In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Lester B. Brown, 1929-2014

Over the course of a long career in the academic world, Dr. Brown served as the inaugural chair of the department of chemistry at Albany State University in Georgia. He later taught at Miami Dade College and held administrative posts at Voorhees College and Florida Memorial University.

In Memoriam: Gerald Stanley Wilson, 1918-2014

Wilson was a bandleader, composer, musician, and long-time educator at the University of California, Los Angeles. Wilson taught a course entitled "The Development of Jazz" at UCLA from 1992 to 2008.

In Memoriam: Bernard Williams, 1952-2014

Dr. Bernard Williams was the long-time director of the "Golden Voices" choir at Miles College in Fairfield, Alabama. In addition to leading the choir, he served as college organist and was a professor of education.

In Memoriam: Harry Leon June Sr., 1957-2014

Dr. June was a professor of psychiatry, professor of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, and director of substance abuse research at the Howard University College of Medicine.

In Memoriam: Walter Terrell Jones, 1949-2014

Dr. Jones began his career at Penn State in 1980 as a residence hall coordinator. After a one-year stint as acting provost at Loch Haven University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Jones returned to Penn State in 1997 and a year later was named vice provost for educational equity.

In Memoriam: Jefferson Parramore Rogers, 1917-2014

Jefferson P. Rogers was an educator, pastor, civil rights leader, and the former director of the Center for Community Change. He served on the faculty at Florida Memorial University and established the Howard Thurman Distinguished Lecture Series in conjunction with Stetson University.

In Memoriam: Anna Bethel Young, 1918-2014

After graduating from Temple University in 1946, Dr. Young became one of the first African American teachers in the public school system in Philadelphia. She later taught at Temple University and several other institutions of higher learning.

In Memoriam: Lincoln Vernon Lewis, 1929-2014

Lincoln Lewis, a native of Anguilla in the West Indies, was an educator whose main focus was on increasing diversity in higher education. He held diversity posts at Yale, Indiana University/Purdue University Indianapolis, and the University of Virginia.

In Memoriam: Jewel Limar Prestage, 1931-2014

At the age of 22, she earned a Ph.D. in political science at the University of Iowa. She was the first African American women to receive a Ph.D. in political science from an American university. She then taught for 33 years at Southern University in Baton Rouge.

In Memoriam: Edward Vaughn

Edward Vaughn was a professor of education at Alcorn State University in Mississippi. Before coming to Alcorn State in 2004, Professor Vaughn was director of institutional research at Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee.

In Memoriam: Michelle Parthenia Winn-Pigford, 1966-2014

Michelle Winn was an associate professor of nephrology at the Duke University Medical Center. Throughout her career, Dr. Winn was a strong advocate for advancing the careers of women and underrepresented minorities in medicine and science.

In Memoriam: Evelyn Thornton, 1933-2014

Dr. Thornton taught at Prairie View A&M University in Texas for more than 40 years. She was still an active member of the faculty at the time of her death at the age of 81.

In Memoriam: Alice Marie Coachman Davis, 1923-2014

Alice Coachman Davis was a standout track star at Tuskegee University in Alabama and the first African American woman to earn an Olympic gold medal. She won the national high jump championship 10 years in a row.

In Memoriam: Tritobia Hayes Benjamin, 1944-2014

Dr. Benjamin served for 44 years on the faculty at Howard University in Washington, D.C. She was an accomplished art historian whose research focused on the works of African American women.

In Memoriam: S. Dallas Simmons, 1940-2014

Dr. Simmons served as president of two historically Black educational institutions: St. Paul's College in Lawrenceville, Virginia, and Virginia Union University in Richmond.

In Memoriam: Abdulalim A. Shabazz, 1927-2014

Abdulalim Shabazz was a Distinguish Professor of Mathematics at Grambling State University in Louisiana. In September 2000, President Clinton presented Dr. Shabazz with a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.

In Memoriam: Anna Lee Cooke, 1923-2014

Anna L. Cooke, who served on the staff at Lane College, a historically Black educational institution in Jackson, Tennessee, for a quarter century, died on June 28 at the Jackson Madison County Hospital. She was 91 years old.

In Memoriam: Roosevelt “Sandy” Gilliam Jr., 1933-2014

Roosevelt Sandy Gilliam Jr. was the former director of athletics at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in Princess Anne and the former vice president for development and industrial relations at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg.

In Memoriam: Raymond H. Boone Sr., 1938-2014

Raymond H. Boone Sr., former professor of journalism at Howard University and the founder of the Richmond Free Press, died earlier this month at the age of 76. He had been suffering from pancreatic cancer.

In Memoriam: Maya Angelou, 1928-2014

Maya Angelou, author, poet, dancer, actress, civil rights activist, and the Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University, has died at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was 86 years old.
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