HJR323 Summary

• Commends Dr. Leslie N. Pollard for 15 years of service as the 11th President of Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama, making him the longest-serving president in the institution's 129-year history.

• Recognizes Dr. Pollard's leadership in completing over $70,000,000 in construction and renovations, including the Community Health Action Center, and overseeing two institutional accreditations and four new graduate degree programs.

• Acknowledges his advancement of student diversity by increasing Latino student enrollment by 400 percent and African continental student enrollment by 1000 percent, while establishing the Anna Knight Center for Women's Leadership Research.

• Credits Dr. Pollard with securing the largest individual donation, corporate donation, and single grant award in university history, increasing endowment and grant funding by nearly 200 percent.

• Recognizes his professional leadership roles including Chair of the Board of Presidents for the Association of Alabama Independent Colleges and Universities and Executive Secretary of the United Negro College Fund Council of Presidents.