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Alan T. Busby

January 01, 1970

Alan Thacker Busby (December 12, 1895 – June 10, 1992) was an American animal scientist and educator who taught at two historically black universities from 1921 to 1966. He was the first African American to attend the University of Connecticut, enrolling in 1914 and earning his bachelor's degree with honors in 1918.[1]

Alan T. Busby
Busby in 1969
Born
Alan Thacker Busby

(1895-12-12)December 12, 1895
Worcester, Massachusetts, US
DiedJune 10, 1992(1992-06-10) (aged 96)
Jefferson City, Missouri, US
Alma materUniversity of Connecticut (BS)
Cornell University (MS)
OccupationProfessor of Animal Husbandry
Employer(s)Alcorn State University
Lincoln University

Early life and education edit

Busby was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, on December 12, 1895, into one of the city's most prominent African-American families. His father George Alfred Busby (1857–1934), who had been born in Barbados and had migrated to the U.S. at the age of 17,[2] was the owner of a tailoring and dry cleaning business and Worcester's first Black alderman, serving in 1903 and 1904.[3][4] His mother was Jennie Cora Clough (1857–1928), Worcester's first Black schoolteacher and a 1878 alumna of Worcester Normal School.[5][6]

Alan attended Worcester English High School from 1910 through June 1914.[7] In 1914, he enrolled in Connecticut Agricultural College,[8] and graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in 1918. Busby told the Connecticut Campus that he chose the college because some of his high school friends were going there and because the University of Massachusetts Amherst was full. Being an out-of-state student, he was required to pay tuition fees of $290 a year.[9] President Charles L. Beach found him jobs at the college dairy and horse farms, and Busby paid his way through college.[10] He also worked as a resident assistant.[11] Busby was an honors student and played football during his junior year.[1] He also served as a news editor of the Connecticut Campus.[12] Busby was the first African-American student to attend the college and was the only Black student during all four years of his studies there.[11]

Graduating in May 1918, Busby immediately enlisted in the United States Army. Having served as an ROTC cadet while at the Connecticut Agricultural College, Busby served in the all-black 349th Field Artillery Regiment during World War I, attaining the rank of second lieutenant. He remained stationed in France for months after the war.[1]

Following his military service, he worked briefly again at Storrs and then managed a farm in Paxton, Massachusetts.[13]

Academic career edit

 
Busby 1914 yearbook photo

Busby's next stop was the Bordentown School in New Jersey, where he taught agriculture and science and ran the dairy farm from 1919 to 1921.[14] He served as Professor of Animal Husbandry and livestock manager at Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College in Alcorn, Mississippi, from 1921 to 1943. In 1932, Busby took a one-year leave of absence from his position at Alcorn to earn a Master of Science degree from Cornell University.[15] His master's thesis was entitled "A Study of Hereditary Influences on the Transmission of Butter-fat Test in Holstein-Friesian Cattle".[16]

Moving on from Alcorn after more than twenty years of service there, Busby took a position as assistant professor of animal husbandry and dairying at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. He worked at Lincoln from 1943 to 1966, when he retired.[1][17] He took on additional responsibilities as counselor to student veterans between 1945 and 1969, continuing in this role even after his retirement.[14][18] He was one of only three Lincoln faculty to appear on the membership roll of the American Association of University Professors in 1944.[19] He earned a salary of US$4,680 in 1952[20] and $9,000 in 1966.[21]

Busby was elected president of the South Central Athletic Conference in 1933[15] and again in 1943.[22] In 1950, he founded the Lincoln University Federal Credit Union and served as the organization's president and treasurer. In retirement, he became president of the Men's Garden Club of Jefferson City.[14]

 
Busby in 1918

Personal life edit

Busby's first wife was Edith Marie Oliver Busby (1894–1973), who was a schoolteacher in New Jersey, where the couple met and married. After her death, Busby remarried. He and Jacquelin Solomon Cook, an elementary education teacher for 30 years, were married on June 28, 1974.[23] Busby and Jacquelin remained married until his death, on June 10, 1992, at the age of 96. He was interred at the Hawthorn Memorial Cemetery in Jefferson City, alongside his first wife Edith. Busby had no children.[24] Alan Busby had one brother, George Clough Busby (born in 1897).[5]

Honors edit

Busby received the UConn Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumni Award in 1969. At the age of 95, Busby served as grand marshal of the 1990 homecoming parade at UConn.[1][25]

The Alan T. Busby Suites, formerly the Charter Oak Suites, a residence hall at the University of Connecticut's main campus in Storrs, was named in his honor in 2006.[26]

The Alan T. Busby Research Farm at Lincoln University, one of the largest certified organic research farms in the United States, was named in his honor.[27]

The Alan T. Busby Scholarship is awarded by Missouri Credit Union in his memory.[28]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Smith, Laura (February 2, 2015). "Alan Thacker Busby, the university's first African-American student". Archives and Special Collections Blog. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  2. ^ "George Alfred Busby (1857–1934)" (PDF). WorcesterThen.com. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  3. ^ Coleman III, William S. (June 15, 2009). "Black like me: Worcester's Black leaders – a brief history (part 1)". incitytimesworcester.org. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  4. ^ O'Neil, Deborah Alvarez (June 30, 2022). "Community Archive: Lesser known stories from Worcester's history". Worcester State University News. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Coleman III, William S. (June 15, 2009). "Worcester's first African-American school teachers: Jennie Cora Clough and Sarah Ella Wilson | InCity Times". incitytimesworcester.org. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  6. ^ "Jennie Cora (Clough) Busby (1857-1928)" (PDF). WorcesterThen.com. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  7. ^ Worcester (Mass.) (1915). City Document ...: Annual Reports of the Several Departments for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, ... The City. p. 888.
  8. ^ Shelby, Jason (February 15, 2022). "Honoring Alan Thacker Busby: First Black Graduate, UConn Trailblazer". UConn Today. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  9. ^ Slater, Robert Bruce (Autumn 1996). "The First Black Graduates of the Nation's 50 Flagship State Universities". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education (13): 76. doi:10.2307/2963173. JSTOR 2963173. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  10. ^ Stave, Bruce M; Burmeister, Laura (2006). Red brick in the land of steady habits: creating the University of Connecticut, 1881-2006. Storrs, Conn; Hanover: University of Connecticut; University Press of New England. ISBN 978-1-58465-569-5. OCLC 63679929.
  11. ^ a b DeBow, Kevin (October 25, 1990). "AACC hosts alumnus: First African-american graduate to visit UConn". Connecticut Daily Campus. 94 (36): 1, 4. hdl:11134/20002:860561517 – via Connecticut Digital Archive.
  12. ^ "Managing Board". Connecticut Campus. Vol. 4, no. 14. May 3, 1918. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  13. ^ "University of Connecticut Board of Trustees Meeting Agenda". Connecticut Digital Archive. June 20, 2006. hdl:11134/20002:860069793. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  14. ^ a b c "Association Laurels Bloom in the Spring". Connecticut Alumnus. 42 (3): 35. 1969. hdl:11134/20004:20101809 – via Connecticut Digital Archive.
  15. ^ a b Wilson, Charles H. (1947). Education for Negroes in Mississippi since 1910. Boston: Meador Publishing Company. pp. 338–39, 432. hdl:2027/mdp.39015022233558.
  16. ^ Busby, Alan Thacker (1932). A study of hereditary influences on the transmission of butter-fat test in Holstein-Friesian cattle (Thesis). Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University. OCLC 63221991.
  17. ^ "College and School News". The Crisis. 1943. hdl:2027/wu.89058603440. Retrieved January 17, 2020 – via HathiTrust.
  18. ^ "Lincoln Vets". Atlanta Daily World. November 17, 1945. ProQuest 490780510. Retrieved January 17, 2020 – via ProQuest.
  19. ^ "AAUP bulletin. v.30 1944". HathiTrust. 1915. p. 302. hdl:2027/uc1.32106019794707. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  20. ^ "State of Missouri Official Manual, 1951–1952". HathiTrust. 1878. p. 518. hdl:2027/mdp.39015073363759. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  21. ^ "State of Missouri Official Manual, 1965-1966". HathiTrust. 1878. hdl:2027/mdp.39015054502615. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  22. ^ "Physical fitness program for south central A. C.". The Chicago Defender. February 6, 1943. ProQuest 492651473. Retrieved January 17, 2020 – via ProQuest.
  23. ^ Ancestry.com. Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805–2002 [accessed June 1, 2021]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
  24. ^ "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  25. ^ Roy, Mark J (2001). University of Connecticut. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia. ISBN 978-0-7385-0856-6. OCLC 47956317.
  26. ^ Veilleux, Richard (September 25, 2006). "Residence halls to be named in honor of early alumni". UConn Advance. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  27. ^ "Alan T. Busby Research Farm". Lincoln University Cooperative Extension and Research. 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  28. ^ "Scholarships". Missouri Credit Union. Retrieved August 26, 2023.

External links edit

  • "Alan Thacker Busby", UConn ASC Digital Collections.
  • "Honoring Alan Thacker Busby: First Black Graduate, UConn Trailblazer", UConnCAHNR, February 14, 2022.

January 01, 1970
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Alan Thacker Busby December 12 1895 June 10 1992 was an American animal scientist and educator who taught at two historically black universities from 1921 to 1966 He was the first African American to attend the University of Connecticut enrolling in 1914 and earning his bachelor s degree with honors in 1918 1 Alan T BusbyBusby in 1969BornAlan Thacker Busby 1895 12 12 December 12 1895Worcester Massachusetts USDiedJune 10 1992 1992 06 10 aged 96 Jefferson City Missouri USAlma materUniversity of Connecticut BS Cornell University MS OccupationProfessor of Animal HusbandryEmployer s Alcorn State UniversityLincoln University Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Academic career 3 Personal life 4 Honors 5 References 6 External linksEarly life and education editBusby was born in Worcester Massachusetts on December 12 1895 into one of the city s most prominent African American families His father George Alfred Busby 1857 1934 who had been born in Barbados and had migrated to the U S at the age of 17 2 was the owner of a tailoring and dry cleaning business and Worcester s first Black alderman serving in 1903 and 1904 3 4 His mother was Jennie Cora Clough 1857 1928 Worcester s first Black schoolteacher and a 1878 alumna of Worcester Normal School 5 6 Alan attended Worcester English High School from 1910 through June 1914 7 In 1914 he enrolled in Connecticut Agricultural College 8 and graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in 1918 Busby told the Connecticut Campus that he chose the college because some of his high school friends were going there and because the University of Massachusetts Amherst was full Being an out of state student he was required to pay tuition fees of 290 a year 9 President Charles L Beach found him jobs at the college dairy and horse farms and Busby paid his way through college 10 He also worked as a resident assistant 11 Busby was an honors student and played football during his junior year 1 He also served as a news editor of the Connecticut Campus 12 Busby was the first African American student to attend the college and was the only Black student during all four years of his studies there 11 Graduating in May 1918 Busby immediately enlisted in the United States Army Having served as an ROTC cadet while at the Connecticut Agricultural College Busby served in the all black 349th Field Artillery Regiment during World War I attaining the rank of second lieutenant He remained stationed in France for months after the war 1 Following his military service he worked briefly again at Storrs and then managed a farm in Paxton Massachusetts 13 Academic career edit nbsp Busby 1914 yearbook photo Busby s next stop was the Bordentown School in New Jersey where he taught agriculture and science and ran the dairy farm from 1919 to 1921 14 He served as Professor of Animal Husbandry and livestock manager at Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College in Alcorn Mississippi from 1921 to 1943 In 1932 Busby took a one year leave of absence from his position at Alcorn to earn a Master of Science degree from Cornell University 15 His master s thesis was entitled A Study of Hereditary Influences on the Transmission of Butter fat Test in Holstein Friesian Cattle 16 Moving on from Alcorn after more than twenty years of service there Busby took a position as assistant professor of animal husbandry and dairying at Lincoln University in Jefferson City Missouri He worked at Lincoln from 1943 to 1966 when he retired 1 17 He took on additional responsibilities as counselor to student veterans between 1945 and 1969 continuing in this role even after his retirement 14 18 He was one of only three Lincoln faculty to appear on the membership roll of the American Association of University Professors in 1944 19 He earned a salary of US 4 680 in 1952 20 and 9 000 in 1966 21 Busby was elected president of the South Central Athletic Conference in 1933 15 and again in 1943 22 In 1950 he founded the Lincoln University Federal Credit Union and served as the organization s president and treasurer In retirement he became president of the Men s Garden Club of Jefferson City 14 nbsp Busby in 1918Personal life editBusby s first wife was Edith Marie Oliver Busby 1894 1973 who was a schoolteacher in New Jersey where the couple met and married After her death Busby remarried He and Jacquelin Solomon Cook an elementary education teacher for 30 years were married on June 28 1974 23 Busby and Jacquelin remained married until his death on June 10 1992 at the age of 96 He was interred at the Hawthorn Memorial Cemetery in Jefferson City alongside his first wife Edith Busby had no children 24 Alan Busby had one brother George Clough Busby born in 1897 5 Honors editBusby received the UConn Alumni Association s Distinguished Alumni Award in 1969 At the age of 95 Busby served as grand marshal of the 1990 homecoming parade at UConn 1 25 The Alan T Busby Suites formerly the Charter Oak Suites a residence hall at the University of Connecticut s main campus in Storrs was named in his honor in 2006 26 The Alan T Busby Research Farm at Lincoln University one of the largest certified organic research farms in the United States was named in his honor 27 The Alan T Busby Scholarship is awarded by Missouri Credit Union in his memory 28 References edit a b c d e Smith Laura February 2 2015 Alan Thacker Busby the university s first African American student Archives and Special Collections Blog Retrieved January 18 2021 George Alfred Busby 1857 1934 PDF WorcesterThen com Retrieved July 27 2023 Coleman III William S June 15 2009 Black like me Worcester s Black leaders a brief history part 1 incitytimesworcester org Retrieved January 18 2021 O Neil Deborah Alvarez June 30 2022 Community Archive Lesser known stories from Worcester s history Worcester State University News Retrieved July 27 2023 a b Coleman III William S June 15 2009 Worcester s first African American school teachers Jennie Cora Clough and Sarah Ella Wilson InCity Times incitytimesworcester org Retrieved January 18 2021 Jennie Cora Clough Busby 1857 1928 PDF WorcesterThen com Retrieved July 27 2023 Worcester Mass 1915 City Document Annual Reports of the Several Departments for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31 The City p 888 Shelby Jason February 15 2022 Honoring Alan Thacker Busby First Black Graduate UConn Trailblazer UConn Today Retrieved July 27 2023 Slater Robert Bruce Autumn 1996 The First Black Graduates of the Nation s 50 Flagship State Universities The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education 13 76 doi 10 2307 2963173 JSTOR 2963173 Retrieved August 26 2023 Stave Bruce M Burmeister Laura 2006 Red brick in the land of steady habits creating the University of Connecticut 1881 2006 Storrs Conn Hanover University of Connecticut University Press of New England ISBN 978 1 58465 569 5 OCLC 63679929 a b DeBow Kevin October 25 1990 AACC hosts alumnus First African american graduate to visit UConn Connecticut Daily Campus 94 36 1 4 hdl 11134 20002 860561517 via Connecticut Digital Archive Managing Board Connecticut Campus Vol 4 no 14 May 3 1918 Retrieved January 17 2020 University of Connecticut Board of Trustees Meeting Agenda Connecticut Digital Archive June 20 2006 hdl 11134 20002 860069793 Retrieved January 18 2020 a b c Association Laurels Bloom in the Spring Connecticut Alumnus 42 3 35 1969 hdl 11134 20004 20101809 via Connecticut Digital Archive a b Wilson Charles H 1947 Education for Negroes in Mississippi since 1910 Boston Meador Publishing Company pp 338 39 432 hdl 2027 mdp 39015022233558 Busby Alan Thacker 1932 A study of hereditary influences on the transmission of butter fat test in Holstein Friesian cattle Thesis Ithaca N Y Cornell University OCLC 63221991 College and School News The Crisis 1943 hdl 2027 wu 89058603440 Retrieved January 17 2020 via HathiTrust Lincoln Vets Atlanta Daily World November 17 1945 ProQuest 490780510 Retrieved January 17 2020 via ProQuest AAUP bulletin v 30 1944 HathiTrust 1915 p 302 hdl 2027 uc1 32106019794707 Retrieved January 18 2021 State of Missouri Official Manual 1951 1952 HathiTrust 1878 p 518 hdl 2027 mdp 39015073363759 Retrieved January 18 2021 State of Missouri Official Manual 1965 1966 HathiTrust 1878 hdl 2027 mdp 39015054502615 Retrieved January 18 2021 Physical fitness program for south central A C The Chicago Defender February 6 1943 ProQuest 492651473 Retrieved January 17 2020 via ProQuest Ancestry com Missouri U S Marriage Records 1805 2002 accessed June 1 2021 Provo UT USA Ancestry com Operations Inc 2007 United States Census 1940 database with images FamilySearch Retrieved January 21 2021 Roy Mark J 2001 University of Connecticut Charleston S C Arcadia ISBN 978 0 7385 0856 6 OCLC 47956317 Veilleux Richard September 25 2006 Residence halls to be named in honor of early alumni UConn Advance Retrieved January 18 2021 Alan T Busby Research Farm Lincoln University Cooperative Extension and Research 2016 Retrieved January 17 2020 Scholarships Missouri 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