The Six Finalists to Become Chancellor of Southern University in Baton Rouge

Southern University in Baton Rouge has announced six finalists, one of whom will become the educational institution’s next chancellor. Another finalist, Walter Kimbrough, president of Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas, withdrew his name from consideration.

The six finalists are:

• Belinda Childress Anderson, former president of Virginia State University;
• Diola Bagayoko, a professor of physics at Southern University;
• Robert R. Jennings, former president of Alabama A&M University;
• James Llorens, assistant chief administrative officer in Baton Rouge mayor’s office and former dean of graduate studies at Southern University;
• Michael J. Sorrell, president of Paul Quinn College in Dallas; and
• Earl G. Yarbrough Sr., the current president of Savannah State University in Georgia.

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