| Summary: | Academic administrator Archie C. Epps III was born on May 19, 1937, in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He graduated from Talladega College, and then entered Harvard Divinity School, where he graduated in 1961. Upon graduation, Epps became a teaching assistant. Politically active, he invited Malcolm X and Ralph Ellison to speak at Harvard, and in 1963, marched on Washington. In 1964, Epps was named assistant dean of students and six years later became dean, the first African-American administrator at Harvard. He remained in the post for thirty-one years. He also taught in Harvard's Center for Middle Eastern Studies as a specialist in Islam. A longtime member of Christ Church in Cambridge, Epps was active with a number of other organizations. He served as a trustee of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for twenty years and was an overseer of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Archie Epps died August 21, 2003 at age 66.
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