130th Anniversary

Letter from Dr. Tony Allen

Hornet Family, do you recognize any of these names?

John Boykin Aikin	Maurice Jackson Beamer	Jeremiah M. Conoway	Joseph Emelin Fields
Alfred Gibbs	Herbert Postles Gibbs	Isaac Gibbs	William P. Graham
West Rufus Graham	Alfred Thessolian Guy	Enoch W. Hubert	John Edward Mitchell
William Henry Patten	David Purnell	Edward Reed	Peter Rias
Melsey Corsa Sammons	Charles Franklin Tharpe	Lea Andrew Watson	John Benjamin Weston
Thomas F. Woodward	Howard Day Young

Those are your ancestors in spirit - our student roster from 1892-1893 - the twenty-two young black Delawareans who became the pioneers of Delaware State's first, full class, taking their courses in a handful of rickety, wood-framed buildings on our Dover campus.

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DSU Alumni Celebrate 130th

130th Anniversary Tour

Trustee John Ridgeway ‘75 tours the Delaware State University Campus with Alumnus and Athletics Hall of Famer, Robert Vanderhost ‘72

“ In every race, in every nation, and in every clime in every period of history there is always an eager-eyed group of youthful patriots who seriously set themselves to right the wrongs done to their race or nation or ... art or self-expression.” Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1873-1935) Poet, Educator, Activist and DSC Professor/Administrator

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