Editing Rod Paige (section)

{{Short description|American politician (born 1933)}}
{{For|the biologist Rod Page|Roderic D. M. Page}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = Rod Paige
|image        = Rod Paige.jpg
|office       = 7th [[United States Secretary of Education]]
|caption      = Official portrait
|president    = [[George W. Bush]]
|term_start   = January 20, 2001
|term_end     = January 20, 2005
|predecessor  = [[Richard Riley]]
|successor    = [[Margaret Spellings]]
|office2 = Superintendent of the [[Houston Independent School District]]
|term_start2  = 1994
|term_end2    = 2001
|predecessor2 = [[Yvonne Gonzales]] (interim)
|successor2   = [[Kaye Stripling]] (interim)
|birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1933|6|17}}
|birth_place  = [[Monticello, Mississippi]], U.S.
|death_date   = 
|death_place  = 
|party        = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse       = {{marriage|Gloria Crawford|1956|1982}}<br />Stephanie Nellons 
|children     = 1
|education    = [[Jackson State University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Indiana University Bloomington]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]], [[Doctor of Education|EdD]])
|allegiance   = {{flagu|United States|1912}}
|branch       = {{flag|United States Navy|1864}}
|serviceyears = 1955–1957
}}
'''Roderick Raynor Paige''' (born June 17, 1933) is an American academic and politician who served as the 7th [[United States secretary of education]] from 2001 to 2005. Paige, who grew up in Mississippi, moved from college football coach and classroom teacher to college dean and school [[Superintendent (education)|superintendent]] to be the [[List of African American United States Cabinet Secretaries|first African American]] to serve as the U.S. education chief.

Paige was sitting with [[George W. Bush]] at the [[Emma E. Booker Elementary School]] in [[Sarasota, Florida]], when Bush received the news that a second plane had hit the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] in the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].

On November 15, 2004, Paige announced his resignation after overseeing the President's education agenda for four years. [[White House]] domestic policy adviser [[Margaret Spellings]] was nominated as his successor. The [[U.S. Senate]] confirmed her on January 20, 2005 after Bush's inauguration for a second term.

Paige served as interim president of his alma mater, [[Jackson State University]], from November 2016 to June 2017.<ref name= names>{{cite news| url= http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2016/11/01/rod-paige-interim-jsu-president/93106816/ |title= College Board names Rod Paige interim JSU president| work= The Clarion-Ledger| first= Jimmie E.| last= Gates| date= November 1, 2016| access-date= November 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Investiture Ceremony shows Bynum as faithful, father, friend and trailblazer |url=http://www.jsumsnews.com/?p=37587 |work=Jackson State Newsroom |location=[[Jackson, Mississippi]] |date=October 15, 2018 |access-date=May 3, 2019}}</ref>