INDIANAPOLIS – Dr. Eugene G. White plans to retire as president, effective June 30, 2019.
“I came to Martin as interim president in September, 2013 to preserve the legacy of Fr. Boniface Hardin and Sr. Jane Schilling and help the University thrive again,” said Dr. White. “After arriving, I realized it would take five years to get Martin back to its original mission and I would need to become a full-time president to reach certain goals. It’s time to once again retire as an educator — for the third time.”
In November, 2013, the Board of Trustees voted to make him University president with a five year contract. White previously retired as superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS). Prior to that, he served as superintendent of Washington Township Schools and deputy superintendent of IPS. In 1990, he became the first African-American principal of North Central High School after serving as a teacher, coach and school administrator in Fort Wayne Community Schools. There he was the first African-American high school principal ever to serve in that system.
He was named Indiana School Superintendent of the Year in both 2002 and 2009, National Association of Black School Educators Superintendent of the Year in 2007, and a “visionary leader” as principal of one of America’s best schools by Redbook magazine in 1992. He served as president of the American Association of School Administrators in 2006-2007.
In addition to a B.S. degree from Alabama A&M University, he holds a 1971 M.S. degree in school health from the University of Tennessee, plus Ed.D. and Ed.S. degrees from Ball State University.
