Dr. Asa Grant Hilliard III
August 22, 1933,
Galveston, Texas -
August 13, 2007,
Cairo, Egypt
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Noted educator, historian, psychologist, teacher of
African history and a lifelong learner and traveler.
A graduate of the University
of Denver, Asa Grant Hilliard III joined the faculty
at San Francisco State University and later became a
consultant to the Peace Corps in West Africa, where
he served as the superintendent of schools in Monrovia,
Liberia. Upon returning to San Francisco State University,
Dr. Hilliard was appointed department chair and Dean
of Education.
Dr. Hilliard spent more than 30 years leading study
groups to Egypt and Ghana as part of his mission of
teaching the truth about the history of Africa and the
African diaspora.
At the time of his death, Dr. Hilliard was the Fuller
E. Calloway Professor of Urban Education at Georgia
State University, where he held joint appointments in
the Department of Educational Policy Studies and the
Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education.
He is survived by his wife of nearly 50 years, Patsy
Jo Hilliard, former mayor of East Point, Georgia, with
whom he had four children and seven grandchildren.
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