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Dr. Douglas Covington is a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and he received his basic education there. His higher education at the undergraduate and graduate levels was subsidized through academic scholarships and personal earnings. He was graduate cum laude from Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree, and from the Ohio State University, where he received a Master of Arts degree, and his Doctor of Philosophy degree.

On June 1, 1995, Dr. Covington assumed his present position as President of Radford University, a comprehensive public institution which offers 144 major courses of study at the undergraduate and graduate levels to its more than 8,200 students. Prior to his presidency of Radford University, Dr. Covington served as Chancellor of Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina; President of Alabama A&M University in Huntsville, Alabama; and President of Cheyney University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Covington has held leadership roles on governing boards of numerous civic and professional organizations at the state and national levels. Some of these include: the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (Executive Committee of the Association and State Representative from North Carolina); the National Association for Equal Opportunity; the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (Executive Committee); the Governor's Task Force on the Reorganization of Higher Education in Alabama; the National Joint Committee on Economic Education, the North Carolina Medical Care Commission (Executive Committee); the North Carolina Board of Theater Arts; and the North Carolina Art Museum. Dr. Covington has also served on the Indiana State Board of Education, the Faulkner University Board of Trustees, and as Chairman of the Steering Committee on Historically Black Colleges and Universities for the U.S. Department of the Interior. Nine presidents/chancellors of public and private institutions or higher education comprised the membership of the Committee, which served the Department in an advisory capacity. In addition, he has served as a consultant to the Kellogg Foundation, the National Council for Higher Education Management Systems, and the U. S. Agency for International Development.

Dr. Covington's professional leadership activities have allowed him to travel extensively throughout the United States and abroad. He represented professional organizations and governmental agencies through visits to Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, England, France, Switzerland, and Israel, as well as the African republics of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Senegal.

Dr. Covington keeps an active schedule as a keynote speaker at university convocations, community sponsored programs, and national conferences for professional and civic organizations. His achievements have been recognized through meritorious awards and citations from numerous professional and civic organizations at the local, state, national and international levels.

Having pursued athletics and artistic interests as a student at the secondary and collegiate levels, Dr. Covington remains an avid sports enthusiast and a patron of the arts. He is married to the former Beatrice Michell of Dayton, Ohio. They are the parents of two adult sons, Anthony Douglas and Jeffrey Steven.

T.A.C.T. (Tidewater Alliance of Chemistry Teachers) is an organization of High School and College teachers (both public & private) whose main focus is to "Promote the Love of Chemistry." We seek to encourage, enhance, equip, and support fellow chemistry teachers through programs, workshops, networking ideas, quarterly meetings and an outstanding newsletter. Our goals will be further enhanced by our newly created WEB site.

TACT also exchanges newsletters with other chemistry clubs throughout the US. Some of our yearly activities include: Judging Science Fairs, Demonstration Shows, Tours, Scholarship Awards, National Conferences, and Guest Speakers. To become an associate member and receive our newsletters, send $5.00 to Richard Furlough at 493 Manning Road, Suffolk VA. 23434. Be sure to visit our WEB site at http://web.odu.edu/tact.