Franklin stepping down as Morehouse College's president

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

January 30, 2012

After five years at the helm, Robert M. Franklin is stepping down as president of Morehouse College. In a press release issued by the Atlanta school, Franklin will remain at the college until the end of the 2012 academic year. Then he will take a sabbatical as a Scholar in Residence at Stanford University's Martin Luther King Jr. Institute. Morehouse's board of trustees named him President Emeritus and Distinguished Professor, the college's highest honor.

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