Phail Wynn

Phail Wynn, Jr. ( – July 24, 2018) was an American academic administrator, corporate director and Vietnam War veteran. He was the president of the Durham Technical Community College from 1980 to 2007.

Early life Wynn was born in an African-American family in Oklahoma. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma, where he earned a bachelor's degree. He earned a PhD from North Carolina State University and an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He joined the United States Army and served in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Wynn served on the Board, Leadership Council, and as Interim president of Triangle Community Foundation on two separate occasions.

Personal life and death Wynn had a wife, Peggy, and a son, Rahsaan, a Marine Corps master gunnery sergeant. They resided in Durham, North Carolina, where he died on July 24, 2018, at age 70.