Wayne State University President Irvin D. Reid has been recognized nationally for his outstanding contributions in 2002 toward the advancement of international education.

The Michael P. Malone International Leadership Award, established by the Commission on International Programs (CIP) of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC), is designed to provide national recognition to key individuals who have advanced international education at state and land grant institutions.

Founded in 1887, the NASULGC is the nation's oldest higher education association and is a voluntary association of 214 public universities, land-grant institutions and many of the nation's public university systems.

Reid, who came to Wayne State in 1997 from Montclair State University in New Jersey, where he was president for more than eight years, earned master's and doctoral degrees in business and applied economics with a specialty in marketing from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He also has bachelors and masters degrees in general/experimental psychology from Howard University and a certificate in educational administration from Harvard University.

The Wayne State president was named by The Detroit News as one of 12 Outstanding Michiganians of the Year 2000, and he is a recipient of the Jewish National Fund's Tree of Life Award. In 1995, he became the first recipient of the Austrian-American Medal, an honor accorded by the Austrian-American Council of North America for "exceptional service in promoting international understanding, global education, the support and advancement of individual human potential and work promoting world peace." In 1999, Howard University honored him with a Distinguished Postgraduate Achievement Award in the fields of education and administration.

Reid serves on the boards of many international, national, business and community service organizations, including the Michigan Life Sciences Corridor; Michigan Economic Development Corporation; Detroit Economic Growth Corporation; Greater Downtown Partnership; Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce; Detroit Urban League; Economic Club of Detroit; Michigan Opera Theatre; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; New Detroit; Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago-Detroit Branch and Detroit Council for World Affairs advisory board.

He is also chair of the Presidents' Council comprising the 15 public universities in the State of Michigan and serves on the Division II Presidents Council of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Wayne State University is a premier institution of higher education offering more than 350 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to more than 31,000 students in metropolitan Detroit.

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