Frederick D. Patterson

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Frederick Douglass Patterson (October 10, 1901 - April 26, 1988), born in Washington D.C. and orphaned at the age of two. Patterson would later become president of what is now Tuskegee University (1935-1953) and founder of the United Negro College Fund (1944, UNCF). In 1987, President Ronald Reagan awarded Dr. Patterson the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.

He was a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and developed the veterinary program at Tuskegee into an outstanding program.

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