Marguerite Archie-Hudson

She attended Talladega College (BA degree 1958) and studied psychology; Harvard University (MA degree 1962) in education and counseling; and received a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). From 1998 to 2001, Archie-Hudson served as president of her alma mater, Talladega College, in Talladega, Alabama. She was the first female president of Talladega College in the schools history; and was the first African-American woman to head a four-year college level institution in the history of the state of Alabama. She was succeeded by Henry Ponder as interim president. ==References==