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Judy Jolley Mohraz
1st President and Chief Executive Officer of Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust
In office
2000 (2000) – June 2014 (2014-06)
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded bySusan Pepin
9th President of Goucher College
In office
July 1, 1994 (1994-07-01) – June 15, 2000 (2000-06-15)
Preceded byRhoda Dorsey
Succeeded byRobert S. Welch (Acting)
Associate Provost for Student Academic Affairs of Southern Methodist University
In office
1988 (1988)–1994 (1994)
Assistant Provost at Southern Methodist University
In office
1983 (1983)–1988 (1988)
Personal details
Born
Judy Mae Jolley Rosenbaum

1943 or 1944 (age 80–81)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
SpouseBijan Mohraz (m. 1973)
Children2
Alma materBaylor University (B.A., M.A.)
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (Ph.D.)
Profession

Judy Jolley Mohraz (born 1943) is an American women's studies historian. She is a former president of Goucher College and the inaugural chief executive officer and president of the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust. Mohraz is the second woman to serve as Goucher's president and the college's ninth president. Mohraz was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the United States Naval Academy Board of Visitors in 1996. She is a former long-time professor and associate provost of Southern Methodist University. Mohraz is the author of The Separate Problem, a collection of case studies of Black education in the Northern United States from 1900 to 1930.

Early life and education

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Mohraz was born Judy Mae Jolley Rosenbaum in Houston and raised in Waco, Texas in "an education-oriented family."[1][2] She is the daughter of Mae Jolley (née Jackson) who was an English teacher and graduate of Baylor University.[3][4] Her grandmother and two of her aunts were also teachers.[2] Mohraz cites not making the junior high cheerleading squad as a pivotal event in her life that influenced her to pursue college.[3]

Mohraz attended Baylor University where, in addition to her mother, her paternal grandmother and aunt also graduated.[3] Mohraz's paternal grandmother, an influential person in Mohraz's life, was widowed at a young age with two children when she moved from Lockhart, Texas to Waco to attend Baylor.[4] Mohraz intended to pursue law school before deciding to major in history after taking a summer course American intellectual history at Harvard College.[2][3] She graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1966 and a master's degree in 1968 from Baylor.[4] Her Master's thesis was entitled "The Waco and Northwestern Railroad".[5] Mohraz completed her doctorate in American history from University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1974. Her academic studies were focused on the history of women in the United States "from the late 19th to the early 20th century."[2] Her dissertation was entitled Black Education In Three Northern Cities In The Early Twentieth Century. Mohraz was first introduced to the history of education by her professor, David Tyack. Her doctoral advisor was Winton Solberg.[6]

Career

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From 1972 to 1974, Mohraz was a history lecturer at Illinois Wesleyan University.[7] In 1974, after completing her doctorate degree, Mohraz began her twenty-year tenure at Southern Methodist University as an assistant professor in the department of history.[1] She served as an assistant professor from 1974 to 1980.[7] She was the coordinator of the Women's Studies Program from 1977 to 1981.[1][7] In 1979, Mohraz published The Separate Problem, a collection of case studies of Black education in the Northern United States from 1900 to 1930. She served as an associate professor of history from 1980 to 1994.[7] In 1983, she became an assistant provost before being promoted to the associate provost for student academic affairs in 1988.[1] She taught courses for all but her last four years as associate provost.[8]

On July 1, 1994, Mohraz succeeded Rhoda Dorsey to become the ninth president of Goucher College.[2] She is the second woman to serve as the college's president.[3] On June 15, 2000, announced her resignation as president of Goucher College.[8] The same year, she was appointed inaugural chief executive officer and president of the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust in Scottsdale, Arizona, the nonprofit left by Piper, the widow of Motorola co-founder, Paul Galvin and vice-president Kenneth M. Piper.[8] She resigned as president and CEO in June 2014.[9]

In 1996, Mohraz was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the United States Naval Academy Board of Visitors.[10] The next year, she co-chaired the Special Committee investigating allegations of unethical and criminal incidents at the United States Naval Academy to which, former Central Intelligence Agency director and committee co-chair Stansfield Turner commended Mohraz, stating that "she brought energy and a willingness to contribute her time and herself."[3]

Community involvement

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Mohraz has been involved community boards including the Council on Foundations, Morrison Institute for Public Policy, the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities and Greater Phoenix Leadership.[11] She is the chair of the board of directors of Encore.org.[11] Mohraz was appointed to the board of trustees of the Virginia G. Piper Charitable trust in April 2012.[12] She has also been a trustee for other organizations including the St. Mark's School of Texas, ChildCareGroup Dallas, and the Baltimore Community Foundation.[11]

Personal life

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Judy Jolley Mohraz married Bijan Mohraz, an Iranian mechanical and civil engineer, in 1973.[3][13] He was a tenured professor at Southern Methodist University when she moved to Towson, Maryland to serve as the president of Goucher College and would consequently visit Maryland on the weekends.[2] From 1994 to 1998, Bijan Mohraz was a visiting fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland.[2][14] Together, they have two sons, Andrew and Jonathan.[3]

Awards

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Mohraz was presented a Baylor University Distinguished Alumni award in 1994.[15] In May 2014, Mohraz was recognized by Valle del Sol as a Mom of the Year honoree.[16] On December 12, 2014, she was awarded an honorary doctoral degree from Northern Arizona University for her commitment to the community and education.[11]

Selected works

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Books

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  • Mohraz, Judy Jolley (1979). The Separate Problem: Case Studies of Black Education in the North, 1900-1930. Greenwood press. ISBN 9780313204111.[17]

Articles

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Ollove, Michael (February 27, 1994). "Goucher appoints president". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Tassy, Elaine (August 31, 1994). "New chief crams on Goucher culture". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Loudermilk, Suzanne (November 22, 1998). "Mohraz's first four years prove to be Goucher's good fortune President raises funds, enrollment and morale". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  4. ^ a b c Asher, Lisa (2009). "Alumni 150". Baylor Alumni Association. Archived from the original on February 4, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  5. ^ Ellis, L. Tuffly; Stockley, Barbara J. (1974). "A Checklist of Theses and Dissertations in Texas Studies, 1964-1974". The Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 78 (2): 183–198. JSTOR 30240995.
  6. ^ Rosenbaum, Judy (1974). Black Education in Three Northern Cities in The Early Twentieth Century (PhD in History thesis). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. ProQuest 302705521.
  7. ^ a b c d Judy Jolley Mohraz. Marquis Who's Who. OCLC 4779467145.
  8. ^ a b c Hill, Michael (June 16, 2000). "Mohraz, Goucher president, resigns". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  9. ^ Gonzales, Angela (June 8, 2013). "Mohraz to step down as CEO of Piper Charitable Trust". Phoenix Business Journal. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  10. ^ National Archives and Records Administration (1998). Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, William J. Clinton, 1996, Book 2, July 1 to December 31, 1996, Book 2. Government Printing Office. p. 2246. ISBN 9780160636899.
  11. ^ a b c d "Entrepreneur, foundation trustee to earn honorary degrees at fall commencement". Northern Arizona University News. December 3, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  12. ^ "Class Notes Summer 2012". Baylor Magazine. 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  13. ^ Yaghoubian, Jack Njdeh (2014). And Then I Met the Getty Kouros: An Engineer's Odyssey from the Streets of Tehran to the Hills of Malibu. Quantech press. p. 28. ISBN 9780996056106.
  14. ^ "SMU Retired Faculty Bijan Mohraz". Southern Methodist University. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  15. ^ "BLF Hall of Fame". Baylor Line Foundation. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  16. ^ "Mom of the Year". Frontdoors Media. April 29, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  17. ^ Reviews of The Separate Problem: Case Studies of Black Education in the North, 1900-1930:
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