Nat Glover

Nat Glover
3rd Sheriff of Jacksonville
In office
November 20, 1995  July 1, 2003
Preceded byJim McMillan
Succeeded byJohn Rutherford
President of Edward Waters University
In office
May, 2010
Interim: May–February 2011  May, 2018
Preceded byClaudette Williams
Succeeded byA. Zachary Faison, Jr.
Personal details
Born
Nathaniel Glover Jr.

(1943-03-29) March 29, 1943
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseDoris J. Bailey
Children2
Alma materEdward Waters University, University of North Florida, FBI National Academy
OccupationPresident of Edward Waters University

Nathaniel Glover Jr. (born March 29, 1943), is an American former college administrator and former police officer and sheriff. Glover is considered a pioneer in leadership in Jacksonville, Florida. He was the first African American elected sheriff in Florida since the end of the Reconstruction. He was a mayoral candidate and served as the President of Edward Waters University, Florida's first institution established for the education of African-Americans, from 2010 to 2018. Previously he was the Sheriff of Jacksonville from 1995 to 2003, after serving in the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office since 1966. He was succeeded by John Rutherford.