In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Cleveland Donald Jr. (1946-2012)

A longtime educator, he was the second African American graduate of the University of Mississippi.

In Memoriam: Thomas C. Cox (1939-2011)

A history scholar, he taught at the University of Southern California from 1982 to 2008.

In Memoriam: Roger Salters (1939-2012)

He had taught engineering at the University of Denver since 1987.

In Memoriam: Lawrence Mozell Clark Sr. (1934-2012)

He was a longtime professor and administrator at North Carolina State University.

In Memoriam: Camilla Ella Williams (1919-2012)

She was professor emerita at Indiana University and the first Black woman to perform for a major U.S. opera company.

In Memoriam: Stewart B. Fulbright (1919-2012)

He was the first dean of the School of Business at North Carolina Central University in Durham.

In Memoriam: Robert Lee Carter (1917-2012)

Carter argued 22 cases before the Supreme Court. He won 21 times.

In Memoriam: Ernest L. Holloway (1930-2011)

He served as president of Langston University in Oklahoma for a quarter-century.

In Memoriam: Ofield Dukes (1932-2011)

He taught at both Howard University and American University.

In Memoriam: E. Dean Montgomery (1951-2011)

He was executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief operations officer at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida.

In Memoriam: Royzell L. Dillard

He served on the faculty at Hampton University for 25 years.

In Memoriam: Winston C. Doby (1941-2011)

He was vice chancellor of student affairs at UCLA from 1981 to 2001.

In Memoriam: Edward N. Thompson (1953-2011)

He was director of development for the Office of Educational Equity at Pennsylvania State University.

In Memoriam: Daniel T. Stallworth (1932-2011)

He taught mathematics at Alabama State University for nearly a half century.

In Memoriam: Rudolph P. Byrd (1953-2011)

A prominent black studies scholar, he authored or edited 11 books.

In Memoriam: Muriel Grey Feelings (1938-2011)

The award-winning author of children's books, she was the longtime director of the Community Education Program at Temple University.

In Memoriam: Rose Embly McCoy (1914-2011)

She served on the Jackson State University faculty for more than 35 years.

In Memoriam: Derrick Albert Bell Jr. (1930-2011)

He was Harvard Law School's first tenured black professor and a pioneer of critical race theory.

In Memoriam: Fred L. Shuttlesworth (1922-2011)

An icon of the civil rights movement has passed.

In Memoriam: James Edward Bowman (1923-2011)

The father of presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett, Dr. Bowman was the first African-American tenured faculty member in the biological sciences at the University of Chicago.
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