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Cole was the second African-American woman physician in the United States and the first black woman to graduate from the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania. James B. Dudley. ca. 1870. Graduated from the Institute for Colored Youth around 1875 (now Cheyney University). For college Dudley attended Shaw College in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The school's official name changed several times during the 20th century. In 1983, Cheyney was taken into the State System of Higher Education as Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. The university has traditionally offered opportunities to many students from Philadelphia's inner city schools. [8] Its alumni have close ties in the city and state.
Robert Woodson. Categories: Alumni by university or college in Pennsylvania. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. Alumni by historically black university or college in the United States. Hidden category: Automatic category TOC generates no TOC.
Harvard University (BA, MA) Occupation (s) Educator, writer and community leader. Known for. First president of Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. Leslie Pinckney Hill (14 May 1880 – 15 February 1960) was an American educator, writer, and community leader. From 1913 to 1951, he served as principal of the Institute for Colored Youth in ...
William Adger. 1883, first African American University of Pennsylvania baccalaureate degree graduate. Edythe Scott Bagley. founder of the theater department; sibling of Coretta Scott King. Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett. second principal; first African American American diplomat. Edward Bouchet. hired in 1876; first African American Yale ...
Richard Humphreys (February 13, 1750 – 1832) [1] was an American silversmith and philanthropist who founded a school for African Americans in Philadelphia. Originally called the African Institute, it was renamed the Institute for Colored Youth and eventually became Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, the oldest historically black university in the United States.
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania alumni (2 C, 26 P) Cheyney Wolves (2 C, 1 P) C. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania faculty (6 P) Pages in category ...
Physician. educator. activist. Known for. One of the first African-American women to become a physician in the United States [1] Caroline Still Anderson (November 1, 1848 – June 1 or 2, [2][3] 1919) was an American physician, educator, and activist. [4] She was a pioneering physician in the Philadelphia African-American community and one of ...