Paige, Rod

LC control no.	n 94042708
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Paige, Rod *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Paige, Roderick Raynor
Located	Houston (Tex.) Cincinnati (Ohio)
Birth date	1933-06-17
Place of birth	Monticello (Miss.)
Affiliation	Jackson State College Indiana University University of Cincinnati Texas Southern University Houston Independent School District (Tex.) United States. Department of Education
Profession or occupation	Educators Coaches (Athletics)
Found in	In loco parentis, c1993: cover (Rod Paige) OCLC 30978661: (In loco parentis; Center for Excellence in Urban Education, College of Education, Texas Southern University) U.S. Cong. Senate. Comm. on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Nomination, hearing of the Committee ... 2001: t.p. (Roderick Paige; to be secretary of education) p. 14 (Dr. Paige; appointed supt. of schools in Houston in 1994 after having served as dean, College of Education, Texas Southern Univ.) p. 115 (Rod Paige; b. June 17, 1933; undergrad. degree, Jackson (Miss.) State Univ.; master's and doctorate degrees, Indiana Univ.) African American National Biography, accessed March 18, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Paige, Rod; Roderick Raynor Paige; educator, secretary of health, athletic coach / manager; born 17 June, 1933 in Monticello, Mississippi, United States; BA in Physical Education from Jackson State College, Mississippi (1951); master's degree (1964) and doctorate in physical education (1969) from Indiana University, Bloomington; assistant football coach at University of Cincinnati (1969-1984); head football coach and athletic director, later acting dean, at Texas Southern University (1984); established the Center for Excellence in Urban Education at Texas Southern University; was deacon and superintendent of the Sunday school at Brentwood Baptist Church, in Houston, Texas; became an officer of the board of education(1989-1994) and superintendent (1994) at the Houston Independent School District; the first African American appointed secretary of U.S. Department of Education (2001-2004); was nominated for Outstanding Urban Educator (1999), and National Superintendent of the Year (2000))