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Title: A. W. Mercer
Creator: Johnson, Gwendolyn G.; Adeyemon, Earnestine
Date: 10/6/2006
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2186/ksl:awmercer
Summary: A. W. Mercer, Class of 1901. Dr. Mercer was a graduate of the Western Reserve University Medical School.
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Title: African American Scholars without images
Creator: Johnson, Gwendolyn G.; Adeyemon, Earnestine
Date: 10/6/2006
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2186/ksl:bundy
Summary: Biographies of scholars without exhibit images
Dr. Joseph Carroll, Class of 1893. Educated in the Cleveland school system, Dr. Joseph Carroll graduated from the Western Reserve University Medical School in 1893. In 1900, he volunteered for the armed services in the Philippines. After completing two years of service, he returned to Cleveland.
Dr. George H. Wilson,
Class of 1893. Dr. Wilson maintained a barber business to help finance his education at Western Reserve University Medical School. He graduated in 1893 and set up residence in the Schofield Building. He remained there until his death in 1905. Dr. Wilson was an elocutionist and writer. He wrote "Midnight on Baltimore," a dramatic naval sketch, which was presented in Cleveland.
Dr. Leroy Bundy, Class of 1903. Dr. Bundy graduated from the Western Reserve University Dental School but did not open an office. Instead, he worked for the Woodcliff Dentists, an advertising dental office. He later made several unsuccessful attempts to establish offices in Detroit and Chicago and finally settled in St. Louis. Eventually, Dr. Bundy returned to Cleveland and established a practice. In 1930, he entered politics and was elected to the City Council, a position he held for ten years.
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Title: Alexander H Martin
Creator: Johnson, Gwendolyn G.; Adeyemon, Earnestine
Date: 10/6/2006
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2186/ksl:alexanderhmartin
Summary: Alexander H. Martin, Class of 1895 Mr. Martin graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Adelbert College in 1895. He was one of six African American members of the Phi Beta Kappa honorary society in the 19th century. After graduation, Mr. Martin enrolled in the Western Reserve University Law School and at the end of his second year (1897) passed the state bar exam. Mr. Martin was then
admitted to the bar a full year before his graduation. He practiced with John M. Anderson and later helped organize a republican club. Mr. Martin became the first president of the club. In 1934, Mr. Martin received the endorsement of the Cleveland Bar Association for appointment to a vacant Common Pleas Court seat. However, the governor did not accept the endorsement. Mr. Martin practiced in Cleveland until his death in 1962.
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Title: Anthony J. Whitehead
Creator: Johnson, Gwendolyn G.; Adeyemon, Earnestine
Date: 10/6/2006
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2186/ksl:anthonyjwhitehead
Summary: Anthony J. Whitehead, Class of 1915. Dr. Whitehead graduated from the Western Reserve University Dental School. He established and maintained a practice in Cleveland.
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Title: Armen Glaster Evans
Creator: Johnson, Gwendolyn G.; Adeyemon, Earnestine
Date: 10/6/2006
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2186/ksl:armenglasterevans
Summary: Armen Glaster Evans, Class of 1920. Dr. Evans enrolled in Adelbert College in 1913. He combined three years of college and four years of medical school. As a student, he joined others to fight and work hard to establish Alpha Phi Alpha (Pi Chapter) on the Western Reserve University campus. Dr. Evans served on the staffs of Rainbow Babies and Childrens's and St. Luke's
hospitals. In 1960-61, he served as president of the old Western Reserve University Medical Alumni Assiociation. He passed away in Cleveland on September 12, 1975.
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