Faculty Member; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Tossie P.F. Whiting served in the field of education for more than fifty years. Forty-four of those years she served as Dean of Women and Professor of English at Virginia State College Now Virginia State University.
Sports; Football; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
This appears to be a photograph of the men who won letters at the University in 1919. Standing at the rear, is Thomas Puryear, Dean of Men and Assistant Coach, and to the right top row was Gideon Smith, Head Coach.
Sports; Football; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
The 1923 Football Team coached by Harry C. Graves, standing, rear on the left. On the right side standing is the Dean of Men at Virginia State University at that time, Thomas Livingston Puryear, who was listed as assistant coach.
Cooke, Paul;
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- District of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College – Presidents
Dr. Paul P. Cooke, was the third president of DCTC and served from 1966 through 1974.
Dr. Cooke has lived in the District of Columbia since 1921, when his family moved from Harlem, New York. He graduated from Dunbar High School. He earned a BA...
Miner Teachers College; Miner Teachers College -- Fraternities and Sororities; Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Kappa Alpha – the first of the “Greek organizations” at Miner, established in 1934. The charter members formed the Keys Club in 1934, which was really an interest club of AKA. Marjorie H. Parker was the President and later the first...
Carr, Paul O.;
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- District of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College – Faculty;
District Of Columbia Teachers College -- Presidents
President Paul O. Carr, formerly the registrar at Wilson Teachers College, was the second president of DCTC. He served as president from 1958 through 1966. From 1955 through 1958, Dr. Carr was Dean of Instruction at DCTC. In 1961, DCTC became fully...
Nimmons, Julius;
University of the District of Columbia;
University of the District of Columbia – Presidents
Julius Nimmons, Sixth President of UDC, served as President of the University of Columbia, from 1998 through 2001. He earned his BA from Morehouse College; his MA in European History from Atlanta University, and his Ph.D in US History from Howard...
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College -- Presidents;
Whitehead, Matthew
Matthew Whitehead (1918-1990) was the last president of the Miner Teachers College, before it merged with Wilson Teachers College to become part of the District of Columbia Teachers College, in 1954 in the aftermath of the US Supreme Court’s...
Federal City College -- Presidents;
Russell, Wendell R.
Wendell R. Russell (1926- ) was the fourth president of Federal City College. He served from 1974 through 1977, when Federal City College merged with DCTC and WTI to form the University of the District of Columbia. From 1970 through 1974, Dr....
The DC Board of Higher Education appointed Dr. Frank Farner as the first President of Federal City College. Dr. Farner had been recruited by Sen. Morse. Dr. Farner served from September 1968 through 1969. After leaving FCC, he went on to become...
Wilson Hall, Erected in 1912, Was the First Resident Hall for Women, Serving Both Students and Faculty, at Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial Normal School. The Dormitory Was Named in Honor of the School's First Dean of Women, Mrs. Mary L....
College presidents; Programs; College administrators; Teachers; Universities & colleges;
Surprise Chapel Program Honoring President Walter S. Davis, May 7, 1951 Upon His Return From Chicago Where He Received the Fifth Annual Robert S. Abbatl Memorial Award on Saturday, May 5, 1951. Left to Right: Mrs. Alma Dunn Jones Presented Dr....
Women; Dormitories; College administrators; Universities & colleges;
Edna Rose Hankal Became the Second Dean of Women at Tennessee State University and Served in That Capacity for Twenty-Three Years, 1935-1950. From 1950-1955 She Was the Residence Director of Hale Hall and From 1955-1958 She Was Head Resident...
This Composite Photograph Shows the 1933 Graduating Class of Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State College, Now Tennessee State University. Pictured in the Center are College President William J. Hale and Dean George W. Gore, Jr.
This Is a Black and White Photo of Eddean "Dean" Theodosia Morris, Class of 1931. She Was a Member of Phi Beta Tau, Kentucky Club, and Y.M.C.A. Organizations. She Also Was on the Ayeni Staff.
College presidents; College administrators; School board members;
The College Was Visited Periodically by Representatives of the State Board of Education. Dean George W. Gore and President Hale (Center) are shown With Board Representatives.
Color photograph of Brenda Batiste. The 51st "Miss Southern" accounting major from Lake Charles, Louisiana. A member of the dean's list and holds a cumulative 3.2 grade-point average. " She reigned as Miss Southern from 1981-1982.
Color photograph of Enitra Jones. The 74th "Miss Southern" a senior biology major with a minor in chemistry from Gretna, Louisiana. A member of the Southern University honors college (Beta Beta Beta), president of Beta Kappa chi,...
Black and white photograph of Kiesla Cannon. The 63rd "Miss Southern" a junior accounting major from Alexandria, Louisiana. Member of the dean's list and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She reigned as Miss Southern from 1993-1994.
