Florida A&M University plans on honoring one of its former presidents in a special way this homecoming season. During homecoming this year the university plans to unveil a 6-by-7-inch statue of former president Frederick S. Humphries. Humphries was the president of Florida A&M from 1985 to 2001. He is credited for his role in helping make Florida A&M the institution it is today. This statue is honoring Humphries posthumously, as he died in 2021 at age 81.

Humphries was also an alumnus of Florida A&M. He graduated with a chemistry degree in 1957. He later graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a doctorate in physical chemistry. A history maker in his own right, Humphries was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. Before becoming preside

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