EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded by General Samuel Chapman Armstrong in 1868 as a black college, known as Hampton Institute 1930–84.

Location:
Hampton, VA

Founding Date:
1868

Team:
Pirates

Enrollment:
5741

Official Website:
http://www.hamptonu.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert S. Abbott	Publisher	24-Nov-1868	29-Feb-1940	Chicago Defender
O. Rudolph Aggrey	Diplomat	24-Jul-1926		US Ambassador to Romania, 1977-81
W. Frank Fountain	Business	17-Jul-1944		Senior VP at Chrysler
Freeman A. Hrabowski	Educator	13-Aug-1950		President, University of Maryland Baltimore
William Curt Hunter	Educator	c. 1948		Dean of Business, University of Iowa
Kay Coles James	Government	1-Jun-1949		Director of OPM, 2001-05
Theodore T. Jones	Judge	1944		Judge, NY Court of Appeals
Charles E. Phillips, Jr.	Business	c. 1960		President of Oracle
Robin R. Sanders	Diplomat	?		US Ambassador to Nigeria
Wanda Sykes	Comic	7-Mar-1964		Wanda at Large
Charles Turnbull	Politician	5-Feb-1935		Governor of Virgin Islands
Booker T. Washington	Educator	5-Apr-1856	14-Nov-1915	Founder, Tuskegee Institute

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kenneth B. Clark	Psychologist	14-Jul-1914	1-May-2005	Dark Ghetto: Dilemmas of Social Power
Booker T. Washington	Educator	5-Apr-1856	14-Nov-1915	Founder, Tuskegee Institute

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Tony Brown	Talk Show Host	11-Apr-1933		Host of Tony Brown's Journal
Ernest H. Drew	Business	c. 1936		Former Hoechst executive
Edward E. Elson	Diplomat	c. 1934		US Ambassador to Denmark, 1994-98
W. Frank Fountain	Business	17-Jul-1944		Senior VP at Chrysler
Daniel H. Mudd	Business	c. 1959		CEO of Fannie Mae

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