Planned Giving
…assets until death. In most cases, these are also the simplest types of planned gifts to create. They can be created through 1) a bequest in a new will or…
…assets until death. In most cases, these are also the simplest types of planned gifts to create. They can be created through 1) a bequest in a new will or…
…blue baby syndrome. McKinley Thompson, Jr., Car Designer Ford Motor Company hired Thompson in 1956, after he’d completed a degree in transportation design. He was Ford’s first African American designer….
…corals, earned a geology Ph.D. in 1984, and taught geology and biology. She even discovered a new genus and three new species of corals. You Might Also Like… Hidden No…
…her student at West Virginia State College’s laboratory high school, remembered her as “a wonderful teacher.” Flemmie Kittrell, Nutritionist & Educator In 1936, Kittrell became the first African American woman…
James Andrew Harris, Nuclear Chemist Harris was a key member of a group of investigators that discovered two new elements in 1969 and 1970. They discovered rutherfordium and dubnium. Harris…
…site that he and a fellow student made was published in the American Journal of Archaeology in 1891. Bettye Washington Greene, Industrial Research Chemist When Greene joined Dow Chemical Company…
Science For All Your gift to Morehead creates exciting new shows and exhibits for our guests, underwrites field trips for children from schools that otherwise would not be able to…
…in indoor climate control to design Radio City Music Hall’s heating system. Marie Daly, Chemist & Educator In 1947, Daly became the first African American woman to earn a chemistry…
…Yale in 1876, the first time any American university conferred a doctorate on an African American. He went on to teach at Philadelphia’s Institute for Colored Youth for 26 years….
…& the History of Technology,” explored ways in which women and people of color have contributed to American innovation. Julian Abele, Architect When Duke University was being built, Abele was…