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Parks, Perry C. (B.S.A., Agronomy, 1904; M.S., Agricultural Science, 1907)

Headshot of Perry Parks

Perry C. Parks earned his BS in Agronomy in 1904 at ISC and later went on to earn a MS in agricultural science in 1907. He worked as a farm superintendent at Tuskegee and was a member of the Executive Council from 1904-1907. Interestingly, in 1906, Booker T. Washington wrote to Parks, reprimanding him for the way he interacted with white citizens of his town, advising him to “cultivate a kindly disposition toward all with whom you come in contact” (Harlan, et al., 1980, pp. 35-6) Parks later went on to serve as a Professor of Agriculture at Clark University in Atlanta, Georgia from 1907-1909, Director of Agriculture at Alabama A&M from 1909-1920, and Head of the Department of Agricultural Extension for Alabama A&M.

  • Harlan, L. R., et al. (1980). Booker T. Washington papers volume 9: 1906-1908. Chicago: U of Illinois. pp. 35-6.
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Lockett, John Leon (B.S., Agronomy, 1923; M.S., Agronomy, 1928)

Headshot of John Leon Lockett

In 1926, Lockett, a Professor of Farm Crops and Soils, was one of five Iowa State graduates among the seven professors in the Agriculture Department at Prairie View. The others were Iowa State graduates E. B. Evans, R. B. Atwood, L. A. Potts, and J. M. Alexander. After receiving his Ph.D. from Rutgers, Dr. Lockett went on to become a professor of Agronomy at Virginia State College for Negroes, where he later became Director of the School of Agriculture until1963, when he gave up the position (“John L. Lockett,” 2018)

Iowa State College Dissertation Title: Some chemical and bacteriological relations of organic matter in the soil to crop yield, 1928 

Iowa State University Catalog Record:https://iowa-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/12tutg/01IASU_ALMA21221825150002756

Sources

Photo Credit: Prairie View A&M University(1926)

1926 The Prairie(p.32)

 https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1033&context=yearbooks 

Biography available at  HBCU Connections at Iowa State University :  John L. Lockett  ( http://hbcuconnections.iastatedigital.org/John_L._Lockett )

John L. Lockett. (2018, May 17). HBCU Connections | Iowa State University, . Retrieved 5 February 2022. from  http://hbcuconnections.iastatedigital.org/index.php?title=John_L._Lockett&oldid=3

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Lane, Cecelia Scott (M.S., Home Economics Education, 1937)

Cecelia Scott Lane received a master’s degree in Home Economics Education from Iowa State College in 1937. Prior to her enrollment at Iowa State, she had earned a bachelor’s degree at Prairie View A&M University in Texas. She went on to teach at Houston College for Negroes (now Texas Southern University), teaching there by 1947 (“With Recent,” 1947). By 1952, she was the Dean of Home Economics at Texas Southern University (“Homemaking,” 1952). Lane taught there for the rest of her career. The Department of Human Services and Consumer Sciences program at Texas Southern is named in her honor.

Iowa State College Thesis Title:  The place of home economics in the curriculum for women of Houston college for Negroes, 1937 

Iowa State University Library Digital Repository Link: https://doi.org/10.31274/rtd-180813-8515

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Homemaking teachers hold annual conference at PV. (1952, Sept.). Panther, Vol. 27(1). Prairie View Agriculture and Mechanical College. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/pv-panther-newspapers/850

With recent Prairie View graduates. (1947, April). The Prairie View Standard, Vol. 17(8). Prairie View University. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/pv-newspapers/151

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Hunter, Mary Evelyn V. Edwards (M.S., Home Economics, 1931)

Headshot of Mary Evelyn V Hunter

Mary Evelyn V. Edwards Hunter was possibly the first woman of African descent to receive a Master’s degree at Iowa State University.  Prior to enrolling at Iowa State, the 1926 edition of The Prairie lists Hunter as a State Supervisor Home Demonstration Agent. After graduating with a masters degree in Home Economics in 1931, Hunter founded and directed the Division of Home Economics for the Virginia State College for Negroes (now Virginia State University), where she established a home economics graduate program for African American students.

Like a number of other Black graduates of Iowa State, she attended the banquet held by the Iowa State Alumni Association for Frederick D. Patterson’s inauguration as President of Tuskegee in 1935.

Iowa State College Thesis Title: Some effects of home economics training upon the home practices of Negro families in Texas, 1931 

Iowa State University Library Digital Repository Link: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/17671

Sources

Photo Credit: Prairie View A&M University (1926)

1926 The Prairie(p.35)

 https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1033&context=yearbooks

Biography available at  HBCU Connections at Iowa State University :  Mary E. V. Edwards Hunter ( http://hbcuconnections.iastatedigital.org/Mary_E._V._Edwards_Hunter )

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Flowers, Walter Albert (M.S., Agriculture, 1937)

1/2 body shot of Walter Albert Flowers sitting leaning slightly to the left

According to the 1930 Federal Census, Walter was a public school teacher in Wayne, Mississippi, likely at the Rosenwald school there, since he shared a house with four other teachers. He married Mattye Milton Copeland between 1930 and 1933. Mattye gave birth to her daughter Patricia in January 1934 in Kentucky according to Kentucky Birth records, though the 1940 census lists Patricia’s birthplace as Iowa. By 1934, Walter had settled into work as an extension agent.  The Prairie View Standard reported that Professor W. A. Flowers of the Texas Extension Service, was on campus for a conference ( Both Walter and Mattye finished their M.S. degrees in 1937 and were living in Texarkana, Texas, by February of that year, when Walter was listed as a teacher at the Rosenwald school in Corley, Texas, and one of four Area Supervisors of Vocational agriculture in the Negro schools of Texas.

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Photo Credits Tennessee State Yearbook

Outstanding educators attend conferences at Prairie View. (1934, June). The Prairie View standard, 25.10, p. 3. Retrieved from  https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1034&context=pv-newspapers ).

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