Beverly Tatum graduated high school in 1971 and later earned a B.A. Memorial Contributions be made to Notre Dame High School, Attn. Education: Wesleyan University, BA, 1975; Univ of Michigan, MA, 1976, PhD, 1984; Hartford Seminary, MA, 2000. By the time he was four years old, he'd mastered how to spell the word "cat," which made inevitable his decision to become an author. With this, his hopes of making a career in the field of martial arts also vanished, forcing him to shift his focus towards his other love, that is, writing. On April 19, 2002, the Spelman College Board of Trustees appointed Tatum as the institutions ninth president, to begin her duties as the third African-American female to head the college in August of 2002. Tatum, Beverly Daniel 1954- | Encyclopedia.com [10], Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum retired in July 2015 as President Emerita of Spelman College. BREAKING: Tatum David Returns Back Home to Illinois [CDATA[ Tatum David goes home DEVASTATED after taking the race out in 3 flat for the first 1k and then fading to 4th, did not even get a real hug from KK Hart at the finish line camera, shutdown. Tatum, B. Tatum Speaks of Developing Student Racial Identities, The Michigan Daily Online, October 16, 1996, www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1996/oct/10-16-96/news/newsf4.html (July 19, 2002). His cousins join him in the battle. "[14] Indeed, Tatum has dedicated much of her career to conversations with the public on the subjects of race and racial identity development. Additional information for this profile was obtained through a letter to Donna Akiba Sullivan Harper, June 21, 2002. And in 2014, Tatum helped the college to raise 157.8 million dollars, an amount that far exceeded fundraising goals and was the most money to have been fundraised in the history of the institution. David A. Tatum was born in Ithaca, NY, the son of a fashion designer and a book-collecting librarian who later became a spy. David Levine Jan. 13, 2023. David started freshman year at Richland County Olney High School in central Illinois in 2019.