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Reba Dickerson-Hill. 1940. Dickerson-Hill was an artist who painted in the Japanese brush technique sumi-e. She graduated from Cheyney State Teachers College in 1940 and taught elementary grades in the Philadelphia School District before becoming a full-time painter. Her mediums included watercolor, oil and acrylics.
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. Its alumni have close ties in the city and state.
Cheyney Wolves men's basketball players (10 P) F. Cheyney Wolves football players (5 P) Pages in category "Cheyney University of Pennsylvania alumni"
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 ...
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 Philadelphia and oversaw the institution's move to Cheyney, Pennsylvania, and its ...
Richard Humphreys (February 13, 1750 – 1832) 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.
Robert W. Bogle president and CEO of The Philadelphia Tribune newspaper, [1] [2] where he has worked for 39 years. Bogle joined The Philadelphia Tribune in 1970 selling advertising. Bogle has been a community leader for many years, and is especially active in the advancements of black Philadelphians. Bogle attended Cheyney University in Cheyney ...
New York University (MBA) University of Delaware (PhD) Donald Leopold Mullett (April 10, 1929 – April 19, 2013) [1] was an American educator and academic administrator who served as interim president at three historically black universities: Lincoln University (Pennsylvania), Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, and Lincoln University (Missouri).