Brolher T. Winston Cole
Mrs. T. Winston Cola. Sr.
NOMINEE FOR: PRESIDENT - ELECT BROTHER THOMAS WINSTON COLE, SR. President, Wiley College (1958-19--) General President - Alpha Phi Alpha (1963-19—) Born: Navasota, Texas Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cole Education Bachelor of Science Degree, Wiley College, 1934; Master of Science Degree, University of Wisconsin, 1947; Doctor of Education Degree, University of Texas, 1955. Employment Positions Principal of Washington High School, Vernon, Texas, 1934-44; Principal of Washington Elementary School, Bryan, Texas, 1944-50; Professor, Registrar and Dean, Wiley College, 1950-58. Tenth President of Wiley College at Marshall, Texas, 1958. Other Participation Participant in a Conference for Twenty College Presidents at Harvard University, Boston, Mass., 1959. P a r ticipant in a Conference for Ten College Presidents at Nova Scotia, 1960. Organizations Phi Delta Kappa Honorary Education Fraternity, General President, Alpha Alpha Fraternity, Inc.; Co-Chairman, Bi-Racial Committee (Ten Man Advisory Committee appointed by the City Commissioners) Marshall, Texas, 1961 - 19—; General Conference Committee on Structure of Methodism overseas, 1960 - 19--; Planning Committee, Resolutions Committee and Nominating Committee, American Association on Higher Education (1960-1963); Member of Sigma Pi Phi Boule'; Life member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.; Masonic Lodge; Elks; Life member of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Travel Recently Dr. Cole returned from a tour of Universities in Europe and the British Isles. He made this tour as a representative of the Board of Education of the Methodist Church. When in Europe he visited the Universities of
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Leningrad, Moscow and Kiev in Russia; Cambridge and Oxford in England; the University of Rome in Italy; the Sorbonne and the University of Paris in France; the Free University in Germany and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. President of Wiley College Dr. T. W. Cole is the first alumnus of the college to serve as its president and also the first person to serve as president of the college who is not a minister. He was the first Negro to receive the Doctor of Education Degree from the University of Texas. Church Positions Dr. Cole attended the World Conference of the Methodist Church in Oslo, Norway as a representative of Methodism in the United States in August, 1961; and was a delegate from the Texas Conference to the Jurisdictional and General Conferences of the Methodist Church in 1960 at Philadelphia, P e n n sylvania and Denver, Colorado respectively. He has recently been elected as a delegate to both conferences; in 1964. Member of five man study committee (only Negro) on General Conference Commission on Structure of Methodism Overseas. Former Positions in Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. held by Dr. T. Winston Cole, Sr. 1. Secretary, Alpha Sigma Chapter, Wiley College, Marshall, Texas (1933). 2. President, Alpha Sigma Chapter, Wiley College, Marshall, Texas, (1934). 3. Secretary, Gamma Upsilon L a m b da, Marshall, Texas (1950-51). 4. President of Gamma Upsilon Lambda Chapter, Marshall, Texas (1951-59) 5. Southwestern Vice President, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., 1959-61. 6. President-Elect, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., 1961-62. 7. General President, Alpha Phi A l pha Fraternity, Inc., 1963 - 19—.