Samuel Milton Nabrit

February 21, 1905 (age 98)

Macon, Georgia, United States

He also holds the distinction of being the first African American to serve on the Brown University Board of Trustees. Doctor Nabrit began his teaching career at Morehouse College in 1925 where was a professor of zoology and named Chair of the biology department in 1932. He later became chairman of the biology department at Atlanta University in 1932, and from 1957 to 1955 was dean of the graduate school of arts and sciences at Atlanta University. In 1950, Doctor Nabrit was a research fellow at the University of Brussels in Belgium. The scientific papers Nabrit published, during this period, remained influential in the field for decades. In 1955, he was named the second president of Texas Southern University where he served as president until 1966. He was appointed by President John F. Kennedy to be the United States Ambassador to Niger. In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Doctor Nabrit to the United States Atomic Energy Commission. One year later, Doctor Nabrit founded the Southern Fellowship Fund in an effort to assist African-American students pursuing doctoral degrees. He directed the program (later known as the National Fellowship Fund of the Council of Southern Universities) well into his later years of life. In 1967, Nabrit was elected to the Board of Trustees at Brown University. Along with the Nabrit Fellowship established at Brown University in 1985, the Nabrit Black Graduate Student Association at Brown University is named in his honor. In 1999, the university honored Nabrit with the hanging of a portrait alongside Brown’s most distinguished faculty.

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embryologist

Background

Born on February 21, 1905, in Macon, Georgia, Samuel Milton Nabrit was the son of James M. Nabrit, Senior, a Baptist minister and teacher, and Augusta G. W.

Education

Doctor Nabrit graduated from Morehouse College in 1925, obtained his Master’s degree from Brown University in 1928 and received his doctorate in biology from Brown University in 1932. The next four African-American Doctor of Philosophy candidates at Brown University were students whom Nabrit taught at Morehouse.

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He also holds the distinction of being the first African American to serve on the Brown University Board of Trustees. Doctor Nabrit began his teaching career at Morehouse College in 1925 where was a professor of zoology and named Chair of the biology department in 1932. He later became chairman of the biology department at Atlanta University in 1932, and from 1957 to 1955 was dean of the graduate school of arts and sciences at Atlanta University.

In 1950, Doctor Nabrit was a research fellow at the University of Brussels in Belgium.

The scientific papers Nabrit published, during this period, remained influential in the field for decades. In 1955, he was named the second president of Texas Southern University where he served as president until 1966.

He was appointed by President John F. Kennedy to be the United States Ambassador to Niger. In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Doctor Nabrit to the United States Atomic Energy Commission.

One year later, Doctor Nabrit founded the Southern Fellowship Fund in an effort to assist African-American students pursuing doctoral degrees.

He directed the program (later known as the National Fellowship Fund of the Council of Southern Universities) well into his later years of life. In 1967, Nabrit was elected to the Board of Trustees at Brown University. Along with the Nabrit Fellowship established at Brown University in 1985, the Nabrit Black Graduate Student Association at Brown University is named in his honor.

In 1999, the university honored Nabrit with the hanging of a portrait alongside Brown’s most distinguished faculty.

Achievements

Samuel Milton Nabrit has been listed as a noteworthy embryologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member: Institute Medicine-NAS, Societ+248 d'honneur Francaise, American Society Zoology, National Institute of Science (president 1945), National Association Research Science Teaching, Society Development Biology, Sigma Xi, Pi Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa.

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1967 - 1981

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