Clark Atlanta president announces retirement plans

ATLANTA (AP) -- Clark Atlanta University President Carlton E. Brown has announced plans to retire in June of 2015.<br /> <br /> School officials said in a statement Tuesday that he formally announced his plan to the Board of Trustees Monday after more than 40 years as an educator.<br /> <br /> Brown, of Macon, joined the university as provost in 2007 and was appointed to serve as president in 2008. School officials say under Brown's leadership, Clark Atlanta University became a Southern Association of Colleges and Schools model institution and noted several other achievements.<br /> <br /> School officials say the university also established ties with Liberia, Brazil and Saudi Arabia and under Brown's leadership and is one of 20 schools selected to host the Washington Fellows - Young African Leaders Initiative program this summer.