Irvin Reid

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Irvin D. Reid (born February 20, 1941) is an American educator and university administrator. He was the first African-American president of Wayne State University and served as its ninth president. He was born in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, to Joseph Reid and Etta Louise. Reid earned a psychology degree from Howard University and business degrees from the Wharton School. He and his wife, Pamela Reid (a former president of the University of Saint Joseph), have two children, Nicole Reid Gore and Dexter Reid. He has served on the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and is a member of the Detroit Economic Club. In 2005, he awarded an honorary degree to Carl Levin. As Wayne State’s leader, he helped grow the university’s endowment, arranged athletic broadcasting deals, and improved academic support for student-athletes. Before Wayne State, he was president of Montclair State University in New Jersey.