Michael Lomax

Dr. Michael Lucius Lomax (born October 2, 1947, in Los Angeles, California) is, since 2004, the president and chief executive officer of the United Negro College Fund of the United States. Lomax is the son of Lucius W. Lomax, Jr. (1910-73), a Los Angeles attorney, and Hallie Almena Davis Lomax (1915-2011), a journalist.

Lomax taught literature at Morehouse College and Spelman College, Emory University, the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Georgia. For seven years he served as president of Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he was able to increase enrollment by nearly 70%; complete $54 million in acquisitions and renovations, including the first new academic building since 1993, the Dillard University International Center for Economic Freedom; double the university’s assets; and nearly triple the fundraising from alumni, individuals, corporations and foundations.

Lomax also served for 12 years as Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Fulton County, Georgia, part of the greater Atlanta, Georgia, region. In 1989, he was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for mayor of Atlanta.

Lomax also serves as the Chairman of the Board of the United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation (UNCFSP), which provides support for institutions of higher learning to build relationships and create partnerships with the government and other organizations. He is also Chairman of UNCF’s Advisory Board for the Frederick D. Patterson Institute, which is the first black-led research institute in the country to design, conduct, analyze, interpret and disseminate research to the public, policymakers, and educators.

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