List of Howard University people
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This list of Howard University people, sometimes known as Howardites, includes faculty, staff, graduates, non-graduate former students and current students of the American Howard University, a private, coeducational, nonsectarian historically black university,[1] located in Washington, D.C.[2]
Academics
Science, medicine and mathematics
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patricia Bath, M.D. | ophthalmologist; first African-American woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical invention | ||
| David Blackwell, Ph.D. | first African American elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences | ||
| Beth A. Brown, Ph.D. | 1991 | NASA astrophysicist; first African-American woman to earn a doctoral degree from the University of Michigan's Department of Astronomy | [3] |
| Alexander Darnes, M.D. | 1880 | born into slavery; owned by Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith; second African-American physician in Florida, first African-American physician in Jacksonville, Florida | |
| Cheick Modibo Diarra | astrophysicist; former director of education and public outreach, NASA's Mars Exploration Program;[4] former chairman, Microsoft Africa[5] former acting Malian prime minister (2012)[6] | ||
| Lena Franes Edwards, M.D. | physician (obstetrics and gynecology) and humanitarian; received U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom (1964) | ||
| E. Franklin Frazier | sociologist | ||
| Ira Andrew Harden | 2002 | chemistry and physics teacher; first African-American selected as educator, NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy – Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors Program | |
| Louis Eugene King, Ph.D. | c. 1920 | anthropologist; first to study African-American communities in the United States |
Historians
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camille Akeju | art historian and museum administrator | [7] | |
| Louise Daniel Hutchinson | historian | [8] | |
| Rosalyn Terborg-Penn | historian | [9] |
University administrators
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delbert Baker, Ph.D. | president, Oakwood College | ||
| John T. Baker | first African-American dean, Albany Law School | ||
| Kenneth Clark | educator and psychologist; conducted the "doll research" for the Brown vs. Board of Education case | ||
| Antoine M. Garibaldi, Ph.D. | first African-American president, Gannon University; former dean, Xavier University of Louisiana College of Arts and Sciences | ||
| Edison O. Jackson | president, Medgar Evers College | ||
| Weldon Jackson | provost and executive vice president, Manhattan College | ||
| Charlene Drew Jarvis, Ph.D. | president, Southeastern University; daughter of Dr. Charles Drew | ||
| Dr. Heather Knight | 21st president, Pacific Union College | ||
| Walter J. Leonard | former president, Fisk University; former assistant dean, Howard University School of Law and Harvard Law School; executive director, Cities in Schools | ||
| Beverly D. Malloy | executive vice president, Barber-Scotia College | ||
| Marion Mann | 1954 | former dean, Howard University College of Medicine (1970–1979) | |
| Kelly Miller | 1886 | mathematician, scientist, sociologist; first African American admitted to Johns Hopkins University; dean, Howard University College of Arts and Sciences (1907–1919); established sociology department at Howard University | [10] |
| R. Charles Moyer | dean emeritus, Babcock Graduate School of Management, Wake Forest University, fifth permanent dean, University of Louisville College of Business and Public Administration | ||
| Dr. Njeri Nuru-Holm | vice-president, Office of Diversity, Cleveland State University | ||
| Irvin Reid, Ph.D. | president, Wayne State University | ||
| Harry G. Robinson III | 1966, 1970 | dean, Howard University School of Architecture and Design; chairman, United States Commission of Fine Arts | [11] |
| H. Patrick Swygert | president, Howard University | ||
| Dr. Thelma Barnaby Thompson | 12th president, University of Maryland Eastern Shore |
Business
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Ali | co-founder and owner of Ben's Chili Bowl, a landmark restaurant in Washington, D.C. | ||
| H. Naylor Fitzhugh | one of the first African-American graduates of Harvard Business School; credited with creating the concept of target marketing | ||
| Vernon Jordan | attorney; senior managing director; Lazard Freres & Co. LLC; former president, National Urban League | ||
| Oliver McIntosh | president and chief executive officer, International Media Content, the largest sports rights company in the Caribbean | ||
| Dumarsais Simeus | owner, Simeus Foods, International | ||
| Lillian Lincoln Lambert | founder, former president and chief executive officer, Centennial One, Inc.; first African-American woman to earn an MBA at Harvard Business School | ||
| Malaak Compton-Rock | founder, The Angelrock Project; incorporater of styleWORKS organization; creator and manager of Champions for Children Committee; wife of comedian Chris Rock; highlighted for her work in the lives of African-Americans on CNN's Black in America II |
Politics and public service
Civil rights, law and government
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aris T. Allen | former member Maryland State Senate, first African-American to run for Lt. Governor of Maryland | ||
| Boce W. Barlow, Jr. | first African-American to be elected to the Connecticut State Senate | ||
| William V. Bell | mayor of Durham, North Carolina | ||
| Adolphus A. Birch | first African-American to serve as Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court | ||
| Aisha N. Braveboy | member, Maryland House of Delegates | ||
| Percival Broderick | Deputy Prime Minister of Jamaica | ||
| Edward Brooke | first African-American elected to the United States Senate | ||
| Gayleatha Brown | Ambassador to Benin | ||
| Hon. Ewart Brown | (1968, School of Medicine 1972) | Premier and Minister of Tourism and Transport of Bermuda | |
| Arthur L. Burnett, Sr. | Senior Judge currently Judge Superior Court of the District of Columbia | ||
| Roland Burris | United States Senator, former State Attorney General and Comptroller, Illinois | ||
| Robert L. Carter | (School of Law) | civil rights advocate and judge of the United States District Court | |
| Walter Percival Carter | civil rights advocate | ||
| Mary Ann Shadd Cary | first black woman to cast a vote in a national election | ||
| Elijah Cummings | United States Congress | ||
| David Dinkins | first African-American mayor of New York City | ||
| Herbert B. Dixon, Jr. | judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia | ||
| George W. Draper III | first African-American Chief Judge for the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District, first African-American male to be appointed a judge in St. Louis | ||
| Mike Espy | first African-American United States Secretary of Agriculture | ||
| Melvin Evans | former Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, former Delegate from the United States Virgin Islands to the United States House of Representatives | ||
| Nathaniel Exum | member, Maryland State Senate | ||
| James L. Farmer | civil rights activist, founder and first leader of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) | ||
| Adrian Fenty | (School of Law) | former mayor of Washington, D.C. | |
| Wilkie D. Ferguson | (School of Law) | judge who served on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, the Florida Third District Court of Appeal as well as the 11th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida. | |
| Harold Ford, Sr. | former United States Representative from Tennessee | ||
| Shirley Franklin | first female and current mayor of Atlanta, Georgia | ||
| Darrin P. Gayles | Judge, Miami-Dade County Court | ||
| Emma Gillett | co-founder of the first law school in the world founded by women; first woman to be appointed notary public by the President of the United States | ||
| John R. Hargrove, Sr. | Judge, United States District Court Maryland | ||
| Oliver Harper | Minister of Health, Guyana | ||
| Kamala Harris | Attorney General of California | ||
| Patricia Roberts Harris | United States Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, United States Ambassador | ||
| William Henry Harrison Hart | Attorney who won the Hart v. State of Maryland case in 1905 | ||
| Joseph W. Hatchett | former Florida Supreme Court judge; first African American in the south to win a statewide election | ||
| Earl F. Hilliard | United States Congress | ||
| Dr. James W. Holley, III, D.D.S. | mayor, Portsmouth, Virginia | ||
| Benjamin Hooks | former executive director of the NAACP | ||
| Lonna Hooks | Secretary of State of New Jersey (1994–1998) | [12] | |
| Hutchins F. Inge | (School of Medicine) | first African-American to serve in the New Jersey Senate | [13] |
| Hon. Louise A. Jackson | 1952 | Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister for Health and Seniors Bermuda (2003-2012); founder of Bermuda's first school of dance, Jackson School of the Performing Arts; author, The Bermuda Gombey: Bermuda's Unique Dance Heritage Gombey | |
| His Excellency Cheddi Jagan |
President, Guyana | ||
| Jack B. Johnson | former County Executive, Prince George's County, Maryland | ||
| William A. Johnson, Jr. | mayor, Rochester, New York | ||
| Elaine R. Jones | former president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. | ||
| Hon.John Junor | Minister of Health, Jamaica | ||
| Sharon Pratt Kelly | first African-American female mayor of a major city, Washington, D.C. | ||
| Hon. Keith Knight | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Jamaica | ||
| Peta Lindsay | anti-war activist and candidate for U.S. president with the Party for Socialism and Liberation | ||
| Thurgood Marshall | (School of Law) | first African-American United States Supreme Court justice | |
| Rudolph C. McCollum | former mayor, Richmond, Virginia | ||
| Gabrielle McDonald | judge Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, The Hague, Netherlands | ||
| Enolia McMillan | first female national president of the NAACP | ||
| Gregory W. Meeks | Representative for New York's sixth congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives | ||
| Vicki Miles-LaGrange | District Judge, Western district of Oklahoma, first African-American woman U.S. attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, first African-American woman elected to the Oklahoma Senate. | ||
| Dr. Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell | Ph.D. Prime Minister of Grenada | ||
| Thomas R. Monroe | first African-American judge in Arlington County, VA. | ||
| Brandon T. Neal | national director of the NAACP Youth and College Division. Finance Director, African-American Affairs for Obama for America Presidential Campaign. | ||
| James E. O'Hara | member, United States House of Representatives (1883 to 1887) representing North Carolina. | ||
| Ronald Palmer | Ambassador to Togo, Malaysia and Mauritius | ||
| Adam Clayton Powell IV | Member of the New York State Assembly. Son of Civil Rights leader - Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. | ||
| Randy Primas | 1971 | First African American Mayor of Camden, New Jersey (1981-1990) | [14] |
| Eugene Puryear | Anti-war activist and candidate for Vice President of the United States with the Party for Socialism and Liberation | ||
| Hon. Peggy Quince | the first African American woman on Florida Supreme Court | ||
| Charlotte E. Ray | the first African American woman lawyer | ||
| Kasim Reed | Mayor of Atlanta | ||
| Spottswood Robinson | (School of Law) | judge, United States Court of Appeals | |
| J. Todd Rutherford | South Carolina State Representative | ||
| Roy Schneider | Governor United States Virgin Islands | ||
| His Excellency Sir Arleigh Winston Scott |
first native Governor-General of Barbados | ||
| Malik Zulu Shabazz | Attorney and the National Chairman of the New Black Panther Party | ||
| Thomas S. Smith | former mayor of Asbury Park, New Jersey who served in the New Jersey General Assembly.[15] | ||
| James R. Spencer | Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | ||
| Craig S. Strong | Michigan Third Circuit Court judge | ||
| Emmet G. Sullivan | Judge of United States District Court for the District of Columbia | ||
| Kwame Ture | activist, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), born Stokely Carmichael | ||
| Dale Wainwright | first African American ever elected to the Texas Supreme Court | ||
| Walter Washington | first elected mayor of Washington, D.C. | ||
| L. Douglas Wilder | (School of Law) | first elected African-American United States governor, current Mayor of Richmond, Virginia | |
| Harris Wofford | United States Senator representing Pennsylvania (1991-95) | ||
| Albert Wynn | first African-American elected to the United States Congress from Prince George's County and Montgomery County in Maryland | ||
| Andrew Young | first African-American United Nations Ambassador and former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia | ||
| Gerard Robinson | former Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia | ||
| Bali White | United States Researcher and human rights activist |
Military service
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. | Brigadier General, first African-American general in the U.S. Army | ||
| Lester Lyles | General, U.S. Air Force, Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and Commander, Air Force Material Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio | ||
| Togo West | former Secretary of Veterans Affairs, former Secretary of the Army |
Entertainment
Athletics
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Bartell | NFL cornerback (Saint Louis Rams) | ||
| Milan Brown | head men's basketball coach at Mount Saint Mary's University | ||
| Marques Douglas | NFL defensive end (New Orleans Saints, Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco Forty-Niners) | ||
| Omar Evans | Canadian Football League defensive end (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Montreal Alouettes, Calgary Stampeders) | ||
| Dennis Felton | head men's basketball coach at the University of Georgia | ||
| Dr. Rhadi Ferguson | 1997 | 4-time US National Judo Champion, a 2004 Judo Olympian, only Male and African American Male with a Ph.D. to fight on a internationally televised Mixed Martial Arts Event - Strikeforce Challengers 13. Current MMA Fighter for Strikeforce | |
| Pep Hamilton | current offensive coordinator at Standford University/ former quarterbacks coach for the Chicago Bears | ||
| Shaka Hislop | goalkeeper for FC Dallas and Trinidad and Tobago national football team who played in the 2006 FIFA World Cup | ||
| Gary Harrell | current head coach of Howard Bison football team, former NFL/WLAF wide receiver (New York Giants and Frankfurt Galaxy), former assistant coach at Texas Southern University | ||
| Nigel Henry | professional soccer player | ||
| Edward P. Hurt | Morgan's legendary football, basketball and track coach | ||
| Bubba Morton | Major League Baseball player, (Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Braves, California Angels), first African-American to sign with the Detroit Tigers | ||
| David Oliver | 2005 | professional athlete-track and field | |
| Marques Ogden | former NFL offensive lineman | ||
| Jay Walker | ESPNU Football analyst, NFL quarterback (New England Patriots, 1994; Barcelona Dragons, 1995; Minnesota Vikings, 1996-97), Maryland State Delegate | ||
| Billy Jenkins | former National Football League Defensive Back | ||
| Antoine Bethea | NFL safety (Indianapolis Colts) | ||
| Geoff Pope | NFL cornerback (New York Giants) | ||
| Larry Spriggs | former NBA player | ||
| Milt Thompson | former Major League Baseball player, hitting coach for the Philadelphia Phillies | ||
| Andrae Townsel | Professional Football Player, former member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Washington Redskins | ||
| Tracy White | current NFL linebacker | ||
| Steve Wilson | 1979 | former NFL defensive back, former head football coach of the Howard University and former head coach at Texas Southern University | |
| Tim Watson (American football) | former American football safety in the National Football League | [16] |
Journalism
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Dash | Pulitzer Prize winner, The Washington Post | ||
| Lesli Foster | television anchor, WUSA-TV, Washington, D.C. | ||
| Hal Jackson | first African-American radio sportscaster[citation needed]; co-owner of the first African-American-owned-and-operated station in New York | ||
| Michael King | conservative commentator; television producer, WXIA-TV, Atlanta, Georgia | ||
| Gus Johnson | sportscaster, CBS Sports | ||
| Vicki Mabrey | CBS News and 60 Minutes correspondent | ||
| Ju-Don Marshall Roberts | The Washington Post, News Corporation | ||
| Michelle Miller | reporter, CBS News | ||
| Steve Wyche | sports journalist, NFL Network | [17] | |
| Pat Lawson Muse | television anchor, WRC-TV Washington, D.C. | ||
| Cynne Simpson | television anchor, WJLA-TV, Washington, D.C. | ||
| Lori Stokes | news anchor, WABC-TV, New York City, New York | ||
| Kellye Lynn | news anchor, WJZ-TV, Baltimore, Maryland | ||
| Tom Terrell | 1972 | music journalist, photographer, promoter, NPR music commentator | |
| La La Vasquez | on-air personality | ||
| Stan Verrett | reporter, ESPNews | ||
| Fredricka Whitfield | anchor, CNN | ||
| Michelle Bernard | political/legal analyst, MSNBC, The McLaughlin Group | ||
| Nancy Anita Williams | journalist and editor, Essence, The Washington Post and Daily News | ||
| Colbert King | Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post | ||
| Victor Blackwell | television anchor, WPBF, West Palm Beach, Florida; anchor and correspondent, CNN (since 2012)[18] | ||
| Sherry Berger | on-air personality, WPGC-FM, Washington, D.C. | [19] |
Nobel laureates
Peace, literature, or economics
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toni Morrison | born Chloe Anthony Wofford, Nobel Prize for Literature; Pulitzer Prize Winner |
Literature
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearl Cleage | poet, essayist, and journalist | ||
| Ta-Nehisi Coates | author and journalist | ||
| Dr. William Jelani Cobb | author, historian, professor & journalist | ||
| Karl D. Darmstädter | German literature | ||
| Zora Neale Hurston | anthropologist and author | ||
| Benilde Little | author | ||
| Gloria Oden | BA: 1944, JD: 1948 | Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet, professor | |
| Solomon Mutswairo | novelist and poet | ||
| Valerie Wilson Wesley | author | ||
| Omar Tyree | award-winning novelist | ||
| May Miller | poet and playwright of the Harlem Renaissance; | [20] |
Musicians
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geri Allen | jazz pianist | ||
| Ysaye M. Barnwell | member of a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock, actress, author. | ||
| James A. Bland | musician and composer. Author of over 700 songs including the former state song of Virginia. | ||
| Donald Byrd | jazz musician | ||
| Sean Combs | music producer, also known as "Puffy", "P. Money", "Puff Daddy", "P. Diddy", and "Diddy" | ||
| Cora Coleman-Dunham | percussionist, currently tours with Prince | ||
| Billy Eckstine | singer | ||
| Lillian Evanti | opera singer | ||
| Roberta Flack | singer | ||
| Benny Golson | jazz saxophone | ||
| Rich Harrison | Grammy winning record producer and song writer | ||
| Eric Roberson | singer | ||
| Donny Hathaway | singer | ||
| Shirley Horn | jazz singer and pianist | ||
| Bill Hughes | 1952 | jazz trombonist, director of the Count Basie Orchestra | [21] |
| Marcus Johnson | jazz pianist | ||
| Kenny Lattimore | singer, ex-husband of singer Chante Moore | ||
| Linda Lou McCall | songwriter and entertainment marketing consultant, widow of Louis A. McCall, drummer and founder of Con Funk Shun | ||
| Meshell Ndegeocello | recording artist (singer & bassist) | ||
| Jessye Norman | opera singer, received Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006 | ||
| Sadat X | rapper, member of hip hop group Brand Nubian | ||
| Darnley Scantlebury | Grammy nominated music producer, musician and songwriter, a/k/a, Donnie Scantz | ||
| Shai | Band - "If I Ever Fall in Love" | ||
| Richard Smallwood | Grammy award-winning gospel singer, pianist, and arranger | ||
| Crystal Waters | singer, 100% Pure Love, Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless) | ||
| Angela Winbush | singer |
Pageant queens
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danielle Jones | Miss Trinidad and Tobago Universe 2004, 4th Runner-up at Miss Universe 2004 | ||
| Candace Allen | Miss District of Columbia USA 2006 | ||
| Crystal L. Bailey | 2006 | Miss Black Virginia America 2009 | |
| Chelsey Rodgers | Miss District of Columbia USA 2008; Miss District of Columbia International 2010 | ||
| Christie Davis | Miss Maryland USA - 2000 | ||
| Shauntay Hinton | Miss USA 2002 | ||
| Amanda Lewis | 2005, 2008 | Miss Black District of Columbia USA 2008; Miss District of Columbia International 2009 | |
| Alena Neves | Miss District of Columbia USA - 1993 | ||
| Shilah Phillips | first African-American to hold the Miss Texas title, first runner-up Miss America 2007 | ||
| Shayna Y. Rudd | 2007 | Miss District of Columbia America 2008 | |
| Von Gretchen Shepard | first Miss Black California and first Miss Black America (1973) | ||
| Lisa Summerour | Miss New Jersey USA(1986) | ||
| Heather Swann | Miss District of Columbia USA - 2011 |
Film and television
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambre Anderson | 1997 | model, actress | [22] |
| Ossie Davis | actor and activist | [23] | |
| Ernest Dickerson | filmmaker and director (Director), "The Wire" | ||
| Dianne Houston | Oscar-nominated filmmaker | ||
| Ananda Lewis | 1995 | talk show host (BET,The Ananda Lewis Show) | [24] |
| Freddie Perren | 1966 | Grammy Award-winning songwriter/producer ("Saturday Night Fever") | |
| Malik Hassan Sayeed | Filmmaker | ||
| Al Shearer | Former BET Personality and actor | ||
| Richard Wesley | 1967 | playwright and screenwriter | |
| Debbie Allen | dancer, actress, producer/director of "A Different World" from 1987 to 1993. | ||
| Laz Alonso | actor ("Stomp the Yard", "Jarhead", "Jumping The Broom", "This Christmas", "Avatar") | ||
| Anthony Anderson | actor ("Two Can Play that Game," "Barbershop," "Kangaroo Jack," "The Shield," "Law & Order.") | ||
| Wendy Davis | actress Lifetime Television "Army Wives" | ||
| Taraji P. Henson | Academy award nominated actress for the "Curious Case of Benjamin Button". She now stars in the CBS hit show "Person of Interest", has also starred in "Baby Boy", "Hustle and Flow","Something New", "Smokin Aces", "Talk To Me", "Not Easily Broken", "The Karate Kid" (2010 Release). | ||
| Paula Jai Parker | actress ("Friday", "Hustle and Flow", "Idlewild") | ||
| Carl Anthony Payne II | actor ("The Cosby Show, "Martin") | ||
| Shauneille Perry | 1950 | stage director, playwright and educator | |
| Tracie Thoms | actress ("Rent-The Movie", "The Devil Wears Prada", "Grindhouse") | ||
| Phylicia Rashad | actress (The Cosby Show, "Raisin In The Sun", "The Old Settler", "The Wiz"), first African-American actress to win the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play ("Raisin In The Sun") | ||
| Roxie Roker | 1952 | actress, ("The Jeffersons"), also Lenny Kravitz's mother | |
| Lance Gross | actor, ("Tyler Perry's House of Payne) | ||
| Wendy Raquel Robinson | actress, ("The Steve Harvey Show", "The Game", "Two Can Play That Game", "Something New") | ||
| Isaiah Washington | actor, ("Get On The Bus", "Love Jones", "Grey's Anatomy") | ||
| Marlon Wayans | actor ("Little Man", "White Chicks") | ||
| Stacie Scott Turner | "The Real Housewives of D.C." Entrepreneur (Real Estate) and Marketing professional (Proctor & Gamble, BET). Started her own charity (Extra-Ordinary Life) | ||
| Lynn Whitfield | Emmy award-winning actress, ("The Josephine Baker Story", "Stompin' At The Savoy", "Thin Line Between Love & Hate", "Head of State", "Eve's Bayou") | ||
| Vantile Whitfield | 1957 | Director, playwright, production designer and influential arts administrator. | [25] |
| Karen Malina White | actress, ("The Cosby Show," "A Different World," "Malcolm & Eddie," "Lean On Me") |
Other visual and performing arts
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amiri Baraka | author and poet | ||
| Paul Laurence Dunbar | late-19th-century poet | ||
| Elizabeth Catlett | sculptor and printmaker | ||
| Lois Mailou Jones | Pierre-Noel, artist and educator | ||
| Alma Thomas | painter | ||
| Mildred Thompson | painter, printmaker and sculptor |
Toyin Koyejo Model |
Religion
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louis George Gregory | Hand of the Cause in the Bahá'í Faith | ||
| Leroy Gilbert | Chaplain of the United States Coast Guard | ||
| Beryl Higgs | second woman to be ordained by the Anglican Diocese of the Bahamas | ||
| Vashti Murphy McKenzie | first female bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church | ||
| Jeremiah Wright | 1968 | former pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ |
Other notable alumni
| Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doris Evans McGinty | first African-American woman to receive a doctorate in musicology from Oxford University | ||
| Roger Arliner Young | 1923 | first African-American woman to receive a doctorate in zoology, from University of Pennsylvania |
Notable faculty
| Name | Department | Notability | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling Brown | writer, teacher, literary critic, poet laureate for Washington, D.C., professor 1929- around 1969 | ||
| Dr. Clive Callender | one of the foremost specialists in organ transplant medicine in the United States. Professor at Howard University College of Medicine, 1973- present. | ||
| John Mercer Langston | Law | First African American Dean, Howard Law, Congressman | |
| Alain Locke | Professor - African American writer, philosopher, educator | ||
| Ruth Ella Moore, Ph.D. | first African-American woman to earn a doctorate in bacteriology. She was a faculty member of the Howard University Medical School from 1940 to 1973. | ||
| Merze Tate | first African-American graduate of Western Michigan College, first African-American female to attend Oxford, first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in government and international relations from Harvard University, one of the first women members of the Department of History at Howard University, expert in diplomatic history, professor 1942-77 | ||
| Emory Tolbert | History | African American historian, archivist and activist; initiated New York Burial Ground Project | |
| Eric Williams | The First Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. He was also instrumental in them gaining their independence. He was a noted Caribbean historian, and a Howard professor from 1939 to 1944. |
See also
References
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- ^ Howard University Trustees.
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- ^ Tom Smith's legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature, backed up by the Internet Archive as of November 8, 2008. Retrieved April 23, 2008.
- ^ "Tim Watson: Former Football Great Gives Back In Tampa Bay, Leads Youth By Example". 83degrees. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
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- ^ "Bill Hughes". All About Jazz. December 12, 2009. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
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- ^ Shinhoster Lamb, Yvonne (January 23, 2005). "Arts Administrator, Playwright Vantile Whitfield Dies". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
He graduated with a bachelor's degree in theater and design from Howard University in 1957 and a master's degree in film production from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1967. In the years between colleges, he started community theaters.
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