The next name on my Memorial List is Chauncey Baker Larry, a member of the Amherst College Class of 1927. Chaunce, as he was called during his Amherst College days, was another graduate of the illustrious Dunbar High School. Perhaps following in the footsteps of the math wizard and Dunbar High School math teacher, Robert Mattingly, Amherst College Class of 1905, Chaunce became a teacher after graduation from Amherst. He spent 40 of his 42 years as a teacher at Lincoln Junior High School. It appears that he taught math and French during his career. Chaunce retired from Lincoln Junior High School (presumably the now Lincoln Middle School in Washington, D. C.) in January of 1969.
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Chauncey Larry often returned to the campus during homecoming while I was at Amherst and I had a chance to meet him and talk with him on several of his visits. He wa a short man with a very open and welcoming demeanor and I enjoyed talking with him. I never thought to ask him anything too deep or probing so I cannot say I remember the content of our conversations except that he did mention having known and been friends with Dr. Charles Drew.
Having met Mr. Larry, who graduated 50 years before me - he in the class of 1927 and me in the class of 1977 - was special for me. One year at the Black Alumni Weekend I had a discussion with a member of the class of 2017, a graduate 40 years behind me. Thinking about it later I realized that I had a personal face-to-face connection with Black Amherst alums that spanned 90 years.
This is why we have Black Alumni weekends, to connect those of us who share the Amherst experience albeit in different years, decades, and even centuries.
Bob
The next name on my Memorial List is Chauncey Baker Larry, a member of the Amherst College Class of 1927. Chaunce, as he was called during his Amherst College days, was another graduate of the illustrious Dunbar High School. Perhaps following in the footsteps of the math wizard and Dunbar High School math teacher, Robert Mattingly, Amherst College Class of 1905, Chaunce became a teacher after graduation from Amherst. He spent 40 of his 42 years as a teacher at Lincoln Junior High School. It appears that he taught math and French during his career. Chaunce retired from Lincoln Junior High School (presumably the now Lincoln Middle School in Washington, D. C.) in January of 1969.
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A slight correction to email set forth below, Charles Richard Drew was not the "next" name on my Memorial List. The true next name on my Memorial List is Thurman Luce Dodson, another Dunbar High School graduate and an Amherst College classmate of Charles Drew in the Class of 1926. Dodson comes before Drew because the list is alphabetical within the class listings.
As for Thurman Luce Dodson, I know that he graduated from Amherst College in 1926 where he received the Hyde and Hardy Prizes. He then graduated from Howard University Law School in 1929. He appears to have been a self-employed attorney in the Washington, D.C. area for his entire 71-year professional career from January 1930 to September 2001 -- an extraordinary length of time. Aside from his legal longevity, which is quite an accomplishment in and of itself, I was not able to find any other source of information except for a 1975 case involving Mr. Dodson which does not reflect favorably on him.
In time, I hope that additional information can be discovered concerning Thurman Luce Dodson. If so, it will be added to his profile ... and to my memories of him.
Peace,
Everett "Skip" Jenkins
Class of 1975
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Fraternity
Independent (no fraternity affil)
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Employment Information
Former
Teacher
Lincoln Junior High School
Teacher
Unknown Employment
Industry Information
Former
K-12 Education: Public Administration
K-12 Education: Subject: Foreign Language
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Higher Ed
Howard University
Field of Study:
Mathematics
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