2006 ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR

JULIUS E. COLES '64

President of Africare to deliver

Alumni Day/B.R Brazeal Crown Forum Address

Thursday, April 12, 2007 @ 11:00 a.m.

Julius E. Coles '64 was named president of Africare in 2002. He graduated Cum Laude from Morehouse College in 1964 with a B.A. in Political Science, Economics and French.  In 1966 he earned a Masters of Public Affairs from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.  Julius also has studied at the Foreign Service Institute's Senior Seminar, the Federal Executive Institute (Management) and the Institut de Francais in France (French).  While at Morehouse College, Julius was selected for the coveted Merrill Foreign Study Grant, and studied French at the University of Geneva in Switzerland during 1962-1963.

Julius has been a consistent and loyal supporter of Morehouse College, and is a lifetime member of the Morehouse College Alumni Association. Julius Coles exemplifies through his professional achievements, his service to the community and his commitment to Morehouse College what we strive for as “Morehouse Men.”

Julius enjoyed a sterling career in the United States Foreign Service.  After serving 28 years with distinction in the U.S. Agency for International Development -- Mission Director in Swaziland and Senegal; additional service in Vietnam, Morocco, Liberia, the Congo (Zaire), India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Washington, D.C. -- Julius Coles retired in 1994 with the rank of Career Minister. Immediately he moved to Howard University as the first Director of the Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center.  As the first head, Julius not only established the curriculum, the library and the various programs but he literally built the building working directly with the architect.  

Julius returned to Morehouse College in 1997 as the first Director of the Andrew Young Center for International Affairs.