Irvin Reid

Irvin D. Reid (b. February 20, 1941) is an American educator, the first Black president of Wayne State University, and the ninth. in Pawley's Island, South Carolina, to Joseph Reid and Etta Louise. He has psychology degrees from Howard University and business degrees from the Wharton School. His wife, also a university president, Pamela Reid; they have two children, Nicole Reid Gore and Dexter Reid. Irvin Reid has been on the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and is a member of the Detroit Economic Club. In 2005, he bestowed an honorary degree on Carl Levin.