Tennessee State University Yearbook

1969

Nashville TN

TENNESSEE A & I STATE UNIVERSITY YEARBOOK

THE TENNESSEAN

Features 232 pages with hundreds of Black & White and a few color photos

Dr. A.P. Torrence, President

Includes photos of: Vintage photos of Nashville and TSU's campus, the Aristocrat of Bands performing at halftime at the Cincinnati Bengals-Oakland Raiders game in Cincinnati, the Pepperettes, the Alpha Psi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the Beta Omicron Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the Alpha Chi Chapter of Delta Signa Theta Sorority, the Alpha theta Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, the Rho Psi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, the Zeta Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, the Epsilon Alpha Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, the Phi Beta Tau Chapter of Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society, the Beta Kappa Chi Scientific Honor Society, the Gamma Theta Upsilon National Geographic Professional Fraternity, the Epsilon Chapter of Theta Alpha Phi, the Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society in Education, the Beta Psi Chapter of Pi Omega Pi National Honorary Business Teachers Fraternity, the Gamma Eta Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi National Honor Society, the Gamma Chapter of Sigma Rho Sigma Honor Society, the Beta Omicron Chapter of Pi Delta Phi National French Honor Society, and Governor Buford Ellington

Famous People Making An Apperance In This Yearbook: Olympic gold medalist and TSU students Madeline Manning & Wyomia Tyus , Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bill Toomey, singing group "The Impressions".

Madeline Manning became the first American woman in history to win an Olympic half-mile run and posting a new world record of 2:00.9. Wyomia Tyus picked up her degree on the same day she qualified for the U.S. Women's Olympic team. She nipped the 100-meter-dash-tape in 11 seconds flat for a new Olympic and world's record. She also added another chunk of Olympic hardware by anchoring the American women's 4 x 100 relay to a new world mark of 42.8. When she finished first, it became the first time in Olympic history that a sprinter (male or female) became a repeat gold medal winner. After that, Wyomia retired from competition.

Coach Ed Temple became the first track mentor in the history of the world to coach a repeat Olympic sprint winner.

Professional Football Draftees were: James Marsalis, Kansas City Chiefs Elbert Drungo, Houston Oilers King Dunlap, Baltimore Colts Joe Cooper, Pittsburgh Steelers Harry Carpenter, Atlanta Falcons Harold Rice, Oakland Raiders Bob Shannon, Washington Redskins Fred Summrall, Washington Redskins Bob Askew, Washington Redskins

An absolutely wonderful piece of African-American history!

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