Eugene Eubanks

Eugene Emerson Eubanks (June 6, 1938 – November 20, 2011) was an American professor and school administrator focused on school desegregation. He was a longtime professor at the University of Missouri–Kansas City's School of Education, eventually becoming the school's first African American dean. Following a U.S. Federal Courts case, Eubanks was appointed to oversee the Kansas City Public Schools desegregation efforts in 1984. He went on to serve as a consultant in numerous school desegregation cases, and as president of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.

Early life and education Eugene Eubanks was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania on June 6, 1938 to Nelson and Emily Jackson Eubanks. He attended Meadville High School, where he played basketball. He then taught mathematics and served as principal in Cleveland Public Schools while pursuing a master's degree in secondary school administration from John Carroll University.

Academic career Eubanks joined the faculty of the University of Delaware as an assistant professor. In 1974, he moved to the University of Missouri, Kansas City as assistant dean of the School of Education.

Eubanks served as president of the American Association of Colleges and Teachers in Education and editor of the Journal of the National Alliance of Black School Educators. Eubanks was granted the titles professor emeritus and dean emeritus from the University. Despite his university retirement, he continued to teach high school math. Eubanks died on November 20, 2011, and is buried at Meadville's Greendale Cemetery.