Statesmen; Award; Virginia State College for Negroes
Captain Melvin Jackson receives the award for all Statesmen in the Service. Captain Jackson was a pilot, he was one of five state graduates who flew with the Tuskegee Airmen.
College Degree; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
James Hugo Johnston, Jr.'s degree from the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute. James Hugo Johnston will go on to earn his bachelor's degree from Virginia Union University, and later his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, in...
College Degree; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
The last degree of the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute. It was awarded to Francis M. Cooley of Marion, Va. who went on to have a long teaching career.
Sports; Wrestling; Virginia State College for Negroes
Two of Virginia State University's wrestling champions for 1941. On the left is Rudolph Powell in the 115 lb class, and on the right is Clarence Carter in the 125 lb class.
Doxey Alfonzo Wilkerson had a A.D. Degree in English from the University of Kansas. He came to Virginia State in 1927. He was the acting director of the high school and professor secondary education in 1929.
Hermanze Edwin Fauntleroy obtained his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and his M.E. from Purdue University. In 1922, Mr. Fauntleroy became Professor of Trade Science and Mathematics. There is a building named for him at Virginia State University.
John Edwin Settle earned a B.S. in Agriculture from the Univeristy of Idaho and became the Assistant Professor of Animal Husbandry at Virginia State College for Negroes in 1929.
John Leon Lockett earned a B.S. and M.S. in Agronomy from the Iowa State College in 1923. In 1928, Mr. Lockett became the Director of Agricultural Division and Professor of Agronomy.
John M. Ellison was an associate professor of sociology. He was a 1925 graduate of Virginia Union University. Dr. Ellison will become the first African American president of Virginia Union University.
