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Dr. Frederick Douglass Patterson, educator, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, humanitarian, and founder of the United Negro College Fund, died on this date in 1988.

~ born on October 10, 1901.

~ Orphaned at age two.

~ Studied at Iowa State College

~ Taught veterinary science for four years at Virginia State College.

~ Married Catherine Elizabeth Moton.