List of Bethune-Cookman University alumni
This is a list of Bethune-Cookman University alumni. Bethune-Cookman University is a historically black university located in Daytona Beach, Florida and affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
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Business
Community service and civil rights
Name |
Class year |
Notability |
References |
Dr. Evelyn Bethune |
1979 |
CEO of the Mary McLeod Bethune Educational Legacy Foundation, Inc and granddaughter of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune [1] |
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Henry Lyons |
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Former President of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. |
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Harry T. Moore |
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civil rights leader; state secretary in Florida for the NAACP in the 1940s and 1950s; the first NAACP official murdered in the civil rights struggle |
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Lucille O'Neal |
2003 |
Mother of former NBA player Shaquille O'Neal and a longtime supporter of the Bethune-Cookman University School of Nursing |
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A. Philip Randolph |
1907 |
Civil rights leader; attended the Cookman Institute, before it merged with Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School and became Bethune-Cookman |
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Education
Name |
Class year |
Notability |
References |
Oswald P. Bronson, Sr. |
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Former president of Bethune-Cookman who served from 1975 to 2004 |
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Gregory Drane |
2002 |
Current Director of Athletic Bands at Pennsylvania State University |
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Yvonne Scarlett-Golden |
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educator and activist; the first African American mayor of Daytona Beach, Florida, elected in 2003 |
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Entertainment
Name |
Class year |
Notability |
References |
Allen & Allen |
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Gospel musicians and pastors |
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Rodney Chester |
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actor from the Logo Network TV show Noah's Arc |
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Marc "DJ Nailz" Dixon |
2009 |
Radio personality on 99 Jamz in Miami, Florida |
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Darnell Lamont Walker |
2005 |
Emmy-nominated actor and casting executive |
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Kevin Jamal Woods |
2009 |
actor |
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Modeling
Name |
Class year |
Notability |
References |
Nakera Simms-Symonette |
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model; Miss Bahamas 2000; contestant in 2000 Miss Universe Pageant |
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Politics
Athletics
References