Aubrey Radcliffe

Aubrey Radcliffe was a trustee at Michigan State University.

Life

Radcliffe was the first, and as of 2005 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. 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.