Horace Mann Bond
Historian, Author
1904 – 1972
Who was Horace Mann Bond?
Horace Mann Bond was an American historian, college administrator, social science researcher, and the father of civil-rights leader Julian Bond. He earned a master's and doctorate from University of Chicago, at a time when only a small percentage of any young adults attended any college. He was an influential leader at several historically black colleges and was appointed the first president of Fort Valley State University in Georgia in 1939, where he managed its growth in programs and revenue. In 1945 he became the first African-American president of Lincoln University, Pennsylvania.
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- Born
- Nov 8, 1904
Nashville - Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Julia Agnes Washington
(1929 - )
- Julia Agnes Washington
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Chicago
- Lincoln University
- Employment
- Fort Valley State University
- Lincoln University
- Died
- Dec 21, 1972
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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