Dr. Samuel Proctor. Massie jr. (July 3, 1919-April 10, 2005) was elected as the third President of North Carolina College at Durham

North Carolina Central University

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 on August 9, 1963. Dr. Massie came to the institution from Washington, D. C., where he was Associate Program Director for Undergraduate Science Education of the National Science Foundation

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 and Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at Howard University

Howard University

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. He resigned on February 1, 1966 and served as a chemistry professor at the United States Naval Academy

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from 1966 to 1993.