Cleon Thompson Jr., educator and former WSSU chancellor, dies at 92

Dr. Cleon Thompson Jr., who served for 10 years as chancellor of Winston-Salem State University, has died. Thompson served as chancellor from 1985 to 1995. Among his accomplishments was revitalizing Winston-Salem State’s School of Nursing. The university’s student services center also bears his name. Dennis Felder has taught…

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