Gilbert L. Rochon
{{Short description|American academic}}
{{infobox officeholder
|name=Gilbert L. Rochon
|office=6th President of Tuskegee University
|term_start=November 1, 2010
|term_end=October 21, 2013
|birth_place=New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
|spouse=Patricia Saul Rochon
|children=2
|relatives=Stephen W. Rochon (brother)
|education={{ubl|Xavier University of Louisiana | Yale School of Medicine | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)}}
|occupation=Academic, educator
}}
Gilbert L. Rochon is an American former academic and educator who served as the sixth president of Tuskegee University from 2010 to 2013.{{cite web |date=2010-08-21 |url=http://www.alabamas13.com/story/21356307/tuskegee-university-gets-new-president |title=Tuskegee University gets new president |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429045658/http://www.alabamas13.com/story/21356307/tuskegee-university-gets-new-president |archive-date=2014-04-29 |work=Alabama's 13 |publisher=Tuskegee University}}[http://hbculifestyle.com/tuskegee-welcomes-6th-new-president-in-130-year-old-school-history/ "Tuskegee Welcomes 6th New President in 130 Year-Old School History,"] HBCU Lifestyle
Early life and education
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Rochon grew up with his two brothers under the care of their mother and grandfather. He attended segregated Catholic parochial schools and later studied at seminaries in Mississippi and Iowa.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}
Rochon earned a Bachelor's degree from Xavier University of Louisiana, a Master of Public Health in health services administration from Yale University, and a Ph.D. in urban and regional planning from MIT, with research focused on satellite-based remote sensing applications for drought-related famine in Sudan.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Gilbert Leonard Rochon Sixth President of Tuskegee University |url=https://www.tuskegee.edu/discover-tu/tu-presidents/gilbert-rochon |publisher=Tuskegee University}}
Career
Before his presidency at Tuskegee, Rochon held various academic and administrative positions. From 2002 to 2010, he worked at Purdue University, and from 2000 to 2002, he served as a researcher at the US Environmental Protection Agency’s National Risk Management Research Laboratory. Rochon also served as the director and chair of Urban Studies and Public Policy at Dillard University from 1982 to 2000.
Personal life
Rochon is married to Patricia Saul Rochon, a former academic, and they have two children.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}} He is Catholic.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}
Publications
- {{Cite book| editor1-last=Harkavy| editor1-first=Ira| editor2-last=Bergan | editor2-first=Sjur| editor3-last=van't Land| editor3-first=Hilligje | chapter=Democracy & Education: Evolution of the Tuskegee University Governance Model | title=Council of Europe Reimaging Democratic Societies: A New Era of Personal and Social Responsibility| last1=Rochon| first1=Gilbert L.| last2=Thiam | first2=Thierno| isbn=978-92-871-7537-3 | date=7 February 2013 | publisher=Council of Europe| url=http://book.coe.int}}
- {{Cite encyclopedia| last=Rochon| first=Gilbert L.| chapter=Remote Sensing for Disaster Response| encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Geography| editor1=Barney Warf| editor2=Piotr Jankowski| editor3=Barry Solomon |display-editors=etal | publisher=Sage Publications| date=September 2010| isbn=9781412956970 | url=http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book230922}}
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Category:Educators from New Orleans
Category:Presidents of Tuskegee University
Category:Yale School of Medicine alumni
Category:Xavier University of Louisiana alumni
Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
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