Our Founders
 
 
 
 


 
 
 

 Dr. Ernest E. Just (1883-1941)

Ernest E. Just was born in Charleston, South Carolina. 

Graduated from the Industrial School of the State College, Orangeburg, South Carolina. 

Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, New Hampshire 

Bachelor of Arts Degree, Dartmouth College (Phi Beta Kappa) 

Doctor of Philosophy Degree, University of Chicago Awarded the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP, 1915  


Professor Frank Coleman (1890-1967)

Frank Coleman was born in Washington, D.C. 

Graduated from the M Street High School, Washington, D.C. 

Bachelor of Science Degree, Howard University, 1913 

Master of Science Degree, University of Chicago 

Advanced Training, University of Pennsylvania 

Professor and head of the Physics Department, Howard University 

U.S. Army Officer, World War I 

Dr. Oscar J. Cooper (1888-1972)

Oscar J. Cooper was born in Washington, D.C. 

Graduated from the M Street High School, Washington, D.C. 

Bachelor of Science Degree, Howard University, 1913 Doctor of Medicine Degree, Howard University, 1917 

Practiced medicine in Philadelphia, PA for 50 years 

Bishop Edgar A. Love (1891-1974)

Edgar A. Love was born in Virginia 

Graduated from the Academy of Morgan College 

Bachelor of Arts Degree, Howard University, 1913 

Bachelor of Sacred Theology Degree, Howard University, 1916 

Bachelor of Divinity Degree, Boston University, 1918 

Doctor of Divinity Degree (Honorary), Morgan College, 1935 

U.S. Army Chaplain, World War II 

Bishop, Methodist Church