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THE VOICE
APRIL, 1977
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Provost Holmes
SPEAKER FOR FSU BUILDING DEDICATION
DR. E.B. TVRKER
SPEAKS APR 16th
A minister, scholar, and
civic leader will be the
principle speaker at Fayet
teville State University’s
dedication ceremonies of the
$3 million George L. Butler
Learning Center complex
April 16 at 11 am.
Te speaker is Dr. E.B.
Turner, Pastor of First
Baptist Church, Lumberton,
NC, and Secretary of the
Board of Governors of the
University of North Carolina
System.
Dr. Charles “A” Lyons,
Jr., Chancellor of Fayetteville
State University, wUl preside
and introduce the speaker at
ceremonies in the Little
Theater of the George Lee
Butler Learning Center on
Campus.
He is a recipient of the AB
degree from Shaw University
and the BD degree from the
Shaw School of Divinity and
later obtained the Master of
Theology from Midwestern
Graduate Bible School.
Dr. Tuiner has recieved
two DD degrees from Shaw
University and Friendship
College, respectively •
Dr. William M. Bell,
former Director of Athletics
at Fayetteville State
University (NC) has been
enshrined in the National
Association of Collegiate
Directors of Athletics Hall of
Fame.
The ceremony took place
recently in Hollywood,
Florida.
“It’s 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
BA, MA, and the Ph.D.
degrees 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 neamed
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 football coach
and Chairman of the Physical
Education Department at
Floridian A & M University;
Assistant Director of Physical
Training and head coach at
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HONORED - Dr. WilUam “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 Univer
sity. (FSU Photo by John B. Henderson)
DR. HOLLIES BECOlitES
PROVOST IN 1975
BELL ENSHRilVED
Dr. Charles A. Lyons, Jr.,
Chancellor of Fayetteville
State University, announced
the appointment of Dr.
DeField T. Holmes to the
position of Provost and Vice
Chancellor for Academic
Affairs, on July 1, 1975.
Dr. Lyons stated that in
addition to having respon
sibility for all academic
programs, Dr. Holmes, as
Provost, will assist the
Chancellor in the functions of
his office and will supervise
the Fort Bragg Campus and
the Division of Continuing
Education.
Dr. Holmes is currently
serving as Vice Chancellor for
the Fayetteville State
University Fort Bragg - Pope
Air Force Base Campus and
Continuing Education, a
position he has held for three
Tuskegee Army Air Field
during World War II; and
Director of Athletics and head
football coach at North
Carolina 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 after leaving A & T
State University.
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,
DC; the 1%5 Akron, Ohio
Sports Hall of Fame; and the
1965 National Junior Chamber
of Commerce Physical
Fitness 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
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the past seven years, I know
also that too many are
apathetic and have no real
thirst for knowledge. One
predominantly black college
president stated it quite
succintly recently when he
said the 4 R’s for coUege
students today seem to be
Rapping, Records, Ripple and
Reefer. Think about this and
think about the statement
from Reverend Jesse
Jackson.
years.
Chancellor Lyons, citing
the dramatic growth that has
occurred during this time at
the Fort Bragg Campus,
commented that currently the
year course registration is
approximately 4, 500, with 47
persons having received
degrees from that campus this
year.
The Division of Con
tinuing Education has also
been developed under the
guidance of Dr. Holmes, with
Fayetteville State University
receiving a grant from the
Kellogg Foundation for
$538,850.00, as a result of
which a new Continuing
Education Center is under
construction. One of the major
programs successfully in
stituted this year in Con
tinuing Education was the
Week-End College.
Before joining the ad
ministration at Fayetteville
State University, Dr. Holmes
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was the Director of the United
Board for College Develop
ment, Atlanta, Georgia. Prior
to assuming that position, he
served as professor, depart
ment chairman, dean of
Graduate Studies, and dean of
the College of Arts and
Sciences at Central State
University, Wilberforce, Ohio.
He also served two years at
the University of Minnesota as
an Atomic Energy Com
mission research associate.
Dr. Holmes received the
Bachelor of Science degree
from Hampton Institute, the
Master of Science and the
Doctor of Philosophy degrees
from Ohio State University.
He is married to the
former Ophelia Morris; they
have two children: a
daughter, Deidre, who is a
freshman at Ohio State
University, and a son, Duane,
who is a prospective student
at North Carolina Central
University.
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