Cordell Wynn

Cordell Wynn (born c. 1926 in Eatonton, Georgia; died April 28, 2010 in Tuscaloosa) was president of Stillman College from 1982 to 1997.

Wynn began his career as a teacher in Bibb County, Georgia, rising to the post of assistant superintendent. While there he wrote that system's desegregation plan. He was appointed to a national advisory committee on education by President Lyndon Johnson and continued to advise Richard Nixon on desegregation issues.

Wynn was dean of education at Alabama A&M University before he was hired to lead Stillman out of a difficult period of low enrollment. He helped double enrollment during his tenure and also served as a community leader. He chaired the Tuscaloosa Housing Authority board and served on the Alabama Ethics Commission and the board of the United Negro College Fund.

Wynn died at a nursing home in Tuscaloosa in 2010.

References

• "Former Stillman College President Cordell Wynn dies in Tuscaloosa at age 83." (April 29, 2010) Associated Press