Jesse Foster McClure, Jr., 66, passed away on February 21, 2011. He earned his bachelors and masters degrees at the University of Michigan in 1969. He moved to Sacramento where he was Director of Black Studies at California State University-Sacramento. Later he received his PhD from  Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. In 1972, he was appointed Dean of the School of Social Work at California State University-Sacramento. In 1983, Dr. McClure became Dean of Social Work at ASU. In 1990 he became the first African American to serve as Senior Vice Chancellor of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. In 1997, he became Provost at LeMoyne-Owen College. Dr. McClure is survived by his wife, Alnita, two children, a granddaughter and numerous extended family members.