By Catherine Pugh Dr. Earl Stanford Richardson, who served as the ninth president of Morgan State University from 1984 to 2010, has died at the age of 81. Dr. Richardson succeeded Dr. Andrew Billingsley and was followed by Dr. David K. Wilson, the current president of the university. In announcing Dr. Richardson’s death to the Morgan community in a statement on Sept. 13, Dr. Wilson called him, “a transformative leader in our institution’s history, who guided Morgan with wisdom, strength and vision. He ushered in what came to be known as Morgan’s Renaissance–a period of tremendous growth, renewal and national
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