Dr. Mary Levi Smith's credo is "education for excellence." In the late 1980s Smith was promoted to president of Kentucky State University. At that time she became the first African-American to hold that position in our state's higher education history. President Smith is known as an outspoken advocate for the value of education.

 Source:

Gordon, Jimmy and McDaniel, Karen. Kentucky State University and South Central Bell Kentucky African-American Historical Profiles In Courage and Achievement. Frankfort: University Graphics, 1995.

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