Center, the Living Learning Center, the Saint Martin De Porres hall and the Katharine Drexel hall. Notable alumni In addition to former president, Norman C. Francis, distinguished alumni include: Notable faculty and staff Arthur P. Bedou - Visiting Photographer; African-American photographer noted for being the personal photographer of Booker T. Washington. Regina Benjamin - MD, MBA, 18th Surgeon General of the United States. Edward S. Bopp - Xavier Adjunct Professor of Pharmacy; New Orleans lawyer, and state representative from 1977 to 1984 Dr. Joyce Hooper Corrington - Xavier Director of Research in Science and Associate Professor of Chemistry; American television and film writer including Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973), General Hospital, and One Life to Live, and the television film The Killer Bees (1974). Dr. Norman C. Francis - Xavier President from 1968 to 2015; Previously served as Dean of Men, Director of Student Personnel Services, Assistant to the President for Student Affairs, Assistant to the President in Charge of Development, and Executive Vice-President prior to his presidential appointment. Dr. Antoine Garibaldi - Xavier Professor and Chair of the Education Department, Dean of Arts and Sciences, and Vice President for Academic Affairs; first lay and first African-American President at University of Detroit Mercy's, and sixth and first African-American President of Gannon University. Frank Hercules - Xavier Visiting Professor and Writer-in-Residence, English Dept.; author of "Where the Hummingbird Flies" (1961), "I Want a Black Doll" (1967), and "American Society and the Black Revolution" (1972). Bob Hopkins - Xavier Basketball Coach (1969–74); NBA Player for the Syracuse Nationals and Philadelphia Tapers; NBA Coach for the Seattle SuperSonics (1974–77) and New York Knicks (1978-79). Harold Hunter - Xavier Basketball Coach (1974–77); first African American to sign a contract with any National Basketball Association (NBA) team. Father Jerome LeDoux, S.V.D. - Xavier University Chaplin, Professor of Philosophy and Theology; African-American priest and author noted for his Afrocentric Catholic Masses, his ebullient style, and his writings. Ralph Metcalfe - Xavier Professor of Political Science and Track Coach; African-American track and field sprinter, 4-time Olympic medal recipient, and was regarded as the world's fastest human in 1934 and 1935 Sister Mary Elise Sisson - Chairwoman of Xavier Music Department; founded Opera-South in Jackson, MS (encompassing Jackson State University, Utica State College, and Tougaloo College), and founded the National Opera Ebony in New York and Philadelphia. Pearl L. Stewart - Xavier Journalist-in-Residence; editor of