PAST PRESIDENT
Dr. Thomas O. Edwards, former President of Mid Island Golf Club
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He is a licensed psychologist in the State of New York. He was born in North Carolina, but has spent most of his life in New York, where he completed his secondary education (Boys High), undergraduate studies (City College of New York), Master’s Degree (New York University), Ph. D. (Graduate School and University Center of the City of New York, CUNY). He had an illustrious career in academia, serving over 35 years in professorial and administrative assignments, primarily at Medgar Evers College of CUNY. He also taught courses as an Adjunct Professor at Teachers’ College of Columbia University and the College of New Rochelle.
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In his vast travel experiences, he has served as a Peace Corps Volunteer (Costa Rica), participated as a Fulbright Scholar (Brazil), and was ens-tooled as a Tribal Chief (Ghana). Currently, he is actively involved in community and church activities: volunteer in the Food Pantry and Soup Kitchen at the Greater Allen AME Cathedral of New York; member of the Male Usher Ministry and the North Carolina Club Ministry; Board of Directors member of the Merrill Park Civic association which oversees the Robert Couche Senior Citizens Center in Jamaica, NY.
