Irvin D. Reid is President Emeritus of Wayne State University in Michigan, having served as President from 1997 to 2008 when he became Inaugural Holder of the Eugene Applebaum Chair in Community Engagement and director of the Forum on Contemporary Issues in Society. Prior to becoming the President of Wayne State University, he served from 1989 to 1997, as President of Montclair State University in New Jersey, and from 1983 to 1989 held positions of Dean, School of Business Administration, and John Stagmaier Professor of Economics and Business Administration at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He earned Masters and Ph.D. degrees in business and applied economics from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and B.S. and M.S. degrees in psychology from Howard University. He is currently a private investor in residential apartments in Detroit and a partner with American Community Developers, Inc., in the development of affordable housing in Brush Watson Park, a mixed income community in Midtown Detroit where he and his wife reside. He is a first time film maker.