Dr. Robert Percy Barnes

By Brother David L. Carl 1-93-G A Phi Beta Kappa scholar at Amherst College, he became the first Black professor to join their faculty. As Harvard’s first Black Ph.D. in chemistry, he returned to Washington to head the chemistry department at Howard. He mentored many of the Black chemistry students who would later earn doctorates. Read more about Dr. Robert Percy Barnes[…]

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Dr. Cyril Fitzgerald Atkins

By Brother David L. Carl 1-93-G Immigrating from humble origins, the Barbadian scholar rose to prominence as the second coming of George Washington Carver by revolutionizing the paper making process. He began life in America working on a steamship in 1917 to fund his education. Even after graduating from Tufts College, and earning his master’s Read more about Dr. Cyril Fitzgerald Atkins[…]

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