JUNE-JULY, 1976
THE VOICE
PAGE 7
BELL ElVSHRINED IN
AD’S HALL OF FAME
Summer School was hard work
Dr. William M. Bell,
former Director of Athletics
at Fayetteville State
University (N.C.), has been
enshrined in the National
Association of Collegiate
Directors of Athletics Hall of
Fame.
The ceremony took place
recently in Hollywood,
Florida.
“It is a great honor,” Bell
said of the selection, “to be
honored by your peers and to
cap off an active career like
this.”
A native of Polk County,
Georgia, Dr. Bell received the
B.A., M.A. and the Ph.D.
degree at Ohio State
University.
The 67-year-old Georgian
is somewhat responsible for
opening the doors for black
athletics at major colleges in
the United States and was the
first black player to play
football at Ohio State.
Still active, and in good
shape, the 6-1 Bell still weighs
about 200 pounds, his playing
weight when he was named
All-Big Ten tackle and
selected to several honorable
mention All-American teams
in 1931.
Bell’s career spans in
clude positions at Howard
University, Assistant Football
Coach; Director of Athletics
and head coach at Clafin
University; Director of
Athletics, Head of Football
Coach and Chairman of the
Physical Education Depart
ment at Florida A&M
University; Assistant
Director of Physical Training
and head coach at Tuskegee
Army Air Field during World
War II; and Director of
Athletics and head football
coach at North CaroUna A&T
State University (1946-1968).
Dr. Bell went to Iowa
State University as Associate
dean of students and professor
of physical education and
recreation at leaving A&T
State University.
In 1970, he returned south
and accepted a position at
Fayetteville State University
as Director of Athletics and
Professor and Chairman of
the Department of Physical
Education and Recreation
where he remained until his
retirement last year.
However, Bell still serves
on the FSU staff in the office
of Development as an
assistant to the Chancellor of
the University.
He holds numerous
honorary positions on the
national and local level. He is
a former member of the
executive committee of the
National Association of
Collegiate Directors of
Athletics and a past member
of the NCAA college division
basketball tournament
committee.
Bell has also contributed
and made many ac
complishments to the world of
sports which include being
inducted into the 1975 A&T
State University Sports Hall of
fame; The 1951 “Outstanding
Coach” Award from the
Pigskin Club of Washington,
D.C.; The 1965 Akron, Ohio
Sports Hall of Fame; and the
1965 National Junior Chamber
of Commerce Physical Fit
ness Award.
While at FSU, Dr. Bell
established a $250 cash and
plaque award to be given
annually to the student-athlete
of the graduating class who
compiled the highest grade-
point average, who has been a
regular for a least one year,
and who is a leader and person
of good character.
An author. Bell is
presently writing his
autobiography entitled
BLACK WITHOUT MALICE,
which is expected to be
published this fall.
“I have lived and worked
with sports and athletics
between 35 and 40 years,” Bell
concluded, “there isn’t a sport
in America that doesn’t have
fair play and it gives me a
warm feeling of fullfillment to
have been associated with
athletics.”
“Bill Bell”, as he is known
to many in the nation of
sports, has abided by the
Golden... “Do unto others as
you would have them do unto
you.”
No doubt that this
philosophy has brought
success to Bell in the
classroom, the athletic field,
and in the world.
A dministrator
Selected For
Fellowship
Program
(Continued from Page 2)
Miami Dade Community
College, and Bernard M.
Baruch College.
The 34-year-old ad
ministrator is a native of
Miami, Florida and will serve
as an ACE intern under the
tutelage of Chancellor Charles
“A” Lyons, Jr. and Dr.
DeField T. Holmes, Provost
and Vice-Chancellor for
Academic Affairs at FSU.
The fellowship program,
established in 1964, is
designed to strengthen
leadership in American
higher education by iden
tifying and preparing faculty
and staff for responsible
positions in academic ad
ministration.
Each ACE fellow, will
during a nine-month
assignment, work with the
home institution or on a host
campus with the college or
university president and chief
academic officer in a wide
range of administrative ac
tivities. To supplement this
core experience, the Fellows
will attend week-long
seminars in Missouri,
Colorado, and Washington,
D.C. regarding issues in
American higher education.
Also the Fellows will read
extensively in the field,
produce an analytical report,
and engage in other activities
to prepare for top-level ad
ministrative careers.
According to Dr. Thomas
M. Stauffer, director of the
fellowship program, in the
first eleven classes, most of
the 438 participants have
made significant advances
into positions of institutional
leadership. Forty-six have
become presidents, and over
175 others have become vice-
presidents, vice-chancellors,
provosts, or deans. The
average age of those selected
for the program is 37 years.
Dr. Smith resides in
Fayetteville with his wife,
Mittie, and son, Ronald.
HONORED-Dr. William “Bill” Bell, former Director Athletics at
FSU, was recently enshrined into the National Association of
Collegiate Directors Athletics Hall of Fame at ceremonies
recently in Hollywood, Florida. Bell, a native of Polk County,
Georgia, had a career in sports which spans over 40 years and
served at Florida A&M, A&T, and Fayetteville State University.
(FSU Photo by John Henderson)
ANSWER TO “QUICK QUIZ” from Page 3.
Charlene Hines and Teresa Lucas, two beautiful and brainy broncos at FSU both made straight
“A’s”. They are both residents of Fayetteville and Teresa made her “A’s” during the first session of
summer school while Charlene made her “A’s” duirng the spring semester.