50 years and going strong - United Negro College Fund

Black Enterprise, Sept, 1994 by Mark Lowery

UNCF MILESTONES 1943 - 1994

1943

Dr. Frederick D. Patterson, president of Tuskegee Institute, urges black colleges to pool their resources and fundraising efforts.

1944

United Negro College Fund is founded. Its first annual campaign raises $765,000. William J. Trent Jr. becomes executive director.

1946

National Alumni Council of UNCF is started.

1948

UNCF establishes area offices with paid staff.

1951

UNCF launches its first capital campaign. John D. Rockefeller Jr. donates $5 million gift.

1954

Brown v. Board of Education decision, which calls for an end to segregation in education, leads some to question need for UNCF.

1963

UNCF begins its second capital campaign. President John F. Kennedy donates his Pulitzer Prize money from Profiles in Courage.

1964

Frederick D. Patterson becomes CEO.

1966

Stephen J. Wright becomes CEO.

1969

Harry V. Richardson becomes CEO.

1970

Vernon Jordan becomes CEO.

1972

The slogan "A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste" is adopted. Arthur A. Fletcher becomes CEO.

1973

Christopher F. Edley becomes CEO.

1980

Lou Rawls Parade of Stars is held for first time.

1982

UNCF is admitted to Combined Federal Campaign, which allows organizations to receive donations through payroll deductions of federal workers.

1991

William H. Gray III becomes CEO.

1994

50th Anniversary of UNCF

THE UNCF FAMILY OF SCHOOLS

Barber-Scotia College Concord, N.C. President Asa T. Spaulding

Benedict College Columbia, S.C. President David Swinton

Bennett College Greensboro, N.C. President Gloria D. R. Scott

Bethune-Cookman College Daytona Beach, Fla. President Oswald P. Bronson, Sr.

Claflin College Orangeburg, S.C. President Henry Tinsdale

Clark Atlanta University Atlanta, Ga. President Thomas W. Cole, Jr.

Dillard University New Orleans, La. President Samuel DuBois Cook

Edward Waters College Jacksonville, Fla. Interim President Jesse L. Burns

Fisk University Nashville, Tenn. President Henry Ponder

Florida Memorial College Miami, Fla. President Albert E. Smith

Huston-Tillotson College Austin, Texas President Joseph T. McMillan, Jr.

Interdenominational Theological Center Atlanta, Ga. President James H. Costen

Jarvis Christian College Hawkins, Texas President Sebetha Jenkins

Johnson C. Smith University Charlotte, N.C. Interim President Dorothy C. Yancy

Knoxville College Knoxville, Tenn. Interim President Peyton S. Hutchison

Lane College Jackson, Tenn. President Wesley C. McClure

Lemoyne-Owen College Memphis, Tenn. President Burnett Joiner

Livingstone College Salisbury, N.C. President Bernard W. Franklin

Miles College Birmingham, Ala. President Albert J. H. Sloan, II

Morehouse College Atlanta, Ga. President Leroy Keith, Jr.

Morris Brown College Atlanta, Ga. President Samuel D. Jolley, Jr.

Morris College Sumter, S.C. President Luns C. Richardson

Oakwood College Huntsville, Ala. President Benjamin F. Reaves

Paine College Augusta, Ga. President Julius S. Scott, Jr.

Paul Quinn College Dallas, Texas President Lee E. Monroe

Philander Smith College Little Rock, Ark. President Myer L. Titus

Rust College Holly Springs, Miss. President David L. Beckley