Honoring David Robert Lewis ~ Purdue's First Black Engineering Graduate
Channel: Purdue Engineering
Date: 2019-02-28

In honor of David Robert Lewis, BSCE 1894,  the first black engineering graduate and the first step he took for Black engineers at Purdue University.   

Short biography on David Robert Lewis:  http://bit.ly/DRL-Purdue

This video features: 

- Renee Thomas, Director, Purdue's Black Cultural Center
- Mamon Powers, BSCE '70, DEA '03, HDR '14 
- Anthony Harris, BSME '75 and founding member of the National Society of Black Engineers at Purdue 
- Virginia Booth Womack, BSIE and Director, Minority Engineering Programs 

Music "Motion" and "Perception" by Borrtex via freemusicarchive.org

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