Appointments

• Carol M. Swain, a professor of political science and a professor of law at Vanderbilt University, was appointed by President Bush to the 23-member National Council on the Humanities. The council reviews grants by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

• Tamara L. King, director of judicial programs at Washington University in St. Louis, was named president-elect of the Association for Student Judicial Affairs. When she assumes office in 2009, she will be the first African-American president of the organization.

King, who has been at Washington University since 1999, is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and the New York University School of Law.

• Ronald Holmes was appointed superintendent of the Developmental Research School at Florida A&M University. Holmes was an assistant principal at Banneker High School in College Park, Georgia.

Dr. Holmes holds a bachelor’s degree and an educational doctorate from Florida A&M.

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