Inductee Category: <span>Medicine</span>
Dr. Vernard Hodges
Dr. Vernard Hodges is a Fort Valley State University alumnus, veterinarian, and entrepreneur. With Dr. Terrence Ferguson he co-stars on National Geographic Wild’s Critter…
Dr. Alvin H. Crawford
Alvin H. Crawford, a Tennessee State University alumnus, is an orthopedic surgeon who built a pediatric spine practice at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and taught…
Dr. Louis Sullivan
Louis W. Sullivan, a Morehouse College graduate, founded Morehouse School of Medicine and served as U.S. secretary of health and human services under President…
Dr. SanYvette Williams-Foy
Dr. SanYvette Williams-Foy of Tuscaloosa earned her B.S. at Alabama A&M in 1983 and her DVM at Tuskegee in 1988. She served as a…
Dr. Dwight D. Perry, Jr.
North Carolina Central University
Dr. LaSalle Lefall, Jr.
LaSalle D. Leffall Jr., a Florida A&M graduate, became a leading cancer surgeon and the first Black president of the American Cancer Society and…
Dr. Myrna Alexander Nickens
Dr. Myrna E. Alexander Nickens, a Tougaloo College chemistry graduate, is a professor of medicine and cardiologist at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.…
Dr. Charlie Bridges
Alcorn State University
Dr. Edith Irby Jones
Edith Irby Jones, a Knoxville College alumna, was the first Black student to attend the University of Arkansas School of Medicine and later the…
Dr. Alvin V. Blount, Jr.
Alvin V. Blount Jr. was a pioneering surgeon and North Carolina A&T alumnus who helped desegregate hospital care in Greensboro. He was a plaintiff…