Student Biographies

Headshot of Reuben Abraham Munday

Munday, Reuben Abraham (M.S., 1935)

Reuben Abraham Munday (Mundy) was born in Berea, Kentucky on  10 February 1900, to Reuben H. and Sallie Ann Simms Munday. He married Gustine Elizabeth “Bettye” Alexander. Munday earned a Bachelor of Science from Hampton Institute in 1927, a Master…

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Pope, Louise Isabelle Marshall (M.S., Textiles and Clothing, 1940)

Louise Isabelle Marshall was born on 22 July 1917 in St. Louis, Missouri, to Thomas Marshall, a mail carrier, and his wife Harriet “Hattie” E. Lewis Marshall. While attending Lincoln University, an HBCU in Jefferson City, MO, Marshall was a staff…

Headshot of Thomas Monroe Campbell

Campbell, Thomas Monroe (Summer Course, 1910)

Thomas Monroe Campbell was born in Bowman, Georgia, on 1 February 1883 to Susan Campbell and William A. Campbell, a tenant farmer and itinerant Methodist preacher. He started school at Tuskegee Institute in 1899 at age 16 and, after graduating…

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Atwood, Rufus Ballard (B.S., Agricultural Education, 1923)

Rufus Ballard Atwood was born 15 March 1897, in Hickman, Kentucky, one of seven children of Rufus “Pomp” Atwood, day laborer, and Annie Parker Atwood, who took in washing. Atwood started his academic career at Fisk University in Nashville and,…

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Jones, Trandailer “Tran” Daniellita (M.S., Nutrition, 1942)

Iowa State College Thesis Title: Influence of breakfast on muscular coordination, muscle strength and memory in certain Iowa State College women, 1942  Iowa State University Library Digital Repository Link: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/17670 

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