& M ▁University ▁years , ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁- ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁Hum ph ries ▁was ▁e ighth ▁President ▁of ▁Florida ▁A & M ▁University ▁from ▁June ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁to ▁December ▁ 3 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁He ▁was ▁originally ▁expected ▁to ▁depart ▁June ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁Under ▁his ▁mot to ▁of ▁" Ex cell ence ▁with ▁Car ing ", ▁he ▁worked ▁with ▁administr ators , ▁fac ulty , ▁students , ▁al umn i , ▁the ▁corpor ate ▁world , ▁and ▁other ▁supp or ters ▁of ▁F AM U . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁under ▁the ▁Hum ph ries ▁administration , ▁F AM U ▁continu ously ▁improved ▁its ▁image ▁and ▁gained ▁increasing ▁recognition ▁on ▁the ▁state , ▁national , ▁and ▁international ▁levels . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁dedicated ▁al umn us ▁of ▁F AM U , ▁one ▁of ▁President ▁Hum ph ries ' ▁major ▁goals ▁was ▁to ▁increase ▁student ▁en roll ment ▁at ▁all ▁levels ▁with ▁high - ach ieving , ▁quality ▁students . ▁Over ▁his ▁six teen - year ▁ten ure , ▁the ▁en roll ment ▁at ▁F AM U ▁more ▁than ▁double d ▁from ▁ 5 , 1 0 1 ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁to ▁ 1 2 , 2 5 7 ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁S AT ▁score ▁of ▁ 1 0 2 8 , ▁and ▁an ▁average ▁A CT ▁score