Washington has also toured and studied the educational systems of Taiwan and seven African countries, sponsored by the Republic of China, and Africa.
Before coming to Utica Junior College, he had been serving as principal of Sumner Hill in Clinton, Mississippi.
The combined 37 years of continuous service made him the longest serving college president in Mississippi and around the nation.
He served on boards and advisory councils in and out of the State, including the Board of Directors of Mississippi Power and Light Company, Entergy Corporation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education and the National Commission for Cooperative Education.
He has also served as a member of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), the Advisory Council of the National Urban League's Black Executive Exchange Program, the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the President's Council of the State University Presidents, and the U.S. President's Advisory Council on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Additionally, he was a charter member of Beta Gamma Boule' of Sigma Pi Phi fraternity.