Frank Jeremiah Armstrong | |
---|---|
Born | Marion, Iowa, US | April 15, 1877
Died | (aged 69) |
Alma mater | |
Occupations |
|
Known for | Being 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.