ASME member named president of Norfolk State

Mary James Legatski
Center for Leadership & Diversity

Carolyn W. Meyers, Ph.D., an ASME member and past vice president of the Board on Minorities and Women, was named president of Norfolk State University effective July 1, 2006. Prior to her appointment as NSU's president, Meyers served as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at North Carolina A&T State University, where she was a tenured professor in the College of Engineering.

Carolyn W. Meyers

Meyers' career in higher education spans more than 30 years and includes both academic and administrative experiences. She has served as director of the Center for Success of the Southeastern Universities and Colleges Coalition in Engineering Education (SUCCEED), an engineering education coalition of eight universities in the southeastern United States funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Meyers was also the first associate dean of research for the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech. She was later appointed professor and dean of the College of Engineering at North Carolina A&T.

Currently, Meyers serves as chair of the board of directors of the National Institute of Aerospace. She also holds numerous professional memberships on several boards, including the board of trustees of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, the advisory board for the Journal of Engineering Education, and the board of trustees of the Moses Cone Health Systems.

Her many awards and honors include the NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, the Society of Automotive Engineers Ralph A. Teetor Award, and the National Society of Black Engineers' Golden Torch Award. Meyers has also been inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni at Georgia Tech.

Meyers holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Howard University; a master's in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and a doctorate in chemical engineering from Georgia Tech. She has done postdoctoral work at Harvard University's Institute for Educational Management. She is a member of Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, and Phi Kappa Phi.

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