H. Patrick Swygert

Overview

H. PATRICK SWYGERT has served as President of Howard University since 1995. Mr. Swygert served as President of the University at Albany, State University of New York from 1990 to 1995, and as Executive Vice President of Temple University from 1987 to 1990. He also serves on the Boards of Fannie Mae and Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. Mr. Swygert is a member of the Central Intelligence Agency's External Advisory Board, the Advisory Council for the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture, the D.C. Emancipation Commemoration Commission, the U.S. National Commission for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Commission on Presidential Debates. Mr. Swygert is 63 and has been a UTC director since 2001.