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Outstanding African Americans at Ohio University
| Students: |
| John Newton Templeton | 1824 | First African American student and graduate (1828) |
| Martha Jane Hunley Blackburn | 1916 | First African American woman graduate |
| Richard A Lancaster | 1992 | First African American head of the Alumni Association |
| Phillip Saunders (a.k.a. Tony Phillips) | 1959 | First African American president of the senior class |
| Alicia Woodson | 1969 | Chair, Student Governing Board |
| Cornelia R. (Connie) Perdreau | 1972 | President, Graduate Student Council |
| Kevin Williams | 1979 | President, Student Senate |
| Byron White | 1983 | First African American editor of The Post |
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| Faculty: |
| James E. Alsbrook | 1985 | First African American Emeritus Faculty Member |
| J. Frank Henderson | 1975 | First African American University Professor |
| E. Curmie Price | 1963 | First African American faculty member, English |
| Hilda Richards | 1979 | First African American academic dean, College of Health and Human Services |
| William Sutton | 1969 | First Head of Black Studies Institute |
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| Administration: |
| Roderick J. McDavis | 2004 | First African American Ohio University President |
| Elmore "Moe" Banton | 1980 | First African American head athletic coach |
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| Governance: |
| John R. Blackburn | 1885 | First African American trustee, 1885-92 |
| Donald Spencer | 1979 | First African American Chair of the Trustees, trustee 1974-83 |
| Patricia A. Ackerman | 1996 | First African American woman trustee, first African American woman Chair of the Trustees, 2001 |
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