Frederick D. Patterson

Frederick D. Patterson
Patterson in 1964
Born(1901-10-10)October 10, 1901
Washington D.C.
DiedApril 26, 1988(1988-04-26) (aged 86)
President of Tuskegee University
In office
1935–1953
Preceded byRobert R. Moton[1]
Succeeded byLuther H. Foster[1]

Frederick Douglass Patterson (October 10, 1901 – April 26, 1988) was an American academic administrator, the president of what is now Tuskegee University (1935–1953), and founder of the United Negro College Fund (1944, UNCF). He was a 1987 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, and 1988 recipient of the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP.[2]

  1. ^ a b "TU Presidents". Tuskegee University website. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  2. ^ NAACP Spingarn Medal Archived August 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine