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Hall of Fame Inductee

Lt. General Julius W. Becton, Jr.

Prairie View A&M University

About

Julius W. Becton Jr., a Prairie View A&M University graduate, retired as a lieutenant general in the U.S. Army. He later directed FEMA and served as superintendent of the District of Columbia public schools.

Accomplishments

U.S. Army lieutenant general.
Later FEMA director and D.C. schools superintendent.
Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame in 1997.

Year of award

1997

Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame — Lifetime Achievement.