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Scholarship Honors First Black Alumnus
Angela F. Crenshaw, an incoming freshman from Towson, MD, is the first recipient of the Thomas Edgar Morris Scholarship, a merit-based award worth $50,000 over four years.
The Morris Scholarship, created at the urging of international studies major Kia Massey '00 and other black student campus leaders, was named in honor of the first African American to graduate from Washington College. After earning a degree in mathematics in 1962, Morris became a dedicated teacher in the Baltimore City public school system. At the time of his death in 1995, Morris was widely recognized for helping his community and his students realize their potential for knowledge and kindness.
"His students continued to drop by our house for years and years after they had graduated from his classes," recalled his wife, Mellasenah, at a recent reunion of black alumni and students. "He loved computers and reading, but most of all he loved young people--his sons and daughter and his students. What he learned at Washington College made a difference in his life and, in his turn, he made a difference in the many, many lives.
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