Name Archie Epps | ||
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Died August 21, 2003, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Education Harvard Divinity School, Talladega College Awards The Rabbi Martin Katzenstein Award | ||
Archie C. Epps III (b. May 19, 1937 Lake Charles, Louisiana, d. August 21, 2003, in Boston) was dean of students at Harvard College from 1971 to 1999. He was one of the first black administrators at Harvard.
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Early life and education
Archie C. Epps III was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana in 1937, one of three sons. He attended Talladega College, a historically black college, and Harvard Divinity School.
Marriage and family
He married Rae Pace Alexander, daughter of Sadie Tanner Mossell and Raymond Pace Alexander, both attorneys in Philadelphia. They divorced before 1971.
He married Valerie Epps, who is an attorney and professor at Suffolk Law School. They had two sons, Josiah and Caleb.
Academic career
He taught at Harvard University in the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, where he was a specialist in Islam.
In 1964 Epps was appointed as Assistant Dean of Harvard College, becoming one of Harvard's first black administrators. In 1971 he became the College's Dean of Students, in which capacity he served until 1999.