Served as President of Dillard University 1941 - 1969
Albert Walter Dent, retired president of Dillard University, died at his home in New Orleans Sunday after a long illness. He was 79 years old.
In his 28 years as president of the private, predominantly black liberal arts college, Mr. Dent became a New Orleans community leader and a prime mover in improving race relations through his quiet lobbying and his access to white leaders.
He was born in Atlanta, the son of a day laborer who died when Mr. Dent was an infant. Mr. Dent's mother worked as a domestic to support the family. He graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta and came to New Orleans in 1932 as superintendent of Flint- Goodridge Hospital, then one of the leading hospitals for blacks in the nation.
In 1935 Dillard University hired Mr. Dent as business manager. Six years later he was made president. He attracted the gifts that made possible most of the 19 buildings on the school campus. Under his guidance, Dillard's nursing program was the first in the state to receive national accreditation.
Mr. Dent was the United States delegate to the first meeting of the World Health Organization in 1948, and in 1953 he was elected president of the National Health Council.
He is survived by his wife, Jessie Covington Dent; three sons, Thomas Covington Dent, Benjamin Albert Dent and Walter Jesse Dent; a sister, Belle Hill of Atlanta, and two grandchildren.
Published in the New York Times, February 14, 1984
Albert Walter Dent, retired president of Dillard University, died at his home in New Orleans Sunday after a long illness. He was 79 years old.
In his 28 years as president of the private, predominantly black liberal arts college, Mr. Dent became a New Orleans community leader and a prime mover in improving race relations through his quiet lobbying and his access to white leaders.
He was born in Atlanta, the son of a day laborer who died when Mr. Dent was an infant. Mr. Dent's mother worked as a domestic to support the family. He graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta and came to New Orleans in 1932 as superintendent of Flint- Goodridge Hospital, then one of the leading hospitals for blacks in the nation.
In 1935 Dillard University hired Mr. Dent as business manager. Six years later he was made president. He attracted the gifts that made possible most of the 19 buildings on the school campus. Under his guidance, Dillard's nursing program was the first in the state to receive national accreditation.
Mr. Dent was the United States delegate to the first meeting of the World Health Organization in 1948, and in 1953 he was elected president of the National Health Council.
He is survived by his wife, Jessie Covington Dent; three sons, Thomas Covington Dent, Benjamin Albert Dent and Walter Jesse Dent; a sister, Belle Hill of Atlanta, and two grandchildren.
Published in the New York Times, February 14, 1984
Served as President of Dillard University 1941 - 1969
Albert Walter Dent, retired president of Dillard University, died at his home in New Orleans Sunday after a long illness. He was 79 years old.
In his 28 years as president of the private, predominantly black liberal arts college, Mr. Dent became a New Orleans community leader and a prime mover in improving race relations through his quiet lobbying and his access to white leaders.
He was born in Atlanta, the son of a day laborer who died when Mr. Dent was an infant. Mr. Dent's mother worked as a domestic to support the family. He graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta and came to New Orleans in 1932 as superintendent of Flint- Goodridge Hospital, then one of the leading hospitals for blacks in the nation.
In 1935 Dillard University hired Mr. Dent as business manager. Six years later he was made president. He attracted the gifts that made possible most of the 19 buildings on the school campus. Under his guidance, Dillard's nursing program was the first in the state to receive national accreditation.
Mr. Dent was the United States delegate to the first meeting of the World Health Organization in 1948, and in 1953 he was elected president of the National Health Council.
He is survived by his wife, Jessie Covington Dent; three sons, Thomas Covington Dent, Benjamin Albert Dent and Walter Jesse Dent; a sister, Belle Hill of Atlanta, and two grandchildren.
Published in the New York Times, February 14, 1984
Albert Walter Dent, retired president of Dillard University, died at his home in New Orleans Sunday after a long illness. He was 79 years old.
In his 28 years as president of the private, predominantly black liberal arts college, Mr. Dent became a New Orleans community leader and a prime mover in improving race relations through his quiet lobbying and his access to white leaders.
He was born in Atlanta, the son of a day laborer who died when Mr. Dent was an infant. Mr. Dent's mother worked as a domestic to support the family. He graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta and came to New Orleans in 1932 as superintendent of Flint- Goodridge Hospital, then one of the leading hospitals for blacks in the nation.
In 1935 Dillard University hired Mr. Dent as business manager. Six years later he was made president. He attracted the gifts that made possible most of the 19 buildings on the school campus. Under his guidance, Dillard's nursing program was the first in the state to receive national accreditation.
Mr. Dent was the United States delegate to the first meeting of the World Health Organization in 1948, and in 1953 he was elected president of the National Health Council.
He is survived by his wife, Jessie Covington Dent; three sons, Thomas Covington Dent, Benjamin Albert Dent and Walter Jesse Dent; a sister, Belle Hill of Atlanta, and two grandchildren.
Published in the New York Times, February 14, 1984
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