Honoring the 57 Original College of Law Graduates

The College of Law’s rich tradition of excellence dates back to its original founding. On December 21, 1949, a division of law was established at the then Florida A&M College, and the first class was admitted in 1951. In 1966 the Florida Board of Control (later known as the Board of Regents) withdrew its permission for the institution to admit law students, and two years later, the law school graduated its last class and closed its doors. Between 1954 and 1968, the law school graduated 57 students — men and women who have gone on to make significant contributions to the legal profession both within the state and throughout the nation.

In a well-deserved tribute, Florida A&M University unveiled a special plaque with the engraved names of the 57 original law school graduates. The unveiling took place on Friday, September 9, 2022, at the north end of the Coleman Library building on the Tallahassee campus, home of the original law school, which operated from 1951 until 1968. 

 

Photo: FAMU Law
Names stated from left to right:
Curtis Johnson, president FAMU National Alumni Association, Otis Cliatt, II, trustee FAMU, Deidré Keller, dean FAMU Law, Bill Proctor, chair, Leon County Commission, Arthenia Joyner, FAMU Law Class of 1968,
Larry Robinson, president FAMU, Maurice Edington, provost FAMU, John Due, Jr., FAMU Law Class of 1963, Diane Williams-Cox, commissioner, City of Tallahassee, John Dailey, mayor, City of Tallahassee

 

The 57 Original College of Law Graduates

   Remus Charles Edison Allen  

   Jennings Henry Best  

   Thomas DeLano Broadwater  

   Richard Burdine  

   August Fahnwula Caine  

   Timothy Castell  

   Gwendolyn Sawyer Cherry  

   Allen Turner Clark III  

   Henry Austin Collins Jr.  

   Lorenza Collins  

   Frederick Christopher Coward  

   John D. Due Jr.  

   Ed Duffee Jr.  

   Ralph L. Flowers  

   Rosa Hilda Foote  

   Bernice Dorn Gaines  

   Joseph Austin Gresham  

   Horace Donald Goode Jr.  

   Cornelius Wadsworth Grant  

   George Ashberry Grogan Jr.  

   Alcee L. Hastings  

   Elbert Leroy Hatchett  

   Jerry Dee Hill  

   Ernest Alexander Hunter  

   Charles Henry Jackson  

   Benjamin D. James Jr.  

   Odell Theo Johns  

   Henry Edward Jones Jr.  

 

 

    Kellon Langston Jones  

   Arthenia Lee Joyner 

   Harry S. Juster 

   Howard Gore Knight 

   Benjamin F. Lampkin Jr. 

   Vernon Mack Lee 

   William Lewin II 

   William Cornelius Lewis 

   Theries C. Lindsey 

   Daniel D. Mangiamele 

   James Wesley Matthews 

   Ralph Eugene Maultsby  

   Jesse James McCrary Jr.  

   Darrel Alfonso McGhee 

   Perker Lee Meeks  

   Irving Lester Mills Jr.  

   Samuel James Moncur  

   Samuel Penn Nesbitt  

   Bertram W. N. Perry  

   Hemphill P. Pride II 

   Glenn Demetrius Pritchett

   Edward Rodgers 

   Hiram Seymour  

   Henry Thompson  

   Herman Boslevian Walden

   William Waterman 

   Frank Howard White 

   Isiah J. Williams III

   Bette Wimbish

 

 

 

 



FAMU Law School Class of 1967 Image Collage