12 Facts About Glenda Price

Glenda Price is an American educator and former president of Marygrove College; she was the first African-American woman to serve in this position.

Glenda Price earned her bachelor's degree in medical technology from Temple University in 1961.

Glenda Price later earned her Master of Science in educational media in 1969 and her PhD in educational psychology in 1979, both from Temple.

Glenda Price served as both a professor and assistant dean at Temple University before accepting a position as dean at the School of Allied Health Professions at the University of Connecticut.

From 1979 to 1980, Glenda Price served as the national president of the American Society for Medical Technology, which was considered the largest professional organization for laboratory practitioners at the time.

Glenda Price has been the only African American to serve as president of the organization.

Glenda Price served as the provost of Spelman College in Atlanta; through her friendship with then president Johnnetta Cole, she was offered the job and turned it down before eventually being convinced by Cole to accept the position and move to Atlanta.

Glenda Price was the college's seventh president and the first African-American female to serve in this position.

In 2012, Glenda Price started as president of the Detroit Public Schools Foundation, a non-profit focused on providing resources on behalf of Detroit Public Schools.

In 2002, Glenda Price was named as one of Crain's Detroit Business most influential women.

In 2015, Glenda Price received the Theresa Maxis Award from the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary for her personification of Theresa Maxis' work.

In 2020, Glenda Price was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame.