Alonzo G. Morón
Alonzo Graseano Morón | |
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| Commissioner of Education and of Welfare in the U.S. Virgin Islands | |
| In office 1933–1936 | |
| 8th President of Hampton University | |
| In office October 1949 – 1959 | |
| Preceded by | Ralph P. Bridgman |
| Succeeded by | Jerome H. Holland |
| Deputy Regional Director of United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in Puerto Rico | |
| In office c. 1964–1971 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alonzo Graseano Brown April 12, 1909 |
| Died | October 31, 1971 (aged 62) |
| Spouse | Leola "Lee" Rowena Churchill |
| Education | Hampton Institute |
| Alma mater | Brown University, University of Pittsburgh, Harvard Law School |
| Occupation | Educator, civil servant |
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Alonzo Graseano Morón (née Alonzo Graseano Brown; 1909–1971), was a Danish Virgin Islands-born American educator, university president, sociologist, and civil servant. He was the first Black president of the Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) a HBCU in Virginia, from 1949 to 1959; a former Commissioner of Education and of Welfare in the Virgin Islands; and a former deputy regional director of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in San Juan, Puerto Rico.