Apr 02
Willie E. Jenkins Dies
Posted by Slobokan @ 10:51 · 74 words · print
A retired university administrator who attended the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama as one of the surviving members of the famed Tuskegee Airmen has died. Willie E. Jenkins was 85.
Retired Florida A&M vice president Eddie Jackson said Jenkins died Tuesday. Jenkins served as FAMU's dean of university relations between 1968 and 1986. He was presented the Congressional Gold Medal by President George W. Bush in 2007.
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