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LeMoyne College Historic District
	LeMoyne College Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Roughly bounded by Walker, Hollis Price, Crown and alley to rear of Sweeney Hall, Memphis, Tennessee
Coordinates	35°07′15″N 90°02′05″W / 35.12083°N 90.03472°W
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built	1914
Architect	George Awsumb; Tandy & Foster
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Modernist
NRHP reference No.	05001215
Added to NRHP	November 9, 2005

LeMoyne–Owen College
Former names	LeMoyne College; Owen College
Motto	"Gubernatio. Opportunitas. Inclino."
Motto in English	"Leadership. Opportunity. Change."
Type	Private, HBCU
Established	1968; 56 years ago; LeMoyne College – 1871; Owen College – 1947
Religious affiliation	United Church of Christ
Endowment	$52 million (2020)
President	Christopher B. Davis (interim)
Students	609 (Fall 2022)
Location	Memphis, Tennessee, United States; 35°07′18″N 90°02′06″W / 35.12175°N 90.03495°W
Campus	Urban
Colors	Purple and Gold
Nickname	LOC
Mascot	The Magicians
Website	www.loc.edu

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LeMoyne–Owen College (LOC or "LeMoyne-Owen") is a private historically black college affiliated with the United Church of Christ and located in Memphis, Tennessee. It resulted from the 1968 merger of historically black colleges and other schools established by northern Protestant missions during and after the American Civil War.

History[edit]

LeMoyne Normal and Commercial School was founded in 1862, when the American Missionary Association (AMA) sent Lucinda Humphrey to open an elementary school at Camp Shiloh (Tennessee) for free blacks and escaped slaves. This was one of more than ten schools founded by the AMA, an integrated organization led by black and white Congregational, Methodist and Presbyterian ministers.

The school was established soon after the occupation of Memphis by Federal troops during the Civil War; they were based at Camp Shiloh outside the city limits to the south. First known as Lincoln Chapel, the school relocated into Memphis proper in 1863 from south of the city. In 1866 it was destroyed during white race riots that broke out following the withdrawal of federal troops.

The school was rebuilt, and in 1867 it reopened with 150 students and six teachers. In 1870, Francis Julius LeMoyne (1798–1879), a Washington, Pennsylvania doctor, donated $20,000 (~$425,287 in 2023) to the American Missionary Association to build an elementary and secondary school for prospective teachers. LeMoyne, who was a notable abolitionist, traveled from his Pennsylvania home to visit the new school. He donated a clock for the school's tower. In 1871, the school opened in a new building at 284 Orleans Street and was named LeMoyne Normal and Commercial School.^[2]

The Memphis yellow fever epidemic started in 1873 and took a toll on many school personnel.

Under the leadership of the third principal, Andrew J. Steele, the school enjoyed three decades of growth and development.^[3]

In 1914 the school moved from Orleans Street to its present site on Walker Avenue. Steele Hall, the first building on the new campus, was erected that same year. LeMoyne became a junior college in 1924. After developing a four-year curriculum, it became a four-year college in 1930. The LeMoyne College was chartered by the State of Tennessee four years later. Steele Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and the core of the college's campus was listed on the National Register in 2005.

Owen College was established as a junior college in 1947, when the Tennessee Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention bought property for that purpose on Vance Avenue. After they developed the facility, S. A. Owen Junior College opened at that location in 1954.

LeMoyne–Owen College was formed through the 1968 merger of LeMoyne College and Owen College, both private, historically black, church-affiliated colleges.^[4]

In 2007, LeMoyne-Owen had management and accreditation problems due to a lack of financial resources. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools placed the college on probation for two years.^[5] In August 2007, the City of Memphis ensured the college would open for the fall 2007 semester by pledging $3 million in taxpayer funds to be added to other substantial pledges from the United Negro College Fund, Cummins, radio host Tom Joyner and the United Church of Christ. The donation pledge, approved by the City Council, aroused controversy. City councilmembers defended their actions as contributing to the city and its residents. The college's president Johnnie B. Watson said that the college has reaffirmed its accreditation. It had increased its endowment to 20 million dollars in 2014.

In July 2020, LeMoyne-Ownen College received the largest donation in its history. A $40 million pledge from the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis quadrupled the college's endowment.^[1] LeMoyne-Ownen's president called the gift "transformative" for all that the college does and can do. The Community Foundation will give approximately $2 million annually.^[6]

Historic district[edit]

The LeMoyne College Historic District is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[7] It includes four contributing buildings and the 1936 campus quadrangle as a contributing site. It is roughly bounded by Walker, Hollis Price, Crown and alley to rear of Sweeney Hall.^[8]

It includes Steel Hall, built in 1914, the oldest and original building on this campus, which was designed by Tandy & Foster and is separately listed on the National Register.^[9] It includes two Colonial Revival buildings, Brownlee and Sweeney halls, which were designed by George Awsumb along with the quadrangle in 1936. Sweeney Hall is named for Frank J. Sweeney, college president during 1929–1942, and originally served as the president's residence.^[8]

It includes the three-story Modernist-style Hollis F. Price Library, built in 1963, designed by architects Gassner-Nathan-Browne, named for Hollis F. Price, college president during 1943–1970.^[8]

Athletics[edit]

The college sponsors athletic teams that participate in the Division II level, in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) conference of the NCAA. The LeMoyne–Owen College Department of Athletics sponsors men's intercollegiate baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, and tennis along with women's intercollegiate softball, basketball, cross country, volleyball and tennis. Men's volleyball will be added in the 2025 season (2024–25 school year). The school's mascot is the Magicians.

In 1975, the LeMoyne–Owen College men's basketball team won the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship.^[10] the school was then a member of Division III level of the NCAA. Up to this day, LeMoyne-Owen has been the only HBCU to win a national championship at that level.

LeMoyne–Owen College golfer Dominique Worthen was the first player in SIAC history to win the SIAC Player of the Year award, earn a selection to the All Conference Team, and earn the SIAC Conference Championship MVP award, and an All Tournament First Team award, all in one week. Worthen of LeMoyne-Owen also won the 2015 PGA Minority Collegiate Championship.^[11]

Notable alumni[edit]

Name	Lifespan	Year	Notability	Referencing
Lloyd Barbee	1925-2002	1949	Wisconsin legislator and civil rights activist
Marion Barry	1936-2014	1958	former mayor of Washington, DC and former Washington, DC City Council member	^[12]
Henry Clifford Boles	1910-1979	1927	architect	^[13]
Annie Marie Watkins Garraway	1940-	1958^{[note 1]}	Mathematician who worked in telecommunications and electronic data transmission and philanthropist
W. W. Herenton	1940-		former mayor of Memphis, Tennessee from 1992 until his resignation in 2009
Benjamin Hooks	1925-2010	1943	former executive director of NAACP
Myron Lowery			former mayor pro-tem of Memphis, Tennessee from July 31, 2009 – October 26, 2009
Bert Maynard Roddy	1886-1963	1910	Memphis businessman and Civil Rights organizer
Andrea Lewis Miller			12th president of LeMoyne–Owen College	^[14]
Ira Latimer	1906-1985		Taught at LeMoyne before becoming a lawyer and civil rights activist in Chicago
Larry Robinson			Current President at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida

List of presidents[edit]

Johnnie B. Watson
Andrea Lewis Miller (2015–2019) first female and second alumnus
Carol Johnson-Dean (2019–2021) interim
Vernell Bennett-Fairs

Notes[edit]

^ Graduated from S. A. Owen Junior College, which was later incorporated into LeMoyne–Owen College

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Klyce, John (August 7, 2020). "A Present for Lemoyne-Owen". American City Business Journals. Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2021. A $40M endowment gift makes history at LeMoyne-Owen, but Black colleges are plagued by decades of disparities. ... With it, LOC's combined endowments grew from $12 million to $52 million.
^ Historic Memphis. "Historic Memphis – LeMoyne College ... The Howe Institute and Owen College". Retrieved July 11, 2018.
^ University, Tennessee State. "LEMOYNE-OWEN COLLEGE (1871- )". Archived from the original on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2007-04-13.
^ "LeMoyne-Owen College Welcome, History". Archived from the original on June 23, 2009.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Testino, Laura. "LeMoyne-Owen College quadruples endowment with $40 million from Community Foundation". The Commercial Appeal.
^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c Michael Sicuro; Chandra Dennis (April 8, 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: LeMoyne College Historic District / LeMoyne-Owen College". National Park Service. Retrieved April 20, 2018. With accompanying 29 photos from 2005
^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Steele Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved April 20, 2018. With accompanying three photos from 1978
^ NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship
^ "Dominique Worthen makes SIAC History". LeMoyne–Owen College. May 6, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
^ Janofsky, Michael (September 14, 1994). "The 1994 Campaign: The Comeback Man in the News: From Disgrace to 'Amazing Grace': Marion Shepilov Barry Jr". The New York Times.
^ Wilson, Dreck Spurlock (March 2004). "Henry Clifford Boles". African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945. Routledge. pp. 61–63. ISBN 978-1-135-95629-5.
^ "BRCC Chancellor Andrea Lewis Miller named president of liberal arts college in Memphis". The Advocate. 2015-06-12. Retrieved 2023-11-24.

External links[edit]

Media related to LeMoyne–Owen College at Wikimedia Commons
Official website

[14] Graduated from S. A. Owen Junior College, which was later incorporated into LeMoyne–Owen College

[40mil-1] Klyce, John (August 7, 2020). "A Present for Lemoyne-Owen". American City Business Journals. Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2021. A $40M endowment gift makes history at LeMoyne-Owen, but Black colleges are plagued by decades of disparities. ... With it, LOC's combined endowments grew from $12 million to $52 million.

[2] Historic Memphis. "Historic Memphis – LeMoyne College ... The Howe Institute and Owen College". Retrieved July 11, 2018.

[3] University, Tennessee State. "LEMOYNE-OWEN COLLEGE (1871- )". Archived from the original on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2007-04-13.

[4] "LeMoyne-Owen College Welcome, History". Archived from the original on June 23, 2009.

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] Testino, Laura. "LeMoyne-Owen College quadruples endowment with $40 million from Community Foundation". The Commercial Appeal.

[nris-7] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[nrhpdoc-LeMoyne-8] Michael Sicuro; Chandra Dennis (April 8, 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: LeMoyne College Historic District / LeMoyne-Owen College". National Park Service. Retrieved April 20, 2018. With accompanying 29 photos from 2005

[nrhpdoc-Steele-9] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Steele Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved April 20, 2018. With accompanying three photos from 1978

[10] NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship

[11] "Dominique Worthen makes SIAC History". LeMoyne–Owen College. May 6, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2020.

[comeback-12] Janofsky, Michael (September 14, 1994). "The 1994 Campaign: The Comeback Man in the News: From Disgrace to 'Amazing Grace': Marion Shepilov Barry Jr". The New York Times.

[AA_Architects-13] Wilson, Dreck Spurlock (March 2004). "Henry Clifford Boles". African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945. Routledge. pp. 61–63. ISBN 978-1-135-95629-5.

[:1-15] "BRCC Chancellor Andrea Lewis Miller named president of liberal arts college in Memphis". The Advocate. 2015-06-12. Retrieved 2023-11-24.

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+ |president         = Christopher B. Davis (interim)
- |president         = Vernell Bennett-Fairs<ref>{{cite press release |title=LeMoyne-Owen College Board of Trustees Selects Dr. Vernell Bennett-Fairs As the College's 13th President |url=https://www.loc.edu/2020/12/17/lemoyne-owen-college-board-of-trustees-selects-dr-vernell-bennett-fairs-as-the-colleges-13th-president/ |access-date=26 February 2021 |work=LeMoyne-Owen College |date=17 December 2020 |location=Memphis, Tenn.}}</ref>
  |vice-president    =
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 [[File:Francis Julius LeMoyne ca 1860.jpg|thumb|left|Francis Julius LeMoyne ca 1860]]
-The school was rebuilt, and in 1867 it reopened with 150 students and six teachers. In 1870, [[Francis Julius LeMoyne]] (1798–1879), a [[Washington, Pennsylvania]] doctor, donated $20,000 to the American Missionary Association to build an elementary and secondary school for prospective teachers. LeMoyne, who was a notable [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolitionist]], traveled from his Pennsylvania home to visit the new school. He donated a clock for the school's tower. In 1871, the school opened in a new building at 284 Orleans Street and was named LeMoyne Normal and Commercial School.<ref>{{cite web
+The school was rebuilt, and in 1867 it reopened with 150 students and six teachers. In 1870, [[Francis Julius LeMoyne]] (1798–1879), a [[Washington, Pennsylvania]] doctor, donated $20,000 (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=20000|start_year=1870}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) to the American Missionary Association to build an elementary and secondary school for prospective teachers. LeMoyne, who was a notable [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolitionist]], traveled from his Pennsylvania home to visit the new school. He donated a clock for the school's tower. In 1871, the school opened in a new building at 284 Orleans Street and was named LeMoyne Normal and Commercial School.<ref>{{cite web
 |title=Historic Memphis – LeMoyne College ... The Howe Institute and Owen College
 |author=Historic Memphis
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 In 2007, LeMoyne-Owen had management and accreditation problems due to a lack of financial resources. The [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]] placed the college on probation for two years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_8969.shtml |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-08-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927002057/http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_8969.shtml |archive-date=2007-09-27 }}</ref> In August 2007, the City of Memphis ensured the college would open for the fall 2007 semester by pledging $3 million in taxpayer funds to be added to other substantial pledges from the [[United Negro College Fund]], [[Cummins]], radio host [[Tom Joyner]] and the [[United Church of Christ]]. The donation pledge, approved by the City Council, aroused controversy. City councilmembers defended their actions as contributing to the city and its residents. The college's president Johnnie B. Watson said that the college has reaffirmed its accreditation. It had increased its endowment to 20 million dollars in 2014.
-In July 2020, LeMoyne-Ownen College received the largest donation in its history. A $40 million pledge from the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis quadrupled the college's endowment.<ref name="40mil">{{cite news |last1=Klyce |first1=John |title=A Present for Lemoyne-Owen |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2020/08/07/lemoyne-owen-endowment-hbcu-disparities.html |access-date=26 February 2021 |work=[[American City Business Journals]] |date=August 7, 2020 |url-access=subscription |quote=A $40M endowment gift makes history at LeMoyne-Owen, but Black colleges are plagued by decades of disparities. ... With it, LOC’s combined endowments grew from $12 million to $52 million. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/aHeDZ |archive-date=March 27, 2023}}</ref> LeMoyne-Ownen's president called the gift "transformative" for all that the college does and can do.  The Community Foundation will give approximately $2 million annually.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/education/2020/07/02/lemoyne-owen-college-receives-40-million-endowment-community-foundation/5363525002/|title=LeMoyne-Owen College quadruples endowment with $40 million from Community Foundation|first=Laura|last=Testino|website=The Commercial Appeal}}</ref>
+In July 2020, LeMoyne-Ownen College received the largest donation in its history. A $40 million pledge from the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis quadrupled the college's endowment.<ref name="40mil">{{cite news |last1=Klyce |first1=John |title=A Present for Lemoyne-Owen |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2020/08/07/lemoyne-owen-endowment-hbcu-disparities.html |access-date=26 February 2021 |work=[[American City Business Journals]] |date=August 7, 2020 |url-access=subscription |quote=A $40M endowment gift makes history at LeMoyne-Owen, but Black colleges are plagued by decades of disparities. ... With it, LOC’s combined endowments grew from $12 million to $52 million. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230327145602/https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2020/08/07/lemoyne-owen-endowment-hbcu-disparities.html |archive-date=March 27, 2023}}</ref> LeMoyne-Ownen's president called the gift "transformative" for all that the college does and can do.  The Community Foundation will give approximately $2 million annually.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/education/2020/07/02/lemoyne-owen-college-receives-40-million-endowment-community-foundation/5363525002/|title=LeMoyne-Owen College quadruples endowment with $40 million from Community Foundation|first=Laura|last=Testino|website=The Commercial Appeal}}</ref>
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 It includes [[Steele Hall (Memphis, Tennessee)|Steel Hall]], built in 1914, the oldest and original building on this campus, which was designed by [[Tandy & Foster]] and is separately listed on the National Register.<ref name=nrhpdoc-Steele>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=79002481}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Steele Hall |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|access-date=April 20, 2018}} With {{NRHP url|id=79002481|photos=y|title=accompanying three photos from 1978}}</ref>  It includes two [[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial Revival]] buildings, Brownlee and Sweeney halls, which were designed by [[George Awsumb]] along with the quadrangle in 1936.  Sweeney Hall is named for Frank J. Sweeney, college president during 1929–1942, and originally served as the president's residence.<ref name=nrhpdoc-LeMoyne>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=05001215}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: LeMoyne College Historic District / LeMoyne-Owen College |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|author=Michael Sicuro |author2=Chandra Dennis |date=April 8, 2005 |access-date=April 20, 2018}} With {{NRHP url|id=05001215|photos=y|title=accompanying 29 photos from 2005}}</ref>
-It includes the three-story [[Modernist architecture|Modernist]]-style Hollis F. Price Library, built in 1963, designed by architects Gassner-Nathan-Browne, named for Dr. Hollis F. Price, college president during 1943–1970.<ref name=nrhpdoc-LeMoyne/>
+It includes the three-story [[Modernist architecture|Modernist]]-style Hollis F. Price Library, built in 1963, designed by architects Gassner-Nathan-Browne, named for Hollis F. Price, college president during 1943–1970.<ref name=nrhpdoc-LeMoyne/>
 ==Athletics==
-The college sponsors athletic teams that participate in the [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] level, in the [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]] (SIAC) conference of the [[NCAA]].  The LeMoyne–Owen College Department of Athletics sponsors men's intercollegiate baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, and tennis along with women's intercollegiate softball, basketball, cross country, volleyball and tennis. The school's mascot is the Magicians.
+The college sponsors athletic teams that participate in the [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] level, in the [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]] (SIAC) conference of the [[NCAA]].  The LeMoyne–Owen College Department of Athletics sponsors men's intercollegiate baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, and tennis along with women's intercollegiate softball, basketball, cross country, volleyball and tennis. Men's volleyball will be added in the 2025 season (2024–25 school year). The school's mascot is the Magicians.
 In 1975, the LeMoyne–Owen College men's basketball team won the [[NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship]].<ref>[[NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship]]</ref> the school was then a member of Division III level of the NCAA. Up to this day, LeMoyne-Owen has been the only HBCU to win a national championship at that level.
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 ==Notable alumni==
+{| class="wikitable sortable"
-*[[Lloyd Barbee]] – Wisconsin legislator and civil rights activist
+!Name
-*[[Marion Barry]] – former mayor of [[Washington, DC]] and former Washington, DC City Council member
+!Lifespan
-*[[Henry Clifford Boles]] (1910–1979), architect, graduated in 1927<ref name="AA Architects">{{Cite book |last=Wilson |first=Dreck Spurlock |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0OaSAgAAQBAJ |title=African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945 |date=March 2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-95629-5 |pages=61–63 |language=en |chapter=Henry Clifford Boles}}</ref>
+!Year
-*[[Annie Marie Watkins Garraway]] – mathematician who worked in telecommunications and electronic data transmission and philanthropist
+!class="unsortable"|Notability
-*[[W. W. Herenton]] – former mayor of [[Memphis, Tennessee]] from 1992 until his resignation in 2009
+!class="unsortable"|Referencing
-*[[Benjamin Hooks]] – former executive director of [[NAACP]]
+|-
-*[[Myron Lowery]] – former mayor pro-tem of [[Memphis, Tennessee]] from July 31, 2009 – October 26, 2009.
+|[[Lloyd Barbee]]
-*[[Bert Maynard Roddy]] – Memphis businessman and Civil Rights organizer
+|1925-2002
-*[[Ira Latimer]] - Taught at LeMoyne before becoming a lawyer and civil rights activist in Chicago
+|1949
-*Dr. [[Larry Robinson (chemist)]] – Current President at [[Florida A&M University]] in [[Tallahassee, Florida]]
+|Wisconsin legislator and civil rights activist
+|
+|-
+|[[Marion Barry]]
+|1936-2014
+|1958
+|former mayor of [[Washington, DC]] and former Washington, DC City Council member
+|<ref name=comeback>{{cite news |title=The 1994 Campaign: The Comeback Man in the News: From Disgrace to 'Amazing Grace': Marion Shepilov Barry Jr. |work=The New York Times |date=September 14, 1994 |first=Michael |last=Janofsky |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02E3DC153BF937A2575AC0A962958260}}</ref>
+|-
+|[[Henry Clifford Boles]]
+|1910-1979
+|1927
+|architect
+|<ref name="AA Architects">{{Cite book |last=Wilson |first=Dreck Spurlock |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0OaSAgAAQBAJ |title=African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945 |date=March 2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-95629-5 |pages=61–63 |language=en |chapter=Henry Clifford Boles}}</ref>
+|-
+|[[Annie Marie Watkins Garraway]]
+|1940-
+|1958<ref group="note">Graduated from [[S. A. Owen Junior College]], which was later incorporated into LeMoyne–Owen College</ref>
+|Mathematician who worked in telecommunications and electronic data transmission and philanthropist
+|
+|-
+|[[W. W. Herenton]]
+|1940-
+|
+|former mayor of [[Memphis, Tennessee]] from 1992 until his resignation in 2009
+|
+|-
+|[[Benjamin Hooks]]
+|1925-2010
+|1943
+|former executive director of [[NAACP]]
+|
+|-
+|[[Myron Lowery]]
+|
+|
+| former mayor pro-tem of [[Memphis, Tennessee]] from July 31, 2009 – October 26, 2009
+|
+|-
+|[[Bert Maynard Roddy]]
+|1886-1963
+|1910
+| Memphis businessman and Civil Rights organizer
+|
+|-
+|[[Andrea Lewis Miller]]
+|
+|
+|12th president of LeMoyne–Owen College
+|<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2015-06-12 |title=BRCC Chancellor Andrea Lewis Miller named president of liberal arts college in Memphis |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/education/brcc-chancellor-andrea-lewis-miller-named-president-of-liberal-arts-college-in-memphis/article_7f1ed675-2352-5a95-a322-d484a72d8cac.html |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=The Advocate |language=en}}</ref>
+|-
+|[[Ira Latimer]]
+|1906-1985
+|
+| Taught at LeMoyne before becoming a lawyer and civil rights activist in Chicago
+|
+|-
+|[[Larry Robinson (chemist)|Larry Robinson]]
+|
+|
+| Current President at [[Florida A&M University]] in [[Tallahassee, Florida]]
+|
+|}
+== List of presidents ==
+* [[Johnnie B. Watson]]
+* [[Andrea Lewis Miller]] (2015–2019) first female and second alumnus
+* [[Carol Johnson-Dean]] (2019–2021) interim
+* [[Vernell Bennett-Fairs]]
 ==See also==
 *[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Shelby County, Tennessee]]
+==Notes==
+{{reflist|group="note"}}
 ==References==
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v t e Historically black colleges and universities (List)
Public institutions	Alabama A&M Alabama State Albany State Alcorn State Arkansas–Pine Bluff Bishop State CC Bluefield State Bowie State Central State Cheyney Coahoma CC Coppin State Delaware State Elizabeth City State Fayetteville State Florida A&M Fort Valley State Gadsden State CC Grambling State Harris–Stowe Hinds CC Jackson State Kentucky State Langston Lincoln, Missouri Lincoln, Pennsylvania Maryland, Eastern Shore Mississippi Valley State Morgan State Norfolk State North Carolina A&T North Carolina Central Prairie View A&M Savannah State Shelton State CC South Carolina State Southern Southern–New Orleans Southern–Shreveport Tennessee State Texas Southern UDC/UDC-CC UVI Virginia State West Virginia State Winston-Salem State
Private institutions	Allen Arkansas Baptist Barber–Scotia Benedict Bennett Bethune–Cookman Claflin Clark Atlanta Dillard Edward Waters Fisk Florida Memorial University Hampton Howard Huston–Tillotson Interdenominational Theological Center Jarvis Christian Johnson C. Smith Knoxville Lane LeMoyne–Owen Livingstone Meharry Miles Morehouse Morehouse School of Medicine Morris Brown Morris Oakwood Paine Paul Quinn Pensole Lewis Philander Smith Rust Selma Shaw Simmons College (Ky.) Southwestern Christian Spelman Stillman St. Augustine's Talladega Texas College Tougaloo Tuskegee Virginia Union Virginia University Voorhees Wilberforce Wiley Xavier (Louisiana)
Defunct institutions	Bishop Booker T. Washington Carver Central Mississippi College Collier-Blocker Concordia Alabama Daniel Payne Frelinghuysen Georgia Baptist Gibbs Guadalupe Hampton Haygood Seminary Immanuel Lutheran Jackson Johnson Kittrell Lincoln Junior College Luther Miner Teachers College Mississippi Industrial College Morristown Mount Hermon Female Seminary New Orleans University Roosevelt Rosenwald Saint Paul's SCSU Law School Storer Straight Suwannee River Terrell Law School Volusia County Western
Law Schools	David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC) Florida A&M University College of Law Howard University School of Law North Carolina Central University School of Law Southern University Law Center Thurgood Marshall School of Law (Texas Southern)
Consortia	Atlanta University Center Florida's Black Junior Colleges Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Southwestern Athletic Conference Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference HBCU Athletic Conference

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International	ISNI VIAF
National	United States