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Minority Student Records at Oberlin College

Listings and statistics of Black former students and graduates of Oberlin College beginning in 1835.

"Negro Graduates of Oberlin College 1844-1972"

This list was compiled and titled by the Office of the Secretary in 1972. Students with additional degrees information added in 2024. Secondary degrees do not always correspond to the dates the student is listed under; please contact the College Archives for additional dates. For original list, see the Office of the Secretary records (RG 5).

Black Graduates of Oberlin College, 1844-1920

  • 1844
    • George B. Vashon, A.B., A.M.
  • 1845
    • William Cuthbert Whitehorne, A.B.
  • 1847
    • William Howard Day, A.B.
  • 1849
    • James Monroe Jones, A.B.
    • John Mercer Langston, A.B., A.M., Sem.
  • 1850
    • Lawrence Washburne Minor, A.B., A.M.
    • Mrs. Lucy Stanton Sessions, L.B.
  • 1853
    • Frances Williams Clark, Lit.
  • 1855
    • Ann Maria Hazle, Lit.
  • 1856
    • Louisa Lydia Alexander, Lit.
    • Mrs. Sarah Woodson Early, L.B.
    • John Craven Jones, A.B.
    • Mrs. Sarah K. Wall Fidler, Lit.
    • Mrs. Emma J. Gloucester White, Lit.
  • 1857
    • William Allen Jones, A.B.
  • 1858
    • John G. Mitchell, A.B., A.M.
  • 1859
    • Elias Toussaint Jones, A.B.
  • 1860
    • Mrs. Blanche Harris Jones, L.B.
    • Mrs. Susan Reid Oliver, Lit.
    • Benjamin Kellogg Sampson, A.B.
    • Charles Henry Thompson, Sem.
  • 1861
    • Charles Alexander Dorsey, A.B., A.M.
    • Mrs. Maria L. Waring Williamson, Lit.
  • 1862
    • James Hiram Muse, A.B., Sem.
    • Mary Jane Patterson, A.B.
  • 1864
    • John Hartwell Cook, A.B., A.M.
    • Mrs. Mary McFarland Hayes, Lit.
  • 1865
    • Thomas Lewis Harris, A.B.
    • Mrs. Marion Lewis Howard, Lit.
    • Frances Josephine Norris, A.B.
    • Mrs. Fanny Jackson Coppin, A.B., A.M.
    • Thomas DeSaliere Tucker, A.B., A.M.
    • George Green Collins, A.B., A.M.
  • 1866
    • James Henry Piles, A.B.
  • 1867
    • Chanie Ann Patterson, Lit.
    • John Eaton Patterson, A.B.
  • 1868
    • Mrs. Caroline Still Anderson, Lit.
  • 1869
    • George W. Mitchell, A.B., A.M.
  • 1870
    • Mrs. Adelaide Gloucester Rice, Lit.
    • Eloise H. Gloucester, Lit.
    • Sarah Mildred Jones, L.B.
    • Mrs. Mary Robinson Meriwether, Lit.
    • Mrs. Rosa Evans Parrott, Lit.
    • James Storum, A.B., A.M.
    • Mrs. Frankie Emma Harris Wassom, L.B.
  • 1871
    • Emma Patterson, Lit.
  • 1872
    • Edward Harvey White, A.B.
  • 1873
    • Hale Giddings Parker, A.B.
  • 1874
    • Matthew Anderson, A.B., A.M.
    • Robert Bruce Bagby, A.B.
  • 1875
    • Anna Holland Jones, Lit., hon. A.M., Ph.B.
    • William Sanders Scarborough, A.B., A.M.
  • 1876
    • Martha Rebecca Jackson, L.B.
    • Mrs. Caroline Scott Conner, L.B.
  • 1877
    • Benjamin Albert Imes, A.B., Sem.
    • Arthur Desaline Langston, A.B., A.M.
    • Mrs. Sara Jane Woodwon Cohron, L.B.
    • George Frederic Thompson Cook, hon. A.M.
  • 1878
    • Solomon Glenn Watkins, A.B.
  • 1879
    • Robert C. Henderson, A.B.
    • Julia Ann Woodson, Lit.
  • 1880
    • Mrs. Julia Evans Johnson, Lit.
    • Samuel Reynolds Singer, A.B.
  • 1881
    • James Monroe Henderson, A.B., A.M.
  • 1882
    • John Charles Fremont Jackson, A.B., A.M.
  • 1883
    • James Henry Garnett, A.B., A.M.
    • Benjamin Oliver McMichael, A.B.
    • Gabriella Wilson, Lit.
    • George Washington Moore, Sem.
  • 1884
    • Mrs. Anna Julia Cooper, A.B., A.M.
    • Mrs. Ida Gibbs Hunt, A.B., A.M.
    • Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, A.B., A.M., L.H.D.
    • Benjamin Forsyth Ousley, B.D.
    • Mrs. Ednah Mason Walker, Lit.
  • 1886
    • Henry Clay Gray, B.D.
    • Mrs. Mary Burnett Talbert, L.B.
  • 1887
    • Robert Charles Martin, A.B.
  • 1888
    • Mrs. Georgia Temple Bell-Allen-Noland, L.B.
    • Gregory Willis Hayes, A.B.
    • Nathan Benjamin Young, A.B., A.M.
    • Sterling Nelson Brown, B.D.
  • 1889
    • Mrs. Viola Scott Clark, Lit.D.
    • Charles Hatfield Dickerson, A.B., A.M.
    • Mrs. Carrie Burnett Ellis, Ph.B.
    • Nelson Talbot Gant, A.B.
    • Mrs. Harriet Gibbs Marshall, gr. Cons., Mus.B.
  • 1890
    • Mrs. Mary Champ Campbell, L.B.
    • William Bentley Crittenden, A.B.
    • Mrs. Sarah Evans Inborden, L.B.
    • George Richard Jackson, A.B.
    • Lillie Ann Lee, L.B.
    • Marion Martin, A.B.
    • Eugene Harris, B.D.
    • Joseph Samuel Jackson, Sem.
  • 1891
    • Mrs. Judith Carter Horton, A.B.
    • Henry King Loeb, A.B.
    • Robert Shaw Wilkinson, A.B., hon. A.M.
    • Mrs. Ida Generals Wood, L.B.
    • Frankie Ann Robinson, A.B.
  • 1892
    • Mrs. Fannie Alexander Sampson, L.B.
    • Mrs. Minerva Mitchell Wickliffe, Ph.B.
    • Mrs. Maud Mason Dunn, Ph.B.
    • John Lorenzo Love, A.B., A.M.
    • Mrs. Lucy Messer Holmes, Lit., Ph.B.
  • 1893
    • Mrs. Jane Browne Bond, A.B.
    • Mrs. Cornie Cross Patrick, A.B.
    • Walter Bowie Hayson, A.B.
    • William Lewis Martin, A.B., A.M.
    • Joseph Jeffrey Walters, A.B.
  • 1894
    • Charles Henry Borican, A.B.
    • Clarence Caswell Cross, A.B.
    • John Henry Palmer, gr. English Course
  • 1895
    • William Henry Dawley, A.B.
    • Thomas Henry Wilson, A.B.
    • James Bond, B.D.
    • Daniel Leonard Senior, gr. English Course
  • 1896
    • Lulu Vere Childers, gr. Cons., Mus.B.
    • Mrs. Maude Brooks Cotton, gr. Cons., A.B.
  • 1897
    • George Washington Hill, A.B.
    • Dabney Davis Minor, A.B.
    • Daniel Henry Vaniford Purnell, A.B.
    • Clara Russell Shippen, A.B.
  • 1899
    • William Nelson DeBerry, B.D.
  • 1900
    • William Lee Washington, A.B.
  • 1901
    • Mrs. Jane Clark Hill, A.B.
    • Mrs. Viola White Goin, A.B.
    • John Mercer Langston, A.B.
    • Ralph Augustus Marsden, A.B.
    • Edward Franklin Goin, B.D., D.D.
  • 1902
    • Amplias Harter Glenn, A.B.
    • Merton Paul Robinson, A.B.
    • Garnet Crummel Wilkinson, A.B.
  • 1903
    • Sara Hannah Edwards, A.B.
    • Carroll Napier Langston, A.B.
    • Hattie Maude Henderson, A.B.
    • Harlan William Peabody, A.B.
    • Augustus Riley, A.B.
  • 1904
    • Mrs. Leanna Osborne Hale, A.B.
    • Mrs. Grace Strange Dorsey, A.B.
    • Jesse Gerald Tyler, gr. Cons., Mus.B.
  • 1905
    • Virginia Clementine Smith, A.B.
    • William Levi Cash, B.D.
  • 1906
    • Ruth Anna Fisher, A.B.
    • Lucian Isaac Miller, A.B.
    • Samuel Danforth Morrill, A.B.
    • Mrs. Grace Robinson Dickason, A.B.
    • Harry Thomas Simmons, A.B.
    • John Clarence Wright, A.B.
    • Franklin Benjamin Mallard, B.D.
  • 1907
    • Mrs. Roberta Mae Curry Lindsay, A.B.
    • Lucien Clarence Fisher, B.D.
    • George Willard Johnson, A.B.
    • Mrs. Josephine Maritcha Lawson Harley, A.B.
    • Samuel Richard Morsell, A.B.
    • Charles William Stewart, A.B.
  • 1908
    • Mrs. Bess Adeline Bolden Walcott, A.B.
    • Anna Frances Brodnax, A.B.
    • Mrs. Myrtle Lenna Brooks McGowan, A.B.
    • James Henry Cowan, A.B.
    • Robert Nathaniel Dett, Mus.B., Mus.D.
    • Gustavus Adolphus Steward, D.B.
  • 1909
    • John Ezra Ballard, A.B.
    • David Henry Sims, A.B., D.B.
    • Mrs. Della Mae Stewart Frye, A.B.
    • Mrs. Maud Electa Young Ray, Mus.B.
  • 1910
    • John Andrew Gordon, A.B.
    • Grace Louise Collins Hammond, A.B.
    • Joseph Henry Noble Jones, A.B.
    • Willard Mercer Lane, A.B.
    • John Henry Rainbow, A.B.
    • Howard Nowell Robinson, A.B.
  • 1911
    • Noel Patrick Brown, A.B.
    • Mrs. Laura Frances Grayson Morrison, A.B., A.M.
    • Mrs. Addaline Holly Rainbow, A.B.
    • Rosa Belle Lane, A.B.
    • Homer Thomas, A.B.
    • Henry Sullivan Williams, A.B.
  • 1912
    • Mrs. Sarah Lillian Hughes Bragg, A.B.
    • Mrs. Sophia Mae McKenney Bryson, A.B.
    • James Alvin Russell, A.B.
    • Cornelius Francis Stradford, A.B.
    • Thomas Mason Brumfield, B.D.
    • Roy Wilfred Tibbs, Mus.B., Mus.M.
  • 1913
    • Mrs. Vemba Eliza Brown Inge, A.B.
    • Perry Theodore Johnson, A.B.
    • Sadie McDonald Walker, A.B.
    • Mary Elizabeth Johnston, A.B. (degree issued 1937)
    • Henry Howard Waters Summers, B.D.
  • 1914
    • Leonard Emmett Drewry, A.B.
    • Harry Hollinger Jones, A.B.
    • Mrs. Kathryn Ethel Stewart Yarborough, A.B.
    • Ruby Modesto Wiley, A.B.
    • Mrs. Mary Edna Brown Coleman, A.M.
    • Arnold Erasmus Gregory, B.D.
    • Mrs. Iphigenia Cornelia Coles Bush, Mus.B.
  • 1915
    • Mrs. Almedia Lavinia Burwell Dinkins, A.B.
    • Madison Blount Gray, A.B.
    • Henry Cashen Collins, B.D.
    • Charles Wilson Kelly, B.D.
  • 1916
    • Benjamin Wesley Patterson Allen, A.B.
    • David Wesley Anthony, Jr., A.B.
    • Mrs. Patsy Gerene Cowan Mollison, A.B.
    • Mrs. Lucy Will Johnson Bullock, A.B.
    • Mrs. Hortense Mitchell Davis, A.B.
    • Welbourne Atwood Mollison, A.B.
    • Charles Spencer Smith, Jr., A.B.
    • Aurelia Harris Williams, A.B.
    • Camille Lucy Nickerson, Mus.B., Mus.M.
    • Estella Etelka Pinkney, Mus.B.
    • Mrs. Viginia May Warren Kingslow, Mus.B.
    • Robert Russa Moton, LL.D.
  • 1917
    • Caesar Thomas Fortson, A.B.
    • Mrs. Amy Louise Pendleton Jordan, A.B.
    • Mrs. Helen Hale Ruck Cohron, A.B.
    • Charles Cecil Cohen, Mus.B.
    • Tourgee Albion DeBose, Mus.B.
  • 1918
    • Mrs. Stella Annice Credit Woodford, A.B.
    • James Mizell Taylor, Honorary War Member
    • Edward Madison Gilliard, B.D.
    • Norman Alonzo Holmes, B.D.
    • Vernon Napoleon Johns, B.D.
  • 1919
    • Mrs. Brownie Celeste Pierce Omohundro, A.B.
    • Virginia Proctor Powell, A.B.
    • Mrs. Araminta West Anthony, A.B.
  • 1920
    • Marie Georgeanne Gould, A.B.
    • Beryl Rosamond Jones, A.B.
    • Mildred Cecile Mitchell, A.B.
    • Mrs. Bobbie Beatrix Scott Scott, A.B.
    • Mrs. Beulah Tyrell Whitby, A.B.
    • Mrs. Hazel May Wells Reid, A.B.
    • Octavia Beatrice Wynbush, A.B.
    • Fletcher Jaun Bryant, B.D.
    • Hershey Hezekiah Strong, B.D.
    • Beulah Lucile Stewart, Mus.B.

 

Black Gradutes of Oberlin College, 1921-1950

  • 1921
    • Mavis Winona Mitchell, A.B.
    • Helen Mildred Scroggins, A.B.
    • Mrs. Dortha Marie Tuck Parsons, A.B.
    • Horatio Seymour Hill, B.D.
  • 1922
    • Frederick Marshall Sheffield, A.B.
    • Blake Edward Moore, B.D.
  • 1923
    • Gladis Strom Berry, A.B.
    • Josephine Humbles, A.B.
    • Ethel Elizabeth McGhee, A.B.
    • Louise Ruth McKinney, A.B., A.M.
    • Mrs. Geraldine Octavia Sophronia Satchell Dillingham, A.B.
    • Gladys Aneyse Wilkinson, A.B.
  • 1924
    • Mary Crozer Carroll, A.B.
    • Ethel May Grant, A.B.
    • Theressa Byra Wilson, A.B.
    • Grace Isabel Woodson, A.B.
    • Ernestine Jessie Covington, Mus.B., Mus.M.
    • Theodore DeWitt Phillips, Mus.B., Mus.M.
    • Jesse Edward Moorland, D.D.
  • 1925
    • Harold Fletcher Lee, A.B.
    • Earl Richard Moses, A.B.
  • 1926
    • Edith Elizabeth Baker, A.B., S.Mus.B.
    • Carol Blanche Cotton, A.B.
    • Sheppard Randolph Edmonds, A.B.
    • Mary Helen Hummons, A.B.
    • Theodore Thomas Robinson, A.B.
    • Frances Elizabeth Sinkford, Mus.B.
    • Susie Elvie Bailey, Sch.Mus.B.
    • Richard Preston Alexander, B.D.
    • Clarence James Gresham, B.D.
    • Robert Bernard Powell, B.D.
    • George Jackson VanBuren, B.D.
    • Ward Nunmore Yerby, B.D.
  • 1927
    • Emmett Edward Dorsey, A.B.
    • Theodore Daniel Hansbary, A.B. (died 6-3-27)
    • Audrey Wright, A.B.
    • John Malcus Ellison, A.M.t.
    • Joseph Raymond Henderson, B.D.
    • Irma Vivian Ferguson Spencer, Sch.Mus.B.
  • 1928
    • Harry Baytop Baker, A.B. (degree granted in 1929)
    • Louise Katherine Barnes, A.B.
    • Anna Margaret Cooke, A.B.
    • Wenona Henrietta Douglass Reynolds, A.B. (degree granted in 1929)
    • Hortense Cecil Fears, A.B.
    • Josie Bernice Frisby Greer, A.B., A.M.
    • Earle Sylvester Jamison, A.B.
    • Edna Rose Mayer Tyler, A.B.
    • Herbert Collin Roberts, A.B.
    • Harry Joseph Walker, A.B.
    • Obie Magellan Collins, B.D.
    • Lafayette Clinton Cox, B.D., A.M.t.
    • Edward Pierce Strozier, B.D.
    • Mack Thaddeus Williams, B.D.
    • William Duncan Allen, Jr., Mus.B., Mus.M.
    • Lucy Ariel Williams, Mus.B.
    • Ruby Cordelia Harris, Sch.Mus.B.
    • Laclede Virgil Smith, Sch.Mus.B
  • 1929
    • Thomas Nelson Baker, Jr., A.B., A.M.
    • Lucy Katherine Porter Williamson, A.B.
    • Mrs. Maggie Winstead Powell, A.B.
    • Madaline Mae Thurman Johnson, A.B., A.M.
    • John Baptist Williams, Jr., B.D.
    • David Edward Carroll, Mus.B.
    • James Harold Montague, Mus.B.
    • Gladys Elizabeth Thomas, Mus.B.
    • Floy Frances Debnam Dunbar, Sch.Mus.B.
    • Jean Butler Latting, Sch.Mus.B.
    • Hortense Thelma Temple, Sch.Mus.B.
    • John Alvin Bacoats, A.M.
  • 1930
    • James David Barnes, Jr., A.B.
    • Lucy Jane Bond, A.B.
    • Lawrence Taft Burwell, A.B.
    • Kate Virginia Inge Fuller, A.B.
    • Marjorie Augusta Johnson, A.B.
    • Lula Love Williamson, A.B. (degree granted in 1931)
    • Henry Preston Horne, B.D., A.M., S.T.M.
    • Herbert Randolph Moore, B.D.
    • Laura Tileston Wilkinson Simms, Sch.Mus.B.
    • Alice Carter SImmons, Sch.Mus.B.
    • George William Harvey, A.M.t., B.D.
    • Willa Beatrice Player, A.M.
  • 1931
    • Joseph Sandy Himes, Jr., A.B., A.M.
    • John Beauregard Johnson, A.B.
    • Alfred Andrew Parker, Jr., A.B., A.M.
    • Nellie Constance Allen, Mus.B.
    • Catherine Elizabeth Moton Patterson, Mus.B.
    • Mary Elizabeth Terry, Mus.B.
    • Elsie Beatrice Robinson Shamwell, Sch.Mus.B.
    • Lafayette Clinton Cox, A.M.t.
  • 1932
    • Theodore Alphonso Gentry, A.B.
    • Frances Cornelia Berry Hill, Mus.B.
    • Dorothy Emily Sulton, Sch.Mus.B.
    • John Bennett Henderson, B.D.
    • Neil William Hoffman, B.D.
    • Raynes Waite Stennett, B.D.
    • Melvin Hampton Watson, A.M.t., B.D., S.T.M.
  • 1933
    • Ruth Baker, A.B., Sch.Mus.B.
    • Nerissa Lee Brokenburr, A.B., Mus.B.
    • Elaine Serena Hill Snowden, A.B.
    • Harold T. Johnson, A.B.
    • Mildred Dee Moore, A.B.
    • Eva Mae Parker, A.B.
    • Charles Walker Thomas, A.B.
    • Charles Henry Brown, B.D., S.T.M.
    • William Edward Carrington, B.D., A.M.t.
    • Bernard Lee Mason, Mus.B.
    • Chrystal Jane Thompson, Mus.B.
    • Lucile Levy Hutton, Sch.Mus.B.
  • 1934
    • Mrs. Shirley Graham McCanna, A.B., A.M. [Lola Shirley Graham McCanns DuBois, 2024 edit]
    • Annie Florence May, A.B.
    • Robert Erskine Edwards, B.D.
    • John Dewey Moore, B.D.
    • James Uriah Watson, B.D., A.M.t.
    • William Herbert King, S.T.M.
    • Norman Gregg Long, A.M.t., B.D., S.T.M.
    • Gladys Marvine Harris, Sch.Mus.B.
    • Georgeanna McMechen, Sch.Mus.B.
  • 1935
    • Ella Lois Johnson, A.B., Sch.Mus.B.
    • Marjorie Hayes Witt Johnson, A.B.
    • Charles Fisher, B.D.
    • Theodore Sylvester Ledbetter, B.D.
    • Furney Norman Marshburn, B.D.
    • Winfred Ernest Garrick, A.M.t.
    • Theodore Curtis Mayo, Mus.B., Mus.M.
    • Catherine Bertha Van Buren, Mus.B.
  • 1936
    • John Henry Bos, Jr., A.B.
    • Alice Olga Brokenburr, A.B.
    • Elizabeth Grace Mary Glenn, A.B., gr.k.
    • Harry Blake Higgs, B.D.
    • George Duncan Hinkson, A.M.t.
    • Jean Elizabeth Coston, Mus.B.
    • Victoria Josephine Muse, Mus.B.
    • Marie Rossetta Hilton, Sch.Mus.B.
  • 1937
    • Henry Joseph Booker, Jr., A.B., Mus.B., Mus.M.
    • Gilbert Allen Cargill, A.B.
    • John Woodrow Copeland, A.B.
    • Carolyn Marie Plaskett, A.B.
    • Laurabelle Scott, A.B.
    • William Bristow Crocker, B.D.
    • Maxie Sylvester Gordon, B.D., A.M.t., S.T.M.
    • Brannon Jonathan Hopson, B.D.
    • Henderson Randolph Hughes, B.D. (degree granted in 1936, 2024 edit)
    • Andrew Lincoln Johnson, B.D., A.M.t.
    • Henry Wendel Murph, B.D., S.T.M.
    • John Henry Satterwhite, B.D., S.T.M.
    • Charles Lewis Tarter, B.D.
    • Richard Yelsaha Caulker, A.M.t.
    • Walter Franklin Anderson, Mus.B.
    • Robert Nelson Hemingway, Mus.M.
  • 1938
    • Anna Vivian Brown Brown, A.B.
    • Esther Victoria Cooper Jackson, A.B.
    • Carroll Napier Langston, A.B.
    • George Henry Robinson, A.B.
    • Helen Coralie Wells Little, A.B.
    • Reuben Spurgeon Turner, B.D.
    • Arthur Walter Williams, B.D.
    • Finis Hugo Austin, A.M.t.
    • Alva Beatrice Maxey, A.M. (degree granted in 1937, 2024 edit)
    • Ernest Andrew Smith, A.M.t.
    • Colman Leroy Hacker, S.T.M.
    • Sylvia Ward Olden, Mus.B.
    • Flowers Nathaniel Gatlin, Sch. Mus.B.
  • 1939
    • Samuel Edward Barnes, A.B. (degree granted in 1936, 2024 edit), A.M.
    • Reginald Stokes Matthews, A.B.
    • Kermit Thorpe Mehlinger, A.B.
    • William Hughes Murphy, A.B.
    • Philip Merwin Thomas, A.B.
    • Moses Newsome, B.D., S.T.M.
    • Homer Julius Tucker, B.D, S.T.M.
    • Charles Caesar Walker, B.D.
    • Wendell Clay Somerville, A.M.t.
    • Eulalia Louise Abner, Sch.Mus.B.
  • 1940
    • James Allen Russell, Jr., A.B.
    • John Leroy Carter, B.D.
    • William Levi Cash, Jr., B.D., S.T.M.
    • James Benjamin Cayce, B.D.
    • Gardner Calvin Taylor, B.D.
    • Leonora Julia Hull, Mus.B.
    • Katherine Eloise Miller, Mus.B.
    • Winifred June Roberts, Mus.B.
  • 1941
    • John Plummer Alexander, A.B.
    • Bryce Chadwick Anthony, A.B.
    • Charles Laconia Dinkins, A.B, B.D.
    • Dolores Rachel Johnson, A.B.
    • Quindolyn Bennetta Franklin Rucker, A.B.
    • Emmanuel Campbell, B.D.
    • Charles Buchanan Copher, B.D.
    • Osborne Ernest Scott, B.D.
    • Benjamin James Simms, B.D., S.T.M.
    • Edgar Thomason Thornton, B.D.
    • Ezekiel Emerson Chappelle, Jr., S.T.M.
    • George Artmelle Theophilus Walker, Mus.B.
    • Lucille LaVerne Anderson, Mus.M.
  • 1942
    • Kenneth Witcher Clement, A.B.
    • James Tanimola Ayorinde, A.M.t.
    • Normal Cyril Crosby, B.D.
    • Louise Johnson Wesley, Mus.B.
    • Farra Holmes Young, Sch.Mus.B.
    • Otta Mae Jones, Sch.Mus.B.
  • 1943
    • Albert Buford Cleage, B.D.
    • James Edgar Smith, B.D.
    • Mrs. Myra Mebane Thomas, Mus.B.
    • Jewel Carter Stradford, A.B.
    • Edna Louise Davis, Mus.B., Ed.Mus.M.
    • Anne Lucille Gamble, Mus.B.
    • Hortense Virginia Pace, Ed.Mus.B.
    • Foster Tobias Craggett, B.D.
    • Charles Eugene Walden, Jr., B.D.
    • Mrs. Mildred Toles Fortson, Ed.Mus.B. (degree received in 1931, 2024 edit)
    • Samuel Amos Brackeen, B.D.
  • 1944
    • Pauline Lavinia Dinkins, A.B.
    • Miriam Yvonne Drake, A.B.
    • Ella Georgie Price, A.B.
    • Birneisis Motte Young, Mus.B.
    • Virginia June Tyler, Ed. Mus.B.
    • Geraldine Wells, Ed. Mus.B.
    • Wilton Allen Nichols, A.B.
    • Edgar Wright Flood, B.D.
    • Henry Beecher Hicks, B.D.
    • Elliott James Mason, B.D., S.T.M.
  • 1945
    • Emory Alvin Wadlowe, S.T.M.
    • Hariette Lila Davison, Mus.B.
    • Carrie Walls Kellogg, Mus.B.
    • Frances Elizabeth Walker, Mus.B.
    • Everard Alphonso Hughes, B.D.
    • John Batiste Morris, B.D.
    • William Austin Watson, B.D.
    • Doris Calilia Jones, Mus.B.
  • 1946
    • Charles Ernest Tyler, B.D.
    • Rosalie Anna Payne, A.B.
    • Gloucester Allen Price, Jr., A.B.
    • Lionel Atwell Arnold, A.M.t., B.D.
    • Henry Bradford, Jr., B.D.
    • Odell Richardson Reuben, B.D., S.T.M.
    • Alan Booth, Mus.B.
    • Natalie Leota Henderson, Mus.B.
    • Allene Joyce Knighten, Mus.B.
    • Harry David Rhodes, Jr., Ed. Mus.B.
  • 1947
    • Myra J. Iwagami, A.B. (father Japanese)
    • Erlynne Sarah Poindexter, A.B.
    • Carl Thomas Rowan, A.B.
    • Margaret Wilhelmina Boone, A.M.t.
    • Marvin Collins Griffin, B.D.
    • Louis Willis Augustus Snodgrass, B.D.
    • Tella Marie Cole, Mus.B., Mus.M. (degree received in 1946, 2024 edit)
    • Mrs. Thelma Hunter Aggrey, Ed.Mus.B.
    • Nell Rebecca Lane, Ed.Mus.M.
    • William Grant Still, Mus.D.
  • 1948
    • Frederick Moreland Yergan, A.B.
    • Lewis Zeigler Eichelberger, B.D.
    • Nancy Jacqueline Beeler, A.B.
    • Gene-Ann Polk, A.B.
    • Robert Lewis Butler, B.D.
    • John Ellsworth Hunter, B.D., S.T.M.
    • Eugene Edward Morgan, B.D.
    • Ulysses Grant Nixon, B.D.
    • Rose Marie Ellington, Mus.B.
    • Jean Marie Jackson, Ed.Mus.B.
    • Jametta Isadora White, Mus.M.
  • 1949
    • Peter Rodgers Brown, B.D., S.T.M.
    • Samuel Edward Barnes, A.M.
    • Marceil Henrietta Dorsey, A.B., Mus.B.
    • Myrtle Elise Elkins, A.B.
    • Jesse Lee Parks, Jr., A.B.
    • Wayman Eugene Scott, A.B.
    • Earl Hardy Ballard, B.D.
    • Roland Roosevelt Banner, B.D.
    • Edward Willis Brown, B.D.
    • Charles Alexander Cherry, B.D.
    • Willie James Hodge, B.D.
    • Tunnie Martin, Jr., B.D.
    • Mrs. Beatrice Byrd Gilkes, Mus.B.
    • Patricia Rae Marshall, Mus.B.
    • Helen Lucretia Webster, Mus.B.
    • Ralph Johnson Bunche, LL.D.
  • 1950
    • Bonnie Mae Fermon, A.M.
    • Charles Allen Blackwell, A.B.
    • Beverly Roscoe Dorsey, A.B.
    • Virginia Jean Goodson, A.B.
    • Roy Edward McClendon, A.B.
    • Wentworth Earl Miller, A.B.
    • Verna Rice, A.B.
    • Donald Calhoun Scott, A.B.
    • Juletta Darwyn Randolph, A.M.
    • Edward Eddy Riley, A.M.
    • George Emerson Riley, A.M.
    • John Wilson Fleming, B.D., S.T.M.
    • William Ivan Hale Reeves, B.D.
    • Harold Leonard Thompson, B.D., S.T.M.
    • Major J. Jones, S.T.M.
    • Thomas Arthur Gayters, Mus.B., Ed.Mus.B.
    • Wendell Ambrose Temple, Mus.B., Mus.M.
    • Nathaniel Lee, Ed.Mus.B.

Black Graduates of Oberlin College, 1951-1972

  • 1951
    • Harold Carson Hunter, A.B.
    • George Leon Netterville, III, A.B.
    • Ira Mason Young, A.B.
    • Emanuel Oyewole Akingbala, A.M.t.
    • Mrs. Jewett Washington Allen, A.M.t.
    • Samuel Alkore Lawoyin, A.M.t.
    • Phillipa Louise Leftwich, A.M.t.
    • Joseph Eugene Peterson, B.D.
    • Donald Eugene Barrett, Mus.B.
    • Mervin Todd Hutton, Mus.B.
    • Jacquelin Nimocks Johnson, Mus.B., Mus.M.
    • Earl Frank Little, Ed. Mus.B.
    • Henry Joseph Booker, Jr., Mus.M.
  • 1952
    • Marcia Lorraine Boddie, A.B.
    • Albert James McQueen, A.B.
    • William Benjamin Ray, A.B.
    • James Julius Abney, A.M.t.
    • Norman Maurice Rates, S.T.M.
    • Arthur Randolph LaBrew, Mus.B.
    • Marjorie Grace Youngblood, Ed. Mus.B.
  • 1953
    • Anna Louise Ellington, A.B.
    • Joseph Littleton Howell, A.B.
    • Dorothy Mae Prince, A.B.
    • William DeWitt Burton, A.M.t.
    • Sterling Lavon Long, B.D.
    • Giles Shivers, B.D.
    • James Jacobs Edmonds, Mus.B.
    • Donza Lavalia James, Mus.B. (degree received in 1952, 2024 edit)
  • 1954
    • George Howard Furcron, A.B.
    • Charles Edward Jackson, Jr., A.B.
    • Mrs. Lucy Gilliam Robinson, A.M.t.
    • Jackie Vaughn, III, A.M.t.
    • Lewis Penrose Bohler, Jr., B.D.
    • Dolores Rae Miller, Mus.B.
    • Jacqueline Annette Jones, Ed.Mus.B.
  • 1955
    • William Percy Cline, A.B.
    • Delores Lucille Coleman, A.B.
    • Caroline Florence Davis, A.B.
    • Friday Timothy Essien, A.B.
    • Arnold Paul Jones, A.B.
    • Georgia Ann Taylor, A.B.
    • Eleanor Jeannetta Woodcock, A.M.t.
    • Freddie Lee Steen, B.D., S.T.M.
    • Simona Wilma Atkins, Mus.B.
    • Marvyne Elizabeth Betsch, Mus.B.
    • John Tevis Jackson, Mus.B.
    • Williiam Anderson Moore, Mus.B.
    • Harrison Leslie Adams, Jr., Ed. Mus.B.
    • Jane Juanita Howell, Ed.Mus.B.
    • Evelyn Frances Lawlah, Ed.Mus.B.
    • Verolga LaVerne Nix, Ed.Mus.B.
  • 1956
    • Willie Marie Furcron, A.B.
    • Phyllis Gail Lewis, A.B.
    • Delbert Dean Mason, A.B.
    • George Dallas McKinney, Jr., A.M.t.
    • Berline Callihine Plummer, B.D.
    • Franklin Bernard Hunter, Mus.B.
    • Eileen Boleyn Tate, Mus.B.
  • 1957
    • Bertha Johnetta Betsch, A.B.
    • Laura Estelle Marshall, A.B.
    • Carole Juanita Williiams, A.B.
    • Gilbert Fisher Williams, A.B.
    • Vincent Major Brown, B.D.
    • Walter Bernard Hoard, B.D.
    • James Nathaniel Mitchell, B.D.
    • Harvey Ezekiel Hall, Jr., Mus.B.
    • Marva Lou Laster, Ed.Mus.B.
    • Geraldine Thurman, Ed.Mus.B.
  • 1958
    • Henry Ethelberth Edwards, A.B.
    • Elvin Mackey, Jr., A.B.
    • Howard Washington Thurman, D.D.
    • John Columbus Ferguson, Jr., B.D.
    • Neptune Hartsfield Holloway, B.D.
    • Leon Lee Troy, B.D.
    • George Adrian Williams, B.D.
    • Roslyn Marquita Wharry, Ed.Mus.B.
  • 1959
    • Jude Edmund Aidoo, A.B.
    • Walton Richard Johnson, Jr., A.B.
    • Guilherme Abel Mabunda, A.B.
    • Obadiah Williamson, A.B.
    • Luther Robert Palmer, Jr., M.R.E.
    • Reuben Henry Green, B.D.
    • David Thomas Shannon, S.T.M.
    • Patricia Jean Johnson, Mus.B.
  • 1960
    • Rosemary Anderson, A.B.
    • Erlene Bernadette Bradford, A.B.
    • William Whit Ellis, A.B.
    • Patricia Carolyn Gloster, A.B.
    • June Ardis Johnson, A.B.
    • Victor Latunde Lawoyin, A.B.
    • Flora Jean Martin, A.B.
    • Ruth Marie Turner, A.B.
    • Sylvia Justine Turner, A.B.
    • Charles Norman Diggs, B.D.
    • James Roosevelt Willis, B.D.
    • Audrey Ann Anderson, Mus.B.
    • Jamesetta Vashti Holliman, Mus.B. (Class of 1959)
    • Carolyn Herb Huggins, Mus.B.
    • Shirley Anne Mack, Mus.B.
  • 1961
    • Constance Johanna Bracey, A.B.
    • Ruth Joanine Brown, A.B.
    • Norma Elaine Hoffman, A.B.
    • Jacqueline Etonia Johnson, A.B.
    • Francine Esther Kelly, A.B.
    • Adine Victoria Ray, A.B.
    • Camille Athenia Walwyn, A.B.
    • Carl Harris Marbury, A.M.t., B.D.
    • Arthur Alvin Zebbs, B.D.
    • Claude Leon Anderson, Jr., Mus.B.
    • Brenda Sherryl Randolph, Mus.B.
  • 1962
    • Beverly Jean Butler, A.B.
    • Kate Miriam Clark, A.B.
    • Sylvia Elizabeth Hayre, A.B.
    • Marylyn Althea Huff, A.B.
    • Mrs. Charlene Drew Jarvis, A.B.
    • Percy Lavon Julian, Jr., A.B.
    • Edward Neal Reynolds, A.B.
    • Janice Lee Stickney, A.B.
    • Peggy Ann Taylor, A.B.
    • Judy Trent, A.B.
    • Francis Alessandro Turner, Jr., A.B.
    • Atha Jenkins Baugh, B.D.
    • David Ernest Chambers, Jr., B.D.
    • Thomas Ray Sumner, B.D.
    • Hazel Joan Bryant, Mus.B.
    • Stanley Allen Cowell, Mus.B.
    • Judith Kaye Crawford, Mus.B.
    • Patsy Ann Ford, Mus.B.
    • Margaret Birdell Lacy, Mus.B.
    • Herman Wesley Whitney, Mus.B.
    • Ella Louise Wilson, Mus.B.
    • Bobbie Margaret Brown, Mus.B. (Class of 1958, issued November 1962)
  • 1963
    • Gwendolyn Frances Dillard, A.B.
    • Wade Ellis, Jr., A.B.
    • Mrs. Marion Rose Gordon, A.B.
    • James McCoy Jones, A.B.
    • Joseph Okechuku Nzelibe, A.B.
    • William Leroy Robinson, A.B.
    • J. Otis Smith, Jr., A.B.
    • Vincent Oyetunde Solola, A.B.
    • Delbert Leon Spurlock, Jr., A.B.
    • Mabel Margaret Young, A.B.
    • Annetta Yvonne Monroe, Mus.B.
  • 1964
    • Mrs. Olive Burrowes Attwell, A.B.
    • Michel Godfry Covi Fiator, A.B.
    • Harriet Dolores Jackson, A.B.
    • Carol Ann Munday, A.B.
    • Horace Fillmore Shamwell, Jr., A.B.
    • Leroy Adams, B.D.
    • John Tau, M.R.E.
    • James Earl Massey, A.M.t.
    • Elizabeth Lillian Mance, Mus.B.
  • 1965
    • Ernest Ten Eyck Atwell, Jr., A.B.
    • Carolyn Lee Barley, A.B.
    • Esther Scott Carter, A.B.
    • Emmanuel Boundzeki Dongala, A.B.
    • Donna May Fair, A.B., M.A.T.
    • Muriel Elizabeth Hamilton, A.B.
    • Portia Yvonne Holmes, A.B.
    • James Avery Johnson, Jr., A.B.
    • Lemuel Adolphus Johnson, A.B.
    • Jean-Louis Francois Lawson, A.B.
    • Clifford Alexander Lowe, Mus.B.
    • Gail Evangelyn Nelson, Mus.B.
  • 1966
    • Adrienne Maria Foster, A.B.
    • Milton Amenaghawon Iyoha, A.B.
    • William Clarence McNeill, III, A.B.
    • Wendell Arthur Meeks, A.B.
    • Gloria Jeanne Randall, A.B.
    • Nestor Tata, A.B.
    • Brenda Eltrine Kee, Mus.B.
    • Althea Rochon Robinson, Mus.B.
    • Ralph Kinnard Williams, Mus.B.
  • 1967
    • Lillian Joyce Lynk, A.B.
    • Jean de Dieu Randriana, A.B.
    • Frank Clemmons, Mus.B.
    • Glover Patrick Parham, II, Mus.B.
  • 1968
    • Aline May Garrett, A.M.
    • Michele Chargois, A.B.
    • Michael Craig Clement, A.B.
    • Ora Dee Fant, A.B.
    • Lamont Ray Gholston, A.B.
    • Isaac Green, Jr., A.B.
    • Diane Sue Harriford, A.B.
    • Phillip Martin Henry, A.B.
    • Vivian Lorraine Hopkins, A.B.
    • Geraldine Thelma Kearse, A.B.
    • Joseph Benny Powel, A.B.
    • Norman Leonard Brentley, Mus.B.
    • Nathaniel Roy Callolay, Mus.B.
  • 1969
    • Warren Bacon, A.B.
    • John Harvey Bowman, A.B.
    • Roland Cardwell, A.B.
    • Michele Mary Cisco, A.B.
    • Walter Gary Eades, A.B.
    • Phylicia Fauntleroy, A.B.
    • Thomas Clifton Griffin, A.B.
    • Lonnie Charles Jenkins, Jr., A.B.
    • Dion Michele Jones, A.B.
    • Harold Broadway Kelly, Jr., A.B.
    • Oswald Gregory Lewis, A.B.
    • Cornel Matthews, A.B.
    • Glanetta Miller, A.B.
    • Lawrence Edsel Murphy, A.B.
    • Marialyce Norman, A.B.
    • Harold Douglas Oliver, Jr., A.B.
    • John Richard Pamplin, A.B.
    • Henry Roy Partridge, Jr., A.B.
    • Shannon Emily Richards, A.B.
    • Marjorie Tidmore, A.B.
    • Myrtle Virginia Tyus, A.B.
    • Tommye Bernice Whiting, A.B.
    • Tossie Wiley, Jr., A.B.
    • Carolyn Julia Mooran, Mus.B.
    • James Vincent Pickens, Mus.B.
  • 1970
    • Haron Nicholas Battle, A.B.
    • Kay Sharyn Bills, A.B.
    • Charles Michael Blair, A.B.
    • Jess Willard Brodnax, III, A.B. (Class of 1962)
    • Vera Carter, A.B.
    • James Clark Cobb, Jr., A.B.
    • Leslie Carolyn Cosby, A.B.
    • William Harrison Donald, A.B.
    • Shirley LaVerne Douglas, A.B.
    • Ed Eugene Duncan, A.B.
    • Barbara Jean George, A.B.
    • Yvonne Louise Hughes, A.B.
    • Mrs. Darlene Brown Jenkins, A.B.
    • Ronald Ruben Jones, A.B.
    • Brenda Charlene Kellogg, A.B.
    • Lawrence Joseph McGuin, A.B.
    • Allan Bradley Martin, A.B.
    • Pamela Elizabeth Murphy, A.B.
    • Diane Tessina Ogilvie, A.B.
    • Grosbeck Preer Parham, A.B.
    • Gayle Elizabeth Pinderhughes, A.B.
    • Luther Knox Robinson, A.B.
    • Charles Oliver Southern, Jr., A.B.
    • Toni Trent, A.B.
    • Robert Douglas Watts, A.B.
    • Arthur Payne Wheatley, A.B.
    • Charles AuVal Willis, A.B.
    • Lois Lorraine Ferdinand, A.B.
    • Joyce Ann Proctor, A.B.
    • Andrea Diane Bradford, Mus.B.
    • Ronald Earsal DeVaughn, Mus.B.
    • Sharon Denise Hutchinson, Mus.B.
    • Karen Louise Johnson, Mus.B.
    • Ophelia Marie Smith, Mus.B. (double degree)
    • Calvin Maurice Taylor, Mus.B.
  • 1971
    • Delores Parkins Andrews, A.B.
    • Harriet Chapman Arnold, A.B.
    • James William Bagby, A.B.
    • Cheri Lynn Banks, A.B.
    • Debra Barker, A.B.
    • Patricia Ann Bass, A.b.
    • George Ernest Blackman, Jr., A.B.
    • Frederick Henry Blake, A.B.
    • Calvin Edward Bruce, A.B.
    • Marlene Lynette Bruce, A.B.
    • Herbert Joseph Cadle, Jr., A.B.
    • Jan Leatha Clark, A.B.
    • Delores Ann Crenshaw, A.B.
    • Carmen Estrella Gaines, A.B.
    • Colette Hill, A.B.
    • David Lavassa Holman, A.B.
    • Brenda Benita Johns, A.B.
    • Beryl Randolph Jones, A.B.
    • Michael John Lythcott, A.B.
    • Sara Mignon Mazique, A.B.
    • Ivory Earl Moss, II, A.B.
    • Evelyn Wilson Nixon, A.B.
    • Lucy Reuben Oliver, A.B.
    • Clarence Nicholas Patterson, Jr., A.B.
    • Debra Avant Payne, A.B.
    • Barbara Lorraine Powell, A.B.
    • Wendell Phillip Russell, Jr., A.B.
    • Barry Bertrand Smith, A.B.
    • Harmon Carey Thomas, Jr., A.B.
    • Adrian McClain Tyler, A.B.
    • Alphonzia Wellington, Jr., A.B.
    • Linda Pope Wiley, A.B.
    • David James Hurd, Jr., Mus.B.
  • 1972
    • Mrs. Dorothy Davis Martin, A.M.
    • Marvin David Beaulieu, A.B.
    • Vicki Lenora Bowen, A.B.
    • Mrs. Marcia Ming Cobb, A.B.
    • Sophie Ann Dunlap, A.B.
    • Constance Anita Fullilove, A.B.
    • Paul Bush Hairston, A.B.
    • Anne Marie Hargrove, A.B.
    • Bernice Kay McIntyre, A.B.
    • Sharon Ann Nelson, A.B.
    • Shirley Ann Pinder, A.B.
    • Delia Carol Pitts, A.B.
    • James Hampton Poe, A.B.
    • Sandra Carol Scott, A.B.
    • Earl Rodrick Charles Singleton, A.B.
    • Ruth Elizabeth Spencer, A.B.
    • Barbara Alinda Taylor, A.B.
    • Barbara Yvonne Thomas, A.B.
    • Michael Joseph Wilson, A.B.
    • William Ethaniel Thomas, Mus.B.