Appointments, Promotions, and Resignations

Louis “Skip” Perkins was appointed director of athletics at Howard University in Washington, D.C. He was the athletics director at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Perkins holds a bachelor’s degree and two master’s degrees from North Carolina Central University.

Charles E. Williams was elected chair of the board of trustees at Tuskegee University in Alabama. He replaces Andrew F. Brimmer, former governor of the Federal Reserve Board, who served as board chair for 28 years.

Williams is a retired major general of the U.S. Army. After leaving the military he served as president of the New York City School Construction Authority.

Adriel A. Hilton, executive assistant to the president at Upper Iowa University in Fayette, has been named chief diversity officer of the educational institution.

Dr. Hilton is a graduate of Morehouse College. He holds a master’s degree in applied social science from Florida A&M University and a doctorate in higher education from Morgan State University.