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4 unusual facts about Lincoln University


Black psychology

The years following saw the founding of Black colleges across the country including notable institutions such as the first historically black college Lincoln University (1854),

Na'im Akbar

He was awarded the Distinguished Psychologist Award from the National Association of Black Psychologists, and Honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters from Edinboro University in Pennsylvania and Lincoln University.

Philip Banks III

Chief Banks holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Lincoln University, and is a 2001 graduate of the Police Management Institute at Columbia University.

Robert Costanza

He is a senior fellow of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm, Sweden; a senior fellow of the National Council for Science and the Environment, Washington, D.C.; a distinguished visiting professor at Lincoln University in Canterbury, New Zealand; Affiliate Fellow at the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont; and a co-chair of the Ecosystem Services Partnership.


Alexander Darnes

After the war and emancipation, Darnes gained an education; he earned his undergraduate degree at Lincoln University and earned his medical degree from Howard University in 1880.

Amandeep Singh

He attends Lincoln University and plays club cricket for Sydenham.

D. Michael Fisher

In a 2009 documentary film about the politics behind attempts to move the Barnes Foundation art collection to the Philadelphia Museum of Art called “The Art of the Steal,” Fisher admitted using pressure on Lincoln University officials to get them to approve the move.

James L. Usry

Usry graduated from Atlantic City High School and earned a bachelor's degree in 1946 from Lincoln University.

John Huggins

He was briefly enlisted in the United States Navy before attending Lincoln University in Chester County,Pennsylvania, where he met his wife Ericka Huggins.

Michael N. Mautner

Mautner served as Associate and Assistant Professor at the Rockefeller University, Adjunct Professor and Senior Fellow at the University of Canterbury, Marsden Fellow and Senior Research Fellow Lincoln University, and Research Chemist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.


see also

Boyce Courtney Williams

She received several honorary Ph.Ds from various universities and colleges including Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, Virginia Union University, University of Arkansas, Stillman College, Lincoln University of Missouri and Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) (2009).

Lincoln Law School

Lincoln Law School of San Jose, San Jose, California, a part of the Californian Lincoln University until 1993

Maria Louisa Bustill

She met William Drew Robeson I (1845-1918) when he was a student at Lincoln University.