Carter, Lisle;
University of the District of Columbia;
University of the District of Columbia – Presidents
Dr. Lisle Carter (1926-) was the first President of UDC. He served from 1977 through 1982. He earned his BS from Dartmouth College, NH in 1945, and his LLB from St. John’s College, in 1951. Prior to serving as UDC’s president, he had been...
The Howard J. Chidley Residence Hall was named in honor of Dr. Howard J. Chidley, a minister at First Congregational Church in Winchester, member of the Board of Trustees from 1916 to 1921 and financial contributor and supporter of the National...
Sam Jones, one of the all-time greatest National Basketball Association players and coach Floyd Brown are pictured holding trophies. Sam Jones played at North Carolina Central University from 1951 to 1954 and then served in the United States Army...
Photo of Lincoln University Student Production of Julius Caesar, With Women's Roles Played By Cheyney Students. Photo Also Used on Cover of The Lincoln University Bulletin, Winter 1951.
Print Pamphlet Reporting on Student Senate; Contains List of Student Senators; Letter From Student President; Renovation of the Old Gym; Bonfire Fiasco; Inflation at McCauley (the Refectory); Cooperative House (Village Residence); Bringing Town to...
Photographs, Outstanding People with a Fisk Connection
Arna Bontemps (1902-1973). Poet, novelist, essayist, educator, librarian. Author of God Sends Sunday (1931) and Black Thunder (1936). Wrote several children's books with Jack Conroy, including Sam Patch (1951). Received the Jane Addams Children's...
Leatrice B. McKissack (1930- ). Entrepreneur, businessperson. Class of 1951. Past CEO of McKissack and McKissack Architectural and Engineering, Inc., builder of Fisk's Carnegie Library (1909) and Tuskegee's famous World War II airbase. Member of...
