Frederick D. Patterson

1901–1988 (age 87)

educator

Biography

Frederick D. Patterson served as president of Tuskegee Institute, lifting the institution's academic programs and expanding its reach.

He founded the United Negro College Fund to provide access to higher education, believing passionately that every young person deserved the chance to pursue their dreams.

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