Samuel M. Nabrit, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Samuel M. Nabrit

American academic

Date of Birth: 21-Feb-1905

Date of Death: 30-Dec-2003

Profession: academic, marine biologist

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Samuel M.
Nabrit, (February 21, 1905 – December 30, 2003) became the first African American to be awarded a doctoral degree from Brown University, the first Morehouse College graduate to earn a Ph.D.
and the first African American appointed to the U.S.
Atomic Energy Commission (now the Nuclear Regulatory Commission). He also holds the distinction of being the first African American to serve on the Brown University Board of Trustees.Dr.
Nabrit graduated from Morehouse College in 1925, obtained his master's degree from Brown University in 1928 and received his doctorate in biology from Brown University in 1932. The next four African-American Ph.D.
candidates at Brown University were students whom Nabrit taught at Morehouse.