Frank Jeremiah Armstrong

Frank Jeremiah Armstrong
Armstrong as photographed by Cornell College
Born(1877-04-15)April 15, 1877
Died (aged 69)
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Assistant
  • physician
Known forBeing the first African American to graduate from Cornell College

Frank Jeremiah Armstrong (April 15, 1877 – November 2, 1946) was an American physician who was the first African-American graduate of Cornell College. He was the assistant of Booker T. Washington and later became a physician. He was murdered in his office in 1946, possibly by a burglar after a hospital's narcotics.