EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Tuskegee, AL

Founding Date:
4-Jul-1881

Team:
Golden Tigers

Enrollment:
2500

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert Benham	Judge	25-Sep-1946		Justice, Georgia Supreme Court
Rich Boy	Rapper	2-Sep-1983		Throw Some Ds
George Eastman	Inventor	12-Jul-1854	14-Mar-1932	Inventor of the Kodak camera
Ralph Ellison	Novelist	1-Mar-1914	16-Apr-1994	Invisible Man
Al Green	Politician	1-Sep-1947		Congressman, Texas 9th
Lonnie Johnson	Inventor	6-Oct-1949		Revolutionized the squirt gun industry
Tom Joyner	Radio Personality	23-Nov-1949		The Tom Joyner Morning Show
Claude McKay	Novelist	15-Sep-1890	22-May-1948	Home to Harlem
Albert L. Murray	Author	12-May-1916	18-Aug-2013	Stomping the Blues
Ray Nagin	Politician	11-Jun-1956		Mayor of New Orleans, 2002-10
Ptolemy Reid	Head of State	8-May-1912	2-Sep-2003	Prime Minister of Guyana, 1980-84
Lionel Richie	Singer/Songwriter	20-Jun-1949		All Night Long, former Commodore
Betty Shabazz	Activist	28-May-1936	23-Jun-1997	Widow of Malcolm X
Iceberg Slim	Criminal	4-Aug-1918	28-Apr-1992	Pimp-turned-author
Keenen Ivory Wayans	Comic	8-Jun-1958		A Wayans Brother

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Daniel R. Headrick	Historian	2-Aug-1941		When Information Came of Age
Lonnie Johnson	Inventor	6-Oct-1949		Revolutionized the squirt gun industry
Albert L. Murray	Author	12-May-1916	18-Aug-2013	Stomping the Blues

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James E. Bostic, Jr.	Business	c. 1947		EVP at Georgia Pacific, 2001-05
George Washington Carver	Botanist	c. 1860	5-Jan-1943	Crop rotation and peanut butter
Walter S. Gifford	Business	10-Jan-1885	7-May-1966	President of AT&T, 1925-48
Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr.	Business	6-Apr-1935		Chairman of El Paso
Edward Lewis	Publisher	15-May-1940		Founder of Essence magazine
Robert E. Park	Sociologist	14-Feb-1864	7-Feb-1944	Race and Culture
Julius Rosenwald	Business	12-Aug-1862	6-Jan-1932	Sears executive and Good Samaritan
Nina Rosenwald	Philanthropist	?		Sears Roebuck heiress
Booker T. Washington	Educator	5-Apr-1856	14-Nov-1915	Founder, Tuskegee Institute

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