because they were the source of the great majority of her campaign contributions. [15] Cropp also said that Jarvis had not done enough to help small businesses along Georgia Avenue. [15]
Pratt was the only candidate to have officially announced her plans to run for mayor when Barry was arrested on drug charges and dropped out of the race in early 1990. Shortly thereafter, the race was joined by longtime councilmembers John Ray, Charlene Drew Jarvis and David Clarke. Pratt criticized her three main opponents, referring to them ...
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Charlene Drew Jarvis: 1964 M.S. president, Southeastern University; daughter of Dr. Charles Drew: Franklyn Jenifer: 14th president of Howard University; third president of University of Texas at Dallas: Dr. Heather Knight: 21st president, Pacific Union College: Bogart Leashore: 1969 dean of the Hunter College school of social work (1991–2003 ...