A. Maceo Walker and the United Negro College Fund support LeMoyne-Owen College, Memphis, Tennessee, 1972

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Source Collection

Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Identifier

sc.0475.10857_01.001

Description

A. Maceo Walker (left), Dr. Arthur Fletcher (center) and Dr. Odell Horton (right) together for a dinner to kick off the United Negro College Fund's fundraising campaign to benefit LeMoyne-Owen College. A. Maceo Walker was a prominent Memphis buinessman who headed the Universal Life Insurance Company for several decades and opened the Tri-State Bank. Dr. Arthur Fletcher was president of the United Negro Fund, and coined the phrase, "A mind is a terrible thing to waste". Dr. Odell Horton was President of LeMoyne-Owen College.

Date Created

6-23-2021

Date

1972-11-03

Recommended Citation

"A. Maceo Walker and the United Negro College Fund support LeMoyne-Owen College, Memphis, Tennessee, 1972" (2021). LeMoyne-Owen College. 25.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-mpressscimitar4/25