Patterson, Frederick Douglass
- Patterson, Frederick Douglass
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▪ American educator
born Oct. 10, 1901, Washington, D.C., U.S.
died April 26, 1988, New Rochelle, N.Y.
American educator and prominent black leader, president of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (
Tuskegee University) (later Tuskegee Institute; now Tuskegee University) in 1935–53, and founder of the United Negro College Fund (1944).
Patterson received both a doctorate in veterinary medicine (1923) and a Master of Science (1927) from Iowa State College; he also attended Cornell University (
Ph.D., 1932). He taught at Virginia State College in Petersburg before joining Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama (1928), where he headed the veterinary division, served as director of the School of Agriculture, and then became the institute's third president. During his years leading Tuskegee, Patterson introduced new programs in dietetics, veterinary medicine, and commercial aviation—the latter making possible the
Tuskegee Airmen..
In founding the United Negro College Fund, Patterson conceived an organization for historically black private colleges that would administer programs and grant scholarships. By the year of Patterson's death, it was providing funds for 42 member colleges and aiding some 45,000 students. Patterson also served as president of the Phelps Stokes Fund (1957–70), a foundation sponsoring educational programs for African Americans, Native Americans, and Africans. In the mid-1970s he devised the College Endowment Funding Plan, a program that depended on funds from private businesses that were matched with federal moneys. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1987.
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