Dutton, Benson Leroy, 1910-1992.

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Benson Leroy Dutton was the first African-American graduate of the College of Engineering, Pennsylvania State College, in 1933. Civil engineer; professor in engineering at Hampton Institute, 1940-1948, and Tennessee State University, 1948-1956; employed by the U.S. Office of Education, 1965-1970; and director of Federally Assisted Construction, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1970.

From the description of Papers of Benson Leroy Dutton, 1928-1991. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 32080711

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associatedWith Barry, Marion, 1936- person
associatedWith Biden, Joseph R., person
associatedWith Goode, W. Wilson, person
associatedWith Hampton University (Va.) corporateBody
associatedWith Jordan, Bryce, person
associatedWith Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993, person
associatedWith Moses, William H., person
associatedWith Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994, person
associatedWith Pennsylvania State College corporateBody
associatedWith Spring Garden Street Bridges (Philadelphia, Pa.) corporateBody
associatedWith Tennessee State University corporateBody
associatedWith Thornburgh, Dick, person
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Gettysburg National Military Park (Pa.)
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African Americans
Civil engineering
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Birth 1910

Death 1992

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