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2. UNCF - Wikipedia

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   e. UNCF, the United Negro College Fund, also known as the United Fund, is an American philanthropic organization that funds scholarships for black students and general scholarship funds for 37 private historically black colleges and universities. UNCF was incorporated on April 25, 1944, by Frederick D. Patterson (then president of what is now ...

3. Michael Lomax - Wikipedia

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   Michael Lomax. Michael Lucius Lomax is an American educator and former elected official who has served as president and chief executive officer of the United Negro College Fund since 2004. From 1997 to 2004, he served as president of Dillard University, a historically Black university (HBCU). Lomax was elected as a member and then chairman of ...

4. Gates Millennium Scholars Program - Wikipedia

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   The scholarship was started in 1999 as a result of a $1 billion grant from Microsoft founder Bill Gates. [1] The program is currently administered by the United Negro College Fund and partner organizations including the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, [3] APIA Scholars (formerly known as the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund), [4] and Native Forward (formerly known as the American ...

5. Frederick D. Patterson - Wikipedia

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   Succeeded by. Luther H. Foster [1] Frederick Douglass Patterson (October 10, 1901 – April 26, 1988) was an American academic administrator, the president of what is now Tuskegee University (1935–1953), and founder of the United Negro College Fund (1944, UNCF). He was a 1987 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's ...

6. Lilly Endowment - Wikipedia

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   Lilly Endowment. Lilly Endowment Inc., headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, is one of the world's largest private philanthropic foundations and among the largest endowments in the United States. It was founded in 1937 by Josiah K. (J. K.) Lilly Sr. and his sons, Eli Jr. and Josiah Jr. (Joe), with an initial gift of Eli Lilly and Company ...

7. Philander Smith University - Wikipedia

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   Website. www.philander.edu. Philander Smith University (previously Philander Smith College) is a private historically black college in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and is a founding member of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). Philander Smith College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.