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Thank you, Skip, for sharing the information about Dr. Cobb. It was an honor and a pleasure to meet him in the mid-1980s at an Amherst Black Alumni gathering. Although I now know that he was not to be with us for more than just a few more years, he was as sharp and delightful to converse with as any brilliant 35-year-old Amherst alumnus! He was the center of attention at the event. He communicated with precision and eloquence. His memory of his days at Amherst, as well as his knowledge of the day's current events, were almost overwhelming!
Best regards,
Alex Gordon (1969)
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Everitt, this is a fascinating biography. Wiliam Montague Cobb is one month older than my father – and what a set of contributions Cobb made.
Cobb was about 40 years behind me at Amherst, but I wasn’t in his reunion year – the 5 and 0 years. So I wouldn’t have been to any presentations or panels he would have been on. I hope the college and his class took advantage of his potential presence at reunions.
The Wikipedia entry about WMC is well done.
Thank you for sending.
Jack Hailey
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Thank you, Amina. You are right about the photos. But Harold's book was almost fifty years ago. You would be surprised by how much more information there is now. God willing, I will make it back to Amherst in 2025 for my 50th Class Reunion Year. When I return, I hope to collect the Freshmen Year Photos for all those who are on my Memorial List and include them on my Amherst College Biographies Posts. As time progresses, I hope to be able to add updated photos to bookend the beginning and end of each person's Amherst journey.
Who knows maybe one day, someone will even do the same for me.
Peace,
Everett "Skip" Jenkins
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Fun Fact and coincidence: I went to Armstrong High School in Richmond Va. As a young budding scientist, I was a member of the "W. Montague Cobb Science Club".All I knew was that he was a great Black scientist. When I went to Amherst, I never knew of the connection between Amherst and Dr. Cobb, but the required physics and calculus courses in freshman year at Amherst quickly drove me away from anything that looked like science. It was not until I graduated that I learned about him and that class of 1925.
But I did know about Mercer Cooke and William Hatie, two other prominent members of the race and that class. Bill Hastie Jr. and Jacque Cook were the sons of each of these men who were in the class of 1967, and remain my good friends even though I haven't seen them in quite some time. They should be invited to join this chat group, and I'm asking them to chime in about their Daddies. And to say hello.
Junius Williams'65
On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 1:25 PM Amina Merritt
Hey Thanks Skip:
There are also great profiles of the 1925 men in Harold Wade's Black Men of Amherst with good photos of them.
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