The Nashville office of Baker Donelson recently hosted a welcoming reception for Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover, the eighth President of Tennessee State University (TSU), her alma mater. Dr. Glover previously served as Dean of the College of Business of Jackson State University (JSU) in Jackson, Mississippi. Dr. Glover is a certified public accountant, an attorney and holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Finance.
While in Jackson, Dr. Glover was active in many civic and community organizations, including serving for 15 years on the five-member Board of Commissioners of the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority, including three separate two-year terms as Chair of the Board.
During her remarks, Dr. Glover discussed the importance of her experience at TSU in shaping her personal values and career, and recognized several of her former professors who were in attendance. She pledged to build strong partnerships between TSU and the Nashville business community and other educational institutions, and said she would focus her tenure on educating tomorrow’s business, professional and community leaders.
Dr. Glover also cited her friendship and close working relationship with the Jackson office of Baker Donelson, which serves as general counsel to the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority. She praised the Firm for recognizing the importance of historically black colleges and universities, and in particular for its support of the JSU College of Business and TSU.
Dr. Glover said her connection to Baker Donelson goes back to her college days. When she was in need of scholarship assistance as an undergraduate at TSU, she was awarded a scholarship funded in part by then-United States Senator Howard Baker, former Chief of Staff to President Reagan, Senate Majority Leader and United States Ambassador to Japan.
Dr. Glover was recently featured as one of the "Top 25 Women in Higher Education" by Diverse magazine, further evidence of her hard work and deep knowledge of the higher education field. We wish Dr. Glover much continued success as she begins a new chapter at TSU.