Announcement of Funding Awards for the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program Fiscal Year 1999

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4410-FA-10]

Announcement of Funding Awards for the Historically Black

Colleges and Universities Program Fiscal Year 1999

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, HUD.

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ACTION: Notice of funding awards.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(c) of the Department of

Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement

notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department in a

competition for funding under the Super Notice of Funding Availability

(SuperNOFA) for the Historically Black Colleges and Universities

(HBCUs) Program. This announcement contains the names and addresses of

the awardees and the amount of the awards made available by HUD to

provide assistance to the HBCUs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Delores Pruden, Historically Black

Colleges and Universities Program, Office of Community Planning and

Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th St.,

S.W., Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708-1590 (this is not a

toll-free number). Hearing- and speech-impaired persons may access this

number via TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay Service toll-

free at 1-800-877-8339. Information may also be obtained from a HUD

field office, see Appendix A for names, addresses and telephone

numbers, or for general information, applicants can call Community

Connections at 1-800-998-9999.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This program is authorized under section

107(b)(3) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (the

1974 Act) (42 U.S.C. 5307(b)(3)), which was added by section 105 of the

Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (Pub. L.

101-235). The program is governed by regulations contained in 24 CFR

570.400 and 570.404, and in 24 CFR part 570, subparts A, C, J, K, and

O.

This notice announces FY 1999 funding of $9 million to HBCUs to be

used to stimulate economic and community development activities in the

HBCUs' locality. The FY 1999 grantees announced in this Notice were

selected for funding consistent with the provisions in the Super NOFA

published in the Federal Register on February 26, 1999 (64 FR 9661).

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program

is 14.237.

In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(c) of the Department of

Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, 42

U.S.C. 3545), the Department is publishing the grantees and amounts of

the awards in Appendix B.

Dated: October 12, 1999.

Cardell Cooper,

Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.

Appendix A--Community Planning and Development (CPD) Directors With

Historically Black Colleges and Universities Located Within Their

Jurisdiction

1. Alabama State Office

Harold Cole, Director, Beacon Ridge Tower, 600 Beacon Parkway West,

Suite 300, Birmingham, AL 35209-3144, Telephone #: (205) 290-7630

ext. 1029, Fax Machine #: (205) 290-7388

2. Arkansas State Office

Ann Golnik, Director, TCBY Tower, 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite

900, Little Rock, AR 72201-3488, Telephone #: (501) 324-6375 ext.

3304, Fax Machine #: (501) 324-5954

3. Caribbean Office

Carmen R. Cabrera, Director, New San Juan Office Building, 159

Carlos E. Chardon Avenue, San Juan, PR 00918-1804, Telephone #:

(787) 766-5576, Fax Machine #: (787) 766-5107

4. District of Columbia Office

Ronald J. Herbert, Director, 820 First St., NE, #450, Washington, DC

20002-4205, Telephone #: (202) 275-0994 ext. 3162, Fax Machine:

(202) 275-4190

5. Florida State Office

Jack Johnson, Director, Brickell Plaza Federal Building, 909

Southeast 1st Ave., Room 500, Miami, FL 33131-3028, Telephone #:

(305) 536-4431, Fax Machine #: (305) 536-5765

6. Georgia State Office

John L. Perry, Director, 5-Points Plaza, 40 Marietta St., 15th

Floor, Atlanta, GA 30303-9812, Telephone #: (404) 331-5001, Fax

Machine #: (404) 331-6997

7. Jacksonville Area Office

James N. Nichol, Director, Southern Bell Tower, 301 West Bay Street,

Suite 2200, Jacksonville, FL 32202-5121, Telephone #: (904) 232-1777

ext. 2136, Fax Machine #: (904) 232-1360

8. Kentucky State Office

Ben Cook, Director, 601 West Broadway, Room 214, P.O. Box 1044,

Louisville, KY 40201-1044, Telephone #: (502) 582-6163 ext. 214, Fax

Machine: (502) 582-6074

9. Knoxville Area Office

Virginia E. Peck, Director, John J. Duncan Federal Building, 710

Locust Street, 3rd Floor, Knoxville, TN 37902-2526, Telephone #:

(423) 545-4391 ext. 121, Fax Machine: (423) 545-4575

10. Louisiana State Office

Gregory Hamilton, Director, Hale Boggs Federal Building, 501

Magazine Street, 9th Floor, New Orleans, LA 70130-3099, Telephone #:

(504) 589-7212 ext. 3047, Fax Machine #: (504) 589-4089

11. Maryland State Office

Joseph J. O'Connor, Director, City Crescent Building, 10 South

Howard Street, 5th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201-2505, Telephone #:

(410) 962-2520 ext. 3071, Fax Machine #: (410) 962-7250

12. Michigan State Office

Emerson Sherrod, Acting Director, 477 Michigan Avenue, Detroit, MI

48226-2592, Telephone #: (313) 226-7188 ext. 8053, Fax Machine #:

(313) 226-6689

13. Mississippi State Office

Linda F. Tynes, Acting Director, Dr. A.H. McCoy, Federal Building,

100 West Capitol Street, Room 910, Jackson, MS 39269-1096, Telephone

#: (601) 965-4700 ext. 3140, Fax Machine #: (601) 965-5912

14. N.C. State Office

Charles T. Ferebee, Director, Koger Building, 2306 West Meadowiew

Road, Greensboro, NC 27407-3707, Telephone #: (336) 547-4006, Fax

Machine #: (336) 547-4148

15. Ohio State Office

Lana Vacha, Director, 200 North High Street, Columbia, OH 43215-

2499, Telephone #: (614) 469-5737 ext. 8248, Fax Machine #: (614)

469-2237

16. Oklahoma State Office

David Long, Director, 500 West Main Street, Suite 400, Oklahoma

City, OK 73102, Telephone #: (405) 553-7569, Fax Machine #: (405)

553-7574

17. Pennsylvania State Office

Joyce Gaskins, Director, The Wanamaker Building, 100 Penn Square

East, Philadelphia, PA 19107, Telephone #: (215) 656-0626 ext. 3201,

Fax Machine #: (215) 656-3442

18. Pittsubrgh Area Office

Lynn B. Daniels, Director, 339 Sixth Avenue, 6th Floor, Pittsburgh,

PA 15222-2515, Telephone #: (412) 644-2999, Fax Machine #: (412)

644-6499

19. San Antonio Area Office

John Maldonado, Director, Washington Square, 800 Dolorosa Street,

Room 306, San Antonio, TX 78207, Telephone #: (210) 475-6800 ext.

2293, Fax Machine #: (210) 472-6225

20. S.C. State Office

Louis E. Bradley, Director, Strom Thurmond Federal Building, 1835

Assembly Street, 11th Floor, Columbia, SC 29201-2480, Telephone #:

(803) 765-5564, Fax Machine #: (803) 765-5564

21. St. Louis Area Office

Ann Wiedl, Director, Robert A. Young Federal Building, 1222 Spruce

Street, 3rd Floor, St. Louis, MO 63103-2826, Telephone #: (314) 539-

6524, Fax Machine #: (314) 539-6818

22. Texas State Office

Katie S. Worsham, Director, 1600 Throckmorton Street, P.O. Box 2905,

Fort Worth, TX 76113-2905, Telephone #: (817) 978-9017 ext. 3111,

Fax Machine #: (817) 978-9027

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23. Virginia State Office

Joseph K. Aversano, Director, The 3600 Centre, 3600 West Broad

Street, Richmond, VA 23230-4920, Telephone #: (804) 278-4503, Fax

Machine #: (804) 278-4511

Appendix B--1999 Funding Awards for Historically Black Colleges and

Universities

Alabama

1. Dr. Yvonne Kennedy, President, Bishop State Community College,

351 North Broad Street, Mobile, AL 36603, Phone: 334-690-6416, Fax

#: 334-438-9523, Grant Amount: $400,000

2. Dr. Delbert Baker, President, Oakwood College, 7000 Adventist

Boulevard, Huntsville, AL 35896, Phone: 256-726-7334, Fax #: 256-

726-8335, Grant Amount: $466,665

3. Dr. Ernest McNealy, President, Stillman College, 3601 Stillman

Boulevard, P.O. Box 1430, Tuscaloosa, AL 35403, Phone: 205-366-8808

ext. 201, Fax #: 205-758-0821, Grant Amount: $466,665

Arkansas

4. Dr. Lawrence A. Davis, Jr., Chancellor, University of Arkansas at

Pine Bluff, 1200 North University Drive, P.O. Box 4008, Pine Bluff,

AR 71601, Phone: 870-543-8471, Fax #: 870-543-8003, Grant Amount:

$466,665

District of Columbia

5. Mr. H. Patrick Swygert, Esquire, President, Howard University,

2400 6th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20059, Phone: 202-806-2500,

Fax #: 202-806-5934, Grant Amount: $466,665

Florida

6. Dr. Oswald P. Bronson, Sr., President, Bethune-Cookman College,

640 Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard, Daytona Beach, FL 32114,

Phone: 904-252-8667, Fax #: 904-257-7027, Grant Amount: $400,000

Georgia

7. Dr. Walter Massey, President, Morehouse College, 830 Westview

Drive, S.W., Atlanta, GA 30314, Phone: 404-215-2645, Fax #: 404-659-

6536, Grant Amount: $400,000

New Orleans

8. Dr. Gerald C. Peoples, Chancellor, Southern University at New

Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70126, Phone: 504-286-5313, Fax #: 504-284-

5500, Grant Amount: $466,665

North Carolina

9. Dr. Mickey L. Burnim, Chancellor, Elizabeth City State

University, P.O. Box 790, Elizabeth City, NC 27909, Phone: 252-338-

3053, Fax #: 252-335-3731, Grant Amount: $466,665

10. Dr. Dorothy Cowser Yancy, President, Johnson C. Smith

University, 100 Beatties Ford Road, Charlotte, NC 28216, Phone: 704-

378-1008, Fax #: 704-372-5746, Grant Amount: $466,690

11. Dr. James C. Renick, Chancellor, North Carolina A&T State

University, 1601 E. Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27411, Phone: 336-

334-7940, Fax #: 336-334-7082, Grant Amount: $466,665

12. Dr. Julius L. Chambers, Chancellor, North Carolina Central

University, 1801 Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC 27707, Phone: 919-

560-6304, Fax #: 919-560-5014, Grant Amount: $466,665

13. Dr. Alvin J. Schexnider, Chancellor, Winston-Salem State

University, 01 MLK, Jr. Drive, Winston Salem, NC 27110, Phone: 336-

750-2041, Fax #: 336-750-2049, Grant Amount: $466,665

Oklahoma

14. Dr. Ernest L. Holloway, President, Langston University, P.O. Box

907, Langston, OK 73050, Phone: 405-466-3388, Fax #: 405-466-3461,

Grant Amount: $466,665

South Carolina

15. Dr. Leonard Dawson, President, Voorhees College, Denmark, SC

29042, Phone: 803-793-3544, Fax #: 803-793-4584, Grant Amount:

$466,665

Texas

16. Dr. Homer M. Hayes, Interim President, Saint Philip's College,

1801 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, San Antonio, TX 78203, Phone:

210-531-3591, Fax #: 210-531-3590, Grant Amount: $466,665

17. Dr. Haywood L. Strickland, President, Texas College, P.O. Box

4500, Tyler, TX 75712, Phone: 903-593-8311, Fax #: 903-593-0588,

Grant Amount: $400,000

Virginia

18. Dr. Marie V. McDemmond, President, Norfolk State University,

2401 Corprew Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23504, Phone: 757-683-8670, Fax #:

757-823-2342, Grant Amount: $466,665

19. Dr. Thomas M. Law, President, Saint Paul's College, 115 College

Drive, Lawrenceville, VA 23868, Phone: 804-848-2636, Fax #: 804-848-

0403, Grant Amount: $466,665

West Virginia

20. Dr. Hazo W. Carter, Jr., President, West Virginia State

University, P.O. Box 399, Institute, WV 25112, Phone: 304-766-3111,

Fax #: 304-768-9842, Grant Amount: $400,000

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