Percy A. Pierre

Percy Anthony Pierre (born January 3, 1939) is an American electrical engineer and academic administrator. He is a graduate and former trustee of Notre Dame University. He received his doctorate degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1967, and is recognized as the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in electrical engineering. In the 1970s, Pierre was a principal architect of the first national engineering education program for minority students. In the 1980s, he served as assistant secretary for research, development, and regulation of the U.S. Army for Research and Development. As a university administrator, he was dean of engineering at Howard University, vice president for research and graduate studies at Michigan State University, and president at Prairie View A&M University. He is currently Adjunct Professor and Glenn L. Martin Endowed Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland.