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'''Allen Lee Sessoms''' (born November 17, 1946) is an American physicist, diplomat, and academic administrator. His scientific research focused on [[Quark|quarks]] and related [[Subatomic particle|subatomic particles]] at [[CERN]] and [[Harvard University]]. Sessoms worked in the [[United States Department of State]] for 12 years, rising to the position of deputy ambassador at the [[Embassy of the United States, Mexico City]]. He later served as president of [[Queens College, City University of New York]], [[Delaware State University]], and the [[University of the District of Columbia]].
== Education ==
Sessoms was born on November 17, 1946.<ref name=":0"></ref> He completed a B.S. in mathematics at [[Union College]] in 1968. Sessoms earned a M.S. in physics at [[University of Washington]] in 1969. He completed a D.Sc. in physics at [[Yale University]] in 1972.<ref name=":1"></ref> Sessoms was a [[postdoctoral researcher]] at the [[Brookhaven National Laboratory]] working on computer programs, and the production of [[Quark|quarks]] at the [[Fermilab]].<ref name=":0" />
== Career ==
In 1973, Sessoms became a scientific associate at the [[CERN]] researching quarks and related [[Subatomic particle|subatomic particles]]. He became an assistant professor of physics at [[Harvard University]] while working for CERN.<ref name=":2"></ref>
Sessoms was the senior technical advisor for the [[Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs]] from 1980 to 1982 where he served as director of the Office of Technology Safegards from 1982 to 1987. Sessoms was counselor for scientific and technological affairs at the [[Embassy of the United States, Paris]] from 1987 to 1989. Sessoms was minister-counselor of political affairs at the [[Embassy of the United States, Mexico City]] from 1989 to 1991 and served as deputy chief minister of missions (deputy ambassador) from 1991 to 1993.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
Sessoms became executive vice president at [[University of Massachusetts]] in 1993 and served in the role until 1995. He was also the institutions vice president of academic affairs from 1994 to 1995. Sessoms was president of [[Queens College, City University of New York]] from 1995 to 2000. He raised academic standards, tripled annual alumni giving, and over saw $160 million in building renovations. He established international programs. Sessoms left amid debate about lack of funding for an AIDS research center. From 2000 to 2003, Sessoms was a fellow and lecturer of public policy at the [[Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
Sessoms became the 9th president of [[Delaware State University]] in 2003, serving in the role until 2008 when he became president of the [[University of the District of Columbia]] (UDC).<ref name=":2" /> He was terminated from UDC in December 2012.<ref></ref>
== Awards and honors ==
Sessoms was a [[Ford Foundation Fellow]] and received a [[Sloan Fellows|Sloan Fellow]]. The Union College and [[Sōka University]] presented him with honorary doctorates. He won the [[Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal]] in 1999. Sessoms is an [[Officiers of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques|Officier of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques]].<ref name=":2" /> In 2008, he was elected [[Fellow of the American Physical Society]].<ref></ref>
== Personal life ==
Sessoms speaks English, Spanish, French, and German.<ref name=":1" />
== References ==
[[Category:1946 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Union College (New York) alumni]]
[[Category:University of Washington alumni]]
[[Category:Yale University alumni]]
[[Category:University of Massachusetts faculty]]
[[Category:CERN]]
[[Category:20th-century American diplomats]]
[[Category:African-American diplomats]]
[[Category:Sloan Fellows]]
[[Category:Fellows of the American Physical Society]]
[[Category:20th-century American physicists]]
[[Category:African-American scientists]]
[[Category:African-American university presidents]]
[[Category:Delaware State University faculty]]
[[Category:Presidents of the University of the District of Columbia]]
[[Category:Queens College, City University of New York faculty]]
[[Category:Harvard University faculty]]
[[Category:Presidents of campuses of City University of New York]]
== Education ==
Sessoms was born on November 17, 1946.<ref name=":0"></ref> He completed a B.S. in mathematics at [[Union College]] in 1968. Sessoms earned a M.S. in physics at [[University of Washington]] in 1969. He completed a D.Sc. in physics at [[Yale University]] in 1972.<ref name=":1"></ref> Sessoms was a [[postdoctoral researcher]] at the [[Brookhaven National Laboratory]] working on computer programs, and the production of [[Quark|quarks]] at the [[Fermilab]].<ref name=":0" />
== Career ==
In 1973, Sessoms became a scientific associate at the [[CERN]] researching quarks and related [[Subatomic particle|subatomic particles]]. He became an assistant professor of physics at [[Harvard University]] while working for CERN.<ref name=":2"></ref>
Sessoms was the senior technical advisor for the [[Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs]] from 1980 to 1982 where he served as director of the Office of Technology Safegards from 1982 to 1987. Sessoms was counselor for scientific and technological affairs at the [[Embassy of the United States, Paris]] from 1987 to 1989. Sessoms was minister-counselor of political affairs at the [[Embassy of the United States, Mexico City]] from 1989 to 1991 and served as deputy chief minister of missions (deputy ambassador) from 1991 to 1993.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
Sessoms became executive vice president at [[University of Massachusetts]] in 1993 and served in the role until 1995. He was also the institutions vice president of academic affairs from 1994 to 1995. Sessoms was president of [[Queens College, City University of New York]] from 1995 to 2000. He raised academic standards, tripled annual alumni giving, and over saw $160 million in building renovations. He established international programs. Sessoms left amid debate about lack of funding for an AIDS research center. From 2000 to 2003, Sessoms was a fellow and lecturer of public policy at the [[Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
Sessoms became the 9th president of [[Delaware State University]] in 2003, serving in the role until 2008 when he became president of the [[University of the District of Columbia]] (UDC).<ref name=":2" /> He was terminated from UDC in December 2012.<ref></ref>
== Awards and honors ==
Sessoms was a [[Ford Foundation Fellow]] and received a [[Sloan Fellows|Sloan Fellow]]. The Union College and [[Sōka University]] presented him with honorary doctorates. He won the [[Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal]] in 1999. Sessoms is an [[Officiers of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques|Officier of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques]].<ref name=":2" /> In 2008, he was elected [[Fellow of the American Physical Society]].<ref></ref>
== Personal life ==
Sessoms speaks English, Spanish, French, and German.<ref name=":1" />
== References ==
[[Category:1946 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Union College (New York) alumni]]
[[Category:University of Washington alumni]]
[[Category:Yale University alumni]]
[[Category:University of Massachusetts faculty]]
[[Category:CERN]]
[[Category:20th-century American diplomats]]
[[Category:African-American diplomats]]
[[Category:Sloan Fellows]]
[[Category:Fellows of the American Physical Society]]
[[Category:20th-century American physicists]]
[[Category:African-American scientists]]
[[Category:African-American university presidents]]
[[Category:Delaware State University faculty]]
[[Category:Presidents of the University of the District of Columbia]]
[[Category:Queens College, City University of New York faculty]]
[[Category:Harvard University faculty]]
[[Category:Presidents of campuses of City University of New York]]
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