Raphael Lanier

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Raphael O'Hara Lanier (April 28, 1900 – December 17, 1962)^[1] was an American diplomat to Liberia.^[2]

Lanier was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the first inter-collegiate Greek letter organization established for African Americans.^[3]

Lanier was the first president of what is today Texas Southern University.

Preceded by Lester A. Walton	U.S. Ambassador to Liberia 1946–1948	Succeeded by Edward R. Dudley

References

^ LANIER, RALPHAEL O'HARA
^ "U.S. Department of State". Retrieved 2007-07-22.
^ "Mu Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc". Retrieved 2007-07-22. ^{[dead link]}

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[1] LANIER, RALPHAEL O'HARA

[2] "U.S. Department of State". Retrieved 2007-07-22.

[3] "Mu Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc". Retrieved 2007-07-22. ^{[dead link]}

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v t e United States Ambassadors to Liberia
Commissioner and Consul General	Hanson
Minister Resident/Consul General	Seys Turner Smythe Garnet Smythe Hopkins Taylor E. E. Smith Clark McCoy Heard O. L. W. Smith Crossland Lyon Crum Buckner Curtis Johnson Hood Francis
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Mitchell Walton Lanier Dudley
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Dudley Locker Jones Mathews Rhetts Brown Westerfield Manfull Carter R. P. Smith Swing Perkins Bishop de Vos Myrick Blaney Booth Thomas-Greenfield Malac Boulware (acting) Elder McCarthy