A dedicated alumnus of A& T, he became the namesake for Ward Hall on the A&T campus, which today houses the University Police Department. He was regionally and national famous for his estate and work in the field of dentistry. Roscoe Cassius Ward ('15) became a prominent figure in the African-American community of Port Chester, New York. Shortly after his death in 1967 at the age of 78, and as part of A&T’s 75 th Anniversary, it was announced that the new mathematics and business school building would be called the Edward R. He was also a trustee at A&T and one of the founders of the A&T College Alumni Scholarship Fund, for which he was also the first treasurer. Merrick served in that role until his retirement in 1957. He began as an administrative assistant and worked his way up to v ice-president/treasurer beginning in 1934. After graduating from A&T in 1908, he began a long and prosperous career in the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company in Durham, N.C. Īn outstanding Aggie in the field of civics and business was E.R. A supporter of A&T, the Alumni Association, civil rights and health care, he was ultimately honored by having Barnes Hall on the A&T campus named for him. He was an instructor in bacteriology y at A&T before becoming a dentist. Dudley and acted in her commencement plays. As a student, he chauffeured A&T First Lady Susie B. Barnes became a legend in the A&T community. In 19 11, Logan also filed a patent for a children’s toy.Ī graduate of the class of 1909, B.W. 29, 1904, while he lived in Philadelphia. It was patented as a 'Cutting Machine For Plastic Materials' on Nov. A 1901 graduate of the old preparatory department, Logan developed a biscuit-cutting machine in 1903 while still enrolled at A&T. In 1886, she delivered a speech to an audience of white female temperance worker s, and was said to have been the first woman of color in North Carolina t o address a white female audience.ĭescribed as a student with 'a special aptitude for invention,' Erkwood Logan is the earlies t known A&T student to file a patent. A member of the Thurman Women Christian Tempe France Union, she was an outspoken opponent of alcohol consumption. She was a schoolteacher in Greensboro at the Percy Street Colored Graded School where fellow alumnus H.H. Garret was one of the last three women to graduate from A&T until women were readmitted in 1928, earning her degree in 1902.

Bryant, a 1900 graduate of the preparatory department.Ī schoolteacher, prohibitionist and lecturer, Florence A. She taught at schools in Asheville and Charlotte.

Grimes was a strong student and active alum, and history shows that she attended some o f our earliest known a alumni reunions. The first woman to earn a bachelor’s degree from A&T was Frances Grimes, a schoolteacher from Asheville Township, Buncombe County, N. That building, which stood where the parking lot next to the former Morrison Hall is today, is believed to have been the first structure on campus designed by an alumnus and person of color.įrances Grimes Runner Bryant (~1884 – 1952)

He designed the South Dormitory (later renamed Old Vanstory Hall), completed in 1907. Watson became head of the Department of Mechanics at A&T from 1902 until ill health forced him to resign in 1906. His thesis was a working steam engine that was promoted as the first eng ine built by a person of color in North Carolina. Of the 'Superior Seven' of 1899 - the first graduating class of A&T - the one who received the most acclaim at commencement was Adam Watson.

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