List of Cheyney University of Pennsylvania faculty
This is a list of Cheyney University of Pennsylvania faculty.
Notable faculty
| Name |
Department |
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Reference |
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| William Adger |
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1883, first African American University of Pennsylvania baccalaureate degree graduate |
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| Edythe Scott Bagley |
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founder of the theater department; sibling of Coretta Scott King |
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| Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett |
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second principal; first African American American diplomat |
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| Edward Bouchet |
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hired in 1876; first African American Yale University doctoral graduate |
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| Octavius Catto |
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valedictorian in 1858 at the Institute for Colored Youth; taught at Cheyney briefly after graduating; influential in getting the 15th Amendment passed in 1870, which gave black men the right to vote; founder of the first black baseball team in the United States (The Pythians, 1867) and the Equal Rights League (1864) |
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| John Chaney |
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1972-82 Hall of Fame basketball coach |
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| Fanny Jackson Coppin |
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first African American woman to become a school principal; was at the Institute for Colored Youth for 37 years; responsible for vast educational improvements in Philadelphia |
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| Richard T. Greener |
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hired in 1870; first African American Harvard University graduate |
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| Leslie Pinckney Hill |
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faculty 1913-1951; fifth and final principal, first president of Cheyney |
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| William "Billy" Joe |
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former NFL and AFL player; College Football Hall of Fame coach |
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| Mary Jane Patterson |
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faculty 1862-1869; first African American woman to receive a bachelor's degree when she graduated from Oberlin College in 1862; taught at ICY in Philadelphia for seven years; in 1869 she moved to Washington, D.C. to teach; in 1871 became the first black principal of the newly established Preparatory High School for Negroes, later renamed Dunbar High School |
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| Charles L. Reason |
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first principal; prolific writer of political journalism and poetry; known for poems "Freedom," "The Spirit Voice," and "Silent Thoughts" |
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| C. Vivian Stringer |
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1972-83 Hall of Fame basketball coach |
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| Laura Wheeler Waring |
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hired in 1908; artist; art and music teacher |
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