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Drake, Joseph Fanning was born on March 25, 1892 in Auburn, Alabama, United States. Son of John Henry and Narcis (Freeman) Drake.
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Joseph Fanning Drake, American College president Trustee, secretary Talladega College; chairman Negro division Tennessee Valley county Boy Scouts American; president Conference President's Land-Grant Colls. Corporal American Expeditionary Forces, France, 1918-1919. Member American Teachers Association, Association School Administrs., Masons (32 degree), Alpha Phi Alpha.
Education
AB, Talledega (Alabama) College, 1916; AM, Columbia University, 1926; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1938.
Career
Teacher high school, Corsicana, Texas, 1916-1918;
teacher, Avery Normal Institute, Charleston, South Carolina., 1919-1920. Principal high school State Teachers College, Montgomery, Alabama, 1920-1924, dean junior college, 1924-1927. President Alabama Agricultural and Mech.
College, Normal, from 1927.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee, secretary Talladega College. Chairman Negro division Tennessee Valley county Boy Scouts American. President Conference President's Land-Grant Colls.
Corporal American Expeditionary Forces, France, 1918-1919. Member American Teachers Association, Association School Administrs., Masons (32 degree), Alpha Phi Alpha.
Connections
Married Annie Quick, September 14, 1920. Children: Harold Fanning, Miriam Yvonne.
