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Posted By: How May I Help You NC on September 19, 2014 The largest first-floor classroom in Hazel Hall on the University of Maryland Eastern Shore campus has a new name: the George and Frances Latimer Lecture Hall. Members of the Latimer family were guests of honor during Founders’ Week at a reception to unveil identical plaques at both entrances to Room 1020. George Latimer, a retired chief of the New York City transit police department, has pledged $100,000 to underwrite a scholarship fund he requested should be used to assist a UMES undergraduate interested in African-American history. Latimer’s donation is a tribute to his late wife, an educator admired for compiling a detailed history of African-Americans on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. The Hampton University alumna died Nov. 25, 2010 at age 69; a loss her husband said left a painful void in his life. Continued: http://www.umes.edu/PR/Article.aspx?id=498... If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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