[ghrrbac-vtaa] Charlie Yates Died Today
- From: "Chapman, Michael A. (LARC-D504)" <michael.a.chapman@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "VT Greater Hampton Roads Regional Black Alumni Council (ghrrbac-vtaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)" <ghrrbac-vtaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:19:08 -0500
Sad news - Charlie Yates died today.
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From: Donald T. Robertson [mailto:droberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 5:12 PM
To: Chapman, Michael A. (LARC-D504)
Subject: FYI re: Charlie Yates
Mike:
FYI - if you have not seen it yet, the Roanoke Times is reporting that Charlie
Yates passed away.
Don Robertson
1st black graduate of Virginia Tech dies
By Tonia Moxley | The Roanoke Times
Charles Yates, who in 1958 became the first black man to graduate from Virginia
Tech, died today.
Yates, originally from Norfolk, was the first African American to earn a degree
at a historically white university in the former Confederacy, according to Tech
history professor Peter Wallenstein.
The Peddrew-Yates residence hall on Tech's campus is named for Yates and Irving
L. Peddrew III, the first black student admitted to Tech. The isolation of Jim
Crow racism on campus and in Blacksburg drove Peddrew to leave the university
before finishing his degree.
Neither Yates nor Peddrew were allowed to live or socialize on campus.
After graduating with honors in mechanical engineering, Yates earned a master's
degree from Cal Tech and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins, according to Wallenstein.
Yates did two stints as a professor at Tech, one teaching mechanical
engineering for four years beginning in 1979. He returned to the university as
a professor in 1987 and eventually served a term on the board of visitors.
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