Dr. Roger W. Davis

Energetic, brilliant, talented, gifted, amazing and humorous, with a special knowledge of people, personalities, and places - Dr. Roger W. Davis, who was adopted out of the Lafayette Projects in Baltimore, stunned even his biggest critics and doubters when he became the youngest doctoral graduate in the history of Morgan State University at the age of 28.

Labeled a below average child with vision problems, his interest in education was inspired by dynamic teachers from Milford Mill High School and when he became a foreign exchange student visiting Tunisia, Africa. From there, he went on to seize a Bachelor of Arts in English, a Masters in Education and the Doctorate of Education.

He has been lauded with numerous awards which include MyCities Employee of the Quarter, Outstanding Young Men of America Award, the UMES Humanitarian Award, the Goldseker Fellowship, and honorary memberships in Phi Eta Sigma, Alpha Lambda Delta, and Golden Key Honor Societies. In addition, he was the Senior Class President in High School, Senior Class President in College, Graduate Council Representative at Coppin State College and Morgan State University.

Dr. Davis is a native Baltimorean and graduate of University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Coppin State College, and Morgan State University. For the last few years, he served as the Assistant Director of Academic Support, Special Assistant to the Provost/Chief Academic Officer, Associate Dean of Administration and Finance, and Collegiate Adjunct Professor of Mathematics & Statistics at UMUC, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Bauder College in Atlanta, Georgia, Associate Vice President of Instruction and Academic Services at Rockland Community College in Suffern, NY. Currently, he serves as the President at the Community College of Beaver County. Colleagues describe him as visionary, real, radical, inspiring, and focused.