Haiti - Diaspora : A Haitian-American president of Xavier University (Louisiana)
Friday was held the inauguration ceremony of Dr. Reynold Verret as the new President of the Catholic University Xavier (Louisiana).
Dr. Verret, born in Port-au-Prince October 8, 1954, was exiled to the United States in 1963 to escape the Duvalier dictatorship. He obtained in 1982 his doctorate in biochemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Dr. Verret is the 6th President of Xavier University, which hosts mostly black students. He takes over from Dr. Norman Francis, who took a well deserved retirement after 47 years of career.
