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The university library is named in Dr. Harvey and his wife Norma's honor.

The university library is named in Dr. Harvey and his wife Norma's honor.

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End of an era

Hampton University President William R. ‘Bill’ Harvey is stepping down June 30 after 44 years at the helm

Hampton University, one of the nation’s first historically black institutions, was a small struggling four-year college on the banks of the Hampton River near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay when an ambitious, young Dr. William R. “Bill” Harvey Jr. from Tuskegee Institute in Alabama was chosen as president of the institution.