Dr. Sherry Hoppe was named president emeritus of Austin Peay State University in 2007 after serving there almost eight years. Well regarded for her visionary leadership, she was also president of two other colleges. She is co-author of Maxine Smith's Unwilling Pupils (University of Tennessee Press, 2007), the authorized biography of a civil rights leader. She has co-edited four published books (Jossey-Bass [2], Praeger, and Peter Lang) and authored eight chapters in three books. She served six years on the Commission on Colleges Executive Council and was active on the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Board of Directors. Sherry lives in Chattanooga, where her hometown hero grew up.

Books by Sherry Lee Hoppe

A Matter of Conscience: Redemption of a Hometown Hero, Bobby Hoppe

Sherry Lee Hoppe with Dennie B Burke

Auburn football star Bobby Hoppe was enjoying a beautiful mid-summer night as he headed home from a date with his girlfriend. He certainly wasn't expecting trouble as he drove down the steep, winding road in North Chattanooga. When a darkened car, its headlights off, cruised up behind him, he assumed it was old high school buddies playing a prank. But as the driver pulled alongside and pointed a pistol at his head, Hoppe recognized his sister's ex-lover, a disreputable whiskey runner. A shot was fired, the car fell back, and Hoppe fled for his life.