Dr. Sandra DeLoatch speaks with Vice President Joe Biden about cybersecurity initiatives at Norfolk State University. Photo from NSU Communications and Marketing.

February 17, 2017

To the University Community:

Please join me in wishing Dr. Sandra J. DeLoatch well as she retires from Norfolk State University. Over her more than 40 years of dedicated service, she has distinguished herself among her professional peers in the STEM field, at Norfolk State and throughout the community.

Dr. DeLoatch has served us as educator, professor, founding chair of the Computer Science Department, dean of the College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and as Acting President (August 23, 2013 to September 22, 2013). She has broken many barriers in the field of Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics. Dr. DeLoatch has been an innovator, collaborator, champion and distinguished leader.

Because of her love for Norfolk State, Dr. DeLoatch has been one of the University’s most charitable donors, having been inducted into the Lyman Beecher Brooks Society in March 2015 for giving more than $100,000 to our institution.

Through the years, Dr. DeLoatch has made extraordinary contributions to the science, engineering and technology fields. She has championed programs, on and off campus, that have encouraged women, girls and minorities to enter scientific fields. Dr. DeLoatch has achieved many “firsts” during her career including serving as the Principal Investigator for one of the first two research contracts ever awarded to an HBCU by the National Security Agency (NSA). Her pioneering efforts in information assurance and computer science laid the groundwork for NSU’s emerging prowess and success in Cybersecurity.

Dr. DeLoatch has administered more than $50 million in external funding for computer science and mathematics research and educational projects from agencies such as the National Science Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA Langley Research Center, Department of Defense (National Security Agency), Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Education, Department of Energy and others. She has also authored research articles, textbooks, and technical reports.

More importantly, Dr. DeLoatch has served as an educator and mentor to thousands of students who have attended Norfolk State.

To honor her many contributions and what she has achieved, I ask that you join me at a retirement celebration for Dr. DeLoatch on Friday, February 24, 2017, in Scott/Dozier Dining Hall from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Forging Onward,
Eddie N. Moore, Jr.
President and CEO