Aubrey Radcliffe was a trustee at
Michigan State University
Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...
.
Life
Radcliffe was the first, and the only,
African-American Republican elected to statewide office in
Michigan when the voters placed him on the board of trustees in the 1970s. He fought for divestment from
South Africa while serving on the board in the early 1980s. Radcliffe was a resident of
East Lansing, an honorary member of
Delta Upsilon International Fraternity, and held a Ph.D. in
psychology from
Michigan State University
Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...
. He worked as a counselor at
J.W. Sexton High School in
Lansing.
;Death
Aubrey Radcliffe died Friday, March 27, 2009, in East Lansing, Michigan at age 75.
Michigan State University alumni
2009 deaths
1933 births
Michigan Republicans
20th-century American academics
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