Saint Augustine’s University mourns sudden passing of President Irving McPhail
The president of a historically Black college in Raleigh has died three months after starting his tenure, the school said. Saint Augustine’s University announced Irving Pressley McPhail’s death Thursday night in a post on their Facebook page. A cause of death was not released. “In the short time he was the university’s chief executive officer, he made a memorable and positive impact in moving the University in the direction of being a ‘Learning Centered’ campus,” the post said. Members of the community marched silently by the President’s residence to lay flowers on the porch, according to another post on the school’s