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Joseph Applegate Obituary

APPLEGATE, DR. JOSEPH ROY

Professor Emeritus of African Studies at Howard University, 2804 McKinley St., NW, Washington, DC, born December 4, 1925, Wildwood, NJ, died October 18, 2003, at the Washington Home, Washington, after a long illness. B.A. Temple University; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Pennyslvania. First African-American professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956. Professor of African Studies, Howard University, 1969-2002. Survived by nieces, Essie Lelia Johnson and Catherine Bennett, both of Philadelphia. Services at Noon, Thursday, October 23, Rankin Chapel, Howard Univerity. Burial following at Glenwood Cemeterey, 2219 Lincoln Rd., NE, Washington, DC. Contributions in Dr. Applegate's memory should be made to your favorite charity.

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Published by The Washington Post from Oct. 22 to Oct. 23, 2003.

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