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Lincoln University Pennsylvania
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION Historically black college founded in 1854 as the Ashmun Institute, renamed Lincoln University in 1866.
Location:
Lincoln University, PA
Founding Date:
1854 Enrollment:
2000 Official Website:
http://www.lincoln.edu/ STUDENTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Nnamdi Azikiwe |
Head of State |
16-Nov-1904 |
11-May-1996 |
First President of Nigeria, 1963-66 |
| Romare Bearden |
Painter |
2-Sep-1911 |
12-Mar-1988 |
Collagist |
| Cab Calloway |
Jazz Musician |
25-Dec-1907 |
18-Nov-1994 |
King of Hi-De-Ho |
| Langston Hughes |
Poet |
1-Feb-1902 |
22-May-1967 |
The Negro Speaks of Rivers |
| Roderick L. Ireland |
Judge |
3-Dec-1944 |
|
Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Court |
| Monte Irvin |
Baseball |
25-Feb-1919 |
11-Jan-2016 |
Negro Leagues player, MLB Hall of Famer |
| Thurgood Marshall |
Judge |
2-Jul-1908 |
24-Jan-1993 |
First black US Supreme Court justice |
| Robert Nix, Sr. |
Politician |
9-Aug-1898 |
22-Jun-1987 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1958-79 |
| Kwame Nkrumah |
Head of State |
21-Sep-1909 |
27-Apr-1972 |
First President of Ghana |
TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Nnamdi Azikiwe |
Head of State |
16-Nov-1904 |
11-May-1996 |
First President of Nigeria, 1963-66 |
| James Farmer |
Activist |
12-Jan-1920 |
9-Jul-1999 |
Co-Founder, CORE |
| Philip S. Foner |
Historian |
14-Dec-1910 |
13-Dec-1994 |
History of the Labor Movement in the United States |
ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Albert C. Barnes |
Curator |
2-Jan-1872 |
24-Jul-1951 |
Barnes Foundation |
| Marvin Wachman |
Educator |
24-Mar-1917 |
22-Dec-2007 |
Temple University President, 1973-83 |
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