In Memoriam: Ralphenia D. Pace

Ralphenia Pace, professor emeritus at Tuskegee University in Alabama, passed away on December 27.

Dr. Pace taught in the department of food and nutritional sciences at historically Black Tuskegee University for more than four decades. Throughout her long tenure, she served in several leadership roles, including head of her department and assistant dean of academic and student affairs in the School of Agriculture and Home Economics. She also helped to develop the university’s Center for Research on Diet, the Food and Nutritional Science Advisory Board, and numerous endowed student scholarships.

Dr. Pace was a 1967 graduate of Tuskegee University.

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