Donald Gayton Phelps (Donald Gayton Phelps)
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Educator, civil rights activist. He was the first black chancellor of the Seattle Community College and, in 1988, became chancellor of the nation’s largest and most diverse community-college district in Los Angeles. In the late ’60s and early ’70s, he was a commentator for KOMO 4 television and radio (Seattle) speaking regularly on race relations. He taught in the community-college leadership program at the University of Texas (Austin) until his death. (bio by: Deleon Todd)
Born
- July, 22, 1929
- USA
Died
- July, 07, 2003
- USA
Cemetery
- Sunset Hills Memorial Park
- Washington
- USA