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Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Alumni Magazine

Leader of Men

Walter Thomas-Patterson ’25

Two hundred years after his birth, Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµâ€™s first Black graduate, George Boyer Vashon, is receiving his due as a civil rights and higher education pioneer.

Hands holding an antique photo of Vashon shows a serious, bearded man with wire-rim glasses.